Reading Rhetorically, Brief Edition

by Bean, John C.; Chappell, Virginia A.; Gillam, Alice M.

• ISBN13: 9780321165244
• ISBN10: 0321165241
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Offering concise yet thorough treatment of academic reading and writing in college, Reading Rhetorically, Brief Edition shows readers how to analyze texts by recognizing rhetorical strategies and genre conventions, and how to incorporate other writers' texts into their own research-based papers. & Teaches readers how to read and write for academic purposes. Anyone interested in academic writing.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Part One: Reading Rhetorically
Your Life as a Reader	3	(10)
Exploring Your Reading Life	4	(1)
Taking Stock of Why You Read	5	(1)
For Writing and Discussion	5	(2)
Summary	7	(1)
Scenes of Reading	7	(6)
A Brief Writing Project	7	(2)
Option 1: Memories
Option 2: Observations
Option 3: Interviews
The Writing Life	9	(1)
Gloria Naylor
Reading on the Fourth of July	10	(2)
Virginia Chappell
A Lawyer and His Reading	12	(1)
Melissa Martinie
The Special Demands of Academic Reading	13	(14)
Reading as Conversation	14	(2)
For Writing and Discussion	16	(1)
Challenges Presented by Academic Reading	17	(1)
Rhetorical Reading as an Academic Strategy	18	(1)
Questions That Rhetorical Readers Ask	19	(1)
Writers' Purposes Versus Readers' Purposes	20	(1)
A Further Look at Writers' Purposes	21	(5)
Expressing and Reflecting	22	(1)
Inquiring and Exploring	22	(1)
Informing and Explaining	22	(1)
Analyzing and Interpreting	23	(1)
Taking a Stand	23	(1)
Evaluating and Judging	24	(1)
Proposing Solutions	25	(1)
Seeking Common Ground	25	(1)
Summary	26	(1)
Strategies for Reading Rhetorically	27	(18)
Reading and Writing as Acts of Composing	27	(2)
The Voice You Hear When You Read Silently	29	(1)
Thomas Lux
For Writing and Discussion	29	(2)
Texts and Their Rhetorical Contexts	31	(1)
An Extended Example: Articles About Teenagers' Sleep Habits	31	(1)
For Writing and Discussion	32	(2)
Learning from the Practices of Experienced Readers	34	(2)
Building a Context for Reading	35	(1)
For Writing and Discussion	36	(3)
Matching Strategies with a Text's Genre	37	(1)
Matching Strategies with Purpose for Reading	38	(1)
Taking Stock of How You Read	39	(1)
For Writing and Discussion	39	(1)
Summary	40	(5)
Sources of the Article Excerpts About Teenagers' Sleep Patterns	41	(4)
Part Two: Reading and Responding to Texts
Listening to a Text	45	(24)
Writing as You Read	46	(1)
Preparing to Read	47	(4)
Identifying Your Purpose	47	(1)
Recalling Background Knowledge	48	(1)
Reconstructing Rhetorical Context	48	(2)
Spot Reading	50	(1)
For Writing and Discussion	51	(1)
Listening as You Read Initially	52	(4)
Noting Organizational Signals	53	(1)
Marking Unfamiliar Terms and References	53	(1)
Identifying Points of Difficulty	53	(1)
Annotating	54	(2)
For Writing and Discussion	56	(1)
Listening as You Reread	56	(3)
Mapping the Idea Structure	56	(2)
Descriptive Outlining	58	(1)
For Writing and Discussion	59	(5)
Composing a Summary	59	(2)
Jenny's Process Notes for Writing a Summary	61	(1)
Jenny's Summary	61	(1)
Checklist for Evaluating Summaries	62	(1)
Writing a Rhetorical Precis	62	(1)
Structure of a Rhetorical Precis	63	(1)
Jenny's Rhetorical Precis	63	(1)
Summary	64	(1)
A Brief Writing Project	64	(5)
Who Cares If Johnny Can't Read?	65	(4)
Larissa MacFarquhar
Questioning a Text	69	(22)
What It Means to Question a Text	69	(1)
Strategies for Questioning a Text	70	(1)
Examining a Writer's Credibility	70	(1)
For Writing and Discussion	71	(3)
Examining a Writer's Appeals to Reason	71	(1)
Claims	72	(1)
Reasons	72	(1)
Evidence	73	(1)
Assumptions	73	(1)
Examining a Writer's Strategies for Engaging Readers	74	(1)
For Writing and Discussion	74	(2)
Examining a Writer's Language	75	(1)
For Writing and Discussion	76	(3)
Examining a Text's Ideology	77	(2)
For Writing and Discussion	79	(1)
Exploring Your Responses to a Text	80	(1)
Before/After Reflections	80	(1)
For Writing and Discussion	81	(2)
The Believing and Doubting Game	81	(1)
Jenny's Believing-Doubting Game Freewrite	81	(2)
Interviewing the Author	83	(1)
Jenny's Interview Questions	83	(1)
Applying Rhetorical Reading Strategies: An Example	83	(4)
Jenny's Assignment to Examine Rhetorical Strategies	84	(1)
Jenny's Paper: Who Cares If the Value of Books Is Overstated?	84	(3)
For Writing and Discussion	87	(1)
Summary	87	(4)
Part Three: The Rhetorical Reader as Writer
Writing About Reading: The Special Demands of Academic Writing	91	(18)
Overview of Part Three	92	(1)
Typical Reading-Based Writing Assignments Across the Curriculum	93	(5)
Writing to Understand Course Content More Fully	93	(1)
In-Class Freewriting	94	(1)
Reading or Learning Logs	94	(1)
Double-Entry Notebooks	94	(1)
One-Page Response Papers or Thought Pieces	94	(1)
Writing to Report Your Understanding of What a Text Says	95	(1)
Writing to Practice the Conventions of a Particular Type of Text	96	(1)
Writing to Make Claims About a Text	97	(1)
Writing to Extend the Conversation	97	(1)
Asserting Your Authority as a Reader and Writer	98	(1)
Seeing Writing as a Process of ``Putting in Your Oar''	99	(8)
Strategies for Getting Started	99	(2)
Strategies for Generating Ideas	101	(1)
Strategies for Writing a First Draft	101	(2)
Strategies for Evaluating Your Draft for Revision	103	(1)
Strategies for Peer Response and Revision	103	(1)
Tips for Offering Feedback to Others	104	(1)
Tips for Using Feedback to Revise	105	(1)
Strategies for Editing and Polishing Your Final Draft	105	(2)
Summary	107	(2)
Using Rhetorical Reading to Conduct Research	109	(14)
Choosing Readings	110	(7)
Jenny's Assignment to Extend the Conversation	111	(1)
Formulating Questions: Know What You're Looking For	111	(1)
Question Analysis	112	(1)
Clarifying Your Purpose	113	(1)
Prompts for Question Analysis	113	(1)
Excerpts from Jenny's Research Log	114	(1)
Discerning Purpose in Potential Sources	115	(2)
For Writing and Discussion	117	(1)
Evaluating Potential Sources	117	(4)
Library Databases and Web Search Engines	117	(1)
Questions About Relevance	118	(1)
Questions About Currency and Scope	119	(1)
Questions About Authors and Experts	119	(1)
Questions About Publishers and Sponsors	120	(1)
More Excerpts from Jenny's Research Log	121	(1)
Summary	122	(1)
Making Knowledge: Incorporating Reading into Writing	123	(22)
Summary, Paraphrase, and Direct Quotation	124	(5)
Using Summary	124	(1)
Using Paraphrase	125	(2)
Using Direct Quotation	127	(2)
For Writing and Discussion	129	(1)
Avoiding Plagiarism	130	(2)
Attributive Tags	132	(2)
Citation Conventions	134	(5)
Formats for In-Text Citations	136	(1)
Placement Guidelines	136	(1)
Page Number Guidelines	136	(1)
Author and Title Guidelines	137	(2)
Summary	139	(1)
Incorporating Reading into Writing: An Example	140	(1)
Jenny's Paper: Romance Fiction: Brain Candy or Culturally Nutritious?	140	(5)
Appendix: Building a Citation	145	(18)
Basic Guidelines for Works Cited Lists	145	(1)
Citation Formats for Books	146	(5)
Citation Formats for Articles in Periodicals	151	(4)
Citation Formats for World Wide Web Sources	155	(3)
Citation Formats for Other Materials and Media	158	(5)
Credits	163	(2)
Index	165