The Sundance Writer A Rhetoric, Reader, and Handbook (with InfoTrac)

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Praised for its practical strategies, real-world emphasis and focus on critical thinking, this successful 4-in-1 text now emphasizes electronic writing and visual rhetoric.

Preface

xxix

1 Why Write?

(10)

Using The Sundance Writer

(9)

The Rhetoric

(1)

The Reader

(1)

Special Writing Situations

(1)

The Research Paper

(1)

Grammar and Handbook

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR SUCCEEDING IN COMPOSITION

(5)

PART ONE: THE RHETORIC

2 The Writing Process: An Overview

(10)

What Is Writing?

(1)

Developing a Composing Style

(3)

Writing on a Computer

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING ON A COMPUTER

(2)

Writer's Block

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING WRITER'S BLOCK

(2)

NEW E-Writing: Exploring Writing Resources Online

(1)

Companion Web Site: The Writing Process

(1)

3 The Writing Context

(24)

What Is Good Writing?

(2)

The Writer

(4)

The Writer's Purpose

(3)

The Writer's Role

(1)

The Reader

(8)

Individual Readers

(1)

Extended Audiences

(1)

The Perceptual World

(3)

Evaluating Readers

(1)

The Discourse Community

(2)

The Document

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING SPECIALIZED DOCUMENTS

(8)

Writings in Context

(1)

Lyndon Baines Johnson, Letter to Ho Chi Minh, April 10, 1967

(2)

Seeking an end to a controversial conflict, President Johnson outlines a peace offer to the leader of Communist North Vietnam

Molly Ivies, A Short Story about the Vietnam War Memorial

(5)

A newspaper columnist depicts a young woman kneeling before the black marble wall and confronting the name of her dead lover.

STRATEGIES FOR ESTABLISHING CONTEXT

(1)

NEW E-Writing: Exploring Context Online

(1)

Companion Web Site: The Writing Context

(1)

4 Critical Thinking: Seeing with a Writer's Eye

(14)

What Is Critical Thinking?

(4)

How to See with a Writer's Eye

(2)

STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING CRITICAL THINKING

(9)

Common Errors in Critical Thinking

(7)

Ignoring the Role of Coincidence

(1)

Hasty Generalizations or Jumping to Conclusions

(1)

Relying on Anecdotal Evidence

(1)

Mistaking Time Relationships for Cause and Effect (post hoc, ergo propter hoc)

(1)

Making Faulty Comparisons (False Analogies)

(1)

Assuming Trends Will Continue, Making "Slippery Slope" Judgments

(1)

Creating "Either-Or Dilemmas"

(1)

Relying on False Authorities, Attacking Personalities, and Guilt by Association

(1)

Using Circular Reasoning (Begging the Question)

(1)

Making Emotional and Irrelevant Statements (Red Herrings)

(1)

Critical Thinking Checklist

(1)

NEW E-Writing: Exploring Critical Thinking Online

(1)

Companion Web Site: Critical Thinking

(1)

5 Prewriting Strategies: Getting Started

(11)

What Is Prewriting?

(1)

Prewriting Strategies

(10)

Freewriting

(2)

Brainstorming

(2)

Asking Questions

(2)

Clustering

(2)

STRATEGIES FOR PREWRITING

(1)

NEW E-Writing: Exploring Prewriting Strategies Online

(1)

Companion Web Site: Prewriting Strategies

(1)

6 Developing a Thesis

(10)

What Is a Thesis?

(1)

Elements of a Thesis Statement

(2)

Locating the Thesis

(1)

Explicit, Evolving, and Implied Theses

(5)

Explicit Thesis Statements

(1)

Evolving Thesis Statements

(1)

Implied Thesis Statements

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING THESIS STATEMENTS

(2)

NEW E-Writing: Exploring Thesis Statements Online

(1)

Companion Web Site: Developing a Thesis

(1)

7 Supporting a Thesis

(12)

What Is Support?

(6)

Personal observations

(1)

Personal Experiences

(1)

Examples

(1)

Facts

(1)

Testimony (Quotations)

(1)

Analogies (Comparisons)

(1)

Statistics

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR USING STATISTICS

(3)

Documenting Sources

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR USING EVIDENCE: CRITICAL THINKING CHECKLIST

(2)

NEW E-Writing: Exploring Thesis Support Online

(1)

Companion Web Site: Supporting a Thesis

(1)

8 Organizing Ideas

(20)

What Is Organization?

(1)

Informal and Formal Outlines

(2)

Writing Titles and Introductions

(5)

Titles

(2)

Introductions

(3)

Organizing the Body of an Essay

100

(5)

Chronological: Organizing by Time

100

(1)

Spatial: Organizing by Division

101

(1)

Emphatic: Organizing by Importance

102

(3)

Writing Conclusions

105

(2)

Summarize the Thesis and Main Points

105

(1)

End with a Question

105

(1)

Conclude with a Quotation

106

(1)

End with a Strong Image

106

(1)

Conclude with a Challenging Statement

106

(1)

Moving from Prewriting to Planning

107

(2)

Planning Checklist

109

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING PROBLEMS IN ORGANIZATION

110

(1)

NEW E-Writing: Exploring Organization Online

111

(1)

Companion Web Site: Organizing Ideas

111

(1)

9 Developing Pararaphs

112

(12)

What Are Paragraphs?

112

(11)

Paragraph Style

116

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING PARAGRAPHS

116

(6)

NEW E-Writing: Exploring Paragraphs Online

122

(1)

Companion Web Site: Developing Paragraphs

123

(1)

10 Writing the first Draft

124

(17)

What Is a First Draft?

124

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING THE FIRST DRAFT

124

(14)

Avoiding Plagiarism

126

(1)

Making Writing Decisions

127

(10)

Choosing the Right Words

128

(3)

Writing Effective Sentences

131

(5)

Writing Paragraphs

136

(1)

Moving from Plan to First Draft

137

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING PROBLEMS IN THE FIRST DRAFT

138

(1)

NEW E-Writing: Exploring Writing the First Draft Online

139

(1)

Companion Web Site: Writing the First Draft

140

(1)

11 Revising and Rewriting

141

(17)

What Is Revision?

141

(1)

Developing a Revising Style

141

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR REVISING

142

(2)

STRATEGIES FOR PEER REVIEW

144

(12)

Revising Elements of the First Draft

146

(1)

Look at the Big Picture

146

(1)

Introduction Checklist

147

(1)

Paragraph Checklist

148

(1)

Conclusion Checklist

148

(6)

Improving Paragraphs

149

(5)

Revising the First Draft

154

(2)

STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING PROBLEMS IN REVISING

156

(1)

NEW E-Writing: Exploring Revision Online

157

(1)

Companion Web Site: Revising

157

(1)

12 Editing and Proofreading

158

(15)

What Are Editing and Proofreading?

158

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR EDITING

159

(10)

Common Grammar Errors

160

(2)

Editing Sentences

162

(1)

Sentence Checklist

163

(4)

Editing Words

167

(1)

Diction Checklist

167

(2)

STRATEGIES FOR PROOFREADING

169

(2)

Common Mechanical Errors

169

(3)

Spelling and Usage Errors

169

(2)

STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING PROBLEMS IN EDITING AND PROOFREADING

171

(1)

NEW E-Writing: Exploring Editing Online

172

(1)

Companion Web Site: Editing and Proofreading

172

(1)

13 Special Writing Contexts

173

(16)

What Are Special Writing Contexts?

173

(1)

Collaborative Writing

173

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR COLLABORATIVE WRITING

174

(2)

Online Writing Groups

176

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WORKING IN ONLINE WRITING GROUPS

176

(2)

Writing as the Representative of Others

178

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING AS A REPRESENTATIVE

178

(1)

Broadcasting to Mass Audiences

179

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING TO MASS AUDIENCES

179

(2)

Writing to Multiple Readers

181

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING TO MULTIPLE READERS

181

(1)

Giving Oral Presentations

182

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR GIVING ORAL PRESENTATIONS

182

(2)

NEW E-Writing: Exploring Special Writing Contexts Online

184

(1)

Companion Web Site: Special Writing Contexts

185

(4)

PART TWO: THE READER

14 Becoming a Critical Reader: Reading with a "Writer's Eye"

189

(10)

What Is Critical Reading?

189

(1)

How to Read with a Writer's Eye

190

(3)

First Reading

190

(1)

Second Reading

191

(1)

Before Class Discussion

192

(1)

Emily Prager, Our Barbies, Ourselves

193

(3)

A writer uses description, narration, comparison, and cause and effect to analyze the meaning of the Barbie doll.

Using the Reader

196

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR CRITICAL READING

196

(1)

NEW E-Writing: Exploring Reading Online

197

(1)

Companion Web Site: Critical Reading

197

(2)

15 Analyzing Visuals: Seeing with a "Writer's Eye"

199

(14)

Photographs, Film, and Video

199

(1)

Perspective and Contrast

200

(2)

Context

202

(3)

Visual Connotations

203

(2)

Timing and Duplication

205

(1)

Manipulating Images

205

(1)

Gender and Cultural Issues

206

(1)

Perception and Analysis

207

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR ANALYZING VISUAL IMAGES

207

(5)

Graphics

208

(4)

STRATEGIES FOR ANALYZING GRAPHICS

212

(1)

NEW E-Writing: Exploring Visual Images Online

212

(1)

16 Description: Presenting Impressions

213

(42)

What Is Description?

213

(9)

Objective and Subjective Description

213

(4)

The Language of Description

217

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING DESCRIPTION

218

(4)

STUDENT PAPER: "Cities of the Dead"

222

(3)

Suggested Topics for Writing Description

224

(1)

General Assignments

224

(1)

Writing in Context

225

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR READING DESCRIPTION

225

(19)

NEW Jonathan Schell, Letter from Ground Zero (annotated)

227

(3)

Living six blocks from the ruins of the World Trade Center, a writer confronts the "dread majesty" of the fallen towers.

NEW E-Reading: InfoTrac® College Edition

VIEWS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

230

(1)

E-Readings Online

230

(1)

Julian E. Barnes, Grosses and Crossroads

Tarannum Kamlani, My Islamic Roots, My American Home

Brian Bremner, September 11 Through a Japanese Lens

Critical Reading

230

(1)

Writing Suggestions

231

(1)

Truman Capote, Out There

232

(4)

The opening pages of In Cold Blood describe a remote Kansas town that became the scene of an infamous mass murder.

NEW Chris Hedges, Gaza Diary

236

(3)

The congested Palestinian refugee camps are dirty, dusty enclaves of misery, violence, and terrorism.

NEW Carl T. Rowan, Unforgettable Miss Bessie

239

(5)

A noted columnist recalls the teacher who reminded him and other disadvantaged students that "what you put in your head ... can never be pulled out by the Ku Klux Klan or Congress ..."

BLENDING THE MODES

E.B. White, Once More to the Lake

244

(7)

Describing a vacation trip, White compares past and present and realizes his sense of mortality.

WRITING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

3M Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Want Ad

251

(2)

A want ad describes the ideal job candidate.

NEW Responding to Images

253

(1)

Description Checklist

254

(1)

Companion Web Site: Description

254

(1)

17 Narration: Relating Events

255

(46)

What Is Narration?

255

(9)

The Writer's Purpose and Role

255

(1)

Focus

256

(2)

Chronology

258

(2)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING NARRATION

260

(2)

STUDENT PAPER: "Spare Change"

262

(2)

SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR WRITING PROCESS

420

(2)

General Assignments

420

(1)

Writing in Context

421

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR READING PROCESS

422

(25)

Mortimer Adler, How to Mark a Book (annotated)

423

(6)

A good reader interacts with a book, marking his or her responses in margins and back pages.

Armond D. Budish, Fender-Benders: Legal Do's and Don't's

429

(5)

A consumer-law reporter offers advice to motorists involved in minor accidents.

Elizabeth Kolbert, Birth of a TV Show

434

(6)

TV programs go through a complex and baffling process that takes them from pitched idea to pilot to program.

Davidyne Mayleas, How to Land the Job You Want

440

(4)

Mayleas offers job seekers methods of succeeding in the job market.

NEW E-Reading: InfoTrac® College Edition

HOW TO SUCCEED IN JOB INTERVIEWS

444

(1)

E-Readings Online

445

(1)

A Classic Dilemma

Frederiksen Bohannon, Making a Good First Impression Eight Ways Not to Get the Job

Victoria James and Connie LaMotta, Interview Blunders

Critical Reading

445

(1)

Writing Suggestions

446

(1)

BLENDING THE MODES

Malcolm X, My First Conk

447

(5)

The noted black Muslim leader tells the story about getting his hair processed to make a compelling argument about race and identity.

WRITING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

Lucille Treganowan, Cleaning Battery Terminals

452

(2)

The author of Lucille's Car Care provides instructions on car repair.

NEW Responding to Images

454

(1)

Companion Web Site: Process

455

(2)

Process Checklist

455

(2)

22 Division and Classification: Separating into Parts and Rating Categories

457

(44)

What Are Division and Classification?

457

(1)

Division

457

(2)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING DIVISION

459

(4)

Classification

462

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING CLASSIFICATION

463

(3)

STUDENT PAPER: "Hispanics on Campus"

466

(2)

SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR WRITING DIVISION AND CLASSIFICATION

468

(1)

General Assignments

468

(1)

Writing in Context

468

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR READING DIVISION AND CLASSIFICATION

469

(22)

Russell Baker, The Plot Against People (annotated)

470

(3)

Baker classifies the types of objects intended to frustrate people.

John Holt, Three Kinds of Discipline

473

(4)

Children encounter discipline from three sources: nature, society, and superior force.

NEW E-Reading: InfoTrac® College Edition

WHEN DOES DISCIPLINE BECOME CHILD ABUSE?

477

(1)

E-Readings Online

477

(1)

... Abuse vs. Discipline

Beth Brophy, Because I Said So! Parents Are Responding to John Rosemond's Tough Love

Peggy O'Mara, Changing Our Minds about Spanking

Pamela Gwyn Kripke, 10 Discipline Mistakes Smart Parents Make

Eda LeShan, Those Perfectly Awful Children

Critical Reading

478

(1)

Writing Suggestions

478

(2)

James Austin, Four Kinds of Chance

480

(5)

A scientist classifies the four types of chance that occur in scientific research,

NEW Judith Viorst, Friends, Good Friends-and Such Good Friends

485

(6)

Viorst outlines six kinds of friends.

BLENDING THE MODES

Martin Luther King Jr., Ways of Meeting Oppression

491

(4)

The noted civil rights leader persuades readers to accept the best method of overcoming oppression.

WRITING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

Black's Law Dictionary, Homicide

495

(3)

Black's dictionary classifies types of homicide.

NEW Responding to Images

498

(1)

Companion Web Site: Division and Classification

499

(2)

Division and Class cation Checklist

499

(2)

23 Cause and Effect: Determining Reasons and Measuring Results

What Is Cause and Effect?

501

(1)

Determining Causes

502

(1)

Measuring and Predicting Effects

503

(2)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING CAUSE AND EFFECT

505

(3)

STUDENT PAPER: "Can the Devon Be Saved?"

508

(2)

SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR WRITING CAUSE AND EFFECT

510

(2)

General Assignments

510

(1)

Writing in Context

511

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR READING CAUSE AND EFFECT

512

(25)

NEW Maya Angelou, Why Blacks Are Returning to Their Southern Roots (annotated)

513

(4)

Reversing a century-old trend, many African Americans are now moving back to the South.

John Brooks, The Effects of the Telephone

517

(3)

Brooks analyzes how the telephone revolutionized human experience.

John Taylor Gatto, Why Schools Don't Educate

520

(3)

A former Teacher of the Year lists reasons why schools fail to teach and details the impact faulty schools have had on children.

NEW E-Reading: InfoTrac® College Edition

CAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACH VALUES?

523

(1)

E-Readings Online

523

(1)

Burt Solomon, Education Nation

Gregory A. Valde, Schools Without Soul: Moral Community and Public Schools

David R. Carlin Jr., Teaching Values in School

Critical Reading

524

(1)

Writing Suggestions

525

(1)

Brent Staples, Black Men and Public Space

526

(4)

An African American examines the effects he causes by simply walking down a public street.

Gloria Steinem, Words and Change

530

(7)

"Now, we have terms like sexual harassment and battered women. A few years ago, they were just called life."

BLENDING THE MODES

William F. Buckley Jr., Don't Blame Violence on the Tube

537

(5)

Noting that television violence is universal, Buckley argues that it cannot be viewed as a cause for America's high rate of crime and homicide.

WRITING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

Thomas Jefferson et al., The Declaration of Independence

542

(4)

Jefferson details the reasons why the American colonies must sever ties with Great Britain.

NEW Responding to Images

546

(1)

Companion Web Site: Cause and Effect

547

(2)

Cause-and-Effect Checklist

547

(2)

24 Argument and Persuasion: Influencing: Readers

549

(60)

What Is Argument and Persuasion?

549

(4)

Persuasive Appeals

550

(2)

Blending Appeals

552

(1)

Understanding Logic

553

(4)

Deduction

554

(1)

Induction

555

(2)

Persuasion and Audience

557

(1)

Appealing to Hostile Readers

557

(2)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION

559

(3)

STUDENT PAPER: "Why a Black Student Union?"

562

(4)

Suggested Topics for Writing Argument and Persuasion

565

(3)

General Assignments

565

(1)

Writing in Context

566

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR READING ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION

566

(2)

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS-ETHNIC IDENTITY

568

(9)

Armando Rendón, Kiss of Death (annotated)

568

(5)

A Chicano writer embraces his Mexican language and heritage to resist being drawn into the "vacuum of the dominant society."

Barbara Ehrenreich, Cultural Baggage

573

(4)

Ehrenreich rejects her ethnic background and is proud that her children see themselves as belonging to the "race of `none."

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS THE "ABUSE EXCUSE"

577

(8)

Alan Dershowitz, The "Abuse Excuse" Is Detrimental to the Justice System

577

(4)

A noted defense attorney argues that the abuse defense promotes vigilantism.

Leslie Abramson, The Abuse Defense Balances the Justice System

581

(4)

The defense attorney who achieved fame during the Menendez trial asserts the abuse defense provides justice for victims.

NEW OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS-REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY

585

(10)

Manning Marable, An Idea Whose Time Has Come

585

(4)

Whites, Marable declares, have a moral responsibility to rectify centuries of racial exploitation.

Shelby Steele, A Childish Illusion

589

(3)

Steele argues that the demand for reparations ignores the need for greater black responsibility to overcome poverty and violence.

NEW E-Reading: InfoTrac® College Edition

THE REPARATIONS DEBATE

592

(1)

E-Readings Online

592

(1)

Symposium on Payment of Reparations for the Descendants of Slaves: Should Government Pay Reparations to the Descendants of Slaves?

Randall Robinson, Yes Armstrong Jones, No

Walter B. Hill, The Ex-Slave Pension Movement

Ali A. Mazrui, Who Should Pay for Slavery?

Critical Reading

593

(1)

Writing Suggestions

593

(2)

BLENDING THE MODES

Nat Hentoff, Should This Student Have Been Expelled.?

595

(6)

A noted liberal attacks hate speech codes, arguing that even the most racist and offensive speech is protected by the Constitution.

WRITING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

Irish Need Apply

601

(2)

Using a headline recalling racist "No Irish Need Apply" notices, a fund-raising ad urges affluent Irish Americans to donate to their homeland.

NEW Responding to Images

603

(1)

Companion Web Site: Argument and Persuasion

604

(5)

Argument and Persuasion Checklist

604

(5)

PART THREE: SPECIAL WRITING SITUATIONS

25 The Essa Examination

609

(10)

What Are Essay Exams?

609

(3)

The Purpose of Essay Examinations

609

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR STUDYING FOR ESSAY EXAMINATIONS

610

(2)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING THE ESSAY EXAMINATION

612

(6)

Sample Questions and Essays

614

(4)

Questions for Review

615

(1)

Questions for Review

616

(2)

Companion Web Site: The Essay Examination

618

(1)

26 Writing about Literature

619

(20)

What Is Literature?

619

(5)

Major Literary Terms

619

(4)

STRATEGIES FOR READING LITERATURE

623

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE

624

(5)

Writing about Fiction

626

(1)

Wolfgang Borchert, The Bread

627

(2)

STUDENT ESSAY: "Denial"

629

(2)

Writing about Poetry

630

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING ABOUT POETRY

631

(2)

Edwin Arlington Robinson, Richard Gory

632

(1)

STUDENT PAPER: "One Calm Summer Night"

633

(2)

Writing about Drama

635

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING ABOUT DRAMA

635

(3)

Companion Web Site: Writing about Literature

638

(1)

Literary Paper Checklist

638

(1)

27 Business an Professional Writing

639

(20)

What Is Business and Professional Writing?

639

(2)

Resumes and Cover Letters

641

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING RESUMES

641

(5)

Professional Resume

644

(1)

Student Resume Including Previous Experience

645

(1)

Cover Letters

646

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING COVER LETTERS

646

(9)

Letter Responding to Personal Referral

647

(1)

Letter Responding to Job Announcement

647

(2)

Putting Your Resume to Work

649

(1)

Business and Professional Reports

649

(7)

Sample Business Report

651

(4)

STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING

655

(1)

Companion Web Site: Business and Professional Writing

656

(3)

PART FOUR: THE RESEARCH PAPER

28 Conducting Research

659

(35)

What Is Research?

659

(2)

Common Misconceptions

660

(1)

Conducting Research: An Overview

661

(3)

Understand the Scope of the Assignment

661

(1)

Select an Appropriate Topic

662

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR SELECTING A TOPIC

662

(2)

Conduct Preliminary Research

664

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR CONDUCTING PRELIMINARY RESEARCH

664

(15)

Sample Internet Search

670

(1)

Sample Web Site

671

(2)

NEW E-Research Activity: Exploring Preliminary Research Online

Limit the Topic and Develop a Working Thesis

673

(1)

Create a Time Line

674

(1)

Collect and Evaluate Relevant Evidence

674

(5)

Selecting and Evaluating Sources

679

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR SELECTING AND EVALUATING SOURCES

679

(4)

Evaluating Internet Sources Checklist

682

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING PROBLEMS WITH RESEARCH

683

(10)

Taking Notes

684

(3)

Primary Research

687

(5)

Conducting Interviews

687

(2)

Conducting Surveys

689

(3)

Research Checklist

692

(1)

Companion Web Site: Research

693

(1)

29 Writing the Research Paper

694

(57)

What Is a Research Paper?

694

(1)

Refine Your Thesis and Develop an Outline

695

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING AN OUTLINE

696

(2)

Writing the Research Paper

698

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR USING SOURCES

698

(6)

Guidelines for Using Direct Quotations

700

(4)

STRATEGIES FOR CITING SOURCES

704

(2)

Exceptions to Citing Sources

705

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR REVISING AND EDITING RESEARCH PAPERS

706

(1)

Documentation Styles

706

(1)

The MLA Style

706

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING PARENTHETICAL NOTES

707

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING A WORKS CITED PAGE

708

(11)

Guidelines for Listing Sources in Works Cited and Parenthetical Notes

709

(10)

Books

709

(3)

Periodicals

712

(2)

Other Print Sources

714

(1)

Nonprint Sources

715

(1)

Electronic Sources

716

(3)

SAMPLE RESEARCH PAPER USING MIA STYLE: "The Role of Nature in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four"

719

(7)

APA Style

726

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING PARENTHETICAL NOTES

726

(2)

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING A REFERENCES PAGE

728

(11)

Guidelines for Listing Sources in References and

Parenthetical Notes

729

(1)

Books

729

(3)

Periodicals

732

(1)

Other Print Sources

733

(1)

Nonprint Sources

734

(1)

Electronic Sources

735

(4)

SAMPLE RESEARCH PAPER USING APA STYLE: "Feeding Frenzy: Journalism and Justice in the Leopold and Loeb Case"

739

(9)

Companion Web Site: The Research Paper

748

(3)

Research Paper Checklist

748

(3)

PART FIVE: GRAMMAR AND HANDBOOK

30 Grammar

751

(14)

What Is Grammar?

751

(1)

Parts of Speech

752

(5)

Nouns

752

(1)

Pronouns

752

(1)

Adjectives

753

(1)

Verbs

754

(1)

Adverbs

755

(1)

Articles

755

(1)

Prepositions

756

(1)

Conjunctions

756

(1)

Interjections

757

(1)

Understanding Parts of Speech

757

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR DETERMINING PARTS OF SPEECH

757

(7)

Phrases and Clauses

158

(601)

Phrases

758

(1)

Clauses

758

(1)

Sentences

759

(5)

Types of Sentences

760

(3)

Other Ways of Looking at Sentences

763

(1)

Companion Web Site: Grammar

764

(1)

Grammar Review

764

(1)

31 The Handbook

765

(68)

STRATEGIES FOR USING THE HANDBOOK

765

(3)

Contents

766

(1)

Sentence Problems

767

(1)

Fragments

767

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR DETECTING AND REVISING FRAGMENTS

768

(3)

Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices

770

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR DETECTING AND REVISING RUN-ONS AND COMMA SPLICES

771

(3)

Faulty Parallelism

773

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR DETECTING AND REVISING FAULTY PARALLELISM

774

(2)

STRATEGIES FOR REVISING SENTENCE PROBLEMS

776

(1)

Companion Web Site: Sentence Structure

777

(3)

Agreement

777

(3)

Subject-Verb Agreement

777

(3)

STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING PROBLEMS WITH SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

780

(3)

Pronoun Agreement

781

(2)

STRATEGIES FOR AVOIDING SEXISM IN PRONOUN USE

783

(1)

Companion Web Site: Agreement

784

(3)

Verbs

784

(4)

Irregular Verbs

784

(2)

Verb Tense

786

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR USING VERB TENSES

787

(1)

Companion Web Site: Verbs

788

(1)

Pronouns

788

(1)

Pronoun Reference

788

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR USING PRONOUNS

789

(1)

Pronoun Case

789

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR USING PROPER CASE

790

(3)

Companion Web Site: Pronouns

793

(1)

Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers

793

(1)

Dangling Modifiers

793

(1)

STRATEGY TO DETECT DANGLING MODIFIERS

794

(2)

Misplaced Modifiers

794

(2)

Companion Web Site: Modifiers

796

(1)

Adjectives and Adverbs

796

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR USING ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

796

(1)

Companion Web Site: Adjectives and Adverbs

797

(5)

Punctuation

798

(5)

Comma

798

(4)

STRATEGIES FOR ELIMINATING UNNECESSARY COMMAS

802

(1)

Companion Web Site: Commas

803

(2)

Semicolon

804

(1)

Companion Web Site: Semicolons

805

(2)

Colon

805

(1)

Quotation Marks

806

(1)

Companion Web Site: Quotation Marks

807

(2)

Apostrophe

808

(1)

Companion Web Site: Apostrophes

809

(8)

Ellipsis

810

(1)

Parentheses

810

(1)

Brackets

811

(1)

Hyphen

812

(1)

Dash

812

(1)

Slash

813

(1)

Question Mark

813

(1)

Exclamation Point

814

(1)

Period

814

(1)

Mechanics

815

(2)

Capitalization

815

(2)

Companion Web Site: Capitalization

817

(4)

Underlining and Italics

818

(1)

Abbreviations

818

(2)

Numbers

820

(1)

Spelling

821

(1)

STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING SPELLING

821

(3)

Companion Web Site: Spelling

824

(9)

Appendix

825

(8)

Commonly Confused Words

825

(3)

Essay Topics

828

(2)

Commonly Misspelled Words

830

(3)

Credits

833

(3)

Index

836

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