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Table of Contents

Preface

 

I. THE READING PROCESS

 

1. Becoming a Strong Reader

Stage 1: Get an Overview of the Selection

Stage 2: Deepen Your Sense of the Selection

Stage 3: Evaluate the Selection

        Ellen Goodman, "Family Counterculture."

 

II. THE WRITING PROCESS.

 

2. Getting Started Through Prewriting

Observations About the Writing Process

Use Prewriting to Get Started

    Keep a Journal

    The Pre-Reading Journal Entry

    Understand the Boundaries of the Assignment

    Determine Your Purpose, Audience, Tone, and Point of View

    Discover Your Essay's Limited Subject

    Generate Raw Material About Your Limited Subject

    Organize the Raw Material

Activities: Getting Started Through Prewriting

 

3. Identifying a Thesis

What Is a Thesis?

Finding a Thesis

Writing an Effective Thesis

    Tone and Point of View

    Implied Pattern of Development

    Including a Plan of Development

    Don't Write a Highly Opinionated Statement

    Don't Make an Announcement

    Don't Make a Factual Statement

    Don't Make a Broad Statement

Arriving at an Effective Thesis

Placing the Thesis in an Essay

Activities: Identifying a Thesis

 

4. Supporting the Thesis with Evidence

What Is Evidence?

How Do You Find Evidence?

    How the Patterns of Development Help Generate Evidence

Characteristics of Evidence

    The Evidence Is Relevant and Unified

    The Evidence Is Specific

    The Evidence Is Adequate

    The Evidence Is Dramatic

    The Evidence Is Accurate

    The Evidence Is Representative

    Borrowed Evidence Is Documented

Activities: Supporting the Thesis with Evidence

 

5. Organizing the Evidence

Use the Patterns of Development

Select an Organizational Approach

    Chronological Approach

    Spatial Approach

    Emphatic Approach

    Simple-to-Complex Approach

Prepare an Outline

Activities: Organizing the Evidence

 

6. Writing the Paragraphs in the First Draft

How to Move from Outline to First Draft

General Suggestions on How to Proceed

If You Get Bogged Down

A Suggested Sequence for Writing the First Draft

    Write the Supporting Paragraphs

    Write Other Paragraphs in the Essay's Body

    Write the Introduction

    Write the Conclusion

    Write the Title

Pulling It All Together

Sample First Draft

        Harriet Davids, "Challenges for Today's Parents."

    Commentary

Activities: Writing the Paragraphs in the First Draft

 

7. Revising Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development

Five Strategies to Make Revision Easier

    Set Your First Draft Aside for a While

    Work from Printed Text

    Read the Draft Aloud

    View Revision as a Series of Steps

    Evaluate and Respond to Instructor Feedback

    Peer Review: An Additional Revision Strategy

    Evaluate and Respond to Peer Review

Revising Overall Meaning and Structure

Revising Paragraph Development

Sample Student Revision of Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development

Activities: Revising Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development

 

8. Revising Sentences and Words

Revising Sentences.

    Make Sentences Consistent with Your Tone

    Make Sentences Economical

    Vary Sentence Type

    Vary Sentence Length

    Make Sentences Emphatic

Revising Words

    Make Words Consistent with Your Tone

    Use an Appropriate Level of Diction

    Avoid Words That Overstate or Understate

    Select Words with Appropriate Connotations

    Use Specific Rather Than General Words

    Use Strong Verbs

    Delete Unnecessary Adverbs

    Use Original Figures of Speech

    Avoid Sexist Language

Sample Student Revision of Sentences and Words

Activities: Revising Sentences and Words

 

9. Editing and Proofreading

Edit Carefully

Use the Appropriate Manuscript Format

Proofread Closely

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Proofreading

        Harriet Davids, "Challenges for Today's Parents"

    Commentary

Activities: Editing and Proofreading

 

III. THE PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT

 

10. Description

What Is Description?

How Description Fits Your Purpose and Audience

Prewriting Strategies

Strategies for Using Description in an Essay

Revision Strategies

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

        Marie Martinez, "Salt Marsh"

    Commentary

Activities: Description

    Prewriting Activities

    Revising Activities

Professional Selections: Description

        Maya Angelou, "Sister Flowers"

        *David Helvarg, "The Storm this Time"

        Gordon Parks, "Flavio's Home"

Additional Writing Topics: Description

 

11. Narration

What Is Narration?

How Narration Fits Your Purpose and Audience

Prewriting Strategies

Strategies for Using Narration in an Essay

Revision Strategies

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

        Paul Monahan, "If Only"

    Commentary

Activities: Narration

    Prewriting Activities

    Revising Activities

Professional Selections: Narration

        Audre Lorde, "The Fourth of July"

        George Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant"

        *Charmie Gholson, "Charity Display?"

Additional Writing Topics: Narration

 

12. Illustration

What Is Illustration?

How Illustration Fits Your Purpose and Audience

Prewriting Strategies

Strategies for Using Illustration in an Essay

Revision Strategies

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

        Michael Pagano, "Pursuit of Possessions"

    Commentary

Activities: Illustration

    Prewriting Activities

    Revising Activities

Professional Selections: Illustration 

        Kay S. Hymowitz, "Tweens: Ten Going on Sixteen"

        Beth Johnson, "Bombs Bursting in Air"

        *Leslie Savan, "Black Talk and Pop Culture"

Additional Writing Topics: Illustration

 

13. Division-Classification

What Is Division-Classification?

How Division-Classification Fits Your Purpose and Audience

Prewriting Strategies

Strategies for Using Division-Classification in an Essay

Revision Strategies

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

        Gail Oremland, "The Truth about College Teachers"

    Commentary

Activities: Division-Classification

    Prewriting Activities

    Revising Activities

Professional Selections: Division-Classification

        William Lutz, "Double Speak"

        Scott Russell Sanders, "The Men We Carry in Our Minds"

        *David Brooks, "Psst! 'Human Capital'"

Additional Writing Topics: Division-Classification

 

14. Process Analysis

What Is Process Analysis?

How Process Analysis Fits Your Purpose and Audience

Prewriting Strategies

Strategies for Using Process Analysis in an Essay

Revision Strategies

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

        Robert Barry, "Becoming a Recordoholic"

    Commentary

Activities: Process Analysis

    Prewriting Activities

    Revising Activities

Professional Selections: Process Analysis

        Clifford Stoll, "Cyberschool"

        Diane Cole, "Don't Just Stand There"

        *David Shipley, "Talk About Editing"

Additional Writing Topics: Process Analysis

 

15. Comparison-Contrast

What Is Comparison-Contrast?

How Comparison-Contrast Fits Your Purpose and Audience

Prewriting Strategies

Strategies for Using Comparison-Contrast in an Essay

Revision Strategies

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

        Carol Siskin, "The Virtues of Growing Older"

    Commentary

Activities: Comparison-Contrast

    Prewriting Activities

    Revising Activities

Professional Selections: Comparison-Contrast

        Toni Morrison, "A Slow Walk of Trees"

        Patricia Cohen, "Reality TV: Surprising Throwback to the Past?"

        *Eric Weiner, "Euromail and Amerimail"

Additional Writing Topics: Comparison-Contrast

 

16. Cause-Effect

What Is Cause-Effect?

How Cause-Effect Fits Your Purpose and Audience

Prewriting Strategies

Strategies for Using Cause-Effect in an Essay

Revision Strategies

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

        Carl Novack, "Americans and Food"

    Commentary

Activities: Cause-Effect

    Prewriting Activities

    Revising Activities

Professional Selections: Cause-Effect

        Stephen King, "Why We Crave Horror Movies"

        *Buzz Bissinger, "Innocents Afield"

        Brent Staples, "Black Men and Public Space"

Additional Writing Topics: Cause-Effect

 

17. Definition

What Is Definition?

How Definition Fits Your Purpose and Audience

Prewriting Strategies

Strategies for Using Definition in an Essay

Revision Strategies

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

        Laura Chen, "Physics in Everyday Life"

    Commentary

Activities: Definition

    Prewriting Activities

    Revising Activities

Professional Selections: Definition

        K. C. Cole, "Entropy"

        James Gleick, "Life as Type A"

        *Natalie Angier, "The Cute Factor"

Additional Writing Topics: Definition

 

18. Argumentation-Persuasion

What Is Argumentation-Persuasion?

How Argumentation-Persuasion Fits Your Purpose and Audience

Prewriting Strategies

Strategies for Using Argumentation-Persuasion in an Essay

Revision Strategies

Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision

        Mark Simmons, "Compulsory National Service"

    Commentary

Activities: Argumentation-Persuasion

    Prewriting Activities

    Revising Activities

Professional Selections: Argumentation-Persuasion

        * Stanley Fish, "Free Speech Follies"

        Mary Sherry, "In Praise of the 'F' Word"

Debating the Issues: Date Rape

        Camille Paglia, "A Bigger Danger than Feminists Know"

        Susan Jacoby, "Common Decency"

*Debating the Issues: Immigration

        *Roberto Rodriguez, "The Border On Our Backs"

        *Star Parker, "Se Habla Entitlement"

Additional Writing Topics: Argumentation-Persuasion

 

IV. THE LITERARY PAPER AND EXAM ESSAY

 

19. Writing About Literature

Elements of Literary Works

    Literary Terms

How to Read a Literary Work

    Read to Form a General Impression

    Ask Questions About the Work

    Reread and Annotate

    Modify Your Annotations

Write the Literary Analysis

    Prewrite

    Identify Your Thesis

    Support the Thesis with Evidence

    Organize the Evidence

    Write the First Draft

    Revise Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development

    Edit and Proofread

Pulling It All Together

    Read to Form a General Impression

        Langston Hughes, "Early Autumn"

    Ask Questions about the Work

    Reread and Annotate

Student Essay

        Karen Vais, "Stopping to Talk"

    Commentary

Additional Selections and Writing Assignments

        Robert Frost, "Out, Out-"

        Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour"    

 

20. Writing Exam Essays

Three Forms of Written Answers

    Short Answers

    Paragraph-Length Answers

    Essay-Length Answers

How to Prepare for Exam Essays

At the Examination

    Survey the Entire Test

    Understand the Essay Question

Write the Essay

    Prewrite

    Identify Your Thesis

    Support the Thesis with Evidence

    Organize the Evidence

    Write the Draft

    Revise, Edit, and Proofread

Sample Essay Answer

    Commentary

Activity: Writing Exam Essays

  

Appendix: A Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism

Acknowledgments

Index

 


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