One to One : Resources for Conference Centered Writing

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Copyright: 1/1/1997

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One to One is specifically designed for instructors who favor a collaborative approach or conference learning with extensive use of portfolios. Each chapter in Part Two looks at a specific writing task, from anecdotes and analogies to associative and argumentative essays. Part Four offers a different journal assignment each week and collaborative writing assignments are provided throughout. This edition also features a collection of 15 stimulating essays.

PREFACE

(2)

TO THE STUDENT

xvii

PART ONE Getting Started

(48)

1 LISTING AND WRITING FOR A READER

(6)

Listing

(1)

Audience

(3)

Writing Task--Listing and Writing for a Reader

(2)

2 THE COMPOSING PROCESS

(30)

Prewriting

(4)

Begin with a List

(3)

Focus Your Prewriting

(1)

Resist Self-Criticism

(1)

Use Simple Language

(1)

Remain Objective

(1)

Writing Task--Prewriting

(1)

Rough Draft

(6)

Establish a Purpose

(1)

Create a Beginning, Middle, and End

(1)

Shape the Sentences

(1)

Writing the Rough Draft

(1)

Lees Rough Draft

(3)

Writing Task--Rough Draft

(1)

Editing and Revising

(8)

Establish a Point of View

(1)

Keep the Verb Tense Consistent

(1)

Delete Empty Words

(1)

Tighten Sentences

(2)

Completing the Revision

(1)

Lees Edited and Revised Rough Draft

(2)

Writing Task--Editing and Revising

(1)

Final Draft

(8)

Act as a Reader

(1)

Use Transitions

(1)

Consider the Tone

(1)

Writing the Final Draft

(1)

Lee's Edited and Revised Draft with Deletions and Additions

(2)

Lee's Final Draft with Handwritten Changes and Comments

(4)

Writing Task--Final Draft

(1)

3 RESPONDING TO EXPERIENCE

(11)

Support Generalizations with Specific Detail

(1)

Use Listing or Clustering to Gather Material from Memory

(3)

Use a Response to Organize Experience

(6)

Writing Task--Responding to Experience

(1)

PART TWO Writing Tasks

(234)

4 PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE

(15)

Using a Topic Sentence

(3)

Placing the Topic Sentence

(3)

Closing with a Clincher

(1)

Developing a Paragraph

(1)

Achieving Unity

(2)

Maintaining Coherence

(1)

Writing Task--Paragraph Structure

(3)

5 EXAMPLES

(15)

Typical Examples

(4)

Specific Examples

(7)

Combining Typical and Specific Examples

(1)

Writing Task--Examples

(3)

6 CATALOGING

(7)

Writing Task--Cataloging

(2)

7 ANECDOTE

(5)

Use an Anecdote to Reveal Character

(1)

Use an Anecdote to Make a Point

(2)

Writing Task--Anecdote

(2)

8 COMPARISON AND CONTRAST

(12)

Block Arrangement

(2)

Point-by-Point Arrangement

(4)

Extended Comparison and Contrast

100

(1)

Writing Task--Comparison and Contrast

101

(3)

9 ANALOGY

104

(7)

Writing Task--Analogy

109

(2)

10 CLASSIFICATION

111

(10)

Establishing Categories for Classification

112

(4)

Arranging a Classification

116

(1)

Grouping and Sorting Classes

117

(2)

Writing Task--Classification

119

(2)

11 DEFINITION

121

(9)

Brief Definitions

121

(1)

Extended Definitions

122

(1)

Extended Personal and Objective Examples

123

(4)

Using a Variety of Methods

127

(1)

Writing Task--Definition

128

(2)

12 CAUSE AND EFFECT

130

(8)

Causal Chains

131

(2)

Discussing Causes

133

(2)

Discussing Effects

135

(1)

Writing Task--Cause and Effect

136

(2)

13 DESCRIPTION

138

(6)

Use Description to Dramatize Experience

139

(2)

Use Description to Dramatize the Abstract

141

(1)

Use Description in Reports

142

(1)

Writing Task--Description

143

(1)

14 DEDUCTIVE ESSAY

144

(42)

Getting Started

154

(2)

Selecting a Subject

154

(1)

Narrowing the Subject

155

(1)

Prewriting

155

(1)

Planning the Essay

156

(3)

Phrasing a Central Point

156

(1)

Deciding on Purpose and Audience

157

(1)

Making a Preliminary Plan

158

(1)

Writing the First Draft

159

(7)

Introduction

160

(2)

Discussion

162

(2)

Conclusions

164

(1)

Titles

165

(1)

Revising the First Draft

166

(1)

Student Essay for Further Study

167

(5)

An Extended Professional Essay for Further Study

172

(11)

One Last Thought

183

(1)

Writing Task--Deductive Essay

183

(3)

15 INDUCTIVE ESSAY

186

(14)

A Professional Inductively Arranged Essay for Further Study

195

(4)

Writing Task--Inductive Essay

199

(1)

16 ASSOCIATIONAL ESSAY

200

(9)

Writing Task--Associational Essay

207

(2)

17 DIRECTIVE PROCESS ANALYSIS

209

(4)

Writing Task--Directive Process Analysis

212

(1)

18 INFORMATIVE PROCESS ANALYSIS

213

(4)

Writing Task--Informative Process Analysis

216

(1)

19 ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

217

(10)

Assertions and Evidence

218

(1)

Arrangement

219

(5)

Examples

220

(1)

Anecdote

220

(1)

Comparison and Contrast

221

(1)

Analogy

222

(1)

Cause and Effect

222

(1)

Definition

223

(1)

Process Analysis

224

(1)

Writing Task--Argumentative Essay

224

(3)

20 REPORT

227

(4)

Writing Task--Report

230

(1)

21 RESEARCH ESSAY

231

(31)

Expressing Your Own Ideas

231

(1)

Steps in Writing a Research Essay: An Overview

232

(4)

Step 1: Select a Suitable Topic

233

(1)

Step 2: Investigate Available Sources

234

(1)

Step 3: Take Notes

234

(1)

Step 4: Organize Your Material

235

(1)

Step 5: Write the Essay

235

(1)

Step 6: Revise, Edit, and Proofread

236

(1)

Resources for Research

236

(3)

Encyclopedias

237

(1)

Indexes

237

(1)

Books

238

(1)

Periodicals

238

(1)

Interviews

238

(1)

Other Sources

239

(1)

Citing Sources in the Text

239

(1)

The Parts of a Research Essay

240

(3)

Title

240

(1)

Outline

241

(1)

Text

242

(1)

Works Cited Page

242

(1)

Citation Forms Recommended by the Modern Language Association

243

(5)

A Sample Research Paper

248

(11)

A Narrative of Irene Islas's Research Paper

259

(2)

Selection of a Topic

259

(1)

Investigating Sources

259

(1)

Writing the Essay

260

(1)

Writing Task--Research Essay

261

(1)

22 ADDITIONAL WRITING TASKS

262

(21)

Starting with a Title

262

(2)

Writing Task--Starting with a Title

263

(1)

Writing from Research

264

(3)

Writing Task--Kitsch

264

(1)

Writing Task--Violent Sports

265

(1)

Writing Task--Threatened Earth

265

(1)

Writing Task--Malls

266

(1)

Writing Task--Stories

266

(1)

Charting Your Current Life

267

(1)

Writing Task--Charting Your Current Life

267

(1)

Exploring Your Dreams

267

(1)

Writing Task--Exploring Your Dreams

268

(1)

Responding to Quotations

268

(2)

Extended Quotations

270

(9)

Writing Task--May Sarton

271

(1)

Writing Task--e. e. cummings

272

(1)

Writing Task--Jeffers, Dostoyevski, Montaigne

273

(1)

Writing Task--Mark Kram

273

(1)

Writing Task--John Holt

274

(1)

Writing Task--Alison Lurie

275

(1)

Writing Task--Joseph L. Braga and Laurie D. Braga

276

(1)

Writing Task--Carl Sagan

277

(1)

Writing Task--Sharon Curtin

277

(1)

Writing Task--Morton Hunt

278

(1)

Writing Task--Ecclesiastes

279

(1)

Brief Quotations

279

(4)

Writing Task--Brief Quotations

282

(1)

PART THREE Readings For Writers

283

(96)

23 WRITING ABOUT WRITTEN WORKS

284

(10)

Write an Introduction That Represents the Work

284

(2)

Write a Discussion That Develops the Central Point

286

(1)

Write a Conclusion That Revisits the Central Point and Discussion

287

(1)

A Student Essay for Examination

287

(5)

Writing Task--Writing About Written Works

292

(2)

24 A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS

294

(85)

Geoffrey Cowley "Why a Disaster Brings Out the Best in People" "When Dr. James Betts crawled into the smoking ruins of Oakland's collapsed Nimitz Freeway, he had no grounds for assuming he would come out alive."

296

(3)

Writing Tasks--Geoffrey Cowley

299

(1)

David James Duncan "Toxins in the Mother Tongue" "By no stretch of the imagination or Bible could that language be considered `obscene'."

300

(11)

Writing Tasks--David James Duncan

311

(1)

Gretel Ehrlich from Match to the Heart "I have been struck by lightning and I am alive."

311

(6)

Writing Tasks--Gretel Ehrlich

317

(1)

C. Eugene Emery, Jr. "Shameless Talk Shows" "No one seriously attempted to correct their inaccurate rendering of historical events, or challenge their reliance on pseudo-biology during their diatribes against Jews and other unrelated minority groups."

318

(5)

Writing Tasks--C. Eugene Emery, Jr.

323

(1)

Ellen Goodman "Becoming Desensitized to Hate Words" "The NRA attacked federal agents as `jackbooted government thugs' who wear `Nazi bucket helmets and black storm trooper uniforms.'"

324

(2)

Writing Tasks--Ellen Goodman

326

(1)

Cynthia Heimel "If I Were a Black Man" "Would it be a kick to inspire fear just by my own presence?"

326

(2)

Writing Tasks--Cynthia Heimel

328

(1)

Neil Howe and William Strauss "The New Generation Gap: Thirteeners" "Ads target them as beasts of pleasure and pain who have trouble understanding words longer than one syllable, sentences longer than three words."

329

(4)

Writing Tasks--Neil Howe and William Strauss

333

(1)

Pico Iyer "The Eloquent Sounds of Silence" "Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands."

334

(2)

Writing Tasks--Pico Iyer

336

(1)

Andrew Klaven "In Praise of Gore" "But enough about me, let's talk about death. Cruel death, sexy death, exciting death; death that is, on the page and on the screen."

336

(8)

Writing Tasks--Andrew Klaven

344

(1)

Peter K. Kramer "A Rescue Without Cheers" "Last summer, I was granted a privilege rarely vouchsafed a psychiatrist: I felt a human being return to life under my hands."

345

(2)

Writing Tasks--Peter K. Kramer

347

(1)

Jonathan Rauch "In Defense of Prejudice" "An enlightened and efficient intellectual regime lets a million prejudices bloom, including many that you or I may regard as hateful or grotesque."

347

(10)

Writing Tasks--Jonathan Rauch

357

(1)

Bruce Shapiro "Anatomy of an Assault" "On the evening of August 7, 1994, I was among seven people stabbed and seriously wounded in a coffee bar a few blocks from my house...."

358

(6)

Writing Tasks--Bruce Shapiro

364

(1)

George Simpson "The War Room at Bellevue" "Bellevue. The name conjures up images of an indoor war zone: the wounded and bleeding lining the halls, screaming for help while harried doctors in blood-soaked smocks rush from stretcher to stretcher fighting a losing battle against exhaustion and the crushing number of injured."

365

(5)

Writing Tasks--George Simpson

370

(1)

Brent Staples "Black Men and Public Space" "My first victim was a woman--white, well dressed, probably in her late twenties."

370

(3)

Writing Tasks--Brent Staples

373

(1)

Sallie Tisdale "Sins of the Flesh" "There was never a meal without meat: every afternoon the house filled with the scents of frying oil and roasting flesh."

373

(4)

Writing Tasks--Sallie Tisdale

377

(2)

PART FOUR Daily Writing

379

(54)

25 KEEPING A JOURNAL

380

(6)

Creative People and Journals

381

(1)

Journal Styles

382

(2)

Where to Keep Daily Writing

384

(1)

Guidelines for Practice

385

(1)

26 FIRST WEEK: FREE WRITING

386

(4)

Writing Task--First Week: Free Writing

388

(2)

27 SECOND WEEK: CURRENT LIFE

390

(8)

Writing Task--Second Week: Current Life

393

(5)

28 THIRD WEEK: PAST LIFE

398

(6)

Writing Task--Third Week: Past Life

399

(5)

29 FOURTH WEEK: DAILY ACTIVITIES

404

(3)

Writing Task--Fourth Week: Daily Activities

406

(1)

30 FIFTH WEEK: DREAMS AND FANTASIES

407

(3)

Writing Task--Fifth Week: Dreams and Fantasies

409

(1)

31 SIXTH WEEK: PORTRAITS AND RELATIONSHIPS

410

(5)

Writing Task--Sixth Week: Portraits and Relationships

414

(1)

32 SEVENTH WEEK: SOCIAL ISSUES

415

(4)

Writing Task--Seventh Week: Socials Issues

418

(1)

33 EIGHTH WEEK: SELF-REFLECTION

419

(3)

Writing Task--Eighth Week: Self-Reflection

421

(1)

34 CONTINUING WORK

422

(11)

Logs

423

(3)

Extended Portraits, Imaginary Conversations, Unsent Letters

426

(2)

Drawings and Photographs

428

(2)

Off Days

430

(3)

GLOSSARY OF USAGE

433

(10)

APPENDICES

443

(38)

A Point of View

443

(9)

Impersonal Point of View

443

(1)

Common Experience

444

(2)

Personal Point of View

446

(1)

447

(1)

You

447

(1)

Shifts in Point of View

448

(4)

B Tone

452

(7)

Tone in Spoken English

453

(1)

Tone in Written English

453

(6)

C Coherence

459

(9)

Transitional Devices

461

(7)

D Introductions

468

(6)

Use Facts and Statistics

469

(1)

Offer a Definition

470

(1)

Use a Dramatic Narrative

471

(1)

Use Reversal

471

(1)

Oppose a Commonly Held Opinion

472

(2)

E Conclusions

474

(4)

Offer a Brief Summary

474

(1)

Draw an Inference

475

(1)

Use an Anecdote

475

(1)

Link the Subject to the Reader

476

(1)

Use a Quotation

476

(1)

A Concluding Note on Conclusions

477

(1)

F Manuscript Format

478

(3)

Materials

478

(1)

Margins

478

(1)

Indentations

479

(1)

Paging

479

(1)

Title

479

(1)

Identification

479

(2)

CREDITS

481

(2)

INDEX

483

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