Writing in the Disciplines: A Reader for Writers

by Kennedy, Mary Lynch; Kennedy, William; Smith, Hadley; Kennedy, William J.; Smith, Hadley M.

• ISBN13: 9780130210272
• ISBN10: 0130210277
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

This reader provides a firm grounding in academic writing, showing students how to read academic texts and use them as sources for college papers. Offering a broad and comprehensive selection of readings to help students develop their abilities to think critically and reason cogently, it shows them how to work individually and collaboratively as they move through the entire process of writing from sourcesfrom reading the original source to planning, drafting and revising essays.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: Reading and Writing in the Academic Disciplines	1	(190)
Preparing to Write: Active Reading	3	(33)
Writing an Essay in Response to a Source: An Illustration of the Writing Process	36	(41)
Composing Essays Drawing from Two or More Sources: Comparison and Contrast and Synthesis	77	(26)
Essays of Argument, Analysis, and Evaluation	103	(39)
Writing Research Papers	142	(49)
PART TWO: An Anthology of Readings	191	(498)
Natural Sciences and Technology	193	(4)
Cloning and Reproductive Technology	197	(49)
Interaction Between Machines and Humans	246	(50)
Technology and Civil Liberties	296	(68)
Social Sciences	359	(5)
Redefining the American Family	364	(65)
Social Class and Inequality	429	(84)
Humanities	507	(6)
The Community and the Individual	513	(52)
Rock Music and Cultural Values	565	(66)
Literatures of Diaspora: Fiction and Nonfiction	631	(58)
Appendix: Documenting Sources	689	(20)
Rhetorical Index	709	(2)
Index	711