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9780205735655

Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers, The: 2009 MLA Update Edition

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    9780205735655

  • ISBN10:

    0205735657

  • Edition: 8th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-01-01
  • Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary

For undergraduate Composition I and II courses. From the first edition,The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writershas focused on writing for a variety of purposes in a rhetorical situation. Although audience, context, and writing situation are important, a writerrs"s purpose should be and has always been the focal point of the sequence of assignments. The Prentice Hall Guidebegins with the purposes of observing and remembering, which are personally important for the writer. It then turns to more reader-based, academic purposes of critical reading, expository writing, and argumentative writing. Each chapter in this sequence is self-contained with introductions, guidelines, professional and student models, writing process advice, research tips, revising guidelines, peer review questions, and postscript reflections on the assignment. This compact, efficient guide addresses all the critical aspects of college writing - both personal and academic - within rich, self-contained chapters - no more flipping back and forth between sections to find appropriate guidelines, models, and writing process information.

Table of Contents

Preface
Credits
Writing Myths and Rituals
Writing Fitness: Rituals and Practice
Place, Time, and Tools
Energy and Attitude
Keeping a Journal
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
"On Keeping a Journal"
Situations, Purposes, and Processes for Writing
Rhetorical Situations
Writer, Occasion, Purpose, Audience, Genre, Context
Purposes for Writing
Writer-Based Purposes
Subject- and Audience-Based Purposes
Combinations of Purposes
Subject, Purpose, and Thesis
Purpose and Audience
Audience Analysis
Purpose, Audience, and Genre
The Rhetorical Situation
Purpose, Audience, and Context in Two Essays
"The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl"
"I'm OK, but You're Not"
Writing Process dimensions
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
The Whole Process
Writing with a Computer
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
A Writing Process at Work: Collecting and Shaping
"Athletes and Education"
"On Writing "Athletes and Education"
A Writing Process at Work: Drafting and Revising
From "The Declaration of Independence"
Observing
Techniques for Writing About Observations
Observing People
Observing Places
From "Sierra"
Observing Objects
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
"Take This Fish and Look at It"
"Observing Wolves"
Observing: The Writing Process
Choosing a Subject
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Peer Response
Postscript on the Writing Process
"Permanent Tracings"
"Empty Windows"
Remembering
Techniques for Writing About Memories
Remembering People
Remembering Places
Remembering Events
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
"Lives on the Boundary"
"Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self"
"César Chávez Saved My Life"
Alejandrez
Remembering: The Writing Process
Choosing a Subject
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Peer Response
Postscript on the Writing Process
"The Wind Catcher"
"The Red Chevy"
Reading
Techniques for Writing about Reading
Critical Reading Strategies
Guidelines for Class Discussion
Summarizing and Responding to an Essay
"Teach Diversity-with a Smile"
Summarizing
Responding
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
"Letter to America"
"Vows"
"Responses to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change"
Reading and Writing Processes
Choosing a Subject
"Teaching Tolerance in America"
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Avoiding Plagiarism
Peer Response
Writing Process Postscript
"Letter to Margaret Atwood"
"Two Responses to Deborah Tannen"
Analyzing & Designing Visuals
Techniques for Analyzing Visuals
Analyzing Visuals with Text
Analyzing Visuals in Context
"Progress or Not"
"Flag Raising on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945"
"Who's a Looter?"
Analyzing the Genre of the Visual
Rhetorical Appeals to the Audience
Designing Visuals
Techniques for Designing Visuals
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
"Miss Clairol's 'Does She . . . Or Doesn't She?': How to Advertise a Dangerous Product"
"Never Just Pictures,"
Processes for Analyzing and Designing Visuals
Choosing a Subject
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Analysis Focused on the Visual
"Triple Self-Portrait"
Analysis Focused on the Social Context
"Out of the Picture on the Abortion Ban"
Analysis Focused on the Story
"Coming Home"
Peer Response
Postscript on the Writing Process
"Some Don't Like Their Blues at All"
"Weight Loss 101 for the Adult Fitness Program"
Investigating
Techniques for Investigative Writing
Summary of a Book or Article
A Brief Report with Graphics
"Gimme An A (I Insist!)"
Investigation Using Multiple Sources
"That Parent-Child Conversation Is Becoming Instant, and Online"
Profile of a Person
"Rick Steves's Not-So-Lonely Planet"
Extended Interview
"Reading Statistical Tea Leaves"
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
"Surfin' the Louvre"
"Plotting a Net Gain"
"The End of Cheap Oil"
"The Homeless and Their Children"
Investigating: The Writing Process
Choosing a Subject
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Community Service Learning
Research Tips
Doing Field Research
Peer Response
Writing Process Postscript
"The Hollywood Indian "
"My Friend, Michelle, An Alcoholic"
Explaining
Techniques for Explaining
Explaining What
Explaining How
Explaining Why
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
"Multiracialness"
"How to Take Control of Your Credit Cards"
"How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently"
Explaining: The Writing Process
Choosing a Subject
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Tips for Integrating Images
Peer Response
Writing Process Postscript
"English Only"
"Anorexia Nervosa"
Evaluating
Techniques for Writing Evaluations
Evaluating Commercial Products or Services
"The Hybrid Grows Up,"
Consumer Reports
Evaluating Works of Art
Evaluating Performances
"Peter Jackson's Sorcery"
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
"Evaluating a Website"
"All's Not Well in Land of 'The Lion King'"
"Today's Special"
"Prime Time Art"
"Watching the Eyewitless News"
Evaluating: The Writing Process
Choosing a Subject
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Peer Response
Writing Process Postscript
"Borrowers Can be Choosy"
"The Big Chill"
Problem Solving
Techniques for Problem Solving
Demonstrating That a Problem Exists
Proposing a Solution and Convincing Your Readers
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
"How to End Grade Inflation: A Modest Proposal"
"Solving for Pattern"
"One Thing to Do About Food"
"The Argument Culture"
Problem Solving: The Writing Process
Choosing a Subject
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Peer Response
Writing Process Postscript
"No Parking"
"New Regulations and You"
Arguing
Techniques for Writing Argument
Claims for Written Argument
Appeals for Written Argument
Rogerian Argument
The Toulmin Method of Argument
Analyzing Statistics
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
"The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?"
"The Damnation of a Canyon"
"Death and Justice"
Multi-Genre Casebook on Immigration Reform: "Immigration Reform in America"
"Employers Have a Lot to Lose"
"Do Americans Really Want Jobs?"
"Raid Leaves Families Fractured"
"Viewpoints: US Illegal Immigration"
from BBC News
"Immigration Forum"
in SpeakOut.com
Arguing: The Writing Process
Choosing a Subject
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Peer Response
Revising Fallacies in Logic
Postscript on the Writing Process
"Welfare is Still Necessary for Women and Children in the U.S."
"Standardized Tests: Shouldn't We Be
Helping Our Students?"
Responding to Literature
Responding to a Short Story
"The Story of an Hour"
Responding to a Poem
"Musée des Beaux Arts"
Techniques for Responding to Literature
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
Purposes for Responding to Literature
Responding to Short Fiction
"A Worn Path"
"The Lesson"
Responding to Poetry
Five Contemporary Poems
Responding to Literature: The Writing Process
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Writing Process Postscript
"On 'A Worn Path'"
"Death: The Final Freedom"
Writing a Research Paper
Techniques for Writing a Research Paper
Using Purpose, Audience, and Genre as Guides
Finding the Best Sources
Critically Evaluating Your Sources
Using Sources to Make Your Point
Documenting Your Sources
Research Process Preparation
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
Research Notebook
Research Timetable
Documentation Format: MLA and APA Styles
Research Paper: The Writing Process
Choosing a Subject
Collecting
Internet Browsers and Search Engines
Evaluating Internet and Library Sources
Avoiding Plagiarism
Shaping
Drafting
Using Graphics
Revising
Documenting Sources: MLA and APA
Writing Process Postscript
"Foreign Language Study: An American Necessity"
Appendix: Writing Under Pressure
Know Your Audience
Analyze Key Terms
Make a Sketch Outline
Know the Material
Practice Writing
Proofread and Edit
Sample Essay Questions and Responses
Handbook
-Review of Basic Sentence Elements
-Sentence Structure and Grammar
-Diction and Style
-Punctuation and Mechanics
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