About the Book
Designed specifically for community colleges and business programs, Writing Connections helps students of varying backgrounds, ages, and majors recognize how strong writing skills can allow them to achieve both their academic and professional goals. Students practice finding common denominators and patterns across all key forms of writing and learn to apply what they learn to personal, cross-curricular, and workplace writing. Student examples illustrate all stages of the writing process and serve as good models on which students can pattern their own work.
Table of Contents:
I. Connecting Reading and Writing 1. Reading-Related Writing Reading for Writing. "Like, Whatever...," David Orr Supporting Ideas with Quotations and References Basic Documentation Documentation in Action Types of Reading-Related Writing. Student Writer: Lewan Huang "Using More Than Laws Against Gangs" Essays for Analysis, Discussion, and Responsive Writing. "Listening to the Air," John (Fire) Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes Writer's Guidelines: Reading-Related Writing II. Connecting Process with Product 2. The Essay and Its Parts The Essay Defined Essays and Documented Essays. Student Writer: "Tamales, a Family Production," Lvette Lohayza The Parts of an Essay The Thesis Defined Origin of the Thesis Writing the Thesis Forms of Support for the Thesis Special Paragraphs Within the Essay Basic Paragraph Patterns Writer's Guidelines: The Essay and Its Parts 3. The Writing Process: Prewriting The Writing Process Defined The Writing Process Worksheet Prewriting Writer's Guidelines: Prewriting 4. The Writing Process: Writing, Revising, and Editing Writing the First Draft The Recursive Factor Your Audience Revising Editing. Student Writer: Tanya, "Prison as a Community" Writer's Guidelines: Writing, Revising, and Editing III. Connecting Patterns with Personal, Cross-Curricular, and Career-Related Writing 5. Connections of Narration. Personal, Cross-Curricular, and Career-Related Writing Writing Narratives Writing Workplace Reports Practicing Patterns of Narration Personal Writing. Student: "From Survival to Living," Jeanne Sewell (Health, Medical Science). Professional: "Scrubbing in Maine," Barbara Ehrenreich (Sociology) Cross-Curricular Writing. Student: "The Use of Self-Analysis," Gloria Mendez (Literature). Professional: "Inside the Vicious Heart," Robert A. Divine et al. (World History) Career-Related Writing. Student: "Incident Report of the Falling Shoppers," Douglas Ross (Business, Business Management). Professional: "Danger on the Highway: Bridgestone/Firestone's Tire Recall," William M. Pride and O.C. Ferrell (Business, Business Ethics) Topics for Writing Narration Guidelines for Writing Narration 6. Connections of Analysis by Division: Personal, Cross-Curricular, and Career-Related Writing Writing Instruction Practicing Patterns of Analysis by Division Personal Writing. Student: "Choices and Sacrifices and Balance," Sarah Betrue. Professional: "Designer Babies," Michael D. Lemonich (Philosophy, Ethics) Cross-Curricular Writing. Student: "My-graines," Vincent Sheahan (Health Care). Professional: "A Brush with Reality: Surprises in the Tube," David Bodanis (Biology, Chemistry) Career-Related Writing. Student: "Air Traffic Control as a Career," Roger Myers (Air Traffic Control, Aeronautics). Professional: "Evaluation of a Child with Developmental Delay," Una Hayes-Shepard (Psychology, Sociology) Topics for Writing Analysis by Division Guidelines for Writing Analysis by Division 7. Connections of Process Analysis: Personal, Cross-Curricular, and Career-Related Writing Writing Process Analysis Working with Stages Basic Forms Combined Forms Useful Prewriting Procedure Practicing Patterns of Process Analysis Personal Writing. Student: "My Family Got Low-Balled in a Car Lot," Larry Gardner (Psychology, Social Psychology, Business Ethics). Professional: "Six Clicks from Death," Cynthia Joyce (Computer Literacy, Medical Science) Cross-Curricular Writing. Student: "Doing a Flame Hair Tattoo," Tina Sergio (Cosmetology). Professional: "Stars," Usha Lee McFarling (Astronomy) Career-Related Writing. Student: "The Skinny on Working for a Dermatologist," J. Kim Birdine (Medical Science, Nursing). Professional: "Pursuing and Ramming Vehicles," Thomas F. Adams (Law Enforcement) Topics for Writing Process Analysis Guidelines for Writing Process Analysis 8. Connections of Cause and Effect. Personal, Cross-Curricular, and Career-Related Writing Writing Cause and Effect Cause and Effect in Solving Patterns Practicing Patterns of Cause and Effect Personal Writing. Student: "Kick Me! Kiss Me!" Shandra Morgan (pseudonym). Professional: "A Hole in the Head," U.S. News and World Report (Fashion, Psychology) Cross-Curricular Writing. Student: "Some Effects of the Moon," Dan Borkland (Astronomy, Geography). Professional: "Kids in the Mall: Growing Up Controlled," William Severini Kowinski (Sociology, Consumer Behavior) Career-Related Writing. Student: "A Time to Talk and a Time to Shut Up," Glen Dollar (Counseling, Psychology). Professional: "Organizational Causes of Stress," Gregory Moorhead and Ricky W. Griffin (Psychology, Business Management) Topics for Writing Cause and Effect Guidelines for Writing Cause and Effect 9. Connections of Comparison and Contrast. Personal, Cross-Curricular, and Career-Related Writing Comparison and Contrast Defined Generating Topics and Working with 4 Ps Comparison and Contrast Showing Relationships and Ranking in Reports of Recommendation Practicing Patterns of Comparison and Contrast Personal Writing. Student: "Superman and Batman," Judy Urbina. Professional: "That Lean and Hungry Look," Suzanne Britt (Psychology) Cross-Curricular Writing. Student: "A Fast Food Face-Off," Daphne Lee (Marketing, Consumer Behavior). Professional: "Differentiating Teams from Groups" Gregory Moorhead and Ricky W. Griffin (Psychology, Business Management, Organizational Behavior) Career-Related Writing. Student: "Albert VO5 or Joico?" Claudia Arambula (Marketing, Advertising). Professional: "How Gender Affects Consumer Behavior," Wayne D. Hoyer and Deborah J. MacInnis (Marketing, Advertising, Psychology) Topics for Writing Comparison and Contrast Guidelines for Writing Comparison and Contrast 10. Connections of Persuasion and Argument: Personal, Cross-Curricular, and Career-Related Writing Writing Persuasion and Argument Persuasion in Workplace Proposals Practicing Patterns of Persuasion Personal Writing. Student: "Someone Is Listening," Michael Holguin (Psychology, Education). Professional: "Raised on Rock-and-Roll," Anna Quindlen Cross-Curricular Writing. Student: "Save Little League from Big Lugs," Tom Shields (Physical Education). Professional: "Is It Sexual Harrassment?" Ellen Bravo and Ellen Cassedy (Business Management, Organizational Behavior) Career-Related Writing. Student: "Proposal: Slaying a Parking-Lot Demon," Richard Gregory (Civil Engineering). Professional: "What Does Sex/Gender Have to Do with Your Job?" Jeffrey Bernbach (Human Resources, Business Management) Topics for Writing Persuasion and Argument Guidelines for Writing Persuasion and Argument 11. Other Patterns for Connections: Personal, Cross-Curricular, and Career-Related Writing Combined Patterns Description: Moving Through Space. Professional: "Strangers to Darkness," Annie Dillard Exemplification: Writing with Examples. Student: "The Fighting Founding Mothers," Maxine Johnson Classification: Establishing Groups. Professional: "Types of Lung Cancer," National Cancer Institute Definition: Clarifying Terms. Professional: "Conformity," Paul Mussen and Mark Rozenzweig Writing Topics IV. Connecting You with Careers 12. In Quest of a Cool Career Developing Criteria for Making Career Choices Careers to Consider Key Interviewing Principles Writing a Job Application Letter and a Resume V. The Research Paper: Connecting You with Sources 13. The Research Paper The Research Paper Defined Ten Steps to Writing a Research Paper Student Writer: Annotated Final Draft. "Zoos--An Endangered Species?" Michael Chung Guidelines for Writing the Research Paper VI. Connecting You with Handbook Skills 14. Handbook: Writing Effective Sentences Identifying Parts of Speech Identifying Subjects and Verbs Writing Different Kinds of Sentences Combining Sentences Correcting Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-Ons Working with Verb Forms Making Subjects and Verbs Agree Giving Verbs Voice Selecting Pronouns Using Adjectives and Adverbs Balancing Sentence Parts Mastering Punctuation Conquering Capitalization Improving Spelling Correcting ESL Problems VII. Appendixes A. Writing Process Worksheet B. Student Demonstration of All Stages of the Writing Process C. Taking Tests Answer Key: Chapter 14 Author and Title Index Subject Index
