The Writer’s Response A Reading-Based Approach To College Writing

by McDonald, Stephen; Salomone, William

• ISBN13: 9780838407769
• ISBN10: 0838407765
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-14
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Its emphasis on the writing process along with integrated readings and sentence-combining exercises throughout makes this brief paragraph to essay level text unique in the marketplace.

Table of Contents

The Reading-Writing Conversation

Writing with a Central Idea

The Writing Process

Prewriting: From Writer''s Block to Writing

Live Each Moment for What It''s Worth

Without Emotion

A View from Mount Ritter

Prewriting: Choosing a Preliminary Topic Sentence or Thesis

Prewriting: Preparing a Rough Outline

Grouping Related Points

Identifying Group Topics

Choosing a Tentative Organization

Writing: The First Draft

Rewriting: Revising and Editing

Assignments: Writing with a Central Idea

Evaluating Sample Papers

Sentence Combining: Embedding Adjectives

Adverbs, and Prepositional Phrases

Reading for the Central Idea

Paragraphs and Topic Sentences

Paragraphs without Topic Sentences

Essays and Thesis Statements

Three Passions I Have Lived For

Jailbreak Marriage

How to Stay Alive

Participating Actively in the Writer-Reader Dialogue

Printed Noise

Ordinary People Produce Extraordinary Results

A Required Course in Beating the Freshman Blues

Are You Living Mindlessly? Assignments: Writing a Personal Response

Evaluating Sample Papers

Sentence Combining: Coordination

Supporting the Central Idea

Brief Examples

Extended Examples

Statistics

Expert Opinion or Testimony

Combining Types of Support

Explaining the Significance of the Support

Writing Introductions and Conclusions

Male Fixations

Fear of Heights: Teachers

Parents, and Students Are Wary of Achievement

Surviving a Year of Sleepless Nights

Getting to Know about You and Me

Writing Assignments

Evaluating Sample Papers

Sentence Combining: Using Subordination

Unity and Coherence Unity

Coherence

Improving Unity and Coherence with Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences

Are Families Dangerous?

A Generation of Bigots Comes of Age

Colorblind

Burned Out and Bored.

Writing Assignments

Evaluating Sample Papers

Sentence Combining: Verbal Phrases

Writing About Reading

Summarizing and Responding to Reading

Writing a Brief Summary

Norman Cousins

The Decline of Neatness

Writing an Extended Summary

Writing a Summary-Response Essay

The Bachelor: Silly

Sexist and to Many

Irresistible

Killing Women: A Pop-Music Tradition

The Changing Face of America

College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?

Writing Assignments

Evaluating Sample Papers

Sentence Combining: Appositives

Evaluating Reading Selections

Audience and Purpose

Evaluating Support

Appearances Are Destructive

Why Competition?

History: Pass the Popcorn

Please

Teenagers in Dreamland

Writing Assignment

Evaluating Sample Papers

Sentence Combining: Parallelism

Synthesizing Ideas from Reading Selections

Preparing Your Sources and Notes

Clarify Your Purpose

Read and Highlight Your Sources

Take Notes

Organizing Your Material

Group Related Ideas

Develop a Rough Outline of the Issues

Writing the Draft

Write a Preliminary Thesis Statement

Write the First Draft

Documenting Your Sources

Revising and Refining the Synthesis

Refine the Thesis Statement

Add or Refine Topic Sentences

Rethink Weak Paragraphs

Proofread for Errors in Grammar

Spelling, and Punctuation

Flag Burning and Freedom of Speech

Paul Greenberg

The American Flag: A Symbol We Should Protect

Charles Levendosky

Flag Burning and the First Amendment

Robert Dole

Many Americans Do Battle to Save Our Flag

Flag-Burning Ban: Protecting What It Symbolizes or the Symbol?

The Minimum Legal Drinking Age

Should the Legal Drinking Age Be Lowered to Eighteen or Nineteen?

Yes

Should the Legal Drinking Age Be Lowered to Eighteen or Nineteen?

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