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Solidly grounded in current theory and research, yet eminently practical and teachable, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing has set the standard for first-year composition courses in writing, reading, critical thinking, and inquiry.

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Author:   John D. Ramage ,  John C. Bean ,  June Johnson
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   5th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9780205741779

ISBN 10:   0205741770
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   12 August 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Replaced By:   9780205823147
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents: Writing Projects Thematic Contents Preface I: A RHETORIC FOR WRITERS 1. Thinking Rhetorically About Good Writing Concept 1: Good Writing Can Vary from Closed to Open Forms. David Rockwood, A Letter to the Editor Thomas Merton, A Festival of Rain Distinctions between Closed and Open Forms of Writing Where to Place Your Writing Along the Continuum Concept 2: Good Writers Pose Questions about Their Subject Matter. Shared Problems Unite Writers and Readers Posing Your Own Subject-Matter Questions Brittany Tinker, Can the World Sustain an American Standard of Living? Concept 3: Good Writers Write for a Purpose to an Audience within a Genre. How Writers Think about Purpose Purpose as Rhetorical Aim Purpose as a Response to a Motivating Occasion Purpose as a Desire to Change Your Reader's View How Writers Think about Audience How Writers Think about Genre Chapter Summary Brief Writing Project 1: Posing a Good Subject-Matter Problem Brief Writing Project 2: Understanding Rhetorical Context 2. Thinking Rhetorically about Your Subject Matter Concept 4: Professors Value Wallowing in Complexity. Learning to Wallow in Complexity Seeing Each Academic Discipline as a Field of Inquiry and Argument Concept 5: Good Writers Use Exploratory Strategies to Think Critically about Subject Matter Problems. Freewriting Focused Freewriting Idea Mapping Dialectic Talk Playing the Believing and Doubting Game Believing and Doubting Paul Theroux's Negative View of Sports Concept 6: A Strong Thesis Surprises Readers with Something New or Challenging. Trying to Change Your Reader's View of Your Subject Giving Your Thesis Tension through Surprising Reversal Concept 7: Thesis Statements in Closed-Form Prose Are Supported Hierarchically with Points and Particulars. How Points Convert Information to Meaning How Removing Particulars Creates a Summary Chapter Summary Brief Writing Project: Playing the Believing and Doubting Game 3. Thinking Rhetorically about How Messages Persuade Concept 8: Messages Persuade through Their Angle of Vision. Recognizing the Angle of Vision in a Text Analyzing Angle of Vision Concept 9: Messages Persuade through Appeals to Logos, Ethos, and Pathos. Concept 10: Nonverbal Messages Persuade Through Visual Strategies That Can Be Analyzed Rhetorically. Visual Rhetoric The Rhetoric of Clothing and Other Consumer Items Chapter Summary Brief Writing Project: Analyzing Angle of Vision in Two Passages about Nuclear Energy 4. Thinking Rhetorically about Style and Document Design Concept 11: Good Writers Make Purposeful Stylistic Choices. Factors That Affect Style Abstract Versus Concrete Words: Moving Up or Down the Scale of Abstraction Wordy Versus Streamlined Sentences: Cutting Deadwood to Highlight Your Ideas Coordination Versus Subordination: Using Sentence Structure to Control Emphasis Inflated Voice Versus a Natural Speaking Voice: Creating a Persona Concept 12: Good Writers Make Purposeful Document Design Choices. Using Type Using Space and Laying Out Documents Using Color Using Graphics and Images Chapter Summary Brief Writing Project: Converting a Passage from Scientific to Popular Style II: WRITING PROJECTS Writing to Learn 5. Seeing Rhetorically: The Writer as Observer Exploring Rhetorical Observation Understanding Observational Writing Why Seeing Isn't a Simple Matter How to Analyze a Text Rhetorically Writing Project: Two Descriptions of the Same Place and a Self-Reflection Exploring Rationales and Details for Your Two Descriptions Generating Details Shaping and Drafting Your Two Descriptions Using Show Words Rather than Tell Words Revising Your Two Descriptions Generating and Exploring Ideas for Your Self-Reflection Questions for Peer Review Readings Clash on the Congo: Two Eyewitness Accounts Tamlyn Rogers (student), Two Descriptions of the Same Classroom and a Self-Reflection 6. Reading Rhetorically: The Writer as Strong Reader Exploring Rhetorical Reading Andres Martin, On Teenagers and Tattoos Understanding Rhetorical Reading What Makes College Level Reading Difficult? Using the Reading Strategies of Experts Reading with the Grain and Against the Grain Understanding Summary Writing Sean Barry (student), Summary of Martin's Article Understanding Strong Response Writing Strong Response as Rhetorical Critique Strong Response as Ideas Critique Strong Response as Reflection Strong Response as a Blend Sean Barry (student), Why Do Teenagers Get Tattoos? A Response to Andres Martin Writing a Summary/Strong Response of a Visual-Verbal Text Writing Project: A Summary Generating Ideas: Reading for Structure and Content Drafting and Revising Questions for Peer Review Writing Project: A Summary/Strong Response Essay Exploring Ideas for Your Strong Response Writing a Thesis for a Strong Response Essay Shaping and Drafting Revising Questions for Peer Review Readings Thomas L. Friedman, 3 Little Turtles Stephanie Malinowski (student), Questioning Thomas L. Friedman's Optimism in '3 Little Turtles' Mike Lane, Labor Day Blues (editorial cartoon) Writing to Explore 7. Writing an Exploratory Essay or Annotated Bibliography Exploring Exploratory Writing Understanding Exploratory Writing Writing Project: An Exploratory Essay Generating and Exploring Ideas Taking Double Entry Research Notes Shaping and Drafting Revising Questions for Peer Review Writing Project: An Annotated Bibliography What Is an Annotated Bibliography? Features of Annotated Bibliography Entries Examples of Annotation Entries Writing a Critical Preface for Your Annotated Bibliography Shaping, Drafting, and Revising Questions for Peer Review Readings James Gardiner (student), How Do On-Line Social Networks Affect Communication? James Gardiner (student), The Effect of On-Line Social Networks on Communication Skills? An Annotated Bibliography Writing to Inform 8. Writing an Informative Essay or Report Exploring Informative (and Surprising) Writing EnchantedLearning.com, Tarantulas Rod Crawford, Myths about `Dangerous' Spiders Understanding Informative (and Surprising) Writing Need-to-Know Informative Prose Informative Reports Informative Magazine Articles Writing Project: A Set of Instructions Generating and Exploring Ideas Shaping and Drafting Revising Questions for Peer Review Writing Project: Informative Workplace Report Generating and Exploring Ideas Shaping and Drafting Revising Questions for Peer Review Writing Project: Informative (and Surprising) Magazine Article Generating and Exploring Ideas Shaping, Drafting, and Revising Questions for Peer Review Readings Kerry Norton, Winery Yeast Preparation Instructions PewResearch Center, Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream Kerri Ann Matsumoto (student), How Much Does It Cost to Go Organic? Shannon King (student), How Clean and Green are Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars? (APA-Style Research Paper) Writing to Analyze 9. Analyzing Images Exploring Image Analysis Understanding Image Analysis How Images Create a Rhetorical Effect How to Analyze an Advertisement How Advertisers Target Specific Audiences Sample Analysis of an Advertisement Cultural Perspectives on Advertisements Writing Project: Analysis of Two Visual Texts Exploring and Generating Ideas for Your Analysis Shaping and Drafting Your Analysis Revising Questions for Peer Review Readings Stephen Bean (student), How Cigarette Advertisers Address the Stigma Against Smoking Writing to Persuade 10. Writing a Classical Argument Exploring Classical Argument Understanding Classical Argument Stages of Development: Your Growth as an Arguer Creating an Argument Frame: A Claim with Reasons Articulating Reasons Articulating Unstated Assumptions Using Evidence Effectively Evaluating Evidence: The STAR Criteria Addressing Objections and Counterarguments Responding to Objections, Counterarguments, and Alternative Views Appealing to Ethos and Pathos A Brief Primer on Informal Fallacies Writing Project: A Classical Argument Generating and Exploring Ideas Shaping and Drafting Revising Questions for Peer Review Readings Ross Taylor (student), Paintball: Promoter of Violence or Healthy Fun? William Sweet, Why Uranium Is the New Green Los AngelesTimes, No Nukes III: A GUIDE TO COMPOSING AND REVISING 11. Writing as a Problem-Solving Process Skill 1: Understand Why Expert Writers Use Multiple Drafts Why Expert Writers Revise So Extensively An Expert's Writing Processes Are Recursive Skill 2: Revise Globally as Well as Locally Skill 3: Develop Ten Expert Habits to Improve Your Writing Processes Skill 4: Use Peer Reviews to Help You Think Like an Expert Become a Helpful Reader of Classmates' Drafts Use a Generic Peer Review Guide Participate in Peer Review Workshops Responsibilities of Peer Reviewers and Writers Read Drafts Aloud Response-Centered Workshops Advice-Centered Workshops Respond to Peer Reviews 12. Composing and Revising Closed-Form Prose Skill 5: Understand Reader Expectations Unity and Coherence Old before New Forecasting and Fulfillment Skill 6: Convert Loose Structures into Thesis/Support Structures And Then Writing, or Chronological Structure All About Writing, or Encyclopedic Structure Engfish Writing, or Structure without Surprise Skill 7: Plan and Visualize Your Structure Use Scratch Outlines Early in the Writing Process Before Making a Detailed Outline, Nutshell Your Argument Articulate a Working Thesis and Main Points Sketch Your Structure Using an Outline, Tree Diagram, or Flowchart Outlines Tree Diagrams Flowcharts Let the Structure Evolve Skill 8: Create Effective Titles Skill 9: Create Effective Introductions What Not to Do: the Funnel Introduction From Old to New: The General Principle of Closed-Form Introductions Typical Elements of a Closed-Form Introduction Forecast the Whole with a Thesis Statement, Purpose Statement, or Blueprint Statement Skill 10: Create Effective Topic Sentences for Paragraphs Place Topic Sentences at the Beginning of Paragraphs Revise Paragraphs for Unity Add Particulars to Support Points Skill 11: Guide Your Reader with Transitions and Other Signposts Use Common Transition Words to Signal Relationships Write Major Transitions between Parts Signal Transitions with Headings and Subheadings Skill 12: Bind Sentences Together by Placing Old Information Before New Information The Old/New Contract in Sentences How to Make Links to the Old Avoid Ambiguous Use of This to Fulfill the Old/New Contract How the Old/New Contract Modifies the Rule Avoid Weak Repetition How the Old/New Contract Modifies the Rule Prefer Active over Passive Voice Skill 13: Use Four Expert Moves for Organizing and Developing Ideas The For Example Move The Summary/However Move The Division-into-Parallel Parts Move The Comparison/Contrast Move Skill 14: Write Effective Conclusions The Simple Summary Conclusion The Larger Significance Conclusion The Proposal Conclusion The Scenic or Anecdotal Conclusion The Hook and Return Conclusion The Delayed-Thesis Conclusion IV: A RHETORICAL GUIDE TO RESEARCH 13. Evaluating Sources Skill 15: Evaluate Sources for Reliability, Credibility, Angle of Vision, and Degree of Advocacy Reliability Credibility Angle of Vision and Political Stance Degree of Advocacy Skill 16: Use Your Rhetorical Knowledge to Evaluate Web Sources The Web as a Unique Rhetorical Environment Criteria for Evaluating a Web Source Analyzing Your Own Purposes for Using a Web Source 14. Citing and Documenting Sources Skill 17: Cite and Document Sources Using MLA Style Cite from an Indirect Source Cite Page Numbers for Downloaded Material Document Sources in a Works Cited List Two or More Listings for One Author MLA Quick Reference Guide for the Most Common Citations James Gardiner (student), Why Facebook Might Not Be Good For You (MLA-Style Research Paper) Skill 18: Cite and Document Sources Using APA Style APA Formatting for In-Text Citations Cite from an Indirect Source Document Sources in a References List Two or More Listings for One Author APA Quick Reference Guide for the Most Common Citations Student Example of an APA-Style Paper Appendix: A Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism Acknowledgments Index

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