Writing, Reading, And Research

by Veit, Richard; Gould, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780321394378
• ISBN10: 0321394372
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div

Summary

Flexible and goal-oriented, this text integrates instruction in reading, writing, and research with topical, interdisciplinary readings and concludes with a research handbook. Helps readers write more effective research papers. Analytical reading, paraphrasing, summarizing, synthesizing, writing the research paper. Anyone interested in writing better research papers.

Table of Contents

To the Instructor	xv
PART I: WRITING, READING, AND RESEARCH	1	(536)
Introduction to Writing, Reading, and Research	3	(72)
Writing	4	(7)
Writing Habits and Strategies	4	(5)
Audience and Purpose	9	(2)
Student Writing
``Eighth Grade Revisited''	11	(16)
Millicent Lambert
Prewriting	19	(6)
Composing a First Draft	25	(1)
Guidelines: Peer Review	25	(2)
Student Writing
``Glad to Call Them Friends''	27	(13)
Millicent Lambert
Peer Review	35	(1)
Revising	36	(2)
Editing and Proofreading	38	(1)
Developing Your Own Writing Routines	39	(1)
Guidelines: Writing an Essay That Incorporates Primary Research	39	(1)
Reading	40	(9)
Reading Habits and Strategies	40	(1)
Interpreting Texts	41	(5)
Responding to Reading	46	(2)
Reading Response Groups	48	(1)
Practice Reading
``A Short History of Love''	49	(3)
Lawrence Stone
Student Writings
Janet's Freewriting	52	(1)
Alex's Freewriting	53	(2)
Agnes's Freewriting	55	(2)
Guidelines: Group Work	56	(1)
Research	57	(3)
Reading Selection
``Going with the Flow''	60	(6)
Michael W. Smith
Jeffrey D. Wilhelm
Freewriting	64	(1)
Review Questions	65	(1)
Discussion Questions	65	(1)
Writing	65	(1)
Write, Read, and Research the Net	65	(1)
Additional Readings
``Making Fairy Tales into Learning Tools''	66	(1)
Richard Rothstein
``Hackers Devise Their Own Language Literacies''	67	(2)
Russell Smith
``The Holly Pageant''	69	(4)
Lavonne Adams
About the Rest of This Book	73	(2)
Strategies for Reading	75	(48)
Inferences	75	(1)
Context	76	(3)
Strategies for Understanding	79	(2)
Surveying a Text	80	(1)
Prereading	80	(1)
Practice Reading
``I Can Do Anything, So How Do I Choose?''	81	(7)
Jenny Norenberg
Responding to Textual Clues	83	(2)
Recognizing Transitions	85	(2)
Reading with a Pencil	87	(1)
Annotating and Underlining for Recall	88	(1)
Practice Reading
``Relationships with Maturing Children''	88	(4)
Diane E. Papalia
Sally Wendkos Olds
Ruth Duskin Feldman
Guidelines: Annotating and Underlining for Recall	90	(2)
Practice Reading
``Keeping Parents off Campus''	92	(1)
Judith R. Shapiro
Annotating to Stimulate Response	93	(1)
Practice Readings
``Some Geography, Some History''	93	(3)
Wallace Stegner
``Not a Drop to Drink''	96	(2)
Timothy Egan
Keeping a Reading Journal	97	(1)
Practice Reading
From Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance	98	(5)
Robert Pirsing
Reading Selections
``Learning How to Learn''	103	(2)
Glenn C. Altschuler
``Adapting to College Life in an Era of Heightened Stress''	105	(5)
Glenn C. Altschuler
Freewriting	108	(1)
Group Work	108	(1)
Review Questions	108	(1)
Discussion Questions	108	(1)
Writing	109	(1)
Write, Read, and Research the Net	109	(1)
Additional Readings
``The Challenge of First-Generation College Students''	110	(4)
Roland Merullo
``What Your College Kid Is Really Up To''	114	(1)
Steven Levy
``Pressure and Competition''	115	(8)
Richard Kadison
Theresa Foy DiGeronimo
Paraphrasing	123	(29)
Paraphrase as a Reading Strategy	123	(2)
Using Paraphrase in Writing	125	(21)
Paraphrasing for a Different Audience	126	(13)
Paraphrasing an Argument	139	(3)
Paraphrasing in Research Papers	142	(3)
Guidelines: Effective Paraphrasing	145	(1)
Reading Selection
``Another Day, Another Indignity''	146	(3)
Barbara Ehrenreich
Freewriting	147	(1)
Group Work	147	(1)
Review Questions	148	(1)
Discussion Questions	148	(1)
Writing	148	(1)
Write, Read, and Research the Net	148	(1)
Additional Readings
``Get a Job''	149	(1)
Jonathan Miles
``The High Cost of Summer Cash''	150	(2)
Julie Scelfo
Karen Springen
Reading for the Main Idea	152	(29)
General and Specific Categories	152	(2)
Deductive and Inductive Organization	154	(3)
Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences	157	(1)
Identifying Topic Sentences	157	(1)
Restating the Main Idea	158	(7)
Paragraphs with Implied Main Ideas	159	(3)
Detecting Implications	162	(3)
A Further Comment on Paragraphs	165	(1)
Reading Selection
``Girls Just Want to Be Mean''	166	(6)
Margaret Talbot
Freewriting	170	(1)
Group Work	170	(1)
Review Questions	170	(1)
Discussion Questions	170	(1)
Writing	171	(1)
Write, Read, and Research the Net	171	(1)
Additional Readings
``Listening to Boys' Voices''	172	(2)
William Pollack
``Bad Girls''	174	(5)
Patricia Chisholm
Cindy E. Harnett
``Be a Man''	179	(2)
Kevin Jennings
Summarizing	181	(35)
Summary and Paraphrase	182	(1)
Writing Summaries	183	(2)
Guidelines: Summarizing Longer Passages	184	(1)
Practice Reading
``Stereotyping: Homogenizing People''	185	(4)
J. Dan Rothwell
Uses of Summary	189	(7)
Summarizing an Argument	190	(1)
Summarizing in Research Papers	191	(5)
Guidelines: Effective Summarizing	196	(1)
Reading Selection
``Understanding Grace''	196	(9)
Steve Turner
Freewriting	203	(1)
Group Work	204	(1)
Review Questions	204	(1)
Discussion Questions	204	(1)
Writing	204	(1)
Write, Read, and Research the Net	205	(1)
Additional Readings
``'America,' `God Save the Queen,' and Postmodernity''	205	(4)
Robert James Branham
Stephen J. Hartnett
``The Dream Is Over''	209	(7)
Steve Turner
Synthesizing	216	(41)
A Brief Summary Report	216	(1)
Practice Readings
Readings on Thomas Kinkade	216	(4)
Brooke Cameron
Karal Ann Marling
Mark Pohlad
``Not a Pretty Picture''	220	(6)
Richard Jerome
Ellen Piligian
Alice Jackson Baughn
Guidelines: Writing a Brief Summary Report	222	(4)
An Objective Report on Sources	226	(1)
Practice Readings
``Reagan Deserves Landmarks''	226	(1)
Jim Martin
``The Rename Game''	227	(3)
E. J. Dionne
The Obligation of Acknowledging Sources	230	(7)
The List of Works Cited	231	(4)
Parenthetical Notes	235	(2)
Reading Selection
``The Great Mosquito Crusade''	237	(9)
Andrew Spielman
Michael D'Antonio
Freewriting	244	(1)
Group Work	244	(1)
Review Questions	244	(1)
Discussion Questions	244	(1)
Writing	245	(1)
Write, Read, and Research the Net	245	(1)
Additional Readings
``The Air-Conditioned Nightmare''	246	(11)
Marsha E. Ackermann
Analyzing Texts	257	(39)
Analyzing the Parts	258	(21)
Purpose	259	(3)
Audience	262	(4)
Main Idea	266	(3)
Development	269	(5)
Organization and Coherence	274	(5)
Writing a Brief Reading Analysis	279	(1)
Practice Reading
``Ernie's Nuns Are Pointing the Way''	280	(5)
Molly Ivins
Reading Selection
``Opening Ourselves to Unconditional Love in Our Relationships with Students''	285	(4)
Sara Hopkins-Powell
Freewriting	287	(1)
Group Work	287	(1)
Review Questions	287	(1)
Discussion Questions	288	(1)
Writing	288	(1)
Write, Read, and Research the Net	288	(1)
Additional Readings
``Crossing the Fine Line Between Teacher and Therapist''	289	(2)
M. Garrett Bauman
``Hollywood Goes to School''	291	(5)
Adam Farhi
Beginning a Research Project	296	(50)
The Research Paper	296	(1)
Primary and Secondary Research	297	(1)
Benefits of Doing Research	298	(2)
Learning an Essential Skill	298	(1)
Contributing to Scholarship	299	(1)
Gaining Personal Knowledge	299	(1)
The Research Process	300	(1)
A Research Assignment	301	(2)
The Finished Product	303	(1)
A Sample Standard Research Paper	303	(1)
Student Writing
``Identical Twins: Born to Be Alike?''	304	(14)
Allen Strickland
A Sample Personal Research Paper	318	(1)
Student Writing
``Pharmaceutical Sales: More Than Just Viagra Pens''	319	(16)
Courtney Holbrook
Your Research Schedule: Planning in Advance	335	(1)
A Research Notebook	336	(1)
Your Research Topic	337	(1)
Generating Ideas	338	(8)
Brainstorming	339	(4)
Developing an Idea: Clustering	343	(3)
Tools for Finding Sources	346	(29)
Beginning Your Research	346	(1)
Your Campus Library	347	(1)
Electronic Resources	348	(1)
Networks	348	(1)
Using Your Library's Research Tools	349	(7)
Finding Books and Other Library Holdings	350	(5)
Encyclopedias and Other General Reference Works	355	(1)
Finding Articles: Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers	356	(1)
Locating Periodicals	356	(1)
Microforms	357	(1)
Library Vandalism---A Crime Against Scholarship	357	(1)
Using Electronic Databases	357	(10)
A Sample Search for Periodical Sources	358	(9)
Finding Government Documents	367	(2)
Internet Resources	369	(5)
Web Search Engines	369	(5)
The Reference Librarian---The Most Resourceful Resource	374	(1)
Finding Sources Outside the Library: Conducting Interviews and Writing Letters	375	(7)
Interviewing Sources	375	(5)
Arranging the Interview	376	(1)
Conducting the Interview	377	(3)
Writing for Information	380	(1)
Still Other Sources	381	(1)
Putting Your Sources to Work	382	(22)
A Research Prospectus	382	(4)
The Working Bibliography	386	(1)
Using Your Sources	387	(13)
Reading Your Sources	388	(1)
Evaluating Your Sources	389	(3)
Narrowing Your Paper's Focus	392	(2)
Formulating and Refining a Plan	394	(1)
Taking Notes on Note Cards	395	(5)
Avoiding Plagiarism	400	(4)
Guidelines: Avoiding Plagiarism	401	(3)
Reporting on Sources: Paraphrase and Quotation	404	(36)
The Conventions of Reporting	405	(1)
Options for Presenting Sources	405	(2)
Acknowledging Sources	407	(3)
Relying on Experts	410	(1)
Paraphrasing Sources	411	(2)
Quoting Sources	413	(13)
Punctuating Quotations	413	(7)
Altering Questions	420	(6)
When to Quote and When to Paraphrase	426	(5)
A Further Note on Plagiarism	431	(1)
Practice with Using Sources	432	(8)
Writing a Brief Objective Research Essay	432	(6)
Writing a Brief Subjective Research Essay	438	(2)
Writing and Revising the Research Paper	440	(50)
Getting Organized	440	(6)
Formulating a Thesis Statement	440	(2)
Sorting Your Note Cards	442	(1)
Updating Your Outline	443	(3)
Writing the First Good Draft	446	(7)
Guidelines: Research Writing	446	(1)
Some Practical Writing Tips	447	(1)
Getting Started	448	(1)
Writing the Opening	449	(3)
Writing the Conclusion	452	(1)
Giving Your Paper a Title	453	(1)
Editing and Revising	453	(35)
Reworking Your Paper	454	(1)
Checklist: Editing and Revising	454	(3)
Getting Advice from Other Readers	457	(31)
Typing and Proofreading Your Polished Draft	488	(2)
Argument: Reading, Writing, and Research	490	(47)
Emotional Persuasion	490	(5)
Logical Argument	495	(8)
The Structure of Logical Argument: Claims, Evidence, and Values	496	(1)
Varieties of Evidence	497	(3)
Ethical and Emotional Appeals	500	(3)
An Informal Analysis of Arguments	503	(1)
Practice Reading
``Abolish the Penny''	504	(5)
William Safire
A Critique of an Argument	509	(1)
Guidelines: Writing a Critique of an Argument	509	(1)
Practice Reading
``Workplace Worrywarts''	510	(14)
Michelle Cottle
An Argumentative Research Essay	524	(4)
Purpose	525	(1)
Thesis	525	(1)
Audience	526	(1)
Persona	526	(1)
Evidence	526	(1)
Opposition	527	(1)
Organization	527	(1)
A Sample Argumentative Essay	528	(1)
Student Writing
``Title IX: Leveling the Playing Fields''	529	(8)
Ellie Stephens
PART II: RESEARCH PAPER REFERENCE HANDBOOK	537	(2)
A. LIST OF WORKS CITED (MLA FORMAT)	539	(24)
Bibliographic Formats	539	(1)
General Guidelines---MLA Format	540	(2)
Citing Electronic Sources	542	(1)
Model Entries---MLA Format	542	(21)
Sources in Books	542	(1)
Books	543	(4)
Selections from Books	547	(2)
Sources in Periodicals and Newspapers	549	(4)
Other Sources	553	(3)
Internet and Electronic Sources	556	(7)
B. PARENTHETICAL NOTES (MLA FORMAT)	563	(17)
Types of Notes	563	(2)
Parenthetical Notes	565	(14)
Some Special Cases	567	(6)
When Are Notes Needed?	573	(2)
How Many Notes Are Enough?	575	(3)
How Much Material Can One Note Cover?	578	(1)
Information Footnotes	579	(1)
C. RESEARCH PAPER FORMAT (MLA STYLE)	580	(19)
Format for Your Polished Draft	580	(13)
A Formal Outline	593	(6)
Standard Numbering System	596	(1)
Paper Title	596	(1)
Decimal System	596	(2)
Topic and Sentence Outlines	598	(1)
D. FOOTNOTES AND ENDNOTES	599	(14)
Sample Footnotes and Endnotes	599	(14)
Books	603	(2)
Selections from Books	605	(1)
Sources in Periodicals and Newspapers	606	(1)
Other Sources	607	(2)
Internet and Electronic Sources	609	(4)
E. APA FORMAT	613	(15)
Formats Other Than MLA	613	(1)
APA Style	613	(15)
APA Bibliographic Citations (Reference List)	614	(1)
Model Entries	614	(1)
Books	615	(3)
Selections from Books	618	(1)
Periodicals and Newspapers	618	(2)
Other Sources	620	(2)
Internet and Electronic Sources	622	(2)
Notes in APA Style	624	(1)
Sample Pages in APA Style	625	(3)
F. FORMAT FEATURING NUMBERED REFERENCES	628
Credits	1	(1)
Index	1