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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:   6th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9780205823147

ISBN 10:   0205823149
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   21 April 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

PART 1: 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 address problems rather than topics. Shared Problems Unite Writers and Readers Where Do Problems Come From? CONCEPT 3 Good writers think rhetorically about purpose, audience, and genre. What Is Rhetoric? How Writers Think about Purpose How Writers Think about Audience How Writers Think about Genre Chapter Summary BRIEF WRITING PROJECT 1 TWO MESSAGES FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES, AUDIENCES, AND GENRES *BRIEF WRITING PROJECT 2 A LETTER TO YOUR PROFESSOR ABOUT WHAT WAS NEW IN CHAPTER 1 2 THINKING RHETORICALLY ABOUT YOUR SUBJECT MATTER CONCEPT 4 To determine their thesis, writers must often wallow in complexity. Learning to Wallow in Complexity Seeing Each Academic Discipline as a Field of Inquiry and Argument Using Exploratory Writing to Help You Wallow in Complexity Believing and Doubting Paul Theroux's Negative View of Sports CONCEPT 5 A strong thesis statement 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 6 In closed-form prose, a typical introduction starts with the problem, not the thesis. A Protypical Introduction Features of a Good Introduction 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 How to Use Points and Particulars When You Revise 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 Four Powerful Strategies for Improving Your Style CONCEPT 12 Good writers make purposeful document design choices. Document Design for Manuscripts and Papers Document Design for Published Works Chapter Summary BRIEF WRITING PROJECT TWO CONTRASTING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SAME SCENE PART 2: WRITING PROJECTS WRITING TO LEARN 5 READING RHETORICALLY: THE WRITER AS STRONG READER Exploring Rhetorical Reading *Michael Pollan, Why Bother? 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 Usefulness of Summaries The Demands that Summary Writing Makes on Writers *Summary of Why Bother? Understanding Strong Response Writing Strong Response as Rhetorical Critique Strong Response as Ideas Critique Strong Response as Reflection Strong Response as a Blend *Kyle Madsen (student), Can a Green Thumb Save the Planet? A Response to Michael Pollan 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, 30 Little Turtles Stephanie Malinowski (student), Questioning Thomas L. Friedman's Optimism in 30 Little Turtles Mike Lane, Labor Day Blues (editorial cartoon) WRITING TO EXPLORE 6 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 Online Social Networks Affect Communication? James Gardiner (student), What Is the Effect of Online Social Networks on Communication Skills? An Annotated Bibliography WRITING TO INFORM 7 WRITING AN INFORMATIVE (AND SURPRISING) ESSAY Exploring Informative (and Surprising) Writing EnchantedLearning.com, Tarantulas Rod Crawford, Myths about Dangerous Spiders Understanding Informative Writing Informative Essay Using the Surprising-Reversal Strategy WRITING PROJECT INFORMATIVE ESSAY USING THE SURPRISING-REVERSAL STRATEGY Generating and Exploring Ideas Shaping, Drafting, and Revising Questions for Peer Review READINGS 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 8 ANALYZING IMAGES Exploring Image Analysis *Understanding Image Analysis: Documentary and News Photographs Angle of Vision and Credibility of Photographs How to Analyze a Documentary Photograph Sample Analysis of a Documentary Photograph *Understanding Image Analysis: Paintings How to Analyze a Painting Sample Analysis of a Painting *Understanding Image Analysis:Advertisements How Advertisers Think about Advertising Mirrors and Windows:The Strategy of an Effective Advertisement How to Analyze an Advertisement Sample Analysis of an Advertisement 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 *Lydia Wheeler (student), Two Photographs Capture Women's Economic Misery WRITING TO PERSUADE 13 WRITING A CLASSICAL ARGUMENT What Is 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 Underlying Assumptions Using Evidence Effectively Evaluating Evidence: The STAR Criteria Addressing Objections and Counterarguments Responding to Objections, Counterarguments, and Alternative Views Seeking Audience-Based Reasons 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 Stan Eales,Welcome to Sellafield (editorial cartoon) Los Angeles Times, No to Nukes *10 PROPOSING A SOLUTION Exploring Proposal Writing Understanding Proposal Writing Special Problems of Proposal Arguments Developing an Effective Justification Section Proposals as Visual Arguments and PowerPoint Presentations WRITING PROJECT A PROPOSAL ARGUMENT Generating and Exploring Ideas Shaping and Drafting Revising Questions for Peer Review WRITING PROJECT PROPOSAL SPEECH WITH VISUAL AIDS Developing, Shaping, and Outlining Your Proposal Speech Designing Your Visual Aids Slide Titles: Using Points, Not Topics *Student Example of a Speech Outline and Slides *Sam Rothchild (student), Reward Work Not Wealth (oral presentation with visual aids) Delivering Your Speech Revising Questions for Peer Review READINGS *Lucy Morsen (student), A Proposal to Improve the Campus Learning Environment by Banning Laptops and Cell Phones from Class Dylan Fujitani (student), The Hardest of the Hardcore : Let's Outlaw Hired Guns in Contemporary American Warfare PART 3: A GUIDE TO COMPOSING AND REVISING Chapter 11 WRITING AS A PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS SKILL 11.1 Follow the experts' practice of using multiple drafts. Why Expert Writers Revise So Extensively An Expert's Writing Processes Are Recursive SKILL 11.2 Revise globally as well as locally. SKILL 11.3 Develop ten expert habits to improve your writing processes. SKILL 11.4 Use peer reviews to help you think like an expert. Becoming a Helpful Reader of Classmates' Drafts Using a Generic Peer Review Guide Participating in Peer Review Workshops Responding to Peer Reviews 12 COMPOSING AND REVISING CLOSED-FORM PROSE SKILL 12.1 Understand reader expectations. Unity and Coherence Old before New Forecasting and Fulfillment SKILL 12.2 Convert loose structures into thesis/support structures. Avoiding And Then Writing, or Chronological Structure Avoiding All About Writing, or Encyclopedic Structure Avoiding Engfish Writing, or Structure without Surprise SKILL 12.3 Plan and visualize your structure. Making Lists of Chunks and a Scratch Outline Early in the Writing Process Nutshelling Your Argument as an Aid to Finding a Structure Articulating a Working Thesis with Main Points Using Complete Sentences in Outlines to Convey Meanings Sketching Your Structure Using an Outline,Tree Diagram, or Flowchart Letting the Structure Evolve SKILL 12.4 Set up reader expectations through effective titles and introductions. Avoiding the Topic Title and the Funnel Introduction Hooking Your Reader with an Effective Title From Old to New: The General Principle of Closed-Form Introductions Typical Elements of a Closed-Form Introduction Forecasting the Whole with a Thesis Statement, Purpose Statement, or Blueprint Statement SKILL 12.5 Create effective topic sentences for paragraphs. Placing Topic Sentences at the Beginning of Paragraphs Revising Paragraphs for Unity Adding Particulars to Support Points SKILL 12.6 Guide your reader with transitions and other signposts. Using Common Transition Words to Signal Relationships Writing Major Transitions between Parts Signaling Major Transitions with Headings SKILL 12.7 Bind sentences together by placing old information before new information. The Old/New Contract in Sentences How to Make Links to the Old Avoiding Ambiguous Use of This to Fulfill the Old/New Contract SKILL 12.8 Learn 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 12.9 Use effective tables, graphs, and charts to present numeric data. How Tables Tell Many Stories Using a Graphic to Tell a Story Incorporating a Graphic into Your Essay SKILL 12.10 Write effective conclusions. PART 4: A RHETORICAL GUIDE TO RESEARCH 13 USING SOURCES SKILL 13.1 Evaluate sources for reliability, credibility, angle of vision, and degree of advocacy. Reliability Credibility Angle of Vision and Political Stance Degree of Advocacy Criteria for Evaluating a Web Source *SKILL 13.2 Know when and how to use summary, paraphrase, and quotation. Summarizing Paraphrasing Quoting *SKILL 13.3 Use attributive tags to distinguish your ideas from a source's. Attributive Tags Mark Where Source Material Starts and Ends Attributive Tags Are Clearer than Parenthetical Citations Attributive Tags Frame the Source Material Rhetorically *SKILL 13.4 Avoid plagiarism by following academic conventions for ethical use of sources. Why Some Kinds of Plagiarism May Occur Unwittingly Strategies for Avoiding Plagiarism 14 CITING AND DOCUMENTING SOURCES SKILL 14.1 Cite and document sources using MLA style. In-Text Citations in MLA Style Works Cited List in MLA Style MLA Citation Models James Gardiner (student), Why Facebook Might Not Be Good for You (MLA-Style Research Paper) SKILL 14.2 Cite and document sources using APA style. In-Text Citations in APA Style References List in APA Style APA Citation Models Student Example of an APA-Style Research Paper Acknowledgments Index *new to this edition

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