- ISBN: 9781457648762 | 1457648768
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/10/2014
Introduce yourself to the most commonly-assigned writing strategies and situations along with the essentials of college-level research and documentation through the hands-on learning and process-oriented approach found in the Concise Bedford Guide for Writers.
- Student Summary and Response: Olof Eriksson, The Problems with Masculinity
- Student Critical Reading Response: Alley Julseth, Analyzing "The New Literacy"
Learning by Doing: Reading Critically
- Michael Shermer, The Science of Righteousness
- Student Rhetorical Analysis: Richard Anson, Young Americans and Media News
- Student Rhetorical Analysis: Richard Anson, Young Americans and Media News
- David Rothkopf, A Proposal to Draft America's Elderly
- Russell Baker, The Art of Eating Spaghetti
- Student Essay: Robert G. Schreiner, What Is a Hunter?
- e-Pages Howie Chackowicz, The Game Ain't Over 'til The Fatso Man Sings [Radio Story]
- Eric Liu, The Chinatown Idea
- Student Essay: Alea Eyre, Stockholm
- e-Pages Multiple Photographers, Observing the Titanic: Past and Present [Visual Essay]
- David Brooks, The Opportunity Gap
- Student Essay: Jacob Griffin, Karate Kid vs. Kung Fu Panda: A Race to the Olympics
- e-Pages National Geographic Editors, Hurricane Katrina Pictures: Then & Now, Ruin and Rebirth [Visual Essay]
- Suzan Shown Harjo, Last Rites for Indian Dead
- Student Essay: Marjorie Lee Garretson, More Pros Than Cons in a Meat-Free Life
- e-Pages UNICEF Editors, Dirty Water Campaign [Video]
- Scott Tobias, The Hunger Games
- Student Essay: Elizabeth Erion, Internship Program Falls Short
- e-Pages Consumer Reports Editors, Best Buttermilk Pancakes [Video]
- Jake Halpern, The Popular Crowd
- Abigail Marchand: Student Essay, The Family Dynamic
- e-Pages Research Cluster: Celebrity Culture [Text, Audio, and Video]
- Cary Tennis, Why am I Obsessed with Celebrity Gossip? [Advice Column]
- Karen Sternheimer, Celebrity Relationships: Why Do We Care? [Video]
- Tom Ashbrook and Ty Burr, The Strange Power of Celebrity [Audio Interview]
- Timothy J. Bertoni and Patrick D. Nolan, Dead Men Do Tell Tales [Academic Paper]
- Student Analysis of an Advertisement: Rachel Steinhaus, "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit"
- e-Pages Student Visual Essay: Shannon Kintner, Charlie Living with Autism
- e-Pages Portland State University Writing Center, Sample E-mail to an Instructor [Video Tutorial]
Learning by Doing: Contacting Your Instructor
Online Profile
Learning by Doing: Posting a Personal Profile
Learning by Doing: Introducing a Classmate
Online Threaded Discussions or Responses
Learning from Other Writers: Threaded Discussion
- Student Online Threaded Discussion: Instructor Kathleen Beauchene and Students Cristina Berrios, Joshua Tefft, Leah Threats, Arthur Wasilewski, and Joel Torres, Discussion of Writing Processes
Learning by Doing: Joining a Threaded Discussion
File ManagementLearning by Doing: Preparing a TemplateLearning by Doing: Organizing Your Files
Additional Writing Assignments PART THREE: A Writer’s Strategies Introduction: Expanding Your Resources12. Strategies for Generating Ideas Finding IdeasBuilding from Your Assignment
Learning by Doing: Building from Your Assignment
Brainstorming
e-Pages Learning by Doing: Brainstorming from a Video
Learning by Doing: BrainstormingFreewritingLearning by Doing: FreewritingDoodling or SketchingLearning by Doing: Doodling or SketchingMappingLearning by Doing: MappingImagining Learning by Doing: ImaginingAsking a Reporter’s Questions
Learning by Doing: Asking a Reporter’s QuestionsSeeking Motives
Learning by Doing: Seeking Motives
Keeping a Journal
Learning by Doing: Keeping a Journal
Getting ReadySetting Up Circumstances
Preparing Your Mind
Learning by Doing: Reflecting on Generating Ideas
13. Strategies for Stating a Thesis and PlanningShaping Your Topic for Your Purpose and Your Audiencee-Pages Learning by Doing: Analyzing a Thesis
Learning by Doing: Considering Purpose and Audience
Stating and Using a ThesisLearning by Doing: Identifying Theses
How to Discover a Working Thesis
Learning by Doing: Discovering a ThesisHow to State a Thesis
Learning by Doing: Examining Thesis Statements
How to Improve a Thesis
Take Action Building a Stronger Thesis
How to Use a Thesis to Organize
Learning by Doing: Using a Thesis to Preview
Organizing Your IdeasGrouping Your Ideas
Learning by Doing: Clustering
Outlining
Learning by Doing: Moving from Outline to Thesis
Learning by Doing: Responding to an Outline
Learning by Doing: Outlining
Learning by Doing: Reflecting on Planning
14. Strategies for Drafting Making a Start Enjoyable Restarting Paragraphinge-Pages Learning by Doing: Identifying Topic Sentences
e-Pages Learning by Doing: Identifying Transitions
Using Topic SentencesLearning by Doing: Shaping Topic Sentences
Writing an Opening Writing a ConclusionLearning by Doing: Opening and Concluding
Adding Cues and ConnectionsLearning by Doing: Identifying Transitions
Learning by Doing: Reflecting on Drafting
15. Strategies for Revising and Editing Re-viewing and RevisingRevising for Purpose and Thesis
Revising for Audience
Revising for Structure and Support
Learning by Doing: Tackling Macro Revision
Working with a Peer Editor
Meeting with Your Instructor
Decoding Your Instructor’s Comments
Revising for Emphasis, Conciseness, and ClarityStressing What Counts
Cutting and Whittling
Keeping It Clear
Learning by Doing: Tackling Micro Revision
Editing and ProofreadingEditing
Proofreading
Learning by Doing: Editing and Proofreading
Learning by Doing: Reflecting on Revising and Editing
e-Pages Learning by Doing: Editing Sentences
PART FOUR: A Writer's Research ManualIntroduction: Investigating Questions 16. Planning Your Research Project Beginning Your InquiryThe Assignment: Writing from Sources
Learning by Doing: Reflecting on Research
Asking a Research QuestionExploring Your Territory
Turning a Topic into a Question
Learning by Doing: Polling Your Peers
Surveying Your Resources
e-Pages Learning by Doing: Narrowing Online Research
Using Keywords and Links
Learning by Doing: Proposing Your Project
Managing Your ProjectRecording Information
Starting a Research Archive
Learning by Doing: Interviewing a Researcher
17. Working with SourcesDrawing the Details from Your SourcesStarting a Working BibliographyLearning by Doing: Teaming Up for Source "Warm-Ups"e-Pages Learning by Doing: Practicing with Online Sources Capturing Information in Your NotesSource Navigator: Article in a Print Magazine
Source Navigator: Article in a Scholarly Journal from a Database
Source Navigator: Book
Source Navigator: Page from a Web Site
Quoting
Sample Quotations, Paraphrase, and Summary (MLA Style)
Paraphrasing
SummarizingMixing Methods
Learning by Doing: Capturing Information from Sources
Developing an Annotated BibliographyLearning by Doing: Writing an Annotation
18. Finding Sources Searching the InternetFinding Recommended Internet Resources
Selecting Search Engines
Learning by Doing: Comparing Web Searches
e-Pages Learning by Doing: Comparing Google and Database Searches
Conducting Advanced Electronic Searches
Finding Specialized Online Materials
Searching the LibraryLearning by Doing: Reflecting on Your Library Orientation Session
Learning by Doing: Brainstorming for Search Terms
Searching Library DatabasesLearning by Doing: Comparing Databases
Learning by Doing: Comparing Google and Database Searches
Using Specialized Library Resources 19. Evaluating Sources Evaluating Library and Internet SourcesLearning by Doing: Evaluating Your Sources
e-Pages Learning by Doing: Evaluating Online Sources
Who Is the Author?
Who Else Is Involved?
What Is the Purpose?
When Was the Source Published?
Where Did You Find the Source?
Why Would You Use This Source?
How Would This Source Contribute to Your Paper?
Learning by Doing: Adding Useful Sources
Reconsidering Purpose and Thesis 20: Integrating Sources Using Sources Ethically Capturing, Launching, and Citing EvidenceQuoting and Paraphrasing Accurately
e-Pages Learning by Doing: Quoting and Paraphrasing Accurately
Summarizing Concisely
Avoiding Plagiarism
Launching Source Material
Take Action Integrating and Synthesizing Sources
Learning by Doing: Connecting Your Sources
Citing Each Source Clearly
Synthesizing Ideas and SourcesLearning by Doing: Launching and Citing Your Sources
Learning by Doing: Synthesizing Your Sources
Appendices Quick Format GuideA. Following the Format for an Academic Paper B. Integrating and Crediting Visuals C. Preparing a Document TemplateD. Solving Common Format ProblemsE. Designing Other Documents for Your Audience Discovery ChecklistF. Organizing a Résumé and an Application Letter Quick Research Guide A. Defining Your Quest B. Searching for Recommended Sources C. Evaluating Possible SourcesD. Capturing, Launching, and Citing Evidence Added from Sources E. Citing and Listing Sources in MLA or APA Style Quick Editing Guide A. Editing for Common Grammar ProblemsB. Editing to Ensure Effective SentencesTake Action Improving Sentence Style
Take Action Improving Sentence ClarityC. Editing for Common Punctuation ProblemsD. Editing for Common Mechanics ProblemsSample MLA Research PaperCandace Rardon, Meet Me in the Middle: The Student, the State, and the School
Sample APA Research PaperJenny Lidington, Sex Offender Lists: A Never Ending Punishment A Writer’s E-Pages ReaderIntroduction: Reading to WriteFamiliesAmy Tan, Mother Tongue [Text]Richard Rodriguez, Public and Private Language [Text]StrategyOne Editors, Once a Mother, Always a Mother [Infographic]GOOD/Column Five Editors, Paternity Leave Around the World [Infographic]Men and WomenRobert Jensen, The High Cost of Manliness [Text]Julie Zeilinger, Guys Suffer from Gender Roles Too [Text]Deborah Tannen, Who Does the Talking Here? [Text]Jed Conklin, Boxing Beauties [Visual Essay]Popular CultureStephen King, Why We Crave Horror Movies [Text]Gerard Jones, Violent Media Is Good For Kids [Text]Chuck Klosterman, My Zombie, Myself [Text]Brad Shoup, ‘Harlem Shake’ vs. History: Is the YouTube Novelty Hits Era That Novel? [Multimodal Essay]Digital LivingElizabeth Stone, Grief in the Age of Facebook [Text]Libby Copeland, Is Facebook Making Us Sad? [Text]Sherry Turkle, How Computers Change the Way We Think [Text]Off Book Editors, Generative Art: Computers, Data, and Humanity [Video]Explorations on Living WellJuliet Schor, The Creation of Discontent [Text]Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., In Defense of Consumerism [Text]Sarah Adams, Be Cool to the Pizza Dude [Audio and Text]Brent Foster, Highway Angel [Video]
- Student Online Threaded Discussion: Instructor Kathleen Beauchene and Students Cristina Berrios, Joshua Tefft, Leah Threats, Arthur Wasilewski, and Joel Torres, Discussion of Writing Processes
- e-Pages Portland State University Writing Center, Sample E-mail to an Instructor [Video Tutorial]
- e-Pages Student Visual Essay: Shannon Kintner, Charlie Living with Autism
- Michael Shermer, The Science of Righteousness
- Student Critical Reading Response: Alley Julseth, Analyzing "The New Literacy"
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