Professional and Public Writing A Rhetoric and Reader for Advanced Composition

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This book introduces readers and writers to the techniques of discourse analysis, genre theory, and primary (including ethnographic) and secondary research. It also engages learners in extensive practice and a sequence of increasingly complex and comprehensive "Writer's Profiles," ending with a researched literature review and argument. Two casebooks offer illustrative and thematically-linked readings from a wide variety of public and professional sources.The bonk contains a broad-based sampling of academic writing, and professional and public genresjournal essays, fact sheets, newsletters, Web sites, and proposals.For individuals taking stock of their acquired personal skills and those required of professionals in the writing careers to which they aspire.

Preface

Being Aware of Your Writing Practices

(18)

Chapter Preview

(1)

Reviewing the Core Elements: Purpose, Audience, Thesis, and Persona

(1)

Refining Your Purpose

(2)

Knowing Your Audience

(2)

Focusing Your Thesis

(1)

Controlling Your Persona

(3)

Conclusion

(1)

Checklist for Analyzing the Core Elements of Writing

(1)

Writer's Workshop

(3)

Writers on Writing

(3)

President in Search of a Publisher

(1)

Jimmy Carter

Practicing History

(1)

Barbara Tuchman

Making the Truth Believable

(1)

Tracy Kidder

Writer's Notebook

(1)

Being Aware of Your Rituals, Practices, and Habits

(22)

Chapter Preview

(1)

Writing Rituals

(1)

Composing Practices

(6)

Prewriting: Generating Content

(3)

Prewriting: Organizing Your Material

(3)

Working Habits

(7)

Drafting

(2)

Drafting Collaboratively

(1)

Revising

(2)

Editing and Proofreading

(2)

Checklist for Analyzing Writing Rituals, Composing Practices, and Working Habits

(1)

Writer's Workshop

(1)

Writers on Writing

(2)

Strengthened by a Pale Green Light

(2)

Reynolds Price

Writer's Notebook

(1)

Writer's Profile One: How Did I Become the Writer I Am?

(3)

Becoming Aware of Professional Writing Practices

(28)

Chapter Preview

(1)

Investigating the Profession

(1)

Analyzing a Discourse Community

(1)

Reflecting on Your Experiences: Asking Questions

(1)

Observing a Discourse Community

(1)

Writer's Notebook

(1)

Studying Forms of Communication

(10)

Genre

(1)

Writing Situation and Medium

(2)

Expanding the Definition: Oral and Visual Genres

(3)

Style

(2)

Design

(2)

Studying Writers in Their Environments: Primary Research

(1)

Ethnographic Research

(1)

Writer's Notebook

(1)

Getting Started on Primary Research

(2)

Ethical Considerations

(1)

Making Contacts

(1)

Keeping Things Organized

(5)

The Project Notebook

(2)

Note Taking When Interviewing and Observing

(1)

Getting Ready to Take Notes

(1)

Preparing for an Interview

(1)

Writer's Workshop

(1)

Writers on Writing

(5)

Natural Selections

(5)

E. O. Wilson

Learning from Professional Writing

(86)

Chapter Preview

(1)

Tracing the Genealogy of a Profession

(1)

Writer's Notebook

(1)

Putting Your Discourse Analysis Skills to Work

(1)

Casebook of Readings: Privacy in the Information Age

(1)

Writer's Notebook

(44)

Is Privacy Still Possible in the Twenty-First Century?

(9)

Jerry Berman

Paula Bruening

Technology as Security

(10)

Declan McCullagh

Balancing Security & Privacy in the Internet Age, Institute of Management & Administration

(7)

American Nursing Association Action Report: Privacy and Confidentiality, Introduced

(6)

Beverly L. Malone

Stop That Face!

104

(4)

Linda Rothstein

Talk Show Telling versus Authentic Telling: The Effects of the Popular Media on Secrecy and Openness

108

(8)

Evan Imber-Black

Writer's Workshop

116

(1)

Casebook of Readings: Weight, Body Image, and Identity

117

(1)

Writer's Notebook

117

(35)

Eating Disorders Information Sheets from the BodyWise Handbook, The National Women's Health Information Center

117

(8)

Fat World/Thin World: ``Fat Busters,'' ``Equivocators,'' ``Fat Boosters,'' and the Social Construction of Obesity

125

(16)

Karen Honeycutt

Shallow Hal (Movie Review)

141

(4)

Roger Ebert

Let Us Refer You. Today. (Advertisement), American Society of Plastic Surgeons

145

(2)

Buff Enough? (Book Review)

147

(5)

Jonathan Rauch

Writer's Profile Two: Where Am I Going as a Professional Writer?

152

(3)

Learning from Public Writing

155

(64)

Chapter Preview

155

(1)

Finding a Public Voice: Problem-Solving Strategies

155

(2)

Solving Problems with Others: Analyzing the Writing Situation

156

(1)

Solving Problems Alone: Analyzing the Writing Situation

156

(1)

Writer's Notebook

157

(1)

Putting Your Discourse Analysis Skills into Service

157

(1)

Casebook of Readings: Targeting Discrimination

158

(1)

Writer's Notebook

158

(27)

Take Action: Children's Rights Are Human Rights

158

(6)

Marc Kielburger

Craig Kielburger

Make Age Irrelevant by Beating Negative Attitudes

164

(4)

Sally James

Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space

168

(5)

Brent Staples

Reality Bites

173

(3)

Lisa Bennett

I Spy Sexism: A Public Education Campaign, Third Wave Foundation

176

(4)

Stigma Watch: Being Alert to Mental Health Stereotyping

180

(5)

Otto Wahl

Writer's Workshop

185

(1)

Casebook of Readings: Responding to Homelessness

186

(1)

Writer's Notebook

186

(28)

National Alliance to End Homelessness Web Site Home Page and FAQ

186

(4)

Transitions: Newsletter of the Center for Women in Transition

190

(6)

Let's Solve S. F.'s No. 1 Problem, Mike Sullivan and Plan C

196

(3)

Vehicularly Housed Residential Community: Project Description, Vehicularly Housed Residential Association & the Coalition on Homelessness

199

(9)

San Francisco

``Can You Spare 20p for a Cup of Tea?'' (Campaign Poster), Thames Reach Bondway (TRB)/Imagination (GIC) Ltd.

208

(2)

These Are Our Neighbors (Student Essay)

210

(4)

Nicole Stewart

Writer's Workshop

214

(1)

Writer's Profile Three: What Might I Do as a Public Writer?

215

(4)

Becoming a Practicing Writer

219

(18)

Chapter Preview

219

(1)

The Secondary Research Process: Resources, Techniques, and Styles

219

(1)

Selecting and Using Secondary Sources

220

(5)

Specialized Reference Works

220

(3)

Indexes and Abstracts

223

(1)

Specialized Professional Journals

224

(1)

The World Wide Web

225

(1)

Researching for Public Writing

225

(1)

Evaluating Sources

225

(4)

Recognizing Bias

225

(3)

Assessing Electronic Resources

228

(1)

Writer's Workshop

229

(1)

Documenting Your Sources

229

(3)

What to Document

230

(1)

Styles of Documentation

230

(1)

Informal Documentation

231

(1)

The Project Notebook

232

(2)

Keeping Track of Your Research

232

(1)

Reading and Analyzing Sources

233

(1)

Writing Project: Critique of a Published Professional Essay

234

(3)

Argument

237

(36)

Chapter Preview

237

(1)

Persuasion and Argument

237

(1)

Making Assumptions

238

(2)

Reviewing the Elements of Argument

240

(4)

Claims

240

(1)

Evidence

240

(3)

Refutation

243

(1)

Strategies for Arranging Arguments

244

(3)

The Counterargument

245

(1)

The Pro and Con Argument

245

(1)

The Problem-Solution Argument

246

(1)

Finding a Middle Ground

247

(1)

Writer's Workshop

248

(3)

Writing Project: Researched Position Paper

251

(1)

Sample Student Research Papers

252

(17)

Full or Partial Inclusion: A Look at the Debate about Where and How to Educate Special-Needs Students

253

(7)

Toni Spainhour

The Decline and Fall of the Soviet Union

260

(9)

Marty Ruhaak

Guidelines for Making an Oral Presentation

269

(4)

Writing and Speaking

269

(1)

Presentation and Delivery

270

(1)

Practice, Practice, Practice

271

(2)

Appendix A Using and Designing Web Sites

273

(14)

Before You Start: Protecting Your Privacy

273

(1)

Successful Surfing

274

(3)

Getting There: Search Engines

274

(1)

Conducting Your Search

275

(1)

Evaluating Sites

276

(1)

Constructing and Maintaining Your Own Web Site

277

(3)

Tools for Construction: HTML and Servers

277

(1)

Designing a Web Site

278

(1)

Ways of Reading: Print versus Hypertext

279

(1)

Visual Complexity: Adding Images

279

(1)

Navigating: Overall Site Organization

280

(7)

Page Layout

281

(2)

Homepage: Core Information

283

(1)

Looking at a Sample Design

283

(2)

Editing and Maintaining Your Site

285

(2)

Appendix B Styles for Documenting Sources

287

(28)

Documenting Sources Using MLA Style

288

(7)

In-Text Citations

288

(1)

Preparing the List of Works Cited

289

(1)

Sample Entries for a List of Works Cited

290

(5)

Documenting Sources Using APA Style

295

(6)

In-Text Citations

295

(2)

Preparing the References List

297

(1)

Sample Entries for a List of References

298

(3)

Documenting Sources Using Chicago Manual Style

301

(7)

Using the Chicago Notes and Bibliography Style

302

(1)

Sample Entries for Notes and Bibliography Entries

303

(5)

Documenting Sources Using CSE Style

308

(4)

Using the CSE Citation-Sequence Style

308

(1)

Using a CSE References List

309

(1)

Sample Entries for a References List

310

(2)

List of Style Manuals and Supplementary Internet Sources

312

(3)

Index

315

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