Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers

by Reid, Stephen P.

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9780131918221

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0131918222

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Pub. Date:

1/1/2006

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This best-selling writing guide integrates purpose, process, and rhetorical strategies into every chapter, offering readers the clearest explanation of writing. In addition to emphasizing critical reading, every major chapter contains professional and student samples, rhetorical techniques, journal exercises, reading and writing activities, collaborative activities, peer-response guidelines, and revision suggestions. A student essay in each chapter contains writing process materials (outlines, audience analysis, interview notes, drafts, revision plans, etc.). For high school and college students.

Thematic Contents

xvii

Preface

xxiii

Writing Myths and Rituals

(14)

Writing Fitness: Rituals and Practice

(12)

Place, Time, and Tools

(2)

Energy and Attitude

(1)

Keeping a Journal

(3)

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

(1)

``On Keeping a Journal''

(4)

Roy Hoffman

Situations, Purposes, and Processes for Writing

(34)

Rhetorical Situations

(4)

Review of the Rhetorical Situation

(1)

Why the Rhetorical Situation Is Important

(1)

Purposes for Writing

(2)

Writer-Based Purposes

(1)

Subject- and Audience-Based Purposes

(1)

Combinations of Purposes

(1)

Subject, Purpose, and Thesis

(1)

Purpose and Audience

(3)

Audience Analysis

(2)

Purpose, Audience, and Genre

(1)

The Rhetorical Situation

(6)

Purpose, Audience, and Context in Two Essays

(1)

``The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl''

(1)

Elizabeth Wong

``I'm OK, but You're Not''

(3)

Robert Zoellner

Dimensions of the Writing Process

(3)

Collecting

(1)

Shaping

(1)

Drafting

(1)

Revising

(1)

The Whole Process

(1)

Writing With a Computer

(3)

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

(2)

A Writing Process at Work: Collecting and Shaping

(7)

``Athletes and Education''

(4)

Neil H. Petrie

``On Writing `Athletes and Education'''

(3)

Neil H. Petrie

A Writing Process at Work: Drafting and Revising

(4)

From ``The Declaration of Independence''

(3)

Observing

(54)

Techniques for Writing About Observations

(25)

Observing People

(1)

Observing Places

(1)

From ``Sierra''

(1)

John Muir

Observing Objects

(1)

Observing Images

(1)

From ``Scenes from the American Dream''

(1)

Charles Rosen

Henri Zerner

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

(2)

From ``September 18, 2001''

(2)

Robin Morgan

``Take This Fish and Look at It''

(5)

Samuel H. Scudder

``Observing Wolves''

(10)

Farley Mowat

Observing: The Writing Process

(26)

Choosing a Subject

(2)

Collecting

(2)

Shaping

(6)

Drafting

(1)

Revising

(1)

Peer Response

(2)

Postscript on the Writing Process

(1)

``Permanent Tracings''

(7)

Jennifer Macke

``Empty Windows''

100

(5)

Stephen White

Remembering

105

(52)

Techniques for Writing About Memories

106

(29)

Remembering People

109

(1)

Remembering Places

109

(1)

Remembering Events

110

(2)

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

112

(1)

``The Day Language Came into My Life''

113

(5)

Helen Keller

``Lives on the Boundary''

118

(8)

Mike Rose

``Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self''

126

(9)

Alice Walker

Remembering: The Writing Process

135

(22)

Choosing a Subject

135

(1)

Collecting

136

(2)

Shaping

138

(5)

Drafting

143

(1)

Revising

144

(1)

Peer Response

145

(1)

Postscript on the Writing Process

146

(1)

``The Wind Catcher''

147

(3)

Todd Petry

``The Red Chevy''

150

(7)

Juli Bovard

Reading

157

(17)

Techniques for Writing About Reading

159

(4)

Critical Reading Strategies

159

(4)

Guidelines for Class Discussion

163

(1)

Summarizing and Responding to an Essay

163

(11)

``Teach Diversity---with a Smile''

164

(3)

Barbara Ehrenreich

Summarizing

167

(1)

Summary of ``Teach Diversity---with a Smile''

167

(1)

Responding

168

(1)

Response to ``Teach Diversity---with a Smile''

168

(4)

Summarizing and Responding to Images

172

(2)

``Beauty and Violence''

Adam Forest

174

(591)

``Some Don't Like Their Blues at All''

176

(2)

Karyn Lewis

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

178

(2)

``Letter to America''

180

(3)

Margaret Atwood

``Vows''

183

(5)

Christopher Caldwell

``Atlas Shrugs''

188

(10)

Nicholas Lemann

Reading and Writing Processes

198

(27)

Choosing a Subject

199

(1)

``Teaching Tolerance in America''

199

(3)

Dudley Erskine Devlin

Collecting

202

(2)

Shaping

204

(1)

Avoiding Plagiarism

204

(1)

Summary Shaping

205

(1)

Sample Summaries

206

(2)

Response Shaping

208

(2)

Outlines for Summary/Response Essays

210

(1)

Drafting

211

(1)

Revising

211

(1)

Peer Response

212

(1)

Postscript on the Writing Process

213

(1)

``Letter to Margaret Atwood''

214

(3)

Dean C. Swift

``Two Responses to Deborah Tannen''

217

(8)

Jennifer Koester

Sonja H. Browe

Investigating

225

(78)

Techniques for Investigative Writing

226

(46)

Summary of a Book or Article

227

(1)

``Date Rape: Familiar Strangers''

228

(9)

Charlene Muehlenhard

Melaney Linton

A Brief Report with Graphics

227

``Gimme An A (I Insist!)''

229

(1)

Abigail Sullivan Moore

Investigation Using Multiple Sources

230

(1)

``That Parent-Child Conversation Is Becoming Instant, and Online''

231

(5)

John Schwartz

Profile of a Person

236

(1)

``Rick Steves's Not-So-Lonely Planet''

236

(1)

Sara Corbett

Extended Interview

237

(1)

``Reading Statistical Tea Leaves''

238

(3)

Karen Arenson

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

241

(2)

``Surfin' the Louvre''

243

(2)

Elizabeth Larsen

``Plotting a Net Gain''

245

(6)

Connie Koenenn

``The End of Cheap Oil''

251

(12)

Tim Appenzeller

``The Homeless and Their Children''

263

(9)

Jonathan Kozol

Investigating: The Writing Process

272

(31)

Choosing a Subject

272

(1)

Collecting

273

(1)

Community Service Learning

274

(3)

Research Tips

277

(2)

Doing Field Research

279

(3)

Shaping

282

(3)

Drafting

285

(1)

Revising

285

(1)

Peer Response

286

(1)

Postscript on the Writing Process

287

(1)

``The Hollywood Indian''

288

(9)

Lauren Strain

``My Friend, Michelle, An Alcoholic''

297

(6)

Bridgid Stone

Explaining

303

(58)

Techniques for Explaining

305

(26)

Explaining What

306

(3)

Explaining How

309

(2)

Explaining Why

311

(2)

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

313

(1)

``Multiracialness''

314

(2)

LaMer Steptoe

``Miss Clairol's `Does She. . .Or Doesn't She?': How to Advertise a Dangerous Product''

316

(7)

James B. Twitchell

``How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently''

323

(8)

Deborah Tannen

Explaining: The Writing Process

331

(30)

Choosing a Subject

331

(1)

Collecting

332

(3)

Shaping

335

(3)

Tips for Integrating Images

338

(6)

Drafting

344

(1)

Revising

344

(1)

Peer Response

345

(2)

Postscript on the Writing Process

347

(1)

``English Only''

347

(9)

Christine Bishop

``Anorexia Nervosa''

356

(5)

Nancie Brosseau

Evaluating

361

(60)

Techniques for Writing Evaluations

363

(33)

Evaluating Commercial Products or Services

365

(1)

``The Hybrid Grows Up,'' Consumer Reports

366

(2)

Evaluating Works of Art

368

(2)

Evaluating Performances

370

(1)

``Peter Jackson's Sorcery''

371

(3)

Richard Alleva

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

374

(2)

``All's Not Well in Land of `The Lion King'''

376

(2)

Margaret Lazarus

``Today's Special''

378

(2)

David Sedaris

``Prime Time Art?''

380

(8)

Kathyrn Hughes

Ben Rogers

``Watching the Eyewitless News''

388

(8)

Elayne Rapping

Evaluating: The Writing Process

396

(25)

Choosing a Subject

396

(1)

Collecting

397

(3)

Shaping

400

(3)

Drafting

403

(1)

Revising

403

(1)

Peer Response

404

(2)

Postscript on the Writing Process

406

(1)

``Borrowers Can be Choosy''

406

(7)

Linda Meininger

``Appendix''

413

(3)

``The Big Chill''

416

(5)

Kent Y'Blood

Problem Solving

421

(50)

Techniques for Problem Solving

423

(20)

Demonstrating That a Problem Exists

424

(1)

Proposing a Solution and Convincing Your Readers

425

(2)

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

427

(2)

``How to End Grade Inflation: A Modest Proposal''

429

(2)

Michael Berube

``Solving for Pattern''

431

(5)

Wendell Berry

``The Argument Culture''

436

(7)

Deborah Tannen

Problem Solving: The Writing Process

443

(28)

Choosing a Subject

443

(2)

Collecting

445

(4)

Shaping

449

(3)

Peer Response

452

(1)

Drafting

453

(1)

Revising

453

(2)

Postscript on the Writing Process

455

(1)

``No Parking''

456

(6)

Kristy Busch

Steve Krause

Keith Wright

``New Regulations and You''

462

(9)

Jessica Cook

Arguing

471

(82)

Techniques for Writing: Argument

472

(50)

Claims for Written Argument

474

(4)

Appeals for Written Argument

478

(5)

Rogerian Argument

483

(3)

The Toulmin Method of Argument

486

(1)

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

487

(1)

Analyzing Statistics

488

(2)

``Out of the Picture on the Abortion Ban''

490

(2)

Ellen Goodman

``The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?''

492

(7)

Cathleen A. Cleaver

``The Damnation of a Canyon''

499

(7)

Edward Abbey

Three Perspectives on the Death Penalty

506

(1)

``Death and Justice''

507

(5)

Edward I. Koch

``Death Be Not Proud''

512

(2)

Robert Badinter

``Death and Justice''

514

(5)

John O'Sullivan

Harris Poll® Statistics: ``More Than Two-Thirds of Americans Continue to Support the Death Penalty''

519

(3)

Humphrey Taylor

Arguing: The Writing Process

522

(31)

Choosing a Subject

522

(2)

Collecting

524

(1)

Shaping

525

(4)

Drafting

529

(1)

Revising

530

(1)

Peer Response

531

(4)

Postscript on the Writing Process

535

(1)

``Welfare Is Still Necessary for Women and Children in the U.S.''

536

(8)

Crystal Sabatke

``Standardized Tests: Shouldn't We Be Helping Our Students?''

544

(9)

Eric Boese

Responding to Literature

553

(58)

Responding to a Short Story

556

(1)

``The Story of an Hour''

557

(2)

Kate Chopin

Responding to a Poem

559

(1)

``Musee des Beaux Arts''

560

(1)

W. H. Auden

Techniques for Responding To Literature

561

(1)

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

562

(1)

Purposes for Responding to Literature

563

(1)

Responding to Short Fiction

564

(3)

``A Worn Path''

567

(9)

Eudora Welty

``The Lesson''

576

(1)

Toni Cade Bambara

Responding to Poetry

576

(18)

Five Contemporary Poems

584

(10)

Responding to Literature: The Writing Process

594

(17)

Collecting

594

(3)

Shaping

597

(2)

Drafting

599

(1)

Revising

599

(1)

Postscript on the Writing Process

600

(1)

``On a Worn Path''

601

(6)

Julia MacMillan

Brett MacFadden

``Death: The Final Freedom''

607

(4)

Pat Russell

Writing a Research Paper

611

(78)

Techniques for Writing A Research Paper

613

(4)

Using Purpose, Audience, and Genre as Guides

614

(1)

Finding the Best Sources

615

(1)

Critically Evaluating Your Sources

616

(1)

Using Sources to Make Your Point

616

(1)

Documenting Your Sources

617

(1)

Preparing Yourself For the Research Process

617

(7)

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

618

(1)

Research Notebook

619

(4)

Research Timetable

623

(1)

Documentation Format: MLA and APA Styles

623

(1)

Research Paper: The Writing Process

624

(65)

Choosing a Subject

624

(4)

Collecting

628

(7)

Internet Browsers and Search Engines

635

(1)

Basic Internet Glossary

636

(3)

Evaluating Internet and Library Sources

639

(4)

Avoiding Plagiarism

643

(3)

Shaping

646

(1)

Shaping Strategies

647

(2)

Drafting

649

(1)

Using Graphics

649

(6)

Revising

655

(1)

Documenting Source

655

(18)

Postscript on the Writing Process

673

(1)

``Foreign Language Study: An American Necessity''

674

(15)

Kate McNerny

Appendix: Writing Under Pressure

689

(11)

Know Your Audience

691

(1)

Analyze Key Terms

691

(1)

Make a Sketch Outline

692

(3)

Know the Material

695

(1)

Practice Writing

696

(1)

Proofread and Edit

696

(1)

Sample Essay Questions and Responses

697

(3)

Handbook

700

(65)

Section 1---Review of Basic Sentence Elements

707

(9)

Section 2---Sentence Structure and Grammar

716

(17)

Section 3---Diction and Style

733

(14)

Section 4---Punctuation and Mechanics

747

(18)

Credits

765

(2)

Index

767

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