Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric, Research Guide, Reader, and Handbook

, by Reinking, James A.; Hart, Andrew W.; Von Der Osten, Robert; Osten, Richard Von Der

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Preface

xii

To the Student

xix

Rhetoric

(312)

Writing: A First Look

(10)

The Purposes of Writing

(3)

The Audience for Your Writing

(3)

The Qualities of Good Writing

(1)

Writing and Ethics

(2)

Planning and Drafting Your Paper

(21)

Understanding the Assignment

(1)

Zeroing In on a Topic

(8)

Gathering Information

(2)

Organizing the Information

(3)

Developing a Thesis Statement

(3)

Writing the First Draft

(3)

Planning and Drafting with a Word Processor

(1)

Revising and Editing Your Paper

(27)

Preparing to Revise

(1)

Considering the Whole Essay

(8)

Strengthening Paragraph Structure and Development

(1)

Sharpening Sentences and Words

(2)

Proofreading Your Draft

(1)

Writing the Introduction and Conclusion

(1)

Selecting a Title

(4)

Revising with a Word Processor

(1)

Peer Evaluation of Drafts

(7)

Collaborative Writing

(2)

Maintaining and Reviewing a Portfolio

(1)

Narration: Relating Events

(8)

Purpose

(1)

Action

(1)

Conflict

(1)

Point of View

(1)

Key Events

(1)

Dialogue

(1)

Ethical Issues

(1)

Writing a Narrative

(1)

Example Student Essay of Narration: ``The Beach Bum''

Gail Bartlett

(6)

The Critical Edge

(2)

Description: Presenting Impressions

(14)

Purpose

(1)

Sensory Impressions

(2)

Dominant Impression

(1)

Vantage Point

(1)

Selection of Details

(1)

Arrangement of Details

(1)

Ethical Issues

(1)

Writing a Description

(2)

Example Student Essay of Description: ``The Big One''

(3)

Rebecca Mutch

The Critical Edge

(2)

Process Analysis: Explaining How

(12)

Kinds of Process Analysis Papers

(2)

Ethical Issues

(1)

Writing a Process Analysis

(4)

Example Student Essay of Process Analysis: ``The ABC's of CPR''

(3)

Kathy Petroski

The Critical Edge

(2)

Illustration: Making Yourself Clear

100

(9)

Selecting Appropriate Examples

101

(1)

Number of Examples

101

(1)

Organizing the Examples

102

(1)

Ethical Issues

103

(1)

Writing an Illustration

103

(2)

Example Student Essay of Illustration: ``A Lesson from Nature''

105

(2)

Mike Braendle

The Critical Edge

107

(2)

Classification: Grouping into Categories

109

(11)

Selecting Categories

111

(1)

Number of Categories

112

(1)

Developing Categories

112

(2)

Ethical Issues

114

(1)

Writing a Classification

115

(1)

Example Student Essay of Classification: ``Undesirable Produce Market Customers''

116

(2)

Clarence DeLong

The Critical Edge

118

(2)

Comparison: Showing Relationships

120

(12)

Selecting Items for Comparison

121

(1)

Developing a Comparison

122

(1)

Organizing a Comparison

123

(1)

Using Analogy

124

(1)

Ethical Issues

125

(1)

Writing a Comparison

126

(2)

Example Student Essay of Comparison: ``Different Shifts, Different Actions''

128

(2)

Claire Mutter

The Critical Edge

130

(2)

Cause and Effect: Explaining Why

132

(14)

Patterns in Causal Analysis

133

(2)

Reasoning Errors in Causal Analysis

135

(2)

Ethical Issues

137

(1)

Writing a Causal Analysis

137

(3)

Example Student Essay of Cause and Effect: ``Why Students Drop Out of College''

140

(4)

Diann Fisher

The Critical Edge

144

(2)

Definition: Establishing Boundaries

146

(14)

Types of Definitions

147

(4)

Ethical Issues

151

(1)

Writing an Extended Definition

152

(2)

Example Student Essay of Definition: ``The Food Chain''

154

(4)

Michael Galayda

The Critical Edge

158

(2)

Argument: Convincing Others

160

(27)

The Rational Appeal

161

(9)

The Emotional Appeal

170

(1)

The Ethical Appeal

171

(1)

Ferreting Out Fallacies

172

(4)

Ethical Issues

176

(1)

Writing an Argument

177

(5)

Example Student Essay of Argument: ``The Right to Bear Arms''

182

(3)

Brenda Buehrle

The Critical Edge

185

(2)

Mixing the Writing Strategies

187

(8)

Why and How to Mix Strategies

187

(1)

Ethical Issues

188

(1)

Problem/Solution Report

188

(1)

Evaluation Report

189

(1)

Example Essay Using Several Writing Strategies: ``Eating Alone in Restaurants''

190

(3)

Bruce Jay Friedman

The Critical Edge

193

(2)

Paragraphs

195

(23)

Characteristics of Effective Paragraphs

195

(16)

Paragraphs with Special Functions

211

(7)

Effective Sentences

218

(17)

Sentence Strategies

219

(13)

Beyond the Single Sentence

232

(3)

Diction, Tone, Style

235

(23)

Toward Clear Diction

235

(6)

Toward Rhetorical Effect

241

(9)

Special Stylistic Techniques

250

(3)

Eliminating Flawed Diction

253

(5)

The Essay Examination

258

(8)

Studying for the Examination

258

(1)

Types of Test Questions

259

(1)

Preparing to Write

259

(1)

Writing the Examination Answer

260

(6)

Writing About Literature

266

(29)

The Elements of Literature

267

(21)

Ethical Issues

288

(1)

Writing a Paper on Literature

288

(3)

Example Student Essay on Literature: ``Scratchy Wilson: No Cardboard Character''

291

(4)

Wendell Stone

Business Letters and Resumes

295

(18)

Letter Language

295

(2)

Parts of the Business Letter

297

(2)

Preparation for Mailing

299

(1)

E-Mail Correspondence

300

(1)

Types of Letters

300

(9)

Resumes

309

(4)

Research Guide

313

(112)

The Library Research Paper

315

(61)

Learning About Your Library

316

(1)

Choosing a Topic

317

(5)

Assembling a Working Bibliography

322

(23)

Taking Notes

345

(7)

Organizing and Outlining

352

(2)

Ethical Issues

354

(1)

Writing Your Research Paper

355

(3)

Example Student Research Paper: ``House Arrest: An Attractive Alternative to Incarceration''

358

(15)

Keith Jacque

Using a Word Processor

373

(3)

Documenting Sources

376

(27)

Preparing Proper MLA and APA Bibliographic References

376

(15)

Handling In-Text Citations

391

(6)

Handling Quotations

397

(3)

Avoiding Plagiarism

400

(3)

Additional Research Strategies: Interviews, Questionnaires, Direct Observations

403

(22)

The Value of Primary Research

403

(1)

General Principles for Primary Research

404

(1)

Ethical Issues

405

(1)

Interviews

406

(3)

Example Student Interview Report: ``Budget Cuts Affect State Police: An Interview Report with Officer Robert Timmons''

409

(1)

Holly Swain

Questionnaires

410

(3)

Example Student Questionnaire: ``Survey on Public Smoking''

413

(3)

Kelly Reetz

Example Student Questionnaire Report: ``Findings from Smoking Questionnaire Distributed to Bartram College Students''

416

(1)

Kelly Reetz

Direct Observations

417

(4)

Example Student Observation Report: ``Observations of an Inner-City Apartment Building''

421

(4)

Caleb Thomas

Reader

425

(2)

Strategies for Successful Reading

427

(7)

Following an Effective Reading Strategy

427

(3)

``The Appeal of the Androgynous Man''

430

(2)

Amy Gross

Reading as a Writer

432

(2)

Rhetorical Table of Contents

Narration

434

(12)

``The Perfect Picture''

434

(2)

James Alexander Thom

``Sound and Fury''

436

(3)

Dan Greenburg

``Momma's Encounter''

439

(4)

Maya Angelou

``For My Indian Daughter''

443

(3)

Lewis Sawaquat

Description

446

(15)

``When the Full Moon Shines Its Magic over Monument Valley''

446

(2)

John V. Young

``In the Jungle''

448

(4)

Annie Dillard

``Assembly Line Adventure''

452

(4)

Lesley Hazleton

``Once More to the Lake''

456

(5)

E. B. White

Process Analysis

461

(13)

``Fast Track to Perfection''

461

(4)

Ian Dunbar

From ``The Spider and the Wasp''

465

(2)

Alexander Petrunkevitch

``Let's Get Vertical!''

467

(3)

Beth Wald

``The Knife''

470

(4)

Richard Selzer

Illustration

474

(14)

``Binge Drinking, A Campus Killer''

474

(4)

Sabrina Rubin Erdely

``Rambos of the Road''

478

(3)

Martin Gottfried

``Going for Broke''

481

Matea Gold

``The Company Man''

485

(3)

Ellen Goodman

Classification

488

(16)

``What Are Friends For?''

488

(3)

Marion Winik

``The Men We Carry in Our Minds''

491

(3)

Scott Russell Sanders

``The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria''

494

(5)

Judith Ortiz Cofer

``Which Stooge Are You?''

499

(5)

Ron Geraci

Comparison

504

(23)

``Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts''

504

(3)

Bruce Catton

``Conversational Ballgames''

507

(3)

Nancy Masterson Sakamoto

``Then and Now''

510

(10)

Mary Pipher

``Private Language, Public Language''

520

(5)

Richard Rodriguez

``Coming Home''

525

(2)

Marjorie Waters

Cause and Effect

527

(13)

``Old Father Time Becomes a Terror''

527

(4)

Richard Tomkins

``Gender Gap in Cyberspace''

531

(2)

Deborah Tannen

``Why Marriages Fail''

533

(3)

Anne Roiphe

``Black Men and Public Space''

536

(4)

Brent Staples

Definition

540

(20)

``The Sweet Smell of Success Isn't All That Sweet''

540

(2)

Laurence Shames

``The Power of Play''

542

(5)

Hara Estroff Marano

``The Insufficiency of Honesty''

547

(5)

Stephen L. Carter

``When Is It Rape?''

552

(8)

Nancy Gibbs

Argument

560

(35)

``Death and Justice''

560

(4)

Edward I. Koch

``Execution''

564

(2)

Anna Quindlen

``Sexual Harassment Is a Serious Problem at Universities''

566

(5)

Marilyn Gaye Piety

``Sexual Harassment Is Overestimated''

571

(5)

Gretchen Morgenson

``I Have a Dream''

576

(4)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

``A Journalist's View of Black Economics''

580

(6)

William Raspberry

``Close the Borders to All Newcomers''

586

(4)

Daniel James

``Give Us Your Best, Your Brightest''

590

(5)

Stephen Moore

Mixing the Writing Strategies

595

(12)

``Blur: Cheetahs. Ranchers. Hope.''

595

(6)

Susan Zimmerman

``She's Your Basic L.O.L. in N.A.D.''

601

(3)

Perri Klass

``The Uses of a Word''

604

Gloria Naylor

Thematic Table of Contents

Life's Changes

``The Perfect Picture''

434

(2)

James Alexander Thom

``Sound and Fury''

436

(3)

Dan Greenburg

``Momma's Encounter''

439

(4)

Maya Angelou

``For My Indian Daughter''

443

(13)

Lewis Sawaquat

``Once More to the Lake''

456

(29)

E. B. White

``The Company Man''

485

(25)

Ellen Goodman

``Then and Now''

510

(10)

Mary Pipher

``Private Language, Public Language''

520

(5)

Richard Rodriguez

``Coming Home''

525

(2)

Marjorie Waters

``Old Father Time Becomes a Terror''

527

(6)

Richard Tomkins

``Why Marriages Fail''

533

(3)

Anne Roiphe

``Black Men and Public Space''

536

Brent Staples

Who We Are

``The Appeal of the Androgynous Man''

430

(6)

Amy Gross

``Sound and Fury''

436

(16)

Dan Greenburg

``Assembly Line Adventure''

452

(22)

Lesley Hazleton

``Binge Drinking, A Campus Killer''

474

(4)

Sabrina Rubin Erdely

``Rambos of the Road''

478

(3)

Martin Gottfried

``Going for Broke''

481

Metea Gold

``The Company Man''

485

(3)

Ellen Goodman

``What Are Friends For?''

488

(3)

Marion Winik

``The Men We Carry in Our Minds''

491

(3)

Scott Russell Sanders

``The Myth of the Latin Woman''

494

(5)

Judith Ortiz Cofer

``Which Stooge Are You?''

499

(5)

Ron Geraci

``Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts''

504

(6)

Bruce Catton

``Then and Now''

510

(21)

Mary Pipher

``Gender Gap in Cyberspace''

531

(2)

Deborah Tannen

``Why Marriages Fail''

533

(7)

Anne Roiphe

``The Sweet Smell of Success Isn't All That Sweet''

540

(2)

Laurence Shames

``The Power of Play''

542

(5)

Hara Estroff Marano

``The Insufficiency of Honesty''

547

(57)

Stephen L. Carter

``The Uses of a Word''

604

Gloria Naylor

Our Relationship to Nature

``When the Full Moon Shines Its Magic over Monument Valley''

446

(2)

John V. Young

``In the Jungle''

448

(8)

Annie Dillard

``Once More to the Lake''

456

(9)

E. B. White

From ``The Spider and the Wasp''

465

(2)

Alexander Petrunkevitch

``Let's Get Vertical!''

467

(3)

Beth Wald

``The Knife''

470

(72)

Richard Selzer

``The Power of Play''

542

(53)

Hara Estroff Marano

``Blur: Cheetahs. Ranchers. Hope.''

595

Susan Zimmerman

Health

``Sound and Fury''

436

(34)

Dan Greenburg

``The Knife''

470

(4)

Richard Selzer

``Binge Drinking, A Campus Killer''

474

(4)

Sabrina Rubin Erdely

``Rambos of the Road''

478

(3)

Martin Gottfried

``Going for Broke''

481

Matea Gold

``The Company Man''

485

(42)

Ellen Goodman

``Old Father Time Becomes a Terror''

527

(15)

Richard Tomkins

``The Power of Play''

542

(59)

Hara Estroff Marano

``She's Your Basic L.O.L. in N.A.D.''

601

Perri Klass

Contemporary Issues

Women's Issues

``The Appeal of the Androgynous Man''

430

(61)

Amy Gross

``The Men We Carry in Our Minds''

491

(3)

Scott Russell Sanders

``The Myth of the Latin Woman''

494

(16)

Judith Ortiz Cofer

``Then and Now''

510

(21)

Mary Pipher

``Gender Gap in Cyberspace''

531

(21)

Deborah Tannen

``When Is It Rape?''

552

(14)

Nancy Gibbs

``Sexual Harassment Is a Serious Problem at Universities''

566

(5)

Marilyn Gaye Piety

``Sexual Harassment Is Overestimated''

571

Gretchen Morgenson

Diversity in Our Lives

``Momma's Encounter''

439

(4)

Maya Angelou

``For My Indian Daughter''

443

(51)

Lewis Sawaquat

``The Myth of the Latin Woman''

494

(13)

Judith Ortiz Cofer

``Conversational Ballgames''

507

(13)

Nancy Masterson Sakamoto

``Private Language, Public Language''

520

(11)

Richard Rodriguez

``Gender Gap in Cyberspace''

531

(5)

Deborah Tannen

``Black Men and Public Space''

536

(30)

Brent Staples

``Sexual Harassment Is a Serious Problem at Universities''

566

(5)

Marilyn Gaye Piety

``Sexual Harassment Is Overestimated''

571

(5)

Gretchen Morgenson

``I Have a Dream''

576

(4)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

``A Journalist's View of Black Economics''

580

(6)

William Raspberry

``Close the Borders to All Newcomers''

586

(4)

Daniel James

``Give Us Your Best, Your Brightest''

590

(14)

Stephen Moore

``The Uses of a Word''

604

Gloria Naylor

Crime and Punishment

``When Is It Rape?''

552

(8)

Nancy Gibbs

``Death and Justice''

560

(4)

Edward I. Koch

``Execution''

564

(2)

Anna Quindlen

``Sexual Harassment Is a Serious Problem at Universities''

566

(5)

Marilyn Gaye Piety

``Sexual Harassment Is Overestimated''

571

Gretchen Morgenson

Language Use and Abuse

``Sound and Fury''

436

(3)

Dan Greenburg

``Momma's Encounter''

439

(4)

Maya Angelou

``For My Indian Daughter''

443

(18)

Lewis Sawaquat

``Fast Track to Perfection''

461

(9)

Ian Dunbar

``The Knife''

470

(24)

Richard Selzer

``The Myth of the Latin Woman''

494

(13)

Judith Ortiz Cofer

``Conversational Ballgames''

507

(13)

Nancy Masterson Sakamoto

``Private Language, Public Language''

520

(32)

Richard Rodriguez

``When Is It Rape?''

552

(19)

Nancy Gibbs

``Sexual Harassment Is Overestimated''

571

(30)

Gretchen Morgenson

``She's Your Basic L.O.L. in N.A.D.''

601

(3)

Perri Klass

``The Uses of a Word''

604

Gloria Naylor

Struggling with Ethical Issues

``The Perfect Picture''

434

(5)

James Alexander Thom

``Momma's Encounter''

439

(97)

Maya Angelou

``Black Men and Public Space''

536

(4)

Brent Staples

``The Sweet Smell of Success''

540

(7)

Laurence Shames

``The Insufficiency of Honesty''

547

(5)

Stephen L. Carter

``When Is It Rape?''

552

(8)

Nancy Gibbs

``Death and Justice''

560

(4)

Edward I. Koch

``Execution''

564

(2)

Anna Quindlen

``Sexual Harassment Is a Serious Problem at Universities''

566

(5)

Marilyn Gaye Piety

``Sexual Harassment Is Overestimated''

571

(5)

Gretchen Morgenson

``I Have a Dream''

576

(10)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

``Close the Borders to All Newcomers''

586

(4)

Daniel James

``Give Us Your Best, Your Brightest''

590

(14)

Stephen Moore

``The Uses of a Word''

604

(3)

Gloria Naylor

Acknowledgments

607

(5)

Subject Index

612

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