Successful Writ 5E Pa

W. W. Norton Company is pleased to announce the Fifth Edition of Successful Writing by Maxine Hairston and Michael Keene. This new rhetoric builds on the strengths of earlier editions, offering students clear and useful suggestions for strengthening their writing and showing them how they can develop a piece of effective writing through a process that is manageable and reliable. In the twenty years since the first edition of Successful Writing, the elements of good writing have not changed. But the kinds of writing college students now do and the ways they deliver their writing have changed a great deal. Students today still write essays and research papers, but they also create Web sites, give oral presentations (and thus write and design PowerPoint slides), produce brochures, and of course write a lot of email. The new edition of Successful Writing offers students the kind of sensible, real-world advice they need for these and many other writing situations

Preface

xvii

Writing in College

1

(8)

Strategies for Writing in College Courses

1

(4)

Analyzing Your Writing Situation

2

(1)

Limiting Your Writing Topic

3

(1)

Laying Out a Plan of Organization

4

(1)

Some Criteria for Academic Writing

5

(4)

Q&A

6

(1)

For Practice

7

(1)

For Writing

8

(1)

What Makes Writing Successful?

9

(12)

Specific Characteristics of Writing That Works

10

(5)

Good Writing Says Something of Consequence

10

(1)

Good Writing Is Clear

11

(1)

Good Writing Is Well Organized

12

(1)

Good Writing Is Economical

13

(1)

Good Writing Is Grammatically Acceptable

13

(1)

Good Writing Has No Spelling Errors

14

(1)

Extra Touches

15

(6)

Vigor

15

(1)

Authentic Voice

16

(1)

Q&A

17

(1)

For Practice

17

(2)

For Writing

19

(2)

How Do Writers Write?

21

(14)

Different Ways of Writing

22

(3)

Explanatory Writing

22

(1)

Exploratory Writing

23

(1)

Writing That Explains and Explores

24

(1)

The Stages of Writing

25

(10)

Preparation and Planning

25

(4)

Drafting

29

(2)

Incubating

31

(1)

Q&A

32

(1)

For Practice

32

(1)

For Writing

33

(2)

What Is Your Writing Situation?

35

(8)

Audience

35

(1)

Purpose

36

(1)

Persona

37

(6)

Your Language Choices

38

(1)

Tone

38

(1)

Authenticity

39

(1)

Q&A

40

(1)

For Practice

40

(2)

For Writing

42

(1)

Drafting

43

(16)

Getting Started

43

(5)

With an Illustrative Example

44

(1)

With a Quotation

45

(1)

With an Anecdote

45

(1)

With a Description

46

(1)

With a Summary Paragraph

47

(1)

Common Patterns of Organization

48

(8)

Reasoning from Evidence

48

(1)

Assertion and Support

49

(1)

Definition

50

(1)

Cause and Effect

51

(1)

Comparison and Contrast

52

(2)

Classification

54

(1)

Narration

55

(1)

Choosing and Combining Patterns

56

(1)

Knowing When You Have An Adequate Draft

56

(3)

Q&A

57

(1)

For Practice

57

(1)

For Writing

58

(1)

Writing Clearly

59

(11)

Illustrating General Statements With Specific Examples

59

(3)

Making Your Readers See Something

62

(1)

Putting People in Your Writing

62

(2)

Choosing Concrete Words

64

(3)

Avoiding Deadwood Nouns

64

(1)

Choosing Strong Verbs for Clarity

65

(2)

Using Adjectives and Adverbs Sparingly

67

(1)

Adding Metaphors for Clarity

67

(3)

Q&A

68

(1)

For Practice

69

(1)

For Writing

70

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