Writing in the Disciplines: A Reader for Writers

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

• ISBN13: 9780130484758
• ISBN10: 013048475X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
PART ONE Reading and Writing in the Academic Disciplines	1	(190)
Preparing to Write: Active Reading	3	(33)
Academic Writing: An Introduction	3	(2)
Active Reading Strategies	5	(1)
Prereading	6	(2)
Preview the Source and Derive Questions That Will Help You Set Goals for Close Reading	6	(1)
Freewrite or Brainstorm to Recall Your Prior Knowledge or Feelings About the Reading Topic	7	(1)
Close Reading	8	(8)
Annotate and Elaborate on the Source	9	(1)
Take Content Notes	10	(1)
Pose and Answer Questions About the Source	11	(5)
Postreading	16	(20)
Review the Source and Your Notes	16	(1)
Compose Paraphrases and Summaries and Record Quotations That May Be Useful at a Later Date	16	(20)
Writing an Essay in Response to a Source: An Illustration of the Writing Process	36	(41)
The Reading-Writing Process	36	(3)
Personal Response in Academic Writing	39	(1)
Active Reading Strategies for Response Essays	40	(5)
Analyze the Assignment	40	(2)
Elaborate on Reading Sources	42	(3)
Planning	45	(5)
Formulating a Thesis	45	(1)
Organizing	46	(4)
Drafting	50	(8)
Planning Individual Paragraphs	51	(2)
Using Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries	53	(1)
Writing Introductory Paragraphs	54	(2)
Writing Conclusions	56	(1)
Preparing Lists of References or Works Cited	57	(1)
Titling the Essay	57	(1)
Revising the Preliminary Draft	58	(11)
Revising Ideas	61	(1)
Revising Organization	62	(1)
Revising Style	62	(7)
Editing	69	(8)
Manuscript Format	71	(1)
Sample Response Essay	72	(5)
Composing Essays Drawing from Two or More Sources: Comparison and Contrast and Synthesis	77	(26)
Comparison and Contrast Essay	77	(16)
Identifying Comparisons and Contrasts	78	(3)
Planning Comparison and Contrast Essays	81	(2)
Organizing the Comparison and Contrast Essay	83	(2)
Drafting Comparison and Contrast Essays	85	(1)
Sample Comparison and Contrast Essay	86	(5)
Revising the Preliminary Draft	91	(2)
Editing the Preliminary Draft	93	(1)
Synthesizing Sources	93	(10)
Sample Synthesis Essay	97	(6)
Essays of Argument, Analysis, and Evaluation	103	(39)
Argument: An Introduction	103	(20)
Developing Support for Arguments	105	(1)
Using Sources in Argument Essays	105	(7)
Organizing Argumentative Essays	112	(3)
Sample Argument Essay	115	(6)
Revising the Preliminary Draft	121	(1)
Editing the Preliminary Draft	122	(1)
Analysis and Evaluation: An Introduction	123	(1)
Writing an Analytical Essay	124	(18)
Reading the Source and Planning Your Essay	124	(1)
Clarify the Assignment, Set Your Rhetorical Goal, and Consider Your Audience	124	(1)
Do a First Reading to Get a General Impression of the Text	125	(1)
Reread and Ask Questions About Analyzing and Evaluating the Text	126	(5)
Review Your Answers to the Questions for Analysis	131	(1)
Deciding on an Organizational Plan	132	(3)
Drafting	135	(1)
Sample Essay of Literary Analysis	136	(3)
Revising the Preliminary Draft	139	(1)
Editing the Preliminary Draft	140	(2)
Writing Research Papers	142	(49)
The Research Paper: An Introduction	142	(1)
Identifying A Research Topic	143	(2)
Developing A Research Strategy	145	(2)
Allocate Sufficient Time for Research	145	(1)
Identify Research Questions	145	(1)
Brainstorm a List of Terms or a Search Vocabulary	146	(1)
Virtual Libraries	147	(1)
Using Electronic Retrieval Systems	148	(5)
How Computerized Information Retrieval Systems Function	148	(2)
Recall versus Relevancy	150	(1)
Keyword Searching	151	(1)
Truncation	151	(1)
Boolean Searching	152	(1)
The Library or the World Wide Web? Choosing a Research Site	153	(3)
Locating Information in an Academic Library	156	(8)
The Library Catalog	157	(3)
Periodical Indexes	160	(4)
Conducting Research Using the World Wide Web	164	(2)
Collecting Information on Your Own: Surveys and Interviews	166	(1)
Modifying Your Search Strategy	167	(1)
Evaluating Information Sources	168	(1)
Excerpting Information from Sources	169	(1)
Writing a Preliminary Thesis	170	(2)
Planning the Research Paper	172	(2)
Writing from Your Outline	174	(1)
Revising	174	(1)
Editing	175	(16)
Sample Research Paper	175	(16)
PART TWO An Anthology of Readings	191	(2)
Natural Sciences and Technology	193	(166)
Cloning and Reproductive Technology	197	(49)
Nine Lives	198	(12)
Ursula K. Le Guin
From Science Fiction to Reality	210	(11)
Lee M. Silver
Dolly's Passion and Louis's Fashion	221	(11)
Stephen Jay Gould
Designing Better Humans	232	(4)
Carol A. Foote
Narcissus Cloned	236	(6)
John J. Conley
The Economics of Cloning	242	(4)
Barbara Ehrenreich
Interaction Between Machines and Humans	246	(50)
In Defense of Robots	247	(12)
Carl Sagan
On Classrooms, with and without Computers	259	(9)
Clifford Stoll
The Intimate Machine	268	(7)
Neil Frude
Electronic Expansion of Human Perception	275	(9)
Warren Robinett
The Age of Simulation	284	(12)
Jeremy Rifkin
Technology and Civil Liberties	296	(63)
Big Brother is Watching You	297	(16)
George Orwell
High-Tech Crime Fighting: The Threat to Civil Liberties	313	(11)
Gene Stephens
Privacy and Technology	324	(10)
Gary T. Marx
Invasion of Privacy	334	(9)
Joshua Quittner
Nowhere to Hide: Lack of Privacy is the Ultimate Equalizer	343	(3)
Charles Platt
Issues Regarding DNA Testing
U.S. Department of Justice	346	(13)
Social Sciences	359	(148)
Redefining the American Family	364	(65)
Alternative Family Futures	365	(9)
Frances K. Goldschneider
Linda J. Waite
Fatherhood and the Defense of Patriarchy	374	(6)
Robert L. Griswold
Children of Gay Fathers	380	(10)
Robert L. Barret
Bryan E. Robinson
Mothers, Daughters, and Socialization for Survival	390	(9)
Patricia Hill Collins
People Don't Know Right from Wrong Anymore	399	(20)
Lillian B. Rubin
Snapshots	419	(10)
Helena Maria Viramontes
Social Class and Inequality	429	(78)
How Many Classes are There?	430	(12)
Dennis Gilbert
Joseph A. Kahl
Separation of the Classes	442	(4)
Charles Murray
Rebels with a Cause	446	(24)
Myron Magnet
The War Against the Poor Instead of Programs to End Poverty	470	(9)
Herbert J. Gans
The Revolt of the Black Bourgeoisie	479	(6)
Leonce Gaiter
Grandma Went to Smith, All Right, But She Went from Nine to Five: A Memoir	485	(14)
Patricia Clark Smith
White Standard for Poverty	499	(3)
Dirk Johnson
Red Anger	502	(5)
R. T. Smith
Humanities	507	(182)
The Community and the Individual	513	(52)
Morality as a Community Affair	514	(9)
Amitai Etzioni
The Meaning of One's Life	523	(5)
Robert N. Bellah
Richard Madsen
William M. Sullivan
Ann Swidler
Steven M. Tipton
Multiculturalism and Individualism	528	(11)
Michael Walzer
Ambivalences in American Views of Dignity	539	(8)
Barry Jay Seltser
Donald E. Miller
Communitarianism, a New Threat for Gun Owners	547	(5)
Christopher C. Little
Life	552	(13)
Bessie Head
Rock Music and Cultural Values	565	(66)
Toward an Aesthetic of Popular Music	566	(19)
Simon Frith
Rock as Art	585	(3)
Camille Paglia
Romanticizing Rock Music	588	(18)
Theodore A. Gracyk
All Junk, All the Time	606	(4)
Richard Brookhiser
Redeeming the Rap Music Experience	610	(21)
Venise Berry
Literatures of Diaspora: Fiction and Nonfiction	631	(58)
The Proper Respect	633	(7)
Isabel Allende
Sleeping on a Wire	640	(13)
David Grossman
A Different Mirror	653	(14)
Ronald Takaki
Jasmine	667	(10)
Bharati Mukherjee
Everyday Use	677	(12)
Alice Walker
Appendix: Documenting Sources	689	(20)
Rhetorical Index	709	(2)
Index	711