- ISBN: 9780205210084 | 0205210082
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/2/2012
With a clear and easy-to-read presentation, visual instruction and pedagogical support, Writing Todayis a practical and useful guide to writing for college and beyond. This text teaches how to transfer their writing skills to careers. By teaching kindsof writing (analyses, reports, proposals, etc.), strategiesfor writing (narration, comparison, argumentation, etc.), and processesfor writing (planning, drafting, revising, etc.), Writing Todayprovides the writer with tools they can mix and match as needed to respond effectively to many writing situations.
Part 1: Getting Started
Chapter 1: Writing and Genres
What Are Genres?
Using Genres to Write Successfully
Genre and the Writing Process
Using Genres in College and Your Career
Quick Start Guide
Talk About This, Try This Out, Write This
Chapter 2: Topic, Angle, Purpose
Topic: What Am I Writing About?
Angle: What is New About the Topic?
Purpose: What Do I Want to Accomplish?
Choosing the Appropriate Genre
Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 3: Readers, Contexts, and Rhetorical Situations
Profiling Readers
Analyzing the Context
Genres and the Rhetorical Situation
Quick Start Guide
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Part 2: Using Genres to Express Ideas
Chapter 4: Memoirs
Overview
*One Student’s Work: “Diving In” by Helen Sanderson
Inventing Your Memoir’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Memoir
Choosing an Appropriate Style
Designing Your Memoir
Revising and Editing Your Memoir
MicroGenre: The Literacy Narrative
Frederick Douglass, “Learning to Read and Write”from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Quick Start Guide
Readings
Wang Ping, “Book War”
Joe Mackall, “Words of My Youth”
Talk About This, Try This Out, Write This, Exploring Other Microgenres
Chapter 5: Profiles
Overview
One Student’s Work: “Brother, Life Coach, Friend: Troubled Kids Turn Their Lives Around” by Katie Koch
Inventing You Profile’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Profile
Choosing an Appropriate Style
Designing Your Profile
Revising and Editing Your Profile
MicroGenre: The Bio
*About John Charles Cook
Quick Start Guide
Readings
Jennifer Senior, “The Near-Fame Experience”
*Walter Kirn, “The Grand Canyon: A Whole New World”
Talk About This, Try This Out, Write This, MicroGenre: The Resume
Chapter 6: Reviews
Overview
*One Student’s Work: “’Toy Story 3’ Is An Adult’s Film for Children” by Yair Rosenberg
Inventing Your Review’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Review
Choosing an Appropriate Style
Designing Your Review
Revising and Editing Your Review
MicroGenre: The Rave
*Francois Marchand, "Review: The Black Keys shake up the Orpheum in Vancouver”
Quick Start Guide
Readings
Carina Chocano, “Long Overdue: Review of Movie Juno”
Gerard Jones, “Violent Media is Good for Kids”
Talk About This, Try This Out, Write This, Exploring Other Microgenres
Chapter 7: Literary Analyses
Overview
One Student’s Work: “Doing the Right Thing in Edwidge Danticat’s ‘A Wall of Fire Rising’”by Nick Baca
Inventing Your Literary Analysis’ Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Literary Analysis
Choosing an Appropriate Style
Designing Your Literary Analysis
Revising and Editing Your Literary Analysis
MicroGenre: The Reading Response
*Student Reading Response to Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask”
Quick Start Guide
Readings :
A Casebook on Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat, “A Wall of Fire Rising”
*Corine Milano, “Edwidge Danticat: Return to Haiti”
Talk About This, Try This Out, Write This, Exploring Other Microgenres
Chapter 8: Rhetorical Analyses
Overview
One Student’s Work: “Rhetorical Analysis of the Keep America Beautiful Public Service Announcement (1971)” by Wes Rodenburg
Inventing Your Rhetorical Analysis’ Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Rhetorical Analysis
Choosing an Appropriate Style
Designing Your Rhetorical Analysis
Revising and Editing Your Rhetorical Analysis
MicroGenre: The Ad Critique
*Theo Keith, “Chrysler’s Super Bowl ad sells Detroit”
Quick Start Guide
Readings
Jack Shafer, “How Obama Does That Thing He Does”
Liza Featherstone, “What’s a Girl to Read?”
Talk About This, Try This Out, Write This, Exploring Other Microgenres
Chapter 9: Commentaries
Overview
One Student’s Work: “Why My Generation Doesn’t Care About Performance Enhancement” by David Meany
Inventing You Commentary’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Commentary
Choosing an Appropriate Style
Designing Your Commentary
Revising and Editing Your Commentary
MicroGenre: The Letter to the Editor
Michael Spatz, “Why I’m Against the Statewide Smoking Ban”
Quick Start Guide
Readings
*Douglas Rushkoff, “Are Jobs Obsolete?”
*Tony Blair, “Faith in a Globalized Age.”
Talk About This, Try This Out, Write This, Exploring Other Microgenres
Chapter 10: Arguments
Overview
One Student’s Work: “Allowing Guns on Campus will Prevent Shootings, Rape” by Tyler Ohmann
Inventing Your Argument’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Argument
Choosing an Appropriate Style
Designing Your Argument
Revising and Editing Your Argument
MicroGenre: The Rebuttal
Russ Walker and David Roberts, “Letter to the Editor on Climate Story”
Quick Start Guide
Readings
Sam Harris, “In Defense of Torture”
Kate Dailey, "Friends with Benefits: Do Facebook Friends Provide The Same Support As Those In Real Life?"
Talk About This, Try This Out, Write This, Exploring Other Microgenres
Chapter 11: Proposals
Overview
*One Student Group’s Work: “SCC Café Proposal” by The Associated Students of the University of Washington (Seattle Campus)
Inventing Your Proposal’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Proposal
Choosing an Appropriate Style
Designing Your Proposal
Revising and Editing Your Proposal
MicroGenre: The Pitch
*Dave Chenell and Eric Cleckner, “Elevator Pitch: graFighters”
Quick Start Guide
Readings
*John R. Gerdy, “For True Reform, Athletic Scholarships Must Go”
Alfie Kohn, “From Degrading to De-Grading”
Talk About This, Try This Out, Write This, Exploring Other Microgenres
Chapter 12: Reports
Overview
One Student’s Work: Scott Walker, “Gender Stereotypes and Toys: Is it Nature or Nurture?”
Inventing Your Report’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Report
Choosing an Appropriate Style
Designing Your Report
Revising and Editing Your Report
MicroGenre: The Explainer
*“Planking: What is it and Why it is Popular”
Quick Start Guide
Readings
*Andrew Gelman and George A. Romero, “How Many Zombies Do You Know? Using Indirect Survey Methods to Measure Alien Attacks and Outbreaks of the Undead”
American Psychological Association (APA), “Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls.”
Talk About This, Try This Out, Write This, Exploring Other Microgenres
Chapter 13: Research Papers
Overview
One Student’s Work: “Lives Not Worth the Money?” by Katelyn Turnbow
Inventing Your Research Paper’s Content
Organizing and Drafting Your Research Paper
Choosing an Appropriate Style
Designing Your Research Paper
Revising and Editing Your Research Paper
MicroGenre: The Annotated Bibliography
*Sara Rodriguez, “Annotated Bibliography: The Fog of Revolution”
Quick Start Guide
Readings
*Taylor Clark, “Nervous Nellies”
*James Knoll, “Serial Murder: A Forensic Psychiatric Perspective”
Talk About This, Try This Out, Write This, Exploring Other Microgenres
Part 3: Developing A Writing Process
Chapter 14: Inventing Ideas and Pre-Writing
Pre-Writing
Using Heuristics
Exploratory Writing
Taking Time to Invent and Prewrite
Quick Start Guide
Talk About This, Try This Out, Write This
Chapter 15: Organizing and Drafting
Using Genres to Organize Your Ideas
Sketching an Outline
Drafting Through Writer’s Block
Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 16: Choosing A Style
Writing in Plain Style
Establishing Your Voice
Writing Descriptively with Tropes
Improving Your Writing Style
Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 17: Designing
Before You Begin Designing
Five Basic Principles of Design
Design Principle 1: Balance
Design Principle 2: Alignment
Design Principle 3: Grouping
Design Principle 4: Consistency
Design Principle 5: Contrast
Using Photography and Images
Using Graphs and Charts
Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 18: Revising and Editing
Level 1: Global Revision
Level 2: Substantive Editing
Level 3: Copyediting
Level 4: Proofreading
Peer Review: Asking For Advice
Quick Start Guide
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Part 4: Strategies for Shaping Ideas
Chapter 19: Drafting Introductions and Conclusions
Drafting Introductions
Drafting Conclusions
Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 20: Developing Paragraphs and Sections
Creating a Basic Paragraph
Getting Paragraphs to Flow (Cohesion)
Organizing a Section
Using Sections and Paragraphs Together
Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 21: Using Basic Rhetorical Patterns
Narrative
Description
Definition
Classification
Cause and Effect
Comparison and Contrast
Combining Rhetorical Patterns
Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 22: Using Argumentative Strategies
What is Arguable?
Using Reason, Authority, and Emotion
Avoiding Logical Fallacies
Rebuttals and Refutations
Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 23: Working Collaboratively with Other Writers
Working with a Group of Other Writers
Working with a Team
Quick Start Guide
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Part 5: Doing Research
Chapter 24: Starting Research
Starting Your Research Process
Doing Start-Up Research
Assessing a Source’s Reliability
Managing Your Research Process
Following and Modifying Your Research Plan
Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 25: Finding Sources and Collecting Information
Using Primary and Secondary Sources
Finding Electronic and Online Sources
Finding Print Sources
Using Empirical Sources
Developing an Annotated Bibliography
Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 26: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Citing Sources
Common Knowledge: What You Don’t Need to Cite
Paraphrasing and Summarizes Sources
Framing Quotes, Paraphrases, and Summaries
Avoiding Plagiarism
Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 27: Using MLA Style
Parenthetical Citations
Preparing the List of Works Cited
Citing Sources in the List of Works Cited
A Student’s MLA Research Paper: Brian Naidus, “A Whole New World: A Background on the Life of the Freshwater Shark”
Chapter 28: Using APA Style
Parenthetical Citations
Preparing the List of References
Citing Sources in the List of References
A Student’s APA Research Paper: Austin Duus, “Assortative Mating and Income Inequality”
Part 6: Getting Your Ideas Out There
Chapter 29: Using the Internet
Is This Writing?
Creating a Social Networking Site
Starting Your Own Blog
Writing Articles for Wikis
Putting Videos and Podcasts on the Internet
Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 30: Creating A Portfolio
Two Basic Kinds of Portfolios
Getting Started on Your Portfolio
Step One: Collecting Your Work
Step Two: Selecting the Appropriate Artifacts
Step Three: Reflecting on Your Work
Step Four: Presenting Your Materials
Creating an E-Portfolio
Keeping Your Portfolio Up to Date
Creating a Starter Resume
Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 31: Succeeding on Essay Exams
Preparing for an Essay Exam
Starting Your Essay Exam
Answering an Essay Exam Question
Finishing Your Essay Exam
One Student’s Essay Exam
Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 32: Presenting Your Work
Getting Started
Organizing Your Presentation’s Content
Designing Your Visual Aids
Delivering Your Presentation
Practicing and Rehearsing
Quick Start Guide
Talk About This, Try This Out, Write This
Part 7: Anthology of Readings
Chapter 33: Memoirs
M. Scott Momaday, “The Way to Rainy Mountain”
*Thomas Rogers, "The College Hazing That Changed My Life"
*Joe Wilkins, "Growing Up Hard"
Bich Minh Nguyen, “The Good Immigrant Student”
Chapter 34: Profiles
*Carl Wilkinson, “David Grohl and the Foo Fighters”
Jody L. Ipsen, “Prudencia”
Thomas Lynch, “Bodies in Motion and at Rest”
Two Profiles of Griffith Park:
*City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, General Information for Griffith Park
*Benjamin Percy, “Welcome to the Jungle"
Chapter 35: Reviews
Christine Schoefer, "Harry Potter's Girl Trouble."
Stephen King, “Why We Crave Horror Movies”
*Heather Havrilesky, “’Hawaii Five-O’: This is What Hit TV Looks Like”
Jane Lampman, “‘Left Behind,’ a Virtual Battle for the Souls of Unbelievers”
Chapter 36: Literary Analyses
Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour” [short story]
Daniel P. Deneau, “Chopin’s ‘The Story of an Hour’”
Robert Frost
Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” [poem]
Steven Monte, “An Overview of ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’”
Laura Miller, “Touched by a Vampire”
Chapter 37: Rhetorical Analyses
*Richard Nordquist, “Homer Simpson’s Figures of Speech”
Gary Sloan, “Sleuthing Patriotic Slogans”
Libby Copeland, “Shooting from the Hip, With a Smile to Boot”
Rebecca Feldmann, “Discovering the Truth: The Operation of Ethos in Anti-Smoking Advertising”
Chapter 38: Commentaries
Michael Bronski, “A Gay Man’s Case Against Gay Marriage”
*Ariel Levy, “Female Chauvinist Pigs”
Marci A. Hamilton, “Why Suing College Students for Illegal Music Downloading is Right”
Ken Harbaugh, “Challenging Veteran Stereotypes”
Chapter 39: Arguments
Barack Obama, “A More Perfect Union”
*Tracy Clark-Fory, “Reconsidering Match.com’s Sex Offender Ban”
*Jeffrey A. Miron and Elina Tetelbaum, "The Dangers of the Drinking Age"
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, “The Making of a Divorce Culture”
Chapter 40: Proposals
Julia Whitty, “Diet for a Warm Planet”
Carrie Lukas, “Who Pays for My Time Off?”
Jonathan Swift, “A Modest Proposal”
*Jeffrey D. Sachs, "With 7 Billion on Earth, a Huge Task Before Us"
Chapter 41: Reports
SAMHSA, “Underage Alcohol Use Among Full-Time College Students”
*Samuel Axon, “7 Days on Craigslist’s Casual Encounters”
*Jennifer A. Carithers-Thomas, Shelley H. Bradford, Christopher M. Keshock, Steven F. Pugh, "Freshman Fifteen: Fact or Fiction?"
*Jaime C. Confer, Carin Perilloux, David M. Buss, “More Than Just a Pretty Face”
Chapter 42: Research Papers
*Alyssa Battistoni, “The Public Overwhelmingly Wants It: Why Is Taxing the Rich So Hard?”
*Chris Mooney, “Rapture Ready: The Science of Self Delusion”
*Henry M. Morris, “Insufficient Design”
*Tim M. Berra, “Charles Darwin’s Paradigm Shift”
Part 8: Handbook
Credits
Index
* Denotes readings new to this edition
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