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Strategies for Successful Writing, 9e, offers a rhetoric, reader, reasearch guide and handbook, all in one convenient tool. Providing thorough coverage of the writing process and the research process, as well as strategies using the rhetorical patterns, this text also includes coverage of writing about literature and essay exams.

Table of Contents:
Pr> To The Student   Rhetoric   Chapter 1 Writing: A First Look The Purposes of Writing The Audience for Your Writing The Qualities of Good Writing Writing and Ethics 1   Chapter 2 Strategies for Successful Reading Orienting Your Reading A First Reading Additional Readings Mastering Reading Problems Reading to Critique Reading Assignments Carefully Reading as a Writer “The Appeal of the Androgynous Man” by Amy Gross Writing About What You Read   Chapter 3 Planning and Drafting Your Paper Understanding the Assignment Zeroing In on a Topic Gathering Information Organizing the Information Creating an Outline Developing a Thesis Statement Writing the First Draft Planning and Drafting with a Computer   Chapter 4 Revising and Editing Your Paper Preparing to Revise Considering the Whole Essay Strengthening Paragraph Structure and Development Sharpening Sentences and Words Writing the Introduction and Conclusion Selecting a Title Peer Evaluation of Drafts Proofreading Your Draft Revising with a computer Collaborative Writing Maintaining and Reviewing a Portfolio   Chapter 5 Paragraphs Characteristics of Effective Paragraphs Paragraphs with Special Functions   Chapter6 Effective Sentences Sentence Strategies   Chapter 7 Diction, Tone, Style Toward Clear Diction Toward Rhetorical Effect Special Stylistic Techniques Eliminating Flawed Diction   Chapter 8 Narration: Relating Events Purpose Action Conflict Point of View Key Events Dialogue Ethical Issues Writing a Narrative *SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAY OF NARRATION: “Joy through the Tears” by Brittany Coggin Critical Edge   Chapter 9 Description: Presenting Impressions Purpose Sensory Impressions Dominant Impression Vantage Point Selection of Details Arrangement of Details Ethical Issues Writing a Description *SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAY OF DESCRIPTION: “My Serenity” by Rachel Harvey Critical Edge   Chapter 10 Process Analysis: Explaining How Kinds of Process Analysis Papers Ethical Issues Writing a Process Analysis *SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAY OF PROCESS ANALYSIS: “Basic Song Writing Technique” by Hannah Hill Critical Edge   Chapter 11 Illustration: Making Yourself Clear  Selecting Appropriate Examples  Number of Examples  Organizing the Examples  Ethical Issues  Writing an Illustration  SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAY OF ILLUSTRATION: “If It Is Worth Doing” by Janice Carlton  Critical Edge    Chapter 12 Classification: Grouping into Categories  Selecting Categories  Number of Categories  Developing Categories  Ethical Issues  Writing a Classification  SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAY OF CLASSIFICATION: “Types of Video Games for Children” by Kyra Glass Critical Edge    Chapter 13 Comparison: Showing Relationships  Selecting Items for Comparison  Developing a Comparison  Organizing a Comparison  Using Analogy  Ethical Issues  Writing a Comparison  *SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAY OF COMPARISON: “Differences between Korean and English” by Sunho Lee  Critical Edge    Chapter 14 Cause and Effect: Explaining Why  Patterns in Causal Analysis  Reasoning Errors in Causal Analysis  Ethical Issues  Writing a Causal Analysis  SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAY OF CAUSE AND EFFECT: “Why Students Drop Out of College” by Diann Fisher  Critical Edge    Chapter 15 Definition: Establishing Boundaries  Types of Definitions  Ethical Issues  Writing an Extended Definition  SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAY OF DEFINITION: “Rediscovering Patriotism” by Peter Wing  Critical Edge    Chapter 16 Argument: Convincing Others  The Rational Appeal  Reasoning Strategies  The Emotional Appeal  The Ethical Appeal  Ferreting Out Fallacies  Ethical Issues  Writing an Argument  *SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAY OF ARGUMENT: “Bottled Troubled Water” by Scott Lemanski  Critical Edge    Chapter 17 Mixing the Writing Strategies  Why and How to Mix Strategies  Ethical Issues  Problem/Solution Report  Evaluation Report  *SAMPLE ESSAY USING SEVERAL WRITING STRATEGIES: “Eating Alone in Restaurants” by Bruce Jay Friedman  Critical Edge    Chapter 18 The Essay Examination  Studying for the Examination  Types of Test Questions  Preparing to Write  Writing the Examination Answer    Chapter 19 Writing About Literature  The Elements of Literature  Ethical Issues  Writing a Paper on Literature  SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAY ON LITERATURE: “Scratchy Wilson: No Cardboard Character” by Wendell Stone    Electronic Chapter: Business Letters and Résumés  This chapter, enhanced with fourteen case-based business writing scenarios, appears after the index in the e-Book version of MyCompLab for this text. If your book did not come packaged with access to MyCompLab and you wish to gain access, please visit www.mycomplab.com and be sure to specify “e-Book Version.”   Research Guide   Chapter 20 The Research Paper  Learning About Your Library  Choosing a Topic  Assembling a Working Bibliography  Taking Notes  Organizing and Outlining  Ethical Issues  Writing Your Research Paper  SAMPLE MLA STUDENT RESEARCH PAPER: “House Arrest: An Attractive Alternative to Incarceration” by Keith Jacque  Using a Computer    Chapter 21 Documenting Sources  Preparing Proper MLA Bibliographic References  Preparing Proper APA Bibliographic References  Handling In-Text Citations  Handling Quotations  Avoiding Plagiarism    Chapter 22 Additional Research Strategies: Interviews, Questionnaires, Direct Observations  The Value of Primary Research  General Principles for Primary Research  Ethical Issues  Interviews  SAMPLE STUDENT INTERVIEW REPORT: “Budget Cuts Affect State Police: An Interview Report with Officer Robert Timmons” by Holly Swain  Questionnaires  SAMPLE STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRE: “Survey on Public Smoking” SAMPLE STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRE REPORT: “Findings from Smoking Questionnaire Distributed to Bartram College Students” by Kelly Reetz  Direct Observations  SAMPLE STUDENT OBSERVATION REPORT: “Observations of an Inner-City Apartment Building” by Caleb Thomas    Reader Rhetorical Table of Contents   Narration “The Perfect Picture” by James Alexander Thom  “Sound and Fury” by Dan Greenburg  “Momma’s Encounter” by Maya Angelou  “The Scholarship Jacket” by Marta Salinas    Description “When the Full Moon Shines Its Magic over Monument Valley” by John V. Young  “Assembly Line Adventure” by Lesley Hazleton  “Once More to the Lake” by E. B. White    Process Analysis “Fast Track to Perfection” by Ian Dunbar  *“Taking Carbon Down” by Caroline Golman  “Let’s Get Vertical!” by Beth Wald  “Can Generation Xers Be Trained? by Shari Caudron    Illustration “Binge Drinking: A Campus Killer” by Sabrina Rubin Erdely  “Rambos of the Road” by Martin Gottfried  “Going for Broke” by Matea Gold and David Ferrell  “The Company Man” by Ellen Goodman    Classification “What Are Friends for?” by Marion Winik  “The Men We Carry in Our Minds” by Scott Russell Sanders  “A Tale of Four Learners” by Bernice McCarthy  “Which Stooge Are You?” by Ron Geraci   Comparison “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts” by Bruce Catton  “Conversational Ballgames” by Nancy Masterson Sakamoto  “Barbie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” by Mariflo Stephens  “Private Language, Public Language” by Richard Rodriguez  “Art Form for the Digital Age” by Henry Jenkins    Cause and Effect “Old Father Time Becomes a Terror” by Richard Tomkins  “Why We Keep Stuff” by Caroline Knapp  “Why Marriages Fail” by Anne Roiphe  *“Why We Flirt” by Belinda Luscombe and Kate Stinchfield    Definition “The Sweet Smell of Success Isn’t All That Sweet” by Laurence Shames  “The Blended Economy” by Marc Zwelling  *“Krumping” by Marc Zwelling    Argument *“The Problem with Single-Payer Plans” by Ezekiel J. Emanuel  *“Has Canada Got the Cure?” by Holly Dressel  “The Misguided Zeal of the Privacy Lobby” by Alan Ehrenhalt  “Halt and Show Your Papers!” by Barbara Dority  “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King, Jr.  “A Journalist’s View of Black Economics” by William Rasberry  *“The Case for Amnesty” by Nathan Thornburgh  *“Not Amnesty but Attrition” by Mark Krikorian    Mixing the Writing Strategies *“Supermarket Pastoral” by Michael Pollan  From “Social Bodies: Tightening the Bonds of Beauty” by Deborah A. Sullivan  “Gender Gap in Cyberspace” by Deborah Tannen    * new to this edition


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  • ISBN-13: 9780205817283
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0205817289
  • Publisher Date: 19 Jan 2011
  • Binding: LB
  • Weight: 54 gr


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