Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers

by Reid, Stephen P.

• ISBN13: 9780131918221
• ISBN10: 0131918222
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

This best-selling writing guide integrates purpose, process, and rhetorical strategies into every chapter, offering readers the clearest explanation of writing. In addition to emphasizing critical reading, every major chapter contains professional and student samples, rhetorical techniques, journal exercises, reading and writing activities, collaborative activities, peer-response guidelines, and revision suggestions. A student essay in each chapter contains writing process materials (outlines, audience analysis, interview notes, drafts, revision plans, etc.). For high school and college students.

Table of Contents

Thematic Contents	xvii
Preface	xxiii
Writing Myths and Rituals	3	(14)
Writing Fitness: Rituals and Practice	5	(12)
Place, Time, and Tools	6	(2)
Energy and Attitude	8	(1)
Keeping a Journal	9	(3)
Warming Up: Journal Exercises	12	(1)
``On Keeping a Journal''	13	(4)
Roy Hoffman
Situations, Purposes, and Processes for Writing	17	(34)
Rhetorical Situations	18	(4)
Review of the Rhetorical Situation	21	(1)
Why the Rhetorical Situation Is Important	21	(1)
Purposes for Writing	22	(2)
Writer-Based Purposes	22	(1)
Subject- and Audience-Based Purposes	23	(1)
Combinations of Purposes	23	(1)
Subject, Purpose, and Thesis	24	(1)
Purpose and Audience	24	(3)
Audience Analysis	25	(2)
Purpose, Audience, and Genre	27	(1)
The Rhetorical Situation	28	(6)
Purpose, Audience, and Context in Two Essays	29	(1)
``The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl''	30	(1)
Elizabeth Wong
``I'm OK, but You're Not''	31	(3)
Robert Zoellner
Dimensions of the Writing Process	34	(3)
Collecting	34	(1)
Shaping	35	(1)
Drafting	35	(1)
Revising	35	(1)
The Whole Process	36	(1)
Writing With a Computer	37	(3)
Warming Up: Journal Exercises	38	(2)
A Writing Process at Work: Collecting and Shaping	40	(7)
``Athletes and Education''	40	(4)
Neil H. Petrie
``On Writing `Athletes and Education'''	44	(3)
Neil H. Petrie
A Writing Process at Work: Drafting and Revising	47	(4)
From ``The Declaration of Independence''	48	(3)
Observing	51	(54)
Techniques for Writing About Observations	54	(25)
Observing People	55	(1)
Observing Places	56	(1)
From ``Sierra''	56	(1)
John Muir
Observing Objects	57	(1)
Observing Images	58	(1)
From ``Scenes from the American Dream''	59	(1)
Charles Rosen
Henri Zerner
Warming Up: Journal Exercises	60	(2)
From ``September 18, 2001''	62	(2)
Robin Morgan
``Take This Fish and Look at It''	64	(5)
Samuel H. Scudder
``Observing Wolves''	69	(10)
Farley Mowat
Observing: The Writing Process	79	(26)
Choosing a Subject	79	(2)
Collecting	81	(2)
Shaping	83	(6)
Drafting	89	(1)
Revising	90	(1)
Peer Response	91	(2)
Postscript on the Writing Process	93	(1)
``Permanent Tracings''	93	(7)
Jennifer Macke
``Empty Windows''	100	(5)
Stephen White
Remembering	105	(52)
Techniques for Writing About Memories	106	(29)
Remembering People	109	(1)
Remembering Places	109	(1)
Remembering Events	110	(2)
Warming Up: Journal Exercises	112	(1)
``The Day Language Came into My Life''	113	(5)
Helen Keller
``Lives on the Boundary''	118	(8)
Mike Rose
``Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self''	126	(9)
Alice Walker
Remembering: The Writing Process	135	(22)
Choosing a Subject	135	(1)
Collecting	136	(2)
Shaping	138	(5)
Drafting	143	(1)
Revising	144	(1)
Peer Response	145	(1)
Postscript on the Writing Process	146	(1)
``The Wind Catcher''	147	(3)
Todd Petry
``The Red Chevy''	150	(7)
Juli Bovard
Reading	157	(17)
Techniques for Writing About Reading	159	(4)
Critical Reading Strategies	159	(4)
Guidelines for Class Discussion	163	(1)
Summarizing and Responding to an Essay	163	(11)
``Teach Diversity---with a Smile''	164	(3)
Barbara Ehrenreich
Summarizing	167	(1)
Summary of ``Teach Diversity---with a Smile''	167	(1)
Responding	168	(1)
Response to ``Teach Diversity---with a Smile''	168	(4)
Summarizing and Responding to Images	172	(2)
``Beauty and Violence''
Adam Forest	174	(591)
``Some Don't Like Their Blues at All''	176	(2)
Karyn Lewis
Warming Up: Journal Exercises	178	(2)
``Letter to America''	180	(3)
Margaret Atwood
``Vows''	183	(5)
Christopher Caldwell
``Atlas Shrugs''	188	(10)
Nicholas Lemann
Reading and Writing Processes	198	(27)
Choosing a Subject	199	(1)
``Teaching Tolerance in America''	199	(3)
Dudley Erskine Devlin
Collecting	202	(2)
Shaping	204	(1)
Avoiding Plagiarism	204	(1)
Summary Shaping	205	(1)
Sample Summaries	206	(2)
Response Shaping	208	(2)
Outlines for Summary/Response Essays	210	(1)
Drafting	211	(1)
Revising	211	(1)
Peer Response	212	(1)
Postscript on the Writing Process	213	(1)
``Letter to Margaret Atwood''	214	(3)
Dean C. Swift
``Two Responses to Deborah Tannen''	217	(8)
Jennifer Koester
Sonja H. Browe
Investigating	225	(78)
Techniques for Investigative Writing	226	(46)
Summary of a Book or Article	227	(1)
``Date Rape: Familiar Strangers''	228	(9)
Charlene Muehlenhard
Melaney Linton
A Brief Report with Graphics	227
``Gimme An A (I Insist!)''	229	(1)
Abigail Sullivan Moore
Investigation Using Multiple Sources	230	(1)
``That Parent-Child Conversation Is Becoming Instant, and Online''	231	(5)
John Schwartz
Profile of a Person	236	(1)
``Rick Steves's Not-So-Lonely Planet''	236	(1)
Sara Corbett
Extended Interview	237	(1)
``Reading Statistical Tea Leaves''	238	(3)
Karen Arenson
Warming Up: Journal Exercises	241	(2)
``Surfin' the Louvre''	243	(2)
Elizabeth Larsen
``Plotting a Net Gain''	245	(6)
Connie Koenenn
``The End of Cheap Oil''	251	(12)
Tim Appenzeller
``The Homeless and Their Children''	263	(9)
Jonathan Kozol
Investigating: The Writing Process	272	(31)
Choosing a Subject	272	(1)
Collecting	273	(1)
Community Service Learning	274	(3)
Research Tips	277	(2)
Doing Field Research	279	(3)
Shaping	282	(3)
Drafting	285	(1)
Revising	285	(1)
Peer Response	286	(1)
Postscript on the Writing Process	287	(1)
``The Hollywood Indian''	288	(9)
Lauren Strain
``My Friend, Michelle, An Alcoholic''	297	(6)
Bridgid Stone
Explaining	303	(58)
Techniques for Explaining	305	(26)
Explaining What	306	(3)
Explaining How	309	(2)
Explaining Why	311	(2)
Warming Up: Journal Exercises	313	(1)
``Multiracialness''	314	(2)
LaMer Steptoe
``Miss Clairol's `Does She. . .Or Doesn't She?': How to Advertise a Dangerous Product''	316	(7)
James B. Twitchell
``How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently''	323	(8)
Deborah Tannen
Explaining: The Writing Process	331	(30)
Choosing a Subject	331	(1)
Collecting	332	(3)
Shaping	335	(3)
Tips for Integrating Images	338	(6)
Drafting	344	(1)
Revising	344	(1)
Peer Response	345	(2)
Postscript on the Writing Process	347	(1)
``English Only''	347	(9)
Christine Bishop
``Anorexia Nervosa''	356	(5)
Nancie Brosseau
Evaluating	361	(60)
Techniques for Writing Evaluations	363	(33)
Evaluating Commercial Products or Services	365	(1)
``The Hybrid Grows Up,'' Consumer Reports	366	(2)
Evaluating Works of Art	368	(2)
Evaluating Performances	370	(1)
``Peter Jackson's Sorcery''	371	(3)
Richard Alleva
Warming Up: Journal Exercises	374	(2)
``All's Not Well in Land of `The Lion King'''	376	(2)
Margaret Lazarus
``Today's Special''	378	(2)
David Sedaris
``Prime Time Art?''	380	(8)
Kathyrn Hughes
Ben Rogers
``Watching the Eyewitless News''	388	(8)
Elayne Rapping
Evaluating: The Writing Process	396	(25)
Choosing a Subject	396	(1)
Collecting	397	(3)
Shaping	400	(3)
Drafting	403	(1)
Revising	403	(1)
Peer Response	404	(2)
Postscript on the Writing Process	406	(1)
``Borrowers Can be Choosy''	406	(7)
Linda Meininger
``Appendix''	413	(3)
``The Big Chill''	416	(5)
Kent Y'Blood
Problem Solving	421	(50)
Techniques for Problem Solving	423	(20)
Demonstrating That a Problem Exists	424	(1)
Proposing a Solution and Convincing Your Readers	425	(2)
Warming Up: Journal Exercises	427	(2)
``How to End Grade Inflation: A Modest Proposal''	429	(2)
Michael Berube
``Solving for Pattern''	431	(5)
Wendell Berry
``The Argument Culture''	436	(7)
Deborah Tannen
Problem Solving: The Writing Process	443	(28)
Choosing a Subject	443	(2)
Collecting	445	(4)
Shaping	449	(3)
Peer Response	452	(1)
Drafting	453	(1)
Revising	453	(2)
Postscript on the Writing Process	455	(1)
``No Parking''	456	(6)
Kristy Busch
Steve Krause
Keith Wright
``New Regulations and You''	462	(9)
Jessica Cook
Arguing	471	(82)
Techniques for Writing: Argument	472	(50)
Claims for Written Argument	474	(4)
Appeals for Written Argument	478	(5)
Rogerian Argument	483	(3)
The Toulmin Method of Argument	486	(1)
Warming Up: Journal Exercises	487	(1)
Analyzing Statistics	488	(2)
``Out of the Picture on the Abortion Ban''	490	(2)
Ellen Goodman
``The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?''	492	(7)
Cathleen A. Cleaver
``The Damnation of a Canyon''	499	(7)
Edward Abbey
Three Perspectives on the Death Penalty	506	(1)
``Death and Justice''	507	(5)
Edward I. Koch
``Death Be Not Proud''	512	(2)
Robert Badinter
``Death and Justice''	514	(5)
John O'Sullivan
Harris Poll® Statistics: ``More Than Two-Thirds of Americans Continue to Support the Death Penalty''	519	(3)
Humphrey Taylor
Arguing: The Writing Process	522	(31)
Choosing a Subject	522	(2)
Collecting	524	(1)
Shaping	525	(4)
Drafting	529	(1)
Revising	530	(1)
Peer Response	531	(4)
Postscript on the Writing Process	535	(1)
``Welfare Is Still Necessary for Women and Children in the U.S.''	536	(8)
Crystal Sabatke
``Standardized Tests: Shouldn't We Be Helping Our Students?''	544	(9)
Eric Boese
Responding to Literature	553	(58)
Responding to a Short Story	556	(1)
``The Story of an Hour''	557	(2)
Kate Chopin
Responding to a Poem	559	(1)
``Musee des Beaux Arts''	560	(1)
W. H. Auden
Techniques for Responding To Literature	561	(1)
Warming Up: Journal Exercises	562	(1)
Purposes for Responding to Literature	563	(1)
Responding to Short Fiction	564	(3)
``A Worn Path''	567	(9)
Eudora Welty
``The Lesson''	576	(1)
Toni Cade Bambara
Responding to Poetry	576	(18)
Five Contemporary Poems	584	(10)
Responding to Literature: The Writing Process	594	(17)
Collecting	594	(3)
Shaping	597	(2)
Drafting	599	(1)
Revising	599	(1)
Postscript on the Writing Process	600	(1)
``On a Worn Path''	601	(6)
Julia MacMillan
Brett MacFadden
``Death: The Final Freedom''	607	(4)
Pat Russell
Writing a Research Paper	611	(78)
Techniques for Writing A Research Paper	613	(4)
Using Purpose, Audience, and Genre as Guides	614	(1)
Finding the Best Sources	615	(1)
Critically Evaluating Your Sources	616	(1)
Using Sources to Make Your Point	616	(1)
Documenting Your Sources	617	(1)
Preparing Yourself For the Research Process	617	(7)
Warming Up: Journal Exercises	618	(1)
Research Notebook	619	(4)
Research Timetable	623	(1)
Documentation Format: MLA and APA Styles	623	(1)
Research Paper: The Writing Process	624	(65)
Choosing a Subject	624	(4)
Collecting	628	(7)
Internet Browsers and Search Engines	635	(1)
Basic Internet Glossary	636	(3)
Evaluating Internet and Library Sources	639	(4)
Avoiding Plagiarism	643	(3)
Shaping	646	(1)
Shaping Strategies	647	(2)
Drafting	649	(1)
Using Graphics	649	(6)
Revising	655	(1)
Documenting Source	655	(18)
Postscript on the Writing Process	673	(1)
``Foreign Language Study: An American Necessity''	674	(15)
Kate McNerny
Appendix: Writing Under Pressure	689	(11)
Know Your Audience	691	(1)
Analyze Key Terms	691	(1)
Make a Sketch Outline	692	(3)
Know the Material	695	(1)
Practice Writing	696	(1)
Proofread and Edit	696	(1)
Sample Essay Questions and Responses	697	(3)
Handbook	700	(65)
Section 1---Review of Basic Sentence Elements	707	(9)
Section 2---Sentence Structure and Grammar	716	(17)
Section 3---Diction and Style	733	(14)
Section 4---Punctuation and Mechanics	747	(18)
Credits	765	(2)
Index	767