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Steps to writing well with additional readings / Jean Wyrick, Professor Emerita of English, Colorado State University

Author
Wyrick, Jean
Published
Australia : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, [2014]
Edition
Ninth edition.
Physical Description
xxxvi, 726 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. One The Basics of the Short Essay -- 1.Prewriting -- Getting Started (or Soup-Can Labels Can Be Fascinating) -- Selecting a Subject -- Finding Your Essay's Purpose and Focus -- Pump-Primer Techniques -- After You've Found Your Focus -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Discovering Your Audience -- How to Identify Your Readers -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Keeping a Journal (Talking to Yourself Does Help) -- ch. 1 Summary -- 2.The Thesis Statement -- What Is a Thesis? What Does a "Working Thesis" Do? -- Can a "Working Thesis" Change? -- Guidelines for Writing a Good Thesis -- Avoiding Common Errors in Thesis Statements -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Using the Essay Map -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- ch. 2 Summary -- 3.The Body Paragraphs -- Planning the Body of Your Essay -- Composing the Body Paragraphs -- The Topic Sentence -- Focusing Your Topic Sentence -- Placing Your Topic Sentence -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Applying What You've Learned to Your Writing -- Paragraph Development -- Paragraph Length -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Applying What You've Learned to Your Writing -- Paragraph Unity -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Applying What You've Learned to Your Writing -- Paragraph Coherence -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Paragraph Sequence -- Transitions between Paragraphs -- Applying What You've Learned to Your Writing -- ch. 3 Summary -- 4.Beginnings and Endings -- Howto Write a Good Lead-In -- Avoiding Errors in Lead-Ins -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- How to Write a Good Concluding Paragraph -- Avoiding Errors in Conclusions -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- How to Write a Good Title -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Applying What You've Learned to Your Writing -- ch. 4 Summary -- 5.Drafting and Revising: Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking -- What Is Revision? -- When Does Revision Occur? -- Myths about Revision -- Can I Learn to Improve My Revision Skills? -- Preparing to Draft: Some Time-Saving Hints -- Writing with Computers -- Writing Centers, Computer Classrooms, and Electronic Networks -- Procrastination: Enemy of Critical Thinking, Thief of Time -- A Revision Process for Your Drafts -- I.Revising for Purpose, Thesis, and Audience -- II.Revising for Ideas and Evidence -- What Is Critical Thinking? -- Thinking Critically as a Writer -- A Special Note: Critical Thinking and Visual Literacy -- III.Revising for Organization -- IV.Revising for Clarity and Style -- V.Editing for Errors -- VI.Proofreading -- A Final Checklist for Your Essay -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Applying What You've Learned to Your Writing -- Collaborative Activities: Group Work, Peer Revision Workshops, and Team Projects -- Benefiting from Collaborative Activities -- Guidelines for Peer Revision Workshops -- Guidelines for Small-Group Work -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Some Last Advice: How to Play with Your Mental Blocks -- ch. 5 Summary -- 6.Effective Sentences -- Developing a Clear Style -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Developing a Concise Style -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Developing an Engaging Style -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Developing an Emphatic Style -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Applying What You've Learned to Your Writing -- ch. 6 Summary -- 7.Word Logic -- Selecting the Correct Words -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Selecting the Best Words -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Applying What You've Learned to Your Writing -- ch. 7 Summary -- 8.The Reading-Writing Connection -- How Can Reading Well Help Me Become a Better Writer? -- How Can I Become an Analytical Reader? -- Steps to Reading Well -- Sample Annotated Essay: "Our Youth Should Serve" -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Writing a Summary -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Benefiting from Class Discussions -- Practicing What You've Learned -- ch. 8 Summary -- pt. One Summary: The Basics of the Short Essay -- pt. Two Purposes, Modes, and Strategies -- 9.Exposition -- The Strategies of Exposition -- Strategy One Development by Example -- Developing Your Essay -- Problems to Avoid -- Essay Topics -- A Topic Proposal for Your Essay -- Sample Student Essay: "River Rafting Teaches Worthwhile Lessons" -- Professional Essay: "So What's So Bad about Being So-So?" -- A Revision Worksheet -- Reviewing Your Progress -- Strategy Two Development by Process Analysis -- Developing Your Essay -- Problems to Avoid -- Essay Topics -- A Topic Proposal for Your Essay -- Sample Student Essay: "Catching Garage Sale Fever" -- Professional Essay (Informative Process): "To Bid the World Farewell" -- Professional Essay (Directional Process): "Preparing for the Job Interview: Know Thyself" -- A Revision Worksheet -- Reviewing Your Progress -- Strategy Three Development by Comparison and Contrast -- Developing Your Essay -- Which Pattern Should You Use? -- Problems to Avoid -- Essay Topics -- A Topic Proposal for Your Essay -- Sample Student Essay (Point-by-Point Pattern): "Bringing Back the Joy of Market Day" -- Sample Student Essay (Block Pattern): "Backyards: Old and New" -- Professional Essay (Point-by-Point Pattern): "Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts" -- Professional Essay (Block Pattern): "Two Ways of Viewing the River" -- A Revision Worksheet -- A Special Kind of Comparison: The Analogy -- Reviewing Your Progress -- Strategy Four Development by Definition -- Why Do We Define? -- Developing Your Essay -- Problems to Avoid -- Essay Topics -- A Topic Proposal for Your Essay -- Sample Student Essay: "Blind Paces" -- Professional Essay: "The Munchausen Mystery" -- A Revision Worksheet -- Reviewing Your Progress -- Strategy Five Development by Division and Classification -- Division -- Classification -- Developing Your Essay -- Problems to Avoid -- Essay Topics -- A Topic Proposal for Your Essay -- Sample Student Essay: "The Native American Era at Mesa Verde" -- Professional Essay (Classification): "The Plot Against People" -- Professional Essay (Division): "What Is REALLY in a Hot Dog?" -- A Revision Worksheet -- Reviewing Your Progress -- Strategy Six Development by Causal Analysis -- Developing Your Essay -- Problems to Avoid -- Essay Topics -- A Topic Proposal for Your Essay -- Sample Student Essay: "It's Simply Not Worth It" -- Professional Essay: "Some Lessons from the Assembly Line" -- A Revision Worksheet -- Reviewing Your Progress -- 10.Argumentation -- Developing Your Essay -- Problems to Avoid -- Common Logical Fallacies -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Essay Topics -- A Topic Proposal for Your Essay -- Sample Student Essay: "Students, Take Note!" -- Professional Essays (Pro/Con): "Wild Animals Aren't Pets" and "Let People Own Exotic Animals" -- Analyzing Advertisements -- Conflicting Positions: Gun Control -- Competing Products: Sources of Energy -- Popular Appeals: Spending Our Money -- Practicing What You've Learned -- A Revision Worksheet -- Reviewing Your Progress -- 11.Description -- How to Write Effective Description -- Problems to Avoid -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment: "Birthday" / Marc Chagall -- Essay Topics -- A Topic Proposal for Your Essay -- Sample Student Essay: "Treeclimbing" -- Professional Essay: "Still Learning from My Mother" -- A Revision Worksheet -- Reviewing Your Progress -- 12.Narration -- Writing the Effective Narrative Essay -- Problems to Avoid -- Practicing What You've Learned: "Tornado Over Kansas" / John Steuarl Curry -- Essay Topics -- A Topic Proposal for Your Essay -- Sample Student Essay: "Never Underestimate the Little Things" -- Professional Essay: "Salvation" -- A Revision Worksheet -- Reviewing Your Progress -- 13.Writing Essays Using Multiple Strategies -- Choosing the Best Strategies -- Problems to Avoid -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Sample Student Essay: "Pass the Broccoli---Please!" -- Professional Essay: "Courage in Greensboro" -- A Revision Worksheet -- Reviewing Your Progress -- pt. Three Special Assignments -- 14.Writing a Paper Using Research -- Focusing Your Topic -- Beginning Your Library Research -- General Reference Works -- Online Catalogs -- Databases -- The Internet -- Special Collections -- Conducting Primary Research -- The Personal Interview -- The Questionnaire -- Preparing a Working Bibliography -- Choosing and Evaluating Your Sources -- Preparing an Annotated Bibliography -- Taking Notes -- Distinguishing Paraphrase from Summary -- Incorporating Your Source Material -- Avoiding Plagiarism -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Choosing the Documentation Style for Your Essay -- MLA Style -- MLA Citations in Your Essay -- Compiling a Works Cited List: MLA Style -- Sample Entries: MLA Style -- APA Style -- APA Citations in Your Essay -- Compiling a Reference List: APA Style -- Sample Entries: APA Style -- Footnote and Bibliography Form -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Using Supplementary Notes -- Examples (MLA Style) -- Sample Student Essay Using MLA Style: "Frida Kahlo: A Life on Canvas" -- Sample Student Essay Using APA Style: "Frida Kahlo: A Life on Canvas" -- 15.Classroom Writing: Exams, Timed Essays, and Presentations -- Steps to Writing Well under Pressure -- Problems to Avoid -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Writing the Summary-and-Response Essay -- Sample Student Essay: "Youth Service: An Idea Whose Time Has Come" -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Writing for Classroom Presentations -- Steps to Successful Presentations -- Guidelines for Effective Delivery -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- 16.Writing about Literature -- Using Literature in the Composition Classroom -- Suggestions for Close Reading of Literature -- Steps to Reading a Story -- and Contents note continued: Annotated Story: "The Story of an Hour" -- Sample Student Essay: "A Breath of Fresh Air" -- Steps to Reading a Poem -- Annotated Poem: "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" -- Sample Student Essay: "Two Ways of Knowing" -- General Guidelines for Writing about Literature -- Problems to Avoid -- Practicing What You've Learned (Story): "Geraldo No Last Name" / Sandra Cisneros -- Practicing What You've Learned (Poems): "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden; "The Road Not Taken" / Robert Frost -- Suggestions for Writing -- 17.Writing about Visual Arts -- Using Visual Arts in the Composition Classroom -- Suggestions for Analyzing Paintings -- Additional Advice about Sculpture and Photography -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Guidelines for Writing about Artworks -- Problems to Avoid -- Annotated Painting: Nighthawks -- Sample Student Essay: "Night in the City and Psyche" -- Suggestions for Writing -- 18.Writing about Film -- Using Film in the Composition Classroom -- Guidelines for Writing about Film -- Problems to Avoid -- Sample Student Essay: "Catch the Black Bird" -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Practicing What You've Learned (Movie Revim): "The King's Speech" / Roger Ebert -- Suggestions for Writing -- Glossary of Film Terms -- 19.Writing in the World of Work -- Composing Business Letters -- Traditional Business Letter Format -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Sample Business Letter -- Creating Memos -- Sending Professional E-Mail -- Problems to Avoid -- Writing Cover Letters and Designing Resumes -- Effective Cover Letters -- Effective Resumes -- Problems to Avoid -- Sample Resumes -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignm,ent -- Preparing Interview Notes and Post-Interview Letters -- pt. Four A Concise Handbook -- Parts of Speech -- Sentence Components and Classifications -- 20.Major Errors in Grammar -- Assessing Your Skills: Grammar -- Errors with Verbs -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Errors with Nouns -- Errors with Pronouns -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Errors with Adverbs and Adjectives -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Errors in Modifying Phrases -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Errors in Sentences -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Answers to the Grammar Assessment (Pages 547-548) -- 21.A Concise Guide to Punctuation -- Assessing Your Skills: Punctuation -- Punctuation Guidelines -- The Period -- The Question Mark -- The Exclamation Point -- Practicing What You've Learned -- The Comma -- Practicing What You've Learned -- The Semicolon -- Practicing What You've Learned -- The Colon -- Practicing What You've Learned -- The Apostrophe -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Quotation Marks -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Parentheses -- Brackets -- The Dash -- Practicing What You've Learned -- The Hyphen -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Italics and Underlining -- Practicing Whal You've Learned -- Ellipsis Points -- The Slash -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Answers to the Punctuation Assessment (Pages 574-575) -- 22.A Concise Guide to Mechanics -- Assessing Your Skills: Mechanics -- Capitalization -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Abbreviations -- Numbers -- Practicing What You've Learned -- Assignment -- Spelling -- Answers to the Mechanics Assessment (Page 601) -- pt. Five Additional Readings -- 23.Exposition: Development by Example -- "Black Men and Public Space" / Brent Staples -- "Metaphors for Life" / David Brooks -- "Word to Youth: Texting, Driving Don't Mix" / Larry Copeland -- 24.Exposition: Process Analysis -- "Family Feud: Resolving Holiday Conflict" / Stephen R. Covey -- "College Students: Protect Yourself from Identity Theft" / Luanne Kadlub -- "Bite-Sized History" / Carlton Stowers -- 25.Exposition: Comparison/Contrast -- "My Real Car" / Bailey White -- "The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria" / Judith Ortiz Cofer -- "Once More to the Lake" / E. B. White -- 26.Exposition: Definition -- "Celebrating Nerdiness" / Tom Rogers -- "The Exam Dream" / Eric Hoover -- "What Is Poverty?" / Jo Goodwin Parker -- 27.Exposition: Division/Classification -- "Party Manners" / Richard L. Grossman -- "The Colorful Plate" / Dianne Moeller -- "Four Kinds of Chance" / James H. Austin -- 28.Exposition: Causal Analysis -- "Mystery!" / Nicholas Meyer -- "The Mind Game" / Joshua Bell -- "Cell Phones and Social Graces" / Charles Fisher -- 29.Argumentation -- "Guns on Campus: More Harm than Help" by the USA Today Editorial Board -- "Putting Up with Hate" by the Denver Post Editorial Board -- "Judging by the Cover" / Bonny Gainley -- 30.Description -- "A Day at the Theme Park" / W. Bruce Cameron -- "Walking on the Moon" / David R. Scott -- "The Battle of the Ants" / Henry David Thoreau -- 31.Narration -- "38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police" / Martin Gansberg -- "Crossing the Great Divide" / Peter Fish -- "Arrival at Manzanar" / James D. Houston -- 32.Essays for Further Analysis: Multiple Strategies and Styles -- "I Have a Dream" / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- "Take This Fish and Look at It" / Samuel H. Scudder -- "A Modest Proposal" / Jonathan Swift -- 33.Literature -- "La Migra" / Pat Mora -- "Poem for an Inked Daughter" / Jane Wheeler -- "A Jury of Her Peers" / Susan Glaspell.
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ISBN
9781133311294 (pbk.)
1133311296 (pbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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