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Invention and Craft: A Guide to College Writing, First Edition by Ronda Leathers Dively — Table of Contents
Part 1: Creating Contexts for Understanding Composition
1. Composition and Creativity
- Some Straight Talk about Composition Courses
- The Search for Creativity in Expository Writing
- Expository Writing and Other Creative Activities
- Creativity and Self-Awareness
- The Transfer of Composing Knowledge
- Conditions for Knowledge Transfer
- Routes for Knowledge Transfer in Composition
- Processes Involved in Knowledge Transfer
- Negative Transfer and Composing Myths
- An Invitation to Create in Your Composition Course
2. Composing Processes and Creative Processes
- A Composing Model
- Invention
- Drafting
- Revision
- Editing
- Expository Writing as a Creative Act
- The Creative Process Model
- First Insight
- Preparation
- Incubation
- Insight
- Verification
- The Creative Process Model and Expository Writing
- Reflection and Your Development as a Writer
3. Rhetorical Situations
- Overlaps between Creative and Expository
- Writing
- Creativity and the Rhetorical Situation
- Rhetoric and Constructive Constraints
- Elements of the Rhetorical Situation
- Audience and Forum
- Topic
- Genre
- Author’s Purpose
- Author’s Role
- Rhetorical Appeals
- Ethos
- Pathos
- Logos
- Rhetoric and Creative Drive
4. Invention Strategies
- Prewriting Techniques
- Unstructured Prewriting Techniques
- Structured Prewriting Techniques
- Invention beyond the Composition Class
5. Research Strategies
- Research Methods
- Primary Research
- Secondary Research
- Strategies for Managing Secondary Research
- Research, Invention, and Knowledge
- Transfer
Part 2: Creating Texts That Inform
6. Introduction to Texts That Inform
- Purposes and Strategies for Informing
- Application in College and the Workplace
7. Memoir
- Distinguishing Features of a Memoir
- Processes for Composing a Memoir
- Invention toward First Insight
- Preparation through Research
- Invention toward More Focused Insight
- Strategies for Drafting
- Revision and Editing
- Transfer to Other Writing Situations
- READINGS
- “One Writer’s Beginnings,” by Eudora Welty
- “The Workers,” by Richard Rodriguez
8. Profile
- Distinguishing Features of a Profile
- Processes for Composing a Profile
- Invention toward First Insight
- Preparation through Research
- Invention toward More Focused Insight
- Strategies for Drafting
- Revision and Editing
- Transfer to Other Writing Situations
- READINGS
- “From a Dream to Reality,” by Erin Anderson, a First-Year Composition Student
- “Reinventing Rio,” by Alan Riding
9. Report
- Distinguishing Features of a Report
- Processes for Composing a Report
- Invention toward First Insight
- Preparation through Research
- Invention toward More Focused Insight
- Strategies for Drafting
- Revision and Editing
- Transfer to Other Writing Situations
- READINGS
- “Mirror, Mirror on My Facebook Wall: Effects of Exposure to Facebook on Self-Esteem,” by Amy L. Gonzales and Jeffrey T. Hancock
- “The History and Psychology of Clowns Being Scary,” by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
10. Annotated Bibliography
- Distinguishing Features of an Annotated Bibliography
- Processes for Composing an Annotated Bibliography
- Invention toward First Insight
- Preparation through Research
- Invention toward More Focused Insight
- Strategies for Drafting
- Revision and Editing
- Transfer to Other Writing Situations
- READINGS
- “Teen Dating Violence: A Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography,” by Priscilla Offenhauer and Alice Buchalter
- “Design and the Social Sector: An Annotated Bibliography,” by Courtney Drake and Deirdre Cerminaro with William Drenttel
Part 3: Creating Texts That Analyze
11. Introduction to Texts That Analyze
- Purposes and Strategies for Analyzing
- Application in College and the Workplace
12. Writing-Process Analysis
- Distinguishing Features of a Writing-Process Analysis
- Processes for Composing a Writing-Process Analysis
- Invention toward First Insight
- Preparation through Research
- Invention toward More Focused Insight
- Strategies for Drafting
- Revision and Editing
- Transfer to Other Writing Situations
- READINGS
- “The Watcher at the Gates,” by Gail Godwin
- “A Way of Writing,” by William Stafford
13. Visual Analysis
- Distinguishing Features of a Visual Analysis
- Processes for Composing a Visual Analysis
- Invention toward First Insight
- Preparation through Research
- Invention toward More Focused Insight
- Strategies for Drafting
- Revision and Editing
- Transfer to Other Writing Situations
- READINGS
- “Is Team USA’s Militaristic Uniform a Problem?” by Paul Achter
- “The Heritage of Berlin Street Art and Graffiti Scene,” by Simon Arms
14. Rhetorical Analysis
- Distinguishing Features of a Rhetorical Analysis
- Processes for Composing a Rhetorical Analysis
- Invention toward First Insight
- Preparation through Research
- Invention toward More Focused Insight
- Strategies for Drafting
- Revision and Editing
- Transfer to Other Writing Situations
- READINGS
- "A More Perfect Union," delivered by Senator Barack Obama on March 18, 2008
- “Why It Worked: A Rhetorical Analysis of Obama’s Speech on Race,” by Roy Peter Clark
15. Literary Analysis
- Distinguishing Features of a Literary Analysis
- Processes for Composing a Literary Analysis
- Invention toward First Insight
- Preparation through Research
- Invention toward More Focused Insight
- Strategies for Drafting
- Revision and Editing
- Transfer to Other Writing Situations
- READINGS
- “‘Neither Can Live While the Other Survives’: The Driving Force of Revenge in Harry Potter, ” by Heidi Nielson
- “Untold Story: The Lying Narrator in ‘The Black Cat,’” by Susan Amper
Part 4: Creating Texts That Argue
16. Introduction to Texts That Argue
- Purposes of and Strategies for Arguing
- Tone
- Structure
- Logical Fallacies
- Application in College and the Workplace
17. Research Proposal
- Distinguishing Features of a Research Proposal
- Introduction
- Statement of Purpose
- Projected Contributions
- Literature Review
- Research Methods
- Conclusion
- Works Cited or References
- The Parts as a Whole
- Processes for Composing a Research Proposal
- Invention toward First Insight
- Preparation through Research
- Invention toward More Focused Insight
- Strategies for Drafting
- Revision and Editing
- Transfer to Other Writing Situations
- READINGS
- “Exploring and Developing Stage Combat Methodologies,” by WhitneyElmore, an Undergraduate Student
- “The Evolution of Ethics,” by Matt Warren, an UndergraduateStudent
18. Review
- Distinguishing Features of a Review 310
- Processes for Composing a Review 314
- Invention toward First Insight 317
- Preparation through Research 317
- Invention toward More Focused Insight 317
- Strategies for Drafting 318
- Revision and Editing 319
- Transfer to Other Writing Situations 320
- READINGS 322
- “‘Gris Grimley’s Frankenstein ’ Revisits, Enhances Shelley’s Famous Tale,” by Karen Sandstrom 322
- “Old ‘Cosmos’ vs. New ‘Cosmos’: Who’s the King of the Universe?” by Chris Taylor
19. Position Paper
- Distinguishing Features of a Position Paper
- Processes for Composing a Position Paper
- Invention toward First Insight
- Preparation through Research
- Invention toward More Focused Insight
- Strategies for Drafting
- Revision and Editing
- Transfer to Other Writing Situations
- READINGS
- “Homeschooling’s Liberalism,” by David Mills
- “Educating Girls Is a Good Investment,” by Becky Smith Conover
20. Problem-Solution Paper
- Distinguishing Features of a Problem-Solution Paper
- Processes for Composing a Problem-Solution Paper
- Invention toward First Insight
- Preparation through Research
- Invention toward More Focused Insight
- Strategies for Drafting
- Revision and Editing
- Transfer to Other Writing Situations
- READINGS
- “The Creativity Crisis,” by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
- “It Can’t Happen Here: Why Is There So Little Coverage of Americans Who Are Struggling with Poverty?” by Dan Froomkin
Part 5: Creating Presentation-Quality Final Products
21. Source Integration and Citation
- Strategies for Meshing Sources
- Summary
- Paraphrase
- Direct Quote
- Synthesis
- Strategies for Citing Sources
- Logic of Citation in MLA and APA
- MLA Internal Citations
- MLA Works Cited Page Entries
- APA Internal Citations
- APA References Page Entries
- Transfer across Writing Situations
22. Document Design
- Emphasis
- Bold Print
- Italics (or Underlining)
- Scare Quotes
- White Space
- Paragraphs
- Subheadings
- Bulleted and Numbered Lists
- Alignment
- Images and Tables
- Images
- Tables, Charts, and Graphs
- Transfer across Writing Situations
23. Revision and Editing
- Revision
- Criteria for Productive Revision
- Processes for Revising
- Editing
- Common Surface Errors
- Processes for Editing
- Transfer across Writing Situations
24. Peer and Instructor Review
- Invention Workshops
- Peer Review
- Instructor Feedback
- Writing Center Visits
- Transfer across Writing Situations
25. PORTFOLIOS
- Portfolio-Based Composition Courses
- Portfolio Content
- Document Selection
- Reflective Introduction
- A Word about Procrastination
- E-Portfolios
- Transfer across Writing Situations
- Photo Credits
- Text Credits
- Index
