Invention & Craft MLA 2016 UPDATE

Invention and Craft: A Guide to College Writing offers a new approach to teaching and learning in the first-year writing classroom. Invention and Craft draws on the relationship between the writing process and the creative process model and teaches a problem-solving, insight-driven approach to writing clearly and effectively in all genres. Its emphasis on knowledge transfer instructs students to recognize the patterns that occur within and across genres and to apply what they know to each new writing assignment. Invention and Craft offers special promise for casting students in the role of meaning-makers by pinpointing strategies for transferring knowledge—the hallmark of successful expository prose. Connect Composition supports instruction across multiple semesters and courses with interactive exercises, online learning videos, enriched ebook materials,annotation and writing tools, and much more! • LearnSmartAchieve – a continuously adaptive learning system that pinpoints students’ individual strengths and weaknesses and provides personalized support to help them master key topics and material. LearnSmart Achieve provides foundational support on key course areas such as the writing process, critical reading, the research process, reasoning and argument, grammar and common sentence problems,punctuation and mechanics, style and word choice, and multilingual writer support. • Power of Process – a critical reading and writing tool that guides students through instructor-chosen strategies and helps them engage directly with a text through highlighting, annotation, and short answer questions. • Analytics - Progress dashboards that quickly show how you are performing on your assignments and tips for improvement.

Table of Contents:
Invention and Craft: A Guide to College Writing, First Edition by Ronda Leathers Dively — Table of ContentsPart 1:  Creating Contexts for Understanding Composition1. Composition and Creativity Some Straight Talk about Composition Courses The Search for Creativity in Expository Writing Expository Writing and Other Creative Activities Creativity and Self-Awareness The Transfer of Composing Knowledge Conditions for Knowledge Transfer Routes for Knowledge Transfer in Composition Processes Involved in Knowledge Transfer Negative Transfer and Composing Myths An Invitation to Create in Your Composition Course 2. Composing Processes and Creative Processes A Composing Model Invention Drafting Revision Editing Expository Writing as a Creative Act The Creative Process Model First Insight Preparation Incubation Insight Verification The Creative Process Model and Expository Writing Reflection and Your Development as a Writer 3. Rhetorical Situations Overlaps between Creative and Expository Writing Creativity and the Rhetorical Situation Rhetoric and Constructive Constraints Elements of the Rhetorical Situation Audience and Forum Topic Genre Author’s Purpose Author’s Role Rhetorical Appeals Ethos Pathos Logos Rhetoric and Creative Drive 4. Invention Strategies Prewriting Techniques Unstructured Prewriting Techniques Structured Prewriting Techniques Invention beyond the Composition Class 5. Research Strategies Research Methods Primary Research Secondary Research Strategies for Managing Secondary Research Research, Invention, and Knowledge Transfer Part 2:  Creating Texts That Inform6. Introduction to Texts That Inform Purposes and Strategies for Informing Application in College and the Workplace 7. Memoir Distinguishing Features of a Memoir Processes for Composing a Memoir Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS “One Writer’s Beginnings,” by Eudora Welty “The Workers,” by Richard Rodriguez 8. Profile Distinguishing Features of a Profile Processes for Composing a Profile Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS “From a Dream to Reality,” by Erin Anderson, a First-Year Composition Student “Reinventing Rio,” by Alan Riding 9. Report Distinguishing Features of a Report Processes for Composing a Report Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS “Mirror, Mirror on My Facebook Wall: Effects of Exposure to Facebook on Self-Esteem,” by Amy L. Gonzales and Jeffrey T. Hancock “The History and Psychology of Clowns Being Scary,” by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie 10. Annotated Bibliography Distinguishing Features of an Annotated Bibliography Processes for Composing an Annotated Bibliography Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS “Teen Dating Violence: A Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography,” by Priscilla Offenhauer and Alice Buchalter “Design and the Social Sector: An Annotated Bibliography,” by Courtney Drake and Deirdre Cerminaro with William Drenttel Part 3:  Creating Texts That Analyze11. Introduction to Texts That Analyze Purposes and Strategies for Analyzing Application in College and the Workplace 12. Writing-Process Analysis Distinguishing Features of a Writing-Process Analysis Processes for Composing a Writing-Process Analysis Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS “The Watcher at the Gates,” by Gail Godwin “A Way of Writing,” by William Stafford 13. Visual Analysis Distinguishing Features of a Visual Analysis Processes for Composing a Visual Analysis Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS “Is Team USA’s Militaristic Uniform a Problem?” by Paul Achter “The Heritage of Berlin Street Art and Graffiti Scene,” by Simon Arms 14. Rhetorical Analysis Distinguishing Features of a Rhetorical Analysis Processes for Composing a Rhetorical Analysis Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS "A More Perfect Union," delivered by Senator Barack Obama on March 18, 2008 “Why It Worked: A Rhetorical Analysis of Obama’s Speech on Race,” by Roy Peter Clark 15. Literary Analysis Distinguishing Features of a Literary Analysis Processes for Composing a Literary Analysis Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS “‘Neither Can Live While the Other Survives’: The Driving Force of Revenge in Harry Potter, ” by Heidi Nielson “Untold Story: The Lying Narrator in ‘The Black Cat,’” by Susan Amper Part 4:  Creating Texts That Argue16. Introduction to Texts That Argue Purposes of and Strategies for Arguing Tone Structure Logical Fallacies Application in College and the Workplace 17. Research Proposal Distinguishing Features of a Research Proposal Introduction Statement of Purpose Projected Contributions Literature Review Research Methods Conclusion Works Cited or References The Parts as a Whole Processes for Composing a Research Proposal Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS “Exploring and Developing Stage Combat Methodologies,” by WhitneyElmore, an Undergraduate Student “The Evolution of Ethics,” by Matt Warren, an UndergraduateStudent 18. Review Distinguishing Features of a Review 310 Processes for Composing a Review 314 Invention toward First Insight 317 Preparation through Research 317 Invention toward More Focused Insight 317 Strategies for Drafting 318 Revision and Editing 319 Transfer to Other Writing Situations 320 READINGS 322 “‘Gris Grimley’s Frankenstein ’ Revisits, Enhances Shelley’s Famous Tale,” by Karen Sandstrom 322 “Old ‘Cosmos’ vs. New ‘Cosmos’: Who’s the King of the Universe?” by Chris Taylor 19. Position Paper Distinguishing Features of a Position Paper Processes for Composing a Position Paper Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS “Homeschooling’s Liberalism,” by David Mills “Educating Girls Is a Good Investment,” by Becky Smith Conover 20. Problem-Solution Paper Distinguishing Features of a Problem-Solution Paper Processes for Composing a Problem-Solution Paper Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS “The Creativity Crisis,” by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman “It Can’t Happen Here: Why Is There So Little Coverage of Americans Who Are Struggling with Poverty ?” by Dan Froomkin Part 5:  Creating Presentation-Quality Final Products21. Source Integration and Citation Strategies for Meshing Sources Summary Paraphrase Direct Quote Synthesis Strategies for Citing Sources Logic of Citation in MLA and APA MLA Internal Citations MLA Works Cited Page Entries APA Internal Citations APA References Page Entries Transfer across Writing Situations 22. Document Design Emphasis Bold Print Italics (or Underlining) Scare Quotes White Space Paragraphs Subheadings Bulleted and Numbered Lists Alignment Images and Tables Images Tables, Charts, and Graphs Transfer across Writing Situations 23. Revision and Editing Revision Criteria for Productive Revision Processes for Revising Editing Common Surface Errors Processes for Editing Transfer across Writing Situations 24. Peer and Instructor Review Invention Workshops Peer Review Instructor Feedback Writing Center Visits Transfer across Writing Situations 25. PORTFOLIOS Portfolio-Based Composition Courses Portfolio Content Document Selection Reflective Introduction A Word about Procrastination E-Portfolios Transfer across Writing Situations Photo Credits Text Credits Index

About the Author :
Professor Ronda Leathers Dively received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English (with teacher certification) and her Master of Arts degree in English (literature) from Eastern Illinois University. After gaining a few years of teaching experience in the secondary English classroom, she pursued her Doctorate of Arts degree in English (Rhetoric and Composition) at Illinois State University, completing her degree in 1994 and accepting an assistant professorship in the English Department at Southern Illinois University Carbondale that same year. Currently an associate professor at SIUC, Dr. Dively serves as the Director of Writing Studies for the Department of English and teaches in the Rhetoric and Composition program. Her areas of teaching specialization include composition pedagogy, empirical research methods, intermediate and advanced composition, and classical rhetoric. She has also enjoyed teaching special topics courses that explore intersections between creativity theory and composition theory. Professor Divelys scholarship investigates how intersections of creativity and composition theory may illuminate how individuals negotiate transitions between various academic composing contextsfrom high school to college classrooms, from general education to discipline-specific writing courses, from status as undergraduate student to graduate student, from status as graduate student to professional. Such interests generated a book-length empirical study entitled Preludes to Insight: Creativity, Incubation and Expository Writing (Hampton Press, 2006), as well as various articles and conference presentations. She has also published in the areas of knowledge transfer and religious expression.