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Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond uses written instruction and visual tools to teaches how to read, write, and research effectively for different purposes. Lester Faigley’s clear and inviting teaching style and Dorling Kindersley’s accessible and striking design combine to create a textbook that shows what readers and writers actually do. Unique, dynamic presentations of reading, writing, and research processes in the text bring writing alive and speaks to those with many learning styles. Throughout the book, the readers are engaged and learning, with such notable features as “process maps” to guide through the major writing assignments, extensive examples of student “Writers at work,” and diverse, distinctive reading selections.
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Table of Contents:
PART ONE: The Writer as Explorer
1. Thinking as a Writer
Explore through writing
Understand the process of writing
Understand the rhetorical situation
Analyze your assignment
Think about your genre and medium
Think about your topic
Think about your audience
Think about your credibility
2. Reading to Explore
Become a critical reader
Look with a critical eye
Read actively
Recognize fallacies
Respond as a reader
Move from reading to invention
3. Planning
Move from a general topic to a writing plan
Narrow your topic
Write a thesis
Make a plan
4. Drafting
Draft with strategies in mind
Write a zero draft
Draft from a working outline
Start fast with an engaging title and opening paragraph
Develop paragraphs
Conclude with strength
Link within and across paragraphs
5. Revising
Revising and editing
Evaluate your draft
Respond to others
Pay attention to details last
Revise using your instructor’s comments
PART TWO: The Writer as Guide
Writing to Reflect
6. Reflections
Writing reflections
What makes a good reflection
How to read reflections
Sue Kunitomi Embrey, Some Lines for a Younger Brother . . .
David Sedaris, Let it Snow
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, My Hips, My Caceras
Rebecca Solnit, Open Door
Amy Tan, Mother Tongue
How to write a reflection
Student example
Janine Carter, The Miracle Quilt
Projects
Writing to Inform
7. Observations
Writing observations
What makes a good observation
How to read observations
Mary Roach, Monster in a Ryokan
Sandra Tsing Loh, Coming Home to Van Nuys
Kellie Schmitt, The Old Man Isn’t There Anymore
Ansel Adams, Photographs of Japanese-Americans at Manzanar
National Park Service, Yellowstone’s Geothermal Resources
How to write an observation
Student example
Sarah Cuellar, Playing in Traffic: How Parallel Play Helps Preschool Children "Merge" into Group Play
Projects
8. Informative Essays
Reporting information
What makes good informative writing
How to read informative writing
Chip Walter, Affairs of the Lips: Why We Kiss
Kheehong Song and Allison Cui, Understanding China’s Middle Class
Robin Dunbar, Gossip Is Good for You
World Wildlife Fund, Measuring Human Demand
Christopher McCandless, The Heart Disease Test Madeover
How to write to inform
Student example
Lakshmi Kotra, The Life Cycle of Stars
Projects
Writing to Analyze
9. Rhetorical, Visual, and Literary Analyses
Writing to analyze
Analyzing text and context
Writing a rhetorical analysis
Writing a visual analysis
Writing a literary analysis
How to read analyses
Tim Collins, Straight from the Heart
David T. Z. Mindich, The Collapse of Big Media: The Young and the Restless
Example for analysis: Volkswagen Beetle
Example for analysis: Kate Chopin, The Storm
Example for analysis: Dagoberto Gilb, Love in LA
Student example
Quandre Brown, Fender-bender Romance in Dagoberto Gilb's "Love in LA"
How to write an analysis
Student example
Kelsey Turner, Biting the Hands That Feed America
Projects
Writing Arguments
10. Causal Arguments
Writing a causal argument
What makes a good causal argument
How to read causal arguments
Laura Fraser, The French Paradox
Emily Raine, Why Should I Be Nice To You? Coffee Shops and the Politics of Good Service
Kay S. Hymowitz, The New Girl Order
Malcolm Gladwell, Small Change
Clay Shirkey, Gin, Television, and Social Surplus
Eduardo Porter, The Price of Crossing Borders
How to write a causal argument
Student example
Armandi Tansel, Modern Warfare: Video Games’ Link to Real-World Violence
Projects
11. Evaluation Arguments
Writing an evaluation argument
What makes a good evaluation argument
How to read evaluation arguments
P. J. O'Rourke, The End of the Affair
Editorial. The Worst Policy on Campus
Bill McKibben, The Only Way to Have a Cow
Jane McGonigal, The Four Secrets to Making Our Own Happiness
Stephanie Rosenbloom, The Nitpicking Nation
How to write an evaluation
Student example
Jenna Picchi, Organic Foods Should Come Clean
Projects
12. Position Arguments
Writing a position argument
What makes a good position argument
How to read position arguments
Ted Koppel, Take My Privacy, Please!
Frederick Douglass, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
Mark Winne, When Handouts Keep Coming, the Food Line Never Ends
Michael Pollan, Eat Food, Food Defined
David Carr, Why Twitter Will Endure
James Paul Gee, Games, Not Schools, Are Teaching Kids to Think
Buff Daddy
Food Cops Bust Cookie Monster
How to write a position argument
Student example
Patrice Conley, Flagrant Foul: The NCAA’s Definition of Student Athletes as Amateurs
Projects
13. Proposal Arguments
Writing a proposal argument
What makes a good proposal argument
How to read proposal arguments
Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence
Richard Nixon, Building the Interstate Highway System
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, Connecting the City
Glenn Loury, A Nation of Jailers
Peter W. Huber, Bound to Burn
Chris Packham and Mark Wright, Should Pandas Be Left to Face Extinction?
How to write a proposal argument
Student example
Kim Lee, Let’s Make It a Real Melting Pot with Presidential Hopes for All
Projects
PART THREE: The Multimodal Writer
14. Thinking Visually
Communicate with visuals and words
Know when to use images and graphics
Take pictures that aren’t boring
Compose images
Create tables, charts, and graphs
15. Designing Documents
Start with your readers
Use headings and subheadings effectively
Design pages
Understand typography
Create tables, charts, and graphs
16. Delivering Presentations
Plan a presentation
Design effective visuals
Deliver a successful presentation
17. Writing for Online Courses
Keep track of online coursework
Participate in online discussions
Manage online writing
18. Working as a Team
Organize a team
Brainstorm as a team
Work as a team
PART FOUR: The Writer as Researcher
Guide to Research
19. Planning Research
Analyze the research task
Ask a question
Determine what you need
Draft a working thesis
20. Finding Sources
Identify the kinds of sources that you need
Search using keywords
Find sources in databases
Find sources on the Web
Find multimedia sources
Find print sources
Create a working bibliography
21. Evaluating Sources
Determine the relevance and quality of sources
Determine the kind of source
Determine if a source is trustworthy
Create an annotated bibliography
22. Exploring in the Field
Conduct interviews
Administer surveys
Make observations
23. Writing the Research Project
Write a draft
Avoid plagiarism
Quote sources without plagiarizing
Summarize and paraphrase sources without plagiarizing
Incorporate quotations
Incorporate visuals
Review your research project
24. MLA Documentation
Elements of MLA documentation
Entries in the works-cited list
In-text citations in MLA style
Books in MLA-style works cited
Web sources in MLA-style works cited
Other sources in MLA-style works cited
Visual sources in MLA-style works cited
Sample MLA paper
Sarah Picchi, It’s Time to Shut Down the Identity Theft Racket
25. APA Documentation
APA citations
In-text citations in APA style
Books in APA-Style references list
Periodicals in APA-Style references list
Web sources in APA-Style references list
Other sources in APA-Style references list
Sample APA paper
Blair Zacharias, Parking Design Recommendations for Publically Funded Commercial Redevelopment Projects
PART FIVE: The Writer as Editor
26. Writing Effective Sentences
Pay attention to verbs
Stay active
Focus on people and actors
Write concise sentences
Write ethical sentences
Match structure with ideas
Summary for editing sentences
27. Avoiding Errors
Fix fragments
Fix run-on sentences
Fix comma spices
Make verbs agree with subjects
Make pronouns agree
Fix shifts
Use modifiers correctly
Place modifiers carefully
Summary for editing for errors
28. Understanding Punctuation and Conventions
Identify where commas are needed
Place commas correctly with modifiers
Place commas correctly with clauses and phrases
Use semicolons and colons correctly
Use hyphens, dashes, and parentheses correctly
Use quotation marks correctly
Use other punctuation correctly
Understand print conventions
Summary for punctuation and conventions
29. Writing in a Second Language
Understand the demands of writing in a second language
Understand nouns in English
Understand articles in English
Understand verbs and modifiers in English
Understand English sentence structure
Summary for second-language writers
Appendixes:
A. Writing Essay Exams
B. Creating Portfolios
About the Author :
Lester Faigley holds the Robert Adger Law and Thos. H. Law Professorship in Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. He was the founding director of the Division (now Department) of Rhetoric and Writing at Texas in 1993, and he served as the 1996 Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Faigley has published over twenty books and editions, including Fragments of Rationality (Pittsburgh, 1992), which received the MLA Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize.
