Composing in The Digital Era | |
Inroduction: Writing for Different Purposes in Different Media | |
The Rhetorical Situation | |
The Rhetorical Triangle | |
A Writer's Audience | |
A Writer's Ethos | |
A Writer's Purpose | |
Words and Images | |
Verbal vs. Visual Media | |
Where Visuals Work Best | |
Where Words Work Best | |
Planning and Drafting | |
Establish Your Goals | |
Explore Your Topic | |
Write a Working Thesis | |
Plan a Strategy | |
Compose a Draft | |
Write as a Member of a Team | |
Stay Organized | |
Composing Paragraphs | |
Focus Your Paragraphs | |
Organize Your Paragraphs | |
Make Your Paragraphs Coherent | |
Consider Paragraph Length | |
Link Across Paragraphs | |
Write Effective Beginning and Ending Paragraphs | |
Rewriting, Editing, and Proofreading | |
Switch from Writer to Reader | |
Learn Strategies for Rewriting | |
Respond to Other Writers' Drafts | |
Edit for Particular Goals | |
Proofread Carefully | |
Learn to Edit the Writing of Others | |
Writing in College and Beyond | |
Critical Reading and Viewing | |
Two Kinds of Reading and Viewing | |
Critical Reading | |
Verbal Fallacies | |
Critical Viewing | |
Visual Fallacies | |
Writing to Reflect | |
Find An Reflective Topic | |
Identify a Focus | |
Develop Your Response | |
Sample Reflective Essay | |
A Reflective Magazine Article | |
A Reflective Web Site | |
Writing to Inform | |
Find an Informative Topic | |
Narrow Your Topic and Write a Thesis | |
Develop and Organize Your Ideas | |
An Informative Brochure | |
Business Letters, Emails, and Memos | |
Reports | |
Writing to Persuade | |
Find an Arguable Topic | |
Make an Arguable Claim | |
Developand Organize Good Reasons | |
Sample Proposal Argument | |
A Persuasive Letter of Application and Résumé | |
Visual Rhetoric | |
Design Basics | |
Create a Visual Relationship | |
Make Similar Elements Look Similar | |
Make Different Elements Look Different | |
Understanding the Rhetoric of Type | |
Creating Graphics, Tables, and Charts | |
Types of Illustrations | |
Illustrations | |
Imaging Editors | |
Formats and Printers | |
Tables | |
Charts and Graphs | |
Verbal and Visual Presentations | |
Planning a Presentation | |
Delivering a Presentation | |
Design Effective Visuals | |
Writing for The Web | |
Web Basics | |
The Architecture of a Web Site | |
Visual Design on the Web | |
Establish Goals for a Web Site | |
Steps in Creating a Web Site | |
Get Started | |
How HTML Tags Work | |
Adding Links and Images | |
Organize Your Web Site | |
Building a Multi-Page Site | |
Principles of Navigational Design | |
Tools for Navigation | |
Navigation on Complex Sites | |
Make Your Site Accessible | |
Test and Improve Your Site | |
Researching | |
Planning Your Research | |
Analyze the Research Task | |
Set a Schedule | |
Find a Topic That Interests You | |
Ask a Question and Draft a Working Thesis | |
Decide What Kind of Research You Need to Do | |
Plan Field Research | |
Finding Sources | |
Research in Libraries and on the Web | |
Find Books | |
Find Articles in Journals | |
Find Newspaper Articles | |
Find Information on the Web | |
Start a Working Bibliography | |
Evaluating Sources | |
Determine the Relevance of Sources | |
Determine the Reliability of Print Sources | |
Determine the Reliability of Internet Sources | |
Avoiding Plagiarism When Using Sources | |
The Purpose of Documenting Sources | |
Intellectual Property and Scholastic Honesty | |
Avoid Plagiarism | |
Quote Sources without Plagiarizing | |
Summarize and Paraphrase Sources Without Plagiarizing | |
Writing the Research Project | |
Review Your Goals and Thesis | |
Plan Your Organ | |
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