Strategies for Successful Writing keeps instruction brief and to-the-point so that students spend less time reading about writing and more time writing. Instruction delivered through extensive examples helps students see what different strategies look like when applied in real texts.
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Table of Contents
Preface
To The Student
Rhetoric
Chapter 1 Writing: A First Look
The Purposes of Writing
The Audience for Your Writing
The Qualities of Good Writing
Writing and Changing Media
Writing and Ethics
Chapter 2 Strategies for Successful Reading
Orienting Your ReadingA First Reading
Additional Readings
Mastering Reading Problems
Reading to Critique
Reading Assignments Carefully
Reading as a Writer
The Appeal of the Androgynous Man by Amy Gross
Writing About What You Read
Chapter 3 Planning and Drafting Your Paper
Understanding the Assignment
Zeroing In on a Topic
Gathering Information
Organizing the Information
Creating an Outline
Developing a Thesis Statement
Writing the First Draft
Case History: Cell Phone Use Rough Draft
Chapter 4 Revising and Editing Your Paper: Courageous Transformations
Preparing to ReviseConsidering the Whole Essay
Case Study: Cell Phone Use Rough Draft Marked Up
Case Study: Cell Phone Use Second Draft
Strengthening Paragraph Structure and Development
Sharpening Sentences and Words
Writing the Introduction and Conclusion
Selecting a Title
Peer Evaluation of Drafts
Case History: The Reasons for College Cell Phone Fever Final Draft
Proofreading Your Draft
Collaborative Writing
Maintaining and Reviewing a Portfolio
Chapter 5 Paragraphs
Characteristics of Effective Paragraphs
Paragraphs with Special Functions
Chapter 6 Effective Sentences
Sentence Strategies
Chapter 7 Achieving Effective Style and Tone through Word Choice
Selecting the Right Words
Achieving the Desired Rhetorical Effect
Special Stylistic Techniques
Eliminating Flawed Diction
Chapter 8 Narration: Relating Events
Purpose
Action
Conflict
Point of View
Key Events
Dialogue
Ethical Issues
Writing a Narrative
Sample Student Essay of Narration: Joy Through the Tears by Brittany Coggin
Stepping Up to Synthesis
Chapter 9 Description: Presenting Impressions
Purpose
Sensory Impressions
Dominant Impression
Vantage Point
Selection of Details
Arrangement of Details
Ethical Issues
Writing a Description
Sample Student Essay of Description: My Serenity by Rachel Harvey
Stepping Up to Synthesis
Chapter 10 Process Analysis: Explaining How
Kinds of Process Analysis Papers
Ethical Issues
Writing a Process Analysis
Sample Student Essay of Process Analysis: Basic Song Writing Techniques by Hannah Hill
Stepping Up to Synthesis
Chapter 11 Illustration: Making Yourself Clear
Selecting Appropriate Examples
Number of Examples
Organizing the Examples
Ethical Issues
Writing an Illustration
Sample Student Essay of Illustration: If It Is Worth Doing by Janice Carlton
Stepping Up to Synthesis
Chapter 12 Classification: Grouping into Categories
Selecting CategoriesNumber of Categories
Developing Categories
Ethical Issues
Writing a Classification
Sample Student Essay of ClassifIcation: Types of Video Games for Children by Kyra Glass
Stepping Up to Synthesis
Chapter 13 Comparison: Showing Relationships
Selecting Items for Comparison
Developing a Comparison
Organizing a Comparison
Using Analogy
Ethical Issues
Writing a Comparison
Sample Student Essay of Comparison:Differences Between Korean and English by Sunho Lee
Stepping Up to Synthesis
Chapter 14 Cause and Effect: Explaining Why
Patterns in Causal AnalysisReasoning Errors in Causal Analysis
Ethical Issues
Writing a Causal Analysis
Sample Student Essay of Cause and Effect: Why Students Drop Out of College by Diann Fisher
Stepping Up to Synthesis
Chapter 15 Definition: Establishing Boundaries
Types of Definitions
Ethical Issues
Writing an Extended Definition
Sample Student Essay of Definition: Rediscovering Patriotism by Peter Wing
Stepping Up to Synthesis
Chapter 16 Argument: Convincing Others
The Rational AppealReasoning Strategies
The Emotional Appeal
The Ethical Appeal
Ferreting Out Fallacies
Ethical Issues
Writing an Argument
Sample Student Essay of Argument: Bottled Troubled Water by Scott Lemanski
Stepping Up to Synthesis
Chapter 17 Mixing the Writing Strategies
Why and How to Mix Strategies
Ethical Issues
Problem/Solution Report
Evaluation Report
Sample Essay Using Several Writing Strategies: Eating Alone in Restaurantsby Bruce Jay Friedman
Stepping Up to Synthesis
Chapter 18 The Essay Examination
Studying for the Examination
Types of Test Questions
Preparing to Write
Writing the Examination Answer
Chapter 19 Writing About Literature
The Elements of LiteratureEthical Issues
Writing a Paper on Literature
The Writing Procedure
Sample Student Essay on Literature: Scratchy Wilson: No Cardboard Character by Wendell Stone
Stepping Up to Synthesis
Electronic Chapter: Business Letters and Resumes
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Reader
Narration
The Perfect Picture by James Alexander Thom
Sound and Fury by Dan Greenburg
Momma's Encounter by Maya Angelou
The Scholarship Jacket by Marta Salinas
Description
When the Full Moon Shines Its Magic over Monument Valley by John V. Young
*Seaside Safari by Kessler Burnett
*Las Menias by Michel Foucault
Process Analysis
*Ground-Source_Heat_Pumps: Mother Earth Will Wrap You in Warmth by perfect home hvac design
Let's Get Vertical! by Beth Wald
Can Generation Xers Be Trained? by Shari Caudron
Illustration
Binge Drinking: A Campus Killer by Sabrina Rubin Erdely
*Pulling Off the Ultimate Career Makeover by Douglas Alden Warshaw
*If You're Happy and You Know It, Must I Know, Too? by Judith Newman
Classification
What Are Friends For? by Marion Winik
The Men We Carry in Our Minds by Scott Russell Sanders
A Tale of Four Learners by Bernice McCarthy
Comparison
Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts by Bruce Catton* Invasion of the Bodybuilders by Chris Lee
Private Language, Public Language by Richard Rodriguez
Art Form for the Digital Age by Henry Jenkins
Cause and Effect
*For Cops, Citizen Videos Bring Increased Scrutiny by Kevin Johnson
Why We Keep Stuff by Caroline Knapp
* The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science by Chris Mooney
Why We Flirt by Belinda Luscombe and Kate Stinchfield
Definition
*Going Graphic by James Bucky Carter
The Blended Economy by Marc Zwelling
Krumping by Marti Bercaw
*What Thoreau Knew by John Shepler
Argument
*Going Nuclear by Patrick Moore
*Ten Reasons Why New Nuclear was a Mistake - Even before Fukushima By Alexis Rowell
*Teacher Natalie Munroe has a Right to Call Kids Lazy and Rude by Maressa Brown
*When Teachers Talk Out of School by Jonathan Zimmerman
*A Carefully Crafted Immigration Law in Arizona by Byron York
*Immigration Policy Gone Loco by Conor Friedersdor
I Have a Dreamby Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mixing the Writing Strategies
Supermarket Pastoral by Michael Pollan
*Back to the Future by John Phillips Santos
*Rushdie Runs Afoul of Web's Real-Name Police by Somini Sengupta
Credits
Index
*new to this edition