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The Curious Writer is an assignment-oriented  rhetoric-reader that stresses the connections between personal and academic writing. Offering a unique, entertaining, and personal author voice, The Curious Writer is sure to grab the reader's interest and motivates writing.  Also distinctive is The Curious Writer’s emphasis on inquiry as both a driving force behind the writing process and a method of discovery and learning.

Table of Contents:
>Chapter 1 WRITING AS INQUIRY Motives for Writing Beliefs About Writing EXERCISE 1.1 What Do You Believe? ONE STUDENT’S RESPONSE Bernice’s Journal INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS Journals Unlearning Unhelpful Beliefs The Beliefs of This Book INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS Portfolios Writing Situations and Rhetorical Choices Habits of Mind Start with Questions, Not Answers Suspend Judgment Search for Surprise EXERCISE 1.2 A Roomful of Details ONE STUDENT’S RESPONSE Bernice’s Journal INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS Invention Strategies Writing as a Process EXERCISE 1.3 What Is Your Process? Thinking About Your Process EXERCISE 1.4 Literacy Narrative Collage Writing Creatively, Writing Critically: A Process of Writing EXERCISE 1.5 Alternating Currents of Thought: Generating and Judging Thinking and Writing Dialectically Opening Questions Questions, Creativity, and Critical Thinking: A Strategy for Inquiry EXERCISE 1.6 Writing with the Wrong Hand and Other Ways of Thinking About Yourself as a Writer THE WRITING PROCESS Inquiry Project: The Writing Literacy Memoir SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAY Bernice Olivas, Writing a New Path EXERCISE 1.7 Taking a Reflective Turn Using What You Have Learned   Chapter 2 READING AS INQUIRY Motives for Reading Beliefs About Reading EXERCISE 2.1 What Do You Believe? ONE STUDENT’S RESPONSE Briana’s Journal Reading Situations and Rhetorical Choices ONE STUDENT’S RESPONSE Briana’s Journal EXERCISE 2.2 Reading Autobiography Reading as a Process Reading to Write Goal-Directed Reading EXERCISE 2.3 What Do You Know and When Did You Know It? ONE STUDENT’S RESPONSE Briana’s Journal Inquiry Questions for Reading to Write INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS Reading Perspectives Reading Dialectically INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS Visual Literacy: Reading Photographs EXERCISE 2.4 Reading Creatively, Reading Critically READINGSBruce Ballenger, “The Importance of Writing Badly” ONE STUDENT’S RESPONSE Briana’s Journal Read to Write and Write to Read THE WRITING PROCESS Inquiry Project: The Reading Literacy Memoir STUDENT ESSAY Briana Duquette-Shackley, Reading Literacy Memoir INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS The Double-Entry Journal Using What You Have Learned   Chapter 3 WRITING A PERSONAL ESSAY Writing About Experience Motives for Writing a Personal Essay The Personal Essay and Academic Writing Features of the Form READINGS PERSONAL ESSAY 1 Laura Zazulak, “Every Morning for Five Years” Inquiring into the Essay PERSONAL ESSAY 2 Judith Ortiz Cofer, “One More Lesson” Inquiring into the Essay SEEING THE FORM Nautilus Shell WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES The Personal Academic Essay WRITING IN YOUR LIFE Essaying “This I Believe” THE WRITING PROCESS Inquiry Project: Writing a Personal Essay Thinking About Subjects Generating Ideas ONE STUDENT’S RESPONSE Margaret’s Journal Listing Prompts Fastwriting Prompts Visual Prompts Research Prompts INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS Clustering or Mapping Judging What You Have What’s Promising Material and What Isn’t? Questions About Purpose and Audience Questions for Reflection Writing the Sketch STUDENT SKETCH Amanda Stewart, “Earning a Sense of Place” Moving from Sketch to Draft Evaluating Your Own Sketch Questions for Peer Review Reflecting on What You’ve Learned Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information Composing the Draft Methods of Development Using Evidence Workshopping the Draft Reflecting on the Draft Questions for Readers Revising the Draft Polishing the Draft STUDENT ESSAY Julia C. Arredondo, “Beet Field Dreams” Evaluating the Essay Using What You Have Learned   Chapter 4 WRITING A REVIEW Writing That Evaluates Motives for Writing a Review The Review and Academic Writing WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES Evaluation Across the Disciplines Features of the Form READINGS REVIEW 1 Mark Kermode, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Inquiring into the Essay REVIEW 2 Ezra Dyer, “A Ton (Just Barely) of Fun” Inquiring into the Essay SEEING THE FORM Choosing the Best Picture THE WRITING PROCESS Inquiry Project: Writing a Review Thinking About Subjects Generating Ideas Listing Prompts Fastwriting Prompts Visual Prompts Research Prompts Judging What You Have WRITING IN YOUR LIFE Online Product Reviews What’s Promising Material and What Isn’t? Questions About Audience and Purpose EXERCISE 4.1 From Jury to Judgment ONE STUDENT’S RESPONSE Sam’s Journal Thinking About Criteria Writing the Sketch STUDENT SKETCH Sam Battey, “River Birch: A Diamond in the Rough” Moving from Sketch to Draft Evaluating Your Own Sketch Questions for Peer Review Reflecting on What You’ve Learned Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information Re-Experience Interview Read Composing the Draft Methods of Development Using Evidence Workshopping the Draft Reflecting on the Draft ONE STUDENT’S RESPONSE Christy’s Journal Questions for Readers Revising the Draft Polishing the Draft STUDENT ESSAY Sam Battey, “River Birch: A Diamond in the Rough” Evaluating the Essay Using What You Have Learned   Chapter 5 WRITING A PROPOSAL Writing About Problems and Solutions Problems of Consequence Problems of Scale Motives for Writing a Proposal The Proposal and Academic Writing Features of the Form READINGS PROPOSAL 1 David S. Johnston, “Housing and Our Military” Inquiring into the Essay PROPOSAL 2 UC Santa Cruz Dining Services, “Green Dining” Inquiring into the Essay WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES Writing a Research Proposal SEEING THE FORM A Problem in Pictures THE WRITING PROCESS Inquiry Project: Writing a Proposal Thinking About Subjects Generating Ideas Listing Prompts ONE STUDENT’S RESPONSE Caesar’s Journal Fastwriting Prompts ONE STUDENT’S RESPONSE Gina’s Journal Visual Prompts Research Prompts Judging What You Have What’s Promising Material and What Isn’t? Questions About Audience and Purpose Questions of Form Research Considerations Writing the Sketch STUDENT SKETCH Gina Sinisi, “Clothing Optional” Moving from Sketch to Draft Evaluating Your Own Sketch ONE STUDENT’S RESPONSE Gina’s Journal Questions for Peer Review Reflecting on What You Learned Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information WRITING IN YOUR LIFE Grant Proposals and Group Ethos Composing the Draft Methods of Development Using Evidence Workshopping the Draft Reflecting on the Draft Questions for Readers Revising the Draft Polishing the Draft STUDENT ESSAY Gina Sinisi, “Clothing Optional” Evaluating the Essay Using What You Have Learned   Chapter 6 WRITING AN ARGUMENT Writing to Persuade People What Is Argument? Two Sides to Every Argument? Argument and Inquiry Suspending Judgment Making Judgments Analyzing Argument Using Toulmin Using Logical Fallacies INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS Common Logical Fallacies Motives for Writing an Argument The Argument and Academic Writing Features of the Form WRITING IN YOUR LIFE Public Argument in a Digital Age READINGS ARGUMENT 1 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, “The Language of War Is Killing” Inquiring into the Essay INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS Some Basic Argument Strategies ARGUMENT 2 Jeff Jacoby, “A Teacher with Faith and Reason” Inquiring into the Essay ARGUMENT 3 Loye Young, “Is Humiliation an Ethically Appropriate Response to Plagiarism?” Inquiring into the Essay SEEING THE FORM The “Imagetext” as Argument THE WRITING PROCESS Inquiry Project: Writing a Public Argument Thinking About Subjects Generating Ideas Listing Prompts Fastwriting Prompts Visual Prompts ONE STUDENT’S RESPONSE Ben’s Journal Research Prompts Judging What You Have What’s Promising Material and What Isn’t? Questions About Audience and Purpose Research Considerations Narrowing the Question Writing the Sketch STUDENT SKETCH Ben Bloom, “How to Really Rock the Vote” Moving from Sketch to Draft Evaluating Your Own Sketch Questions for Peer Review Reflecting on What You’ve Learned Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information Composing the Draft Methods of Development Using Evidence INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS What Evidence Can Do Workshopping the Draft Reflecting on the Draft Questions for Readers Revising the Draft WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES Argument in Academic Disciplines Polishing the Draft STUDENT ESSAY Kelly Sundberg, “I Am Not a Savage” Evaluating the Essay Using What You Have Learned   Chapter 7 WRITING A CRITICAL ESSAY Writing About Literature Motives for Writing a Critical Essay The Critical Essay and Academic Writing Features of the Form READINGS SHORT STORY 1 Ursula Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” Inquiring into the Story ONE STUDENT’S RESPONSE Bernice’s Double-Entry Journal WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES Why Literary Theory Is Not a Sleep Aid ESSAY Sarah Vowell, “Shooting Dad” INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS How to Read Nonfiction Inquiring into the Essay SEEING THE FORM Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth THE WRITING PROCESS Inquiry Project: Writing a Critical Essay Thinking About Subjects Generating Ideas Listing Prompts Fastwriting Prompts Visual Prompts Research Prompts INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS Common Literary Devices Judging What You Have What’s Promising Material and What Isn’t? Questions About Audience and Purpose Writing the Sketch STUDENT SKETCH Bernice Olivas, “Who Are `The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’?” Moving from Sketch to Draft Evaluating Your Own Sketch Questions for Peer Review Reflecting on What You’ve Learned Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information Composing the Draft Methods of Development Using Evidence Workshopping the Draft WRITING IN YOUR LIFE Book Groups Reflecting on the Draft Questions for Readers Revising the Draft Polishing the Draft STUDENT ESSAY Bernice Olivas, “Can You Really Walk Away?” Evaluating the Essay Using What You Have Learned   Chapter 8 RESEARCH TECHNIQUES Methods of Collecting Research in the Electronic Age Magic Words That Open Doors Google Your Boole Developing Working Knowledge A Strategy for Developing Working Knowledge Developing Focused Knowledge A Strategy for Developing Focused Knowledge Library Research Web Research INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS Methods of Recording Information Evaluating Library Sources INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS The Working Bibliography Evaluating Web Sources Writing in the Middle: Synthesizing Source Information and Your Own Ideas INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS How to Annotate a Book Double-Entry Journal Research Log Interviews Arranging Interviews Conducting the Interview Using the Interview in Your Writing Surveys Defining a Survey’s Goals and Audience Types of Survey Questions Crafting Survey Questions INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS Types of Survey Questions Conducting a Survey Using Survey Results in Your Writing Using What You Have Learned   Chapter 9 USING AND CITING SOURCES Controlling Information Using Sources Summarizing Paraphrasing Quoting Citing Sources Avoiding Plagiarism EXERCISE 9.1 The Accidental Plagiarist MLA Documentation Guidelines INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS The Common Knowledge Exception Citing Sources Where to Put Citations INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS Citations That Go with the Flow When You Mention the Author’s Name When There Is No Author Works by the Same Author When One Source Quotes Another Personal Interviews Several Sources in a Single Citation Sample Parenthetical References for Other Sources Format The Layout Preparing the Works Cited Page Format Citing Books Sample Book Citations Citing Periodicals Sample Periodical Citations Citing Nonprint and Other Sources A Sample Paper in MLA Style STUDENT ESSAY Amy Garret, “We Need the Sun” APA Documentation Guidelines How the Essay Should Look Page Format Title Page Abstract Body of the Paper References Page Appendix Notes Tables and Figures Language and Style Citing Sources in Your Essay When the Author Is Mentioned in the Text When the Author Isn’t Mentioned in the Text When to Cite Page Numbers A Single Work by Two or More Authors A Work with No Author Two or More Works by the Same Author An Institutional Author Multiple Works in the Same Parentheses Interviews, E-Mail, and Letters New Editions of Old Works A Web Site Preparing the References List Order of Sources Order of Information Sample References: Articles Sample References: Books Sample References: Other A Sample Paper in APA Style STUDENT ESSAY Amy Garrett, “The Happy Cow” Using What You Have Learned   Chapter 10 REVISION STRATEGIES Re-seeing Your Topic Divorcing the Draft Strategies for Divorcing the Draft Photography as a Metaphor for Revision Five Categories of Revision Problems with Purpose Revision Strategy 10.1: The Motive Statement Revision Strategy 10.2: What Do You Want to Know About What You Learned? ONE STUDENT’S RESPONSE Julia’s Draft Revision Strategy 10.3: Finding the Focusing Question Revision Strategy 10.4: What’s the Relationship? Problems with Meaning Where Does Meaning Come From? Methods for Discovering Your Thesis Revision Strategy 10.5: Find the “Instructive Line” Revision Strategy 10.6: Looping Toward a Thesis Revision Strategy 10.7: Reclaiming Your Topic Revision Strategy 10.8: Believing and Doubting Methods for Refining Your Thesis Revision Strategy 10.9: Questions as Knives Revision Strategy 10.10: Qualifying Your Claim Problems with Information Revision Strategy 10.11: Explode a Moment Revision Strategy 10.12: Beyond Examples Revision Strategy 10.13: Research Revision Strategy 10.14: Backing Up Your Assumptions Problems with Structure Formal Academic Structures Revision Strategy 10.15: Beginnings, Middles, Ends, and the Work They Do Revision Strategy 10.16: Reorganizing Around Thesis and Support Revision Strategy 10.17: Multiple Leads INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS Types of Leads Revision Strategy 10.18: The Frankenstein Draft Problems with Clarity and Style Solving Problems of Clarity Revision Strategy 10.19: The Three Most Important Sentences The First Sentence The Last Line of the First Paragraph The Last Line of the Essay Revision Strategy 10.20: Untangling Paragraphs Revision Strategy 10.21: Cutting Clutter INQUIRING INTO THE DETAILS Transition Flags Revision Strategy 10.22: The Actor and the Action Next Door Improving Style Revision Strategy 10.23: Actors and Actions Revision Strategy 10.24: Smoothing the Choppiness Revision Strategy 10.25: Fresh Ways to Say Things Using What You Have Learned   INDEX


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780205717422
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 020571742X
  • Publisher Date: 10 Jun 2010
  • Binding: LB
  • Weight: 64 gr


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