User's Guide to College Writing, The: Reading, Analyzing, and Writing

, by Kreml, Nancy M.; Carr, Diane Rose; Capps, Douglas; Jake, Janice; May, Sharon

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Written by a highly regarded team of authors--including two "Two--Year Teacher of the Year Award" recipients--The User's Guide to College Writing is a comprehensive process--oriented rhetoric with an emphasis on academic writing. This comprehensive 3--in--1 rhetoric/reader/handbook for the essay--level developmental writing or freshman composition course is filled with student examples, helpful checklists, and exercises both in the text and on the companion Website; it also contains a comprehensive handbook. The many writing assignments in each chapter prepare students for success in college and beyond. Special ESL materials make this book helpful for second language learners. This is the ideal text for instructors who wish to focus on mainstream, college--oriented writing. For anyone interested in improving writing skills.

Rhetorical Contents

xiv

Preface

xvii

Part One Introduction

(54)

1 The Circle of Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking

(18)

How Writing Improves Reading

(1)

How Reading Improves Writing

(1)

How Reading and Writing Improve Thinking

(3)

What Is Reading?

(6)

The Four Levels of Reading

(2)

The Purposes of Reading

(1)

Improving Your Reading

(2)

What Is Writing?

(1)

Differences Between Speaking and Writing

(1)

Importance of Audience

(1)

The Five Levels of Writing

(6)

The Importance of Purpose

(1)

The Purposes of Writing

(1)

Improving Your Writing

(1)

Reading, Writing, Thinking, and This Book

(1)

2 Essential Tools for College Writers: The Skills for Success

(21)

The Essay: A Format Combining Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking

(5)

Research in Academic Writing

(3)

Avoiding Plagiarism

(1)

Documenting Your Sources

(1)

The Essay: Writing a Personal Essay

(5)

Cyber College: Writing, Reading, Thinking and Computers

(4)

The Computer Skills You'll Need

(1)

Computer Tips

(3)

Evaluation: Essay Exams, the Writing Process, and Portfolios

(1)

English as a Second Language (ESL) and This Book

(2)

Reading and Vocabulary

(1)

Keeping Lists

(1)

Steps in the Reading and Writing Process

(1)

Group Work

(1)

Using the Skills of College Reading, Writing, and Thinking

(1)

3 Five Readings for Analysis

(14)

"Measuring Success" by Renee Loth

(1)

"My Father's Tribal Rule" by Mark Mathabane

(4)

"Getting Off the Welfare Carousel" by Teresa McCrary

(2)

"A Hanging" by George Orwell

(4)

"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin

(3)

Part Two Using Essential Strategies for Writing Essays

(214)

4 Reading in College: Surveying, Annotating, Reviewing, Evaluating

(22)

Step 1. Prepare to Read: Open Up the Topic

(2)

Step 2. Survey Before Reading: Get the Big Picture

(3)

Step 3. Read Actively

(4)

Step 4. Review

(4)

Check Vocabulary

(1)

Answer Your Own Questions

(1)

Restate the Main Idea in Your Own Words

(1)

Reread the Material

(1)

Step 5. Evaluate

(6)

Whose Ideas?

(1)

Recognizing the Author's Tone

(1)

Recognizing Your Own Biases

(1)

Step 6. Use the Reading as a Model

(3)

5 Analyzing the Assignment for an Essay: Understanding the Question

(21)

What Are You Expected to Focus On?

(1)

What Actions Are You Expected to Take?

(6)

If the Prompt Contains Direct Commands

(2)

If the Prompt Contains Indirect Commands

(1)

If the Prompt Contains Questions

(2)

How Will You Bring the Focus and Actions Together?

(4)

Identifying the Focus

(1)

Identifying the Actions

(1)

Bringing the Focus and the Actions Together

(3)

Analyzing More Difficult Prompts

(5)

Analysis

(1)

Rhetorical Analysis

(1)

Critique

(1)

Literary Prompts

(4)

Narrowing the Prompt

(1)

Refocusing the Prompt

(1)

Arguing Against the Assumption of the Prompt

(4)

6 Prewriting: Freewriting, Listing, Mapping, Questioning

(17)

What Is Prewriting?

(2)

How Much Prewriting Is Required?

100

(1)

Prewriting About a Reading

101

(6)

Focused Freewriting

101

(1)

Listing

102

(1)

Mapping and Clustering

103

(2)

Questioning

105

(2)

Prewriting About Your Own Ideas and Experiences

107

(6)

Focused Freewriting

108

(1)

Listing

109

(1)

Mapping and Clustering

110

(2)

Questioning

112

(1)

Prewriting Through Collaboration

113

(3)

7 Organizing the Material: Planning, Outlining, and Thinking About Audience

116

(32)

Reviewing the Prompt and Evaluating Your Prewriting

116

(1)

Evaluating Prewriting About a Reading

117

(9)

Eliminating Unrelated Material or Ideas

117

(2)

Finding Repeated Material

119

(2)

Matching Main Ideas to Examples and Details

121

(3)

Listing Your Main Ideas

124

(1)

Writing a Tentative Thesis

125

(1)

Evaluating Prewriting About Your Own Reactions and Experience

126

(6)

Eliminating Unrelated Material or Ideas

126

(1)

Finding Repeated Material

127

(1)

Matching Main Ideas to Examples and Details

127

(3)

Grouping Related Items

130

(1)

Do the Groups Complete the Actions Required by the Prompt?

130

(1)

Listing Your Main Ideas

131

(1)

Is All This Really Necessary?

132

(1)

Combining the Parts of Your Prewriting

132

(3)

Audience Awareness

135

(11)

Formulating Your Thesis

135

(1)

Thinking About Your Purpose

136

(1)

Thinking About Your Audience

137

(4)

Ordering Ideas and Information

141

(1)

Rogerian Argument

142

(2)

Combining Organization Strategies

144

(1)

Finding an Order

144

(2)

Reviewing the Assignment

146

(2)

8 Writing Introductions

148

(21)

Creating Drafts

149

(1)

An Introduction That Responds to a Reading

149

(2)

Providing Lead-Ins

151

(4)

Author, Title, and Overview of the Reading

155

(1)

The Author's Thesis or Main Point

156

(1)

Your Thesis Statement

157

(5)

Using the Prompt to Determine Your Thesis

158

(1)

Using Your Prewriting to Determine Your Thesis

159

(3)

Plan of Development

162

(1)

Putting the Introduction Together

163

(2)

An Alternative Structure

164

(1)

Introductions That Respond to Issues

165

(4)

9 Writing Body Paragraphs

169

(15)

Body Paragraphs That Respond to a Reading

170

(1)

Topic Sentences

171

(1)

Transitions

171

(1)

Clarifying the Author's Ideas

172

(1)

Responding to the Author

173

(1)

Concluding Your Body Paragraph

174

(1)

Putting the Body Paragraph Together

175

(1)

Additional Body Paragraphs

176

(3)

Body Paragraphs That Respond to Issues

179

(5)

Providing Your Own Argument

179

(1)

Narration

180

(1)

Description

181

(1)

Using Sources to Make Your Point

182

(2)

10 Writing Conclusions

184

(11)

The Components of a Conclusion

184

(1)

Putting It All Together

185

(6)

Conclusions to Essays on Issues

191

(4)

11 Revising: Improving Ideas, Organization, and Style

195

(40)

The Process of Revision

196

(1)

Step 1. Preparing to Revise

197

(2)

Letting the Paper Cool

197

(1)

Reading the Paper Again

197

(1)

Consulting a Reader

198

(1)

Step 2. Making Sure Your Thesis Answers the Question

199

(5)

Evaluating Your Thesis

199

(5)

Step 3. Checking Structure and Organization

204

(6)

Are All the Parts of the Essay Present?

204

(2)

Does the Main Idea of Each Body Paragraph Correspond to Some Part of the Thesis?

206

(2)

Are the Paragraphs Arranged in the Best Order?

208

(2)

Step 4. Checking Development

210

(17)

Evaluating Your Introduction

210

(6)

Evaluating Your Body Paragraphs

216

(9)

Evaluating Your Conclusion

225

(2)

The Revised Essay

227

(2)

Using Checklists

229

(4)

Developing Your Ideas with Research

233

(2)

12 Editing: Improving Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation Skills

235

(22)

Writing and Speaking Standard English

235

(1)

Taking Time to Edit

236

(1)

Locating Errors

236

(3)

Combining Tools to Locate Your Own Errors

237

(2)

Correcting Errors

239

(12)

Correcting Errors You Understand

239

(1)

Finding Help for Errors You Don't Understand

240

(6)

Sample Entries in an Editing Log

246

(1)

When to Use Your Editing Log

246

(5)

Editing for Style

251

(6)

Pronouns

252

(1)

Verbs

253

(1)

Word Choice (Diction)

253

(1)

Sentence Variety

254

(3)

13 Finishing the Essay: Formatting and Proofreading

257

(12)

Formatting Your Essay

257

(3)

Formatting on a Computer

257

(1)

Handwritten Papers

258

(1)

Headings and Page Numbers

258

(1)

Cover Page and Works Cited List

258

(2)

Proofreading Your Essay

260

(1)

Proofreading as a Reading Process

261

(1)

Looking for Typical Trouble Spots in the Final Draft

261

(1)

An Overview of Proofreading Techniques

261

(5)

Proofreading for Coherence: Does It All Fit Together?

261

(1)

Tools and Techniques for Locating Specific Errors

262

(1)

Combining Proofreading Tools to Locate Your Own Errors

262

(1)

Examples of Errors Corrected in Proofreading

262

(4)

The Final Product

266

(3)

Part Three Essay Options

269

(88)

14 Writing For Evaluation

270

(12)

Modifying the Process to Meet Your Needs

270

(2)

Modifying the Process to Match Your Task

272

(2)

Modifying the Process for Essay Exams

274

(4)

Prewriting for Essay Exams

274

(2)

Drafting the In-Class Essay

276

(1)

Revising, Editing, and Proofreading: Readability vs. Neatness

276

(2)

Creating a Portfolio

278

(4)

What Do All Portfolios Have in Common?

278

(1)

Portfolio Evaluation

279

(3)

15 Writing in the Expository Modes

282

(21)

Narration

282

(2)

Purpose

282

(1)

Development

282

(1)

Organization

283

(1)

Description

284

(3)

Purpose

285

(1)

Development

285

(1)

Organization

286

(1)

Definition

287

(3)

Purpose

287

(1)

Development

288

(1)

Organization

289

(1)

Classification

290

(3)

Purpose

290

(1)

Development

291

(1)

Organization

292

(1)

Comparison and Contrast

293

(3)

Purpose

293

(1)

Development

293

(1)

Organization

294

(2)

Illustration

296

(2)

Purpose

296

(1)

Development

296

(1)

Organization

297

(1)

Process

298

(2)

Purpose

298

(1)

Development

298

(1)

Organization

299

(1)

Cause and Effect

300

(3)

Purpose

300

(1)

Development

300

(1)

Organization

301

(2)

16 Writing in the Argument and Persuasive Modes

303

(7)

Persuasive Mode

303

(3)

Purpose

303

(1)

Development

304

(1)

Organization

305

(1)

Argumentative Mode

306

(2)

Purpose

306

(1)

Development

306

(1)

Organization

307

(1)

Being Logical

308

(2)

17 Writing About Literature

310

(18)

Analyzing Literature

310

(1)

Reading Literature

310

(8)

Prepare to Read and Survey

311

(1)

Read Actively and Form Interpretations

312

(1)

Develop an Interpretation

313

(4)

Review and Evaluate

317

(1)

Developing a Writing Topic

318

(1)

Prewriting and Planning

319

(2)

Drafting

321

(2)

Revising

323

(2)

Editing and Proofreading

325

(3)

18 Conducting Research

328

(29)

Conducting Secondary Research

328

(6)

Types of Sources

329

(1)

Evaluating Your Sources

329

(1)

Conducting Searches

330

(3)

Making Notes

333

(1)

Collecting Information During Research

334

(1)

MLA Style Guidelines

335

(5)

Quoting Sources

335

(2)

Works Cited Page

337

(3)

APA Style Guidelines

340

(4)

Quoting Sources

340

(2)

References Page

342

(2)

Conducting Primary Research

344

(6)

Advantages to Primary Research

344

(1)

Disadvantages to Primary Research

345

(1)

Interviews and Surveys

345

(2)

Observations

347

(1)

Completing the Research

348

(2)

Selecting Material to Use in Your Writing

350

(1)

Sample MLA Style Paper

350

(2)

Sample APA Style Paper

352

(2)

Documentation Punctuation Exercises

354

(3)

Part Four Working on Sentences

357

(62)

19 A Handbook for Writing Correct Sentences

358

(61)

How to Use the Handbook

358

(1)

1. Sentence Basics

359

(5)

1.1 Recognizing Verbs

360

(1)

1.2 Recognizing Subjects

361

(1)

1.3 More Complicated Verbs and Subjects

361

(3)

1.4 Recognizing Prepositional Phrases

364

(1)

2. Sentence Boundaries

364

(8)

2.1 Fragments

365

(3)

2.2 Run-on Sentences, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences

368

(3)

2.3 Distinguishing Fragments and Run-ons

371

(1)

3. Word Endings

372

(11)

3.1 Noun Endings: Plurals and Apostrophes

373

(3)

3.2 Verb Endings

376

(7)

4. Agreement

383

(3)

4.1 Subject-Verb Agreement

383

(2)

4.2 Pronoun Agreement

385

(1)

5. Clarity

386

(7)

5.1 Choosing the Right Word

386

(2)

5.2 Writing Clear Sentences

388

(3)

5.3 Indirect Questions

391

(1)

5.4 Direct and Indirect Quotes and Paraphrasing

391

(2)

5.5 Parallelism

393

(1)

6. Frequently Used Punctuation and Styling Marks

393

(11)

6.1 Commas

393

(3)

6.2 Question Marks

396

(1)

6.3 Titles

397

(1)

6.4 Capitalization

398

(1)

6.5 Quotation Marks

399

(5)

7. English as a Second Language (ESL)

404

(16)

7.1 Articles

404

(1)

7.2 Prepositions

405

(5)

7.3 Verb Tense

410

(9)

Part Five Essays and Readings

419

(126)

20 Essays by Student Writers

420

(16)

"Rituals ... for the Love of a Parent" by Keenan Johnson

420

(1)

"Rituals: A Way of Life" by J.P. Myers

421

(2)

"The Woman Chain: A Reflection of Women's Roles" by Meg Christmas

423

(3)

"Single Parents' Adversities" by Larry Evans

426

(1)

"Give the Needy a Break" by Rodelt S. Johnson

427

(2)

"The Single Female Families" by Benjamin W. Munden, Sr.

429

(1)

Capital Punishment" by Lois Johnson

430

(2)

"Exposure of Public Executions" by Jane Smith

432

(1)

"A Cry of Grief, or a Cry of Relief?" by Marilyn Mallory

433

(3)

21 Readings by Professional Writers

436

(109)

Family

"Daddy Tucked the Blanket" by Randall Williams

436

(4)

"Punished for the Sins of the Children" by John Leo

440

(3)

"I, Too, Am a Good Parent" by Dorsett Bennett

443

(3)

"Fingers" by Margaret Visser

446

(5)

"Where Have All the Parents Gone?" by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead

451

(7)

"The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl" by Elizabeth Wong

458

(3)

Education

"A Prison Education" by Malcolm X

461

(3)

"The Sanctuary of School" by Lynda Barry

464

(4)

"Lives on the Boundary" by Mike Rose

468

(4)

"Thinking in Pictures" by Temple Grandin

472

(4)

"How Good Are Your Opinions?" by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero

476

(6)

Choices

"Pride" by Ian Frazier

482

(2)

"Every Choice Has Its Consequences-Or at Least It Should" by Cindi Ross Scoppe

484

(3)

"Is a Tree Worth a Life?" by Sally Thane Christensen

487

(3)

"Beat on the Brat: The Economics of Spanking" by Steven E. Landsburg

490

(3)

"Missed Time" by Ha Jin

493

(2)

"Survivor" by James Scott, as told to Paige Williams

495

(3)

Haves and Have-Nots

"Experiencing Poverty Might Do Us All Good" by Ernest L. Wiggins

498

(2)

"Chopsticks" by Guanlong Cao

500

(4)

"Champion of the World" by Maya Angelou

504

(4)

"The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses" by Bessie Head

508

(5)

"Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100" by Martin Espada

513

(3)

Media

"The Medias Image of Arabs" by Jack G. Shaheen

516

(3)

"The Bias of Language, The Bias of Pictures" by Neil Postman and Steve Powers

519

(6)

"The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria" by Judith Ortiz Cofer

525

(7)

Morality

"Money for Morality" by Mary Arguelles

532

(3)

"On Restoring the Moral Voice: Virtue and Community Pressure" by Amatai Etzioni

535

(7)

"Why Nothing Is 'Wrong' Anymore" by Meg Greenfield

542

(3)

Answers for Chapter 19

545

(14)

Glossary

559

(6)

Credits

565

(4)

Index

569

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User's Guide to College Writing, The: Reading, Analyzing, and Writing

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