The Writing Context | |
How We Write | |
The Writer | |
The Writer''s Purpose | |
The Writer''s Role | |
The Reader | |
Individual Readers | |
Extended Readerships | |
The Perceptual World | |
The Discipline | |
Writing Contexts | |
The Writing Process | |
Critical Thinking | |
Avoiding Errors in Critical Thinking | |
Strategies for Enhancing Critical Thinking | |
Prewriting | |
Moving from Topic to Thesis | |
Elements of a Thesis Statement | |
Supporting the Thesis | |
Developing Outlines | |
How to Write an Essay | |
Strategies for Creating a Composing Style | |
Writing the Whole Composition | |
Prewriting | |
Planning | |
First Draft with Revision Notes | |
Revised Draft with Instructor''s Annotations | |
Final Draft | |
Writing on a Computer | |
Strategies for Writing on a Computer | |
Collaborative Writing | |
Strategies for Collaborative Writing | |
Writer''s Block | |
Strategies for Overcoming Writer''s Block | |
Critical Reading | |
Reading Critically | |
Strategies for Critical Reading | |
Cornel West, Black Political Leadership (annotated essay) | |
Using The Sundance Reader | |
Analyzing Visual Images | |
Photographs, Film, and Video | |
Perspective and Contrast Context | |
Visual Connotations | |
Timing and Duplication Manipulating Images | |
Gender and Cultural Issues | |
Perception and Analysis | |
Strategies for Analyzing Visual Images | |
Narration: Relating Events | |
What Is Narration? The Writer''s Purpose | |
Focus | |
Chronology | |
Strategies for Reading Narration | |
Understanding Meaning | |
Evaluating Strategy | |
Appreciating Language | |
Samuel Scudder, Take This Fish and Look at It (annotated essay) | |
James Dillard, A Doctor''s Dilemma | |
Maya Angelou, Champion of the World | |
Ramon "Tianguis" Pe rez, The Fender-Bender | |
Martin Gansberg, Thirty-Eight Who Saw a Murder and Didn''t Call the Police | |
Richard Preston, Ebola River | |
Ayann Hirsi Ali, The Arrangement | |
Blending the Modes | |
George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant | |
Writing Beyond the Classroom | |
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald | |
Walter Lord, The Reconstructed Logbook of the Titanic | |
Responding to Images: New Orleans Following Hurricane Katrina, September | |
Strategies for Writing Narration | |
Suggested Topics for Writing Narration | |
Student Paper, Spare Change | |
Narration Checklist | |
Description: Presenting Impressions | |
What Is Description? Objective and Subjective Description | |
The Language of Description | |
Strategies for Reading Descriptions | |
Understanding Meaning | |
Evaluating Strategy | |
Appreciating Language | |
Letter from Ground Zero (annotated essay) | |
The Bomb. | |
Out There. | |
Border Story. | |
JosT Antonio Burciaga, My Ecumenical Father | |
Unforgettable Miss Bessie. N. | |
The Way to Rainy Mountain. | |
American Islam. | |
Blending the Modes | |
Once More to the Lake. | |
Writing Beyond the Classroom | |
Hard Rock CafT Want Ad | |
The Resume of Monica Ramos. | |
Responding to Images: Seattle Street Kids with Gun, 1983 | |
Strategies for Writing Description | |
Suggested Topics for Descriptive Writing | |
Student Paper, My Bug | |
Description Checklist | |
Definition: Establishing Meaning | |
What Is Definition? Methods of Definition | |
The Purpose of Definition | |
Definition in Context | |
Strategies for Reading Definitions | |
Understanding Meaning | |
Evaluating Strategy | |
Appreciating Language | |
Dyslexia (annotated essay). | |
Janice Castro, Dan Cook, and Cristina Garcia, Spanglish | |
The Company Man. | |
The Hoax. | |
Thomas Sowell, Needs | |
He Talk Like A White Boy. | |
TV Addiction. | |
Blending the Modes | |
The Economist, What Is Terrorism? Writing Beyond the Classroom: Two Definitions of Depression | |
The Encyclopedia of Psychology, Depression | |
Don D | |
Rosenberg, What Is Depression? Responding to Images: Anti-Gay Marriage Protest in Boston, 2004 | |
Strategies for Writing Definitions | |
Suggested Topics for Writing Definitions | |
Student Paper, Disneyland Dads | |
Definition Checklist | |
Comparison And Contrast: Indicating Similarities And Differences | |
What Is Co | |
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