Overview

This brief rhetoric focuses on the key strategies that any academic writer needs to know -- summary, synthesis, analysis, and critique. Building off of the hallmark writing instruction of the best-selling Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, this writing guide focuses on the critical reading and writing strategies that students need in order to thoughtfully interpret and incorporate source material into their own papers. The text employs high-interest readings from a range of disciplines to allow students to practice these strategies and skills, while numerous student papers model the kinds of academic texts that students are expected to produce.

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Author:   Laurence Behrens ,  Leonard J. Rosen
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   5th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.40cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780205172887

ISBN 10:   0205172881
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   28 June 2011
Audience:   Adult education ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface for Instructors Note to the Student Part One: Structures Chapter 1-Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation What Is a Summary? The Reading Process How to Write Summaries Will Your Job Be Exported?-Alan S. Blinder Summarizing Figures and Tables Paraphrase Quotations Avoiding Plagiarism The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln-Doris Kearns Goodwin Chapter 2-Critical Reading and Critique Critical Reading The Moon We Left Behind Charles Krauthammer Critique Model Critique: A Critique of The Moon We Left Behind by Charles Krauthammer-Andrew Harlan The Common App Fallacy-Damon Beres Chapter 3-Explanatory Synthesis What Is a Synthesis? Explanation: News Article from the New York Times While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales-Michael Moss Argument: Op-Ed from the BostonGlobe Got Too Much Cheese?-Derrick Z. Jackson How to Write Syntheses The Explanatory Synthesis The History of the Space Elevator-P. K. Aravind Applications of the Space Elevator-Bradley C. Edwards Going Up-Brad Lemley Why We Need a Space Elevator-Cathy Swan and Peter Swan Model Paper: The Space Elevator-Sheldon Kearney Chapter 4-Argument Synthesis What Is an Argument Synthesis? Demonstration: Developing an Argument Synthesis-Balancing Privacy and Safety in the Wake of Virginia Tech Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech: Report of the Review Panel Laws Limit Schools Even After Alarms-Jeff Gammage and Stacey Burling Perilous Privacy at Virginia Tech-Christian Science Monitor Colleges Are Watching Troubled Students-Jeffrey McMurray Campus Stabbing Student Sues UC Regents-Larry Gordon Virginia Tech Massacre Has Altered Campus Mental Health Systems-Associated Press The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Model Argument Synthesis: Balancing Privacy and Safety in the Wake of Virginia Tech-David Harrison Developing and Organizing the Support for Your Arguments The Comparison-and-Contrast Synthesis Model Exam Response: Key Similarities and Differences between World Wars I and II Summary of Synthesis Chapters Chapter 5-Analysis What Is an Analysis? How to Write Analyses The Plug-In Drug-Marie Winn When Your Perspective Guides the Analysis Model Analysis: The Case of the Missing Kidney Linda Shanker A Theory of Human Motivation-Abraham H. Maslow The Appeal of the Democracy of Goods-Roland Marchand Elements of an Effective Layout-Dorothy Cohen Part Two: Strategies Chapter 6-Writing as a Process Writing as Thinking Stages of the Writing Process Stage 1: Understanding the Task Stage 2: Gathering Data Stage 3: Invention Stage 4: Drafting Stage 5: Revision Stage 6: Editing Chapter 7- Locating, Mining, and Citing Sources Source-Based Papers Preliminary Research Focused Research The Working Bibliography Arrainging Your Notes: The Outline Plagiarism, the Internet, and Fair Use MLA Style: In-text Citations MLA Style: Citations in the Works Cited List APA Style: In-text Citations APA Style: Citations in the References List Chapter 8- Practicing Academic Writing The Changing Landscape of Work in the Twenty-first Century Work and Workers in the Twenty-first Century- Richard Judy and Carol D'Amico The Untouchables- Thomas Friedman Will Your Job Be Exporter?- Alan Blinder Into the Unknown- The Economist Employment Projections: 2006-2016 Summary- The Bureau of Labor Statistics Engineering- Victoria Reitz Business- Tom Peters Technology and Services- Steve Lohr Law- Tom McGrath Medicine- Matt Richtel Credits Index

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