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Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric, Research Guide, Reader and Handbook, 8/E
James A. Reinking, Ferris State University
Robert von der Osten

ISBN-10: 0132320282
ISBN-13: 9780132320283

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 816 pp
Published: 12/28/2006

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For Freshman Composition courses.

 

This best-selling rhetorically-organized writing guide combines four books—a rhetoric, a research guide, reader, and handbook—into one convenient and flexible teaching tool while offering students an exceptional value. Also available in an alternate version without a Handbook section.

 

The authors of Strategies for Successful Writing: a Rhetoric, Research Guide, Reader, and Handbook have strived to achieve the same steadfast goals that have motivated them from the beginning: create a rhetorically-organized writing guide that combines four books into one convenient and flexible teaching tool while offering students an exceptional value. By having at their disposal a comprehensive textbook that offers ample material for a full-year composition course, instructors teaching a one-term course can make various selections from Chapters 1-17, from whatever types of specialized writing suits the needs of their students, and from the appropriate essays in the reader. As well, because the authors believe strongly that an effective composition textbook should address students directly, they've aimed for a conversational yet clear style that invites students into the book, lessens their apprehensions about writing, and provides a model for their own prose. This style complements the authors' strong student-based approach to writing, and together they help create a text that genuinely meets student needs.

 

Part of the MyCompLab Series

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What key features do you like to see in a Rhetoric?

The Rhetoric consists of 19 chapters, grouped into four parts.

 

Key features of Part 1 (Chapters 1-4) include:

      • Introducing students to the purposes of writing; the need for audience awareness; the qualities of good writing; suggestions for effective reading; planning and drafting stages; and various revision stages. Sets of checklists pose key questions for students to consider.
      • Also included: an unfolding case history that includes the first draft of a student paper, the initial revision marked with changes, and the final version. Notes in the margin highlight key features of the finished paper.
      • Suggestions for using word processing programs.
      • Peer evaluation of drafts, collaborative writing, and maintaining and reviewing a portfolio.

Key features of Part 2 (Chapters 5-14) include:

      • Various strategies, or modes, used to develop papers. One chapter devoted to each strategy. Planning and writing guidelines are presented for problem/solution and evaluation reports, two common types that rely on a combination of strategies.
      • Approach to strategy includes - explaining key elements of the strategy; pointing out typical classroom and on-the-job applications to show students its practicality; then providing specific planning, drafting, and revising guidelines.
      • Practical heuristic questions are also posed.
      • A complete student essay, accompanied by questions, follows the discussion section.
      • Twenty carefully chosen writing suggestions follow the questions in most chapters.
      • Critical Edge: intended for above-average students, these sections explain and illustrate how they can advance their writing purpose by synthesizing material from various sources.
      • Annotated Instructor's Edition includes suggestions for using the Reader essays and writing strategies to build assignments around themes.

Key features of Part 3 (Chapters 15-17) include:

      • Discussions on paragraph construction and unity; various strategies for creating effective sentences; improving writing style by dealing with words and their effects.

 Key features of Part 4 (Chapters 18-20) include:

      • A focus on three specialized types of college and on-the-job writing; practical advice on studying for exams, assessing test questions, and writing essay answers.
      • A focus on plot, point of view, character, setting, symbols, irony, and theme. Diverse examples illustrate these elements.

What key features do you look for in a Research Guide?

Consists of three chapters

      • Chapter 21: a thorough and practical guide to writing library research papers, including a sample pacing schedule.
      • Chapter 22: details and illustrates the correct formats for bibliographical references and in-text citations for both the MLA and APA systems of documentation.
      • Explains how to handle the various types of quotations and how to avoid plagiarism.
      • Chapter 23: in-depth discussion of interview, questionnaire, and direct-observation reports.

What key features do you look for in a Reader?

      • Provides a collection of 44 carefully selected professional models that illustrate the various writing strategies and display a wide variety of style, tone, and subject matter.
      • Reading suggestions for each strategy that detail how to read the essays of a given type, how to read essays critically, and how to read the essays as a writer.
      • Toward Key Insights. Poses one or more broad-based questions prompted by the essay’s content.

What key features do you look for in a Handbook?

Features tab indexing on each page for easy access to all material.

      • Consists of five parts:
        1. Sentence Elements
        2. Editing to Correct Sentence Errors
        3. Editing to Correct Faulty Punctuation and Mechanics
        4. Spelling
        5. Glossary of Word Usage

What supplements do you use in your course?

      • Annotated Instructor’s Edition (0-13-234132-8): consists of the entire student edition as well as strong instructional support. The material in the margins of the text consists of background information on particular aspects of writing; key insights into how students view writing projects and why they experience difficulties; case studies that raise ethical issues for student discussion; answers to all discussion questions and to appropriate exercises in the text; supplementary exercises; teaching strategies and classroom activities that instructors may want to consider; and Reader/Theme strategies that show how to use the Reader to build writing assignments based on themes.

      • Teaching Composition with Strategies for Successful Writing, Eighth Edition (0-13-241063-X): offers various suggestions for teaching first-year composition, a sample syllabus for a sequence of two fifteen-week semesters, numerous guidelines for responding to student writing, and a detailed set of grading standards. In addition, it contains an extra set of twenty-item exercises that parallel those in the Handbook section of Strategies. The exercises can be used either in the classroom or as assignments.

      • Open Access Companion Web site - The companion website offers many resources to help students use their book and improve their writing. Students can use the site on their own (it is not password protected), or their instructor may direct them to portions of it as part of his or her course assignments.

        The Companion Web site can be accessed at www.prenhall.com/reinking. Click on Strategies for Successful Writing 8E cover or title to link to the Web site and access the following:

         

        • More than a thousand electronic exercises helps students master various topics from basic grammar to research to ESL
        • Our Resources for Writing section offers best practices related to the writing process
        • The Research and Documentation tutorial  provides a quick guide to writing a research paper and documenting sources.
        • The Understanding Plagiarism tutorial helps students understand what plagiarism is and provides strategies for avoiding plagiarism
        • Links to other Web sites provide help on key topics
        • Usage flashcards facilitate the study of tricky words and phrases
        • Instructor support, including PowerPoint presentations, Instructor’s Manual, links to helpful Web sites and more, give instructor a head start when preparing their course

  • Includes MyCompLab access with Reinking eBook.
  • There are new reading selections for Narration, Process Analysis, Comparison, Cause and Effect and Definition that were selected to be appropriate to current student interests and within the range of student writing ability while allowing for the discussion of themes across the course.
  • A new chapter on strategies for successful writing to help students master college writing. The chapter includes pointers on writing summaries and critiques.
  • To enliven the text and to reach visually oriented students, engaging photographs that should be able to provoke discussion and which illustrate the chapter’s strategy have been added to each chapter on a rhetorical strategy. The teacher’s edition includes suggested discussion and writing assignments for each image.
  • More extensive and more forceful statements on plagiarism have been added, including new material in the Chapter 1 and a sharper statement in Chapter 22.
  • A new section on reading and responding to assignments added in Chapter 2.
  • The sections on drafting and on revising with computers have been updated.
  • The Sentence Elements section of the handbook has been revised to make it clearer. The individual sentence exercises in the section are also new.
  • Eleven on the essays in the Reader, one-fourth of the total, are new. These additions increase its coverage of contemporary subjects and expand its discussion potential.
  • To provide visual support, detailed color-coded flowcharts for successfully composing an essay for each strategy have been added at the end of Chapters 1 through 14.
  • The argument chapter has been updated and expanded to include new information on exploratory arguments and more suggestions on organizing arguments.
  • A new and more appropriate example of argument from induction has been added.
  • There are new student sample essays for classification and argumentation.
  • The chapter on effective sentences has been revised to stress the basic strategies students can use to write more powerful sentences.
  • The chapter on the research paper includes more information on using online catalogs and databases, material on using visuals in reports, and a very handy checklist that can be used for students writing research papers.
  • To better illustrate APA style and to provide an alternative kind of research paper, an additional sample short research paper using APA style has been added.
  • Information on APA style has been updated to match current usage.
  • Given the growing importance of e-mail, detailed information with examples about writing effective e-mail has been added to the Chapter on Business Writing.
  • More color has been added with a new art design to make the text more visually appealing.
  • Assorted updates and additions throughout the text, too numerous to mention individually, should help make the text even more effective.

    • Contents

    Preface    xiii   

    To the Student    xx

    Rhetoric                                1

    1     Writing: A First Look                  3

    The Purposes of Writing    4

    The Audience for Your Writing    6

    The Qualities of Good Writing    10

    Writing and Ethics    10

    2     Strategies for Successful Reading 13

    Orienting Your Reading    13

    A First Reading    14

    Additional Readings    15

    Mastering Reading Problems    17

    Reading to Critique    18

    Reading As a Writer    18

    ”The Appeal of the Androgynous Man” by Amy Gross    20

    Writing About What You Read    22

    3     Planning and Drafting Your Paper  26

    Understanding the Assignment    27

    Zeroing In on a Topic    27

    Gathering Information    34

    Organizing the Information    36

    Developing a Thesis Statement    39

    Writing the First Draft    42

    Planning and Drafting with a Word Processor    45

    4     Revising and Editing Your Paper        47

    Preparing to Revise    48

    Considering the Whole Essay    48

    Strengthening Paragraph Structure and Development    54

    Sharpening Sentences and Words    55

    Proofreading Your Draft    57

    Writing the Introduction and Conclusion    57

    Selecting a Title    57

    Revising with a Computer    60

    Peer Evaluation of Drafts    61

    Collaborative Writing    67

    Maintaining and Reviewing a Portfolio    68

    5     Narration: Relating Events    70

    Purpose    71

    Action    71

    Conflict    72

    Point of View    73

    Key Events    74

    Dialogue    75

    Ethical Issues    76

    Writing a Narrative    77

    Sample Student Essay of Narration:

     “The Beach Bum” by Gail Bartlett    78

    CriticalEdge    82

    6     Description: Presenting Impressions          84

    Purpose    85

    Sensory Impressions    85

    Dominant Impression    87

    Vantage Point    87

    Selection of Details    89

    Arrangement of Details    90

    Ethical Issues    90

    Writing a Description    91

    Sample Student Essay of Description:

     “The Big One” by Rebecca Mutch    93

    Critical Edge    95

    7     Process Analysis: Explaining How     97

    Kinds of Process Analysis Papers    98

    Ethical Issues    100

    Writing a Process Analysis    100

    Sample Student Essay of Process Analysis:

    “The ABC’s of CPR” by Kathy Petroski    104

    Critical Edge    107

    8     Illustration: Making Yourself Clear         109

    Selecting Appropriate Examples    110

    Number of Examples    110

    Organizing the Examples    111

    Ethical Issues    112

    Writing an Illustration    112

    Sample Student Essay of Illustration:

    “If It Is Worth Doing” by Janice Carlton    114

    Critical Edge    117

    9     Classification: Grouping into Categories             119

    Selecting Categories    120

    Number of Categories    122

    Developing Categories    122

    Ethical Issues    123

    Writing a Classification    124

    Sample Student Essay of Classification:

    “Undesirable Produce Market Customers” by Clarence DeLong    125

    Critical Edge    127

    10   Comparison: Showing  Relationships    129

    Selecting Items for Comparison    130

    Developing a Comparison    131

    Organizing a Comparison    132

    Using Analogy    133

    Ethical Issues    134

    Writing a Comparison    135

    Sample Student Essay of Comparison:

    “Different Shifts, Different Actions” by Claire Mutter    136

    Critical Edge    139

    11   Cause and Effect: Explaining Why      141

    Patterns in Causal Analysis    141

    Reasoning Errors in Causal Analysis    144

    Ethical Issues    146

    Writing a Causal Analysis    146

    Sample Student Essay of Cause and Effect:

    “Why Students Drop Out of College” by Diann Fisher    149

    Critical Edge    152

    12   Definition: Establishing Boundaries          154

    Types of Definitions    155

    Ethical Issues    159

    Writing an Extended Definition    160

    Sample Student Essay of Definition:

    “Rediscovering Patriotism” by Peter Wing    162

    Critical Edge    165

    13   Argument: Convincing Others            168

    The Rational Appeal    169

    Reasoning Strategies    174

    The Emotional Appeal    179

    The Ethical Appeal    180

    Ferreting Out Fallacies    181

    Ethical Issues    185

    Writing an Argument    185

    Sample Student Essay of Argument:

    “The Right to Bear Arms” by Brenda Buehrle    194

    Critical Edge    197

    14   Mixing the Writing Strategies           199

    Why and How to Mix Strategies    199

    Ethical Issues    200

    Problem/Solution Report    200

    Evaluation Report    201

    Sample Essay Using Several Writing Strategies:

    “Eating Alone in Restaurants” by Bruce Jay Friedman    202

    Critical Edge    205

    15   Paragraphs                                   207

    Characteristics of Effective Paragraphs    207

    Paragraphs with Special Functions    222

    16   Effective Sentences                228

    Sentence Strategies    228

    17   Diction, Tone, Style                 242

    Toward Clear Diction    242

    Toward Rhetorical Effect    247

    Special Stylistic Techniques    256

    Eliminating Flawed Diction    260

    18   The Essay Examination           264

    Studying for the Examination    264

    Types of Test Questions    265

    Preparing to Write    265

    Writing the Examination Answer    266

    19   Writing About Literature   271

    The Elements of Literature    271

    Ethical Issues    292

    Writing a Paper on Literature    293

    SAMPLE Student Essay on Literature:

     “Scratchy Wilson: No Cardboard Character” by Wendell Stone    295

    20   Business Letters and Résumés 299

    Letter Language    299

    Parts of the Business Letter    301

    Preparation for Mailing    303

    E-Mail Correspondence    304

    Types of Letters    304

    Résumés    313

    Ethical Issues    315

    Research Guide            317

    21                                 The Research Paper 319

    Learning About Your Library    320

    Choosing a Topic    321

    Assembling a Working Bibliography    326

    Taking Notes    348

    Organizing and Outlining    354

    Ethical Issues    357

    Writing Your Research Paper    357

    Sample Student Research Paper:

    “House Arrest: An Attractive Alternative to Incarceration” by Keith Jacque    360

    Using a Computer    374

    22   Documenting Sources            381

    Preparing Proper MLA and APA Bibliographic References    381

    Handling In-Text Citations    396

    Handling Quotations    402

    Avoiding Plagiarism    404

    23   Additional Research Strategies: Interviews, Questionnaires, Direct Observations                               407

    The Value of Primary Research    407

    General Principles for Primary Research    408

    Ethical Issues    409

    Interviews    410

    SAMPLE Student Interview Report:

    “Budget Cuts Affect State Police: An Interview Report with Officer Robert Timmons” by Holly Swain    412

    Questionnaires    413

    SAMPLE Student Questionnaire:

    “Survey on Public Smoking”    416

    SAMPLE Student Questionnaire Report:

    “Findings from Smoking Questionnaire Distributed to Bartram College Students” by Kelly Reetz    419

    Direct Observations    420

    SAMPLE Student Observation Report:

    “Observations of an Inner-City Apartment Building” by Caleb Thomas    423

    Reader                                427

    Rhetorical Table of Contents  

    Narration                                           428

    “The Perfect Picture”by James Alexander Thom    428

    “Sound and Fury”by Dan Greenburg    430

    “Momma’s Encounter”by Maya Angelou    433

    “For My Indian Daughter”by Lewis Sawaquat    437

    Description                                         440

    “When the Full Moon Shines Its Magic over  Monument Valley”by John V. Young    440

    “The Barrio”by Robert Ramirez    442

    “Assembly Line Adventure”by Lesley Hazleton    446

    “Once More to the Lake”by E. B. White    450

    Process Analysis                              455

    “Fast Track to Perfection”by Ian Dunbar    456

    From “The Spider and the Wasp”by Alexander Petrunkevitch   459

    “Let’s Get Vertical!”by Beth Wald    462

    “Can Generation Xers Be Trained?by Shari Caudron    465

    Illustration                                      470

    “Binge Drinking, A Campus Killer”by Sabrina Rubin Erdely    470

    “Rambos of the Road”by Martin Gottfried    474

    “Going for Broke”by Matea Gold and David Ferrell    477

    “The Company Man”by Ellen Goodman    482

    Classification                                  484

    “What Are Friends For?”by Marion Winik    485

    “The Men We Carry in Our Minds”by Scott Russell Sanders    487

    “A Tale of Four Learners”by Bernice McCarthy     491

    “Which Stooge Are You?”by Ron Geraci    497

    Comparison                                        501

    “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts”by Bruce Catton    502

    “Conversational Ballgames”by Nancy Masterson Sakamoto    505

    “Barbie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”by Mariflo Stephens    509

    “Private Language, Public Language”by Richard Rodriguez    512

    “Coming Home”by Marjorie Waters    516

    Cause and Effect                             518

    “Old Father Time Becomes a Terror”by Richard Tomkins    519

    “Why Marriages Fail”by Anne Roiphe    524

    “Black Men and Public Space”by Brent Staples    527

    “Refuse to Live in Fear”by Diana Bletter    530

    Definition                                            532

    “The Sweet Smell of Success Isn’t All That Sweet”by Laurence Shames    532

    “The Blended Economy”by Marc Zwelling    534

    “The Insufficiency of Honesty”by Stephen L. Carter    536

    “When Is It Rape?”by Nancy Gibbs    541

    Argument                                            549

    “Yes, Don’t Impede Medical Progress”by Virginia Postrel    550

    “Crossing Lines”by Charles Krauthammer    553

    “The Misguided Zeal of the Privacy Lobby”by Alan Ehrenhalt    560

    “Halt and Show Your Papers!”by Barbara Dority    563

    “I Have a Dream”by Martin Luther King, Jr.    569

    “A Journalist’s View of Black Economics”by William Raspberry    573

    “Close the Borders to All Newcomers”by Daniel James    579

    “Give Us Your Best, Your Brightest”by Stephen Moore    583

    Mixing the Writing Strategies   588

    “Blur: Cheetahs. Ranchers. Hope.”by Susan Zimmerman    588

    From “Social Bodies: Tightening the Bonds of Beauty”by Deborah A. Sullivan    594

    “Gender Gap in Cyberspace”by Deborah Tannen    598

    Thematic Table of Contents  

    Life’s Changes                                          

    “The Perfect Picture”by James Alexander Thom    428

    “Sound and Fury”by Dan Greenburg    430

    “Momma’s Encounter”by Maya Angelou    433

    “For My Indian Daughter”by Lewis Sawaquat    437

    “Once More to the Lake”by E. B. White    450

    “The Company Man”by Ellen Goodman    482

    “Barbie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”by Mariflo Stephens    509

    “Coming Home”by Marjorie Waters    516

    “Old Father Time Becomes a Terror”by Richard Tomkins    519

    “I Refuse to Live in Fear”by Diana Bletter    530

    “Why Marriages Fail”by Anne Roiphe    524

    “Black Men and Public Space”by Brent Staples    527

    Who We Are                                                

    “The Appeal of the Androgynous Man”by Amy Gross    20

    “Sound and Fury”by Dan Greenburg    430

    “For My Indian Daughter”by Lewis Sawaquat    437

    “The Barrio”by Robert Ramirez    442

    “Can Generation Xers Be Trained?”by Shari Caudron   465

    “Binge Drinking, A Campus Killer”by Sabrina Rubin Erdely    470

    “Rambos of the Road”by Martin Gottfried    474

    “Going for Broke”by Metea Gold and David Ferrell    477

    “The Company Man”by Ellen Goodman    482

    “What Are Friends For?”by Marion Winik    485

    “The Men We Carry in Our Minds”by Scott Russell Sanders    487

    “A Tale of Four Learners”by Bernice McCarthy    491

    “Which Stooge Are You?”by Ron Geraci    497

    “Barbie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”by Mariflo Stephens    509

    “Why Marriages Fail”by Anne Roiphe    524

    “The Sweet Smell of Success Isn’t All That Sweet”by Laurence Shames    532

    “The Insufficiency of Honesty”by Stephen L. Carter    536

    From “Social Bodies: Tightening the Bonds of Beauty”by Deborah A. Sullivan    594

    “Gender Gap in Cyberspace”by Deborah Tannen    598

    Our Relationship to Nature            

    “When the Full Moon Shines Its Magic over  Monument Valley”by John V. Young    440

    “Once More to the Lake”by E. B. White    450

    From “The Spider and the Wasp”by Alexander Petrunkevitch    459

    “Let’s Get Vertical!”by Beth Wald    462

    “Blur: Cheetahs. Ranchers. Hope.”by Susan Zimmerman    588

    “Yes, Don’t Impede Medical Progress”by Virginia Postrel    550

    “Crossing Lines”by Charles Krauthammer    553

    Health                                                        

    “Sound and Fury”by Dan Greenburg    430

    “Binge Drinking, A Campus Killer”by Sabrina Rubin Erdely    470

    “Rambos of the Road”by Martin Gottfried    474

    “Going for Broke”by Matea Gold and David Ferrell    477

    “The Company Man”by Ellen Goodman    482

    “Old Father Time Becomes a Terror”by Richard Tomkins    519

    “Yes, Don’t Impede Medical Progress”by Virginia Postrel    550

    “Crossing Lines”by Charles Krauthammer    553

    Popular Culture                                    

    “The Perfect Picture”by James Alexander Thom    428

    “Let’s Get Vertical!”by Beth Wald    462

    “Can Generation Xers Be Trained?”by Shari Caudron    465

    “Rambos of the Road”by Martin Gottfried    474

    “Going for Broke”by Matea Gold and David Ferrell    477

    “The Men We Carry in Our Minds”by Scott Russell Sanders    487

    “Which Stooge Are You?”by Ron Geraci    497

    “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts”by Bruce Catton    502

    “Barbie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”by Mariflo Stephens    509

    “The Blended Economy”by Marc Zwelling    534

    From “Social Bodies: Tightening the Bonds of Beauty”by Deborah A. Sullivan    594

    “Gender Gap in Cyberspace”by Deborah Tannen    598

    Contemporary Issues    

    Women’s Issues                                         

    “The Appeal of the Androgynous Man”by Amy Gross      20

    “The Men We Carry in Our Minds”by Scott Russell Sanders    487

    “Barbie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”by Mariflo Stephens    509

    “Why Marriages Fail”by Anne Roiphe    524

    “When Is It Rape?”by Nancy Gibbs    541

    From “Social Bodies: Tightening the Bonds of Beauty”by Deborah A. Sullivan    594

    “Gender Gap in Cyberspace”by Deborah Tannen    598

    Diversity in Our Lives                           

    “Momma’s Encounter”by Maya Angelou    433

    “For My Indian Daughter”by Lewis Sawaquat    437

    “The Barrio”by Robert Ramirez    442

    “Can Generation Xers Be Trained?”by Shari Caudron    465

    “A Tale of Four Learners”by Bernice McCarthy    491

    “Barbie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”by Mariflo Stephens    509

    “Private Language, Public Language”by Richard Rodriguez    512

    “Black Men and Public Space”by Brent Staples    527

    “I Have a Dream”by Martin Luther King, Jr.    569

    “A Journalist’s View of Black Economics”by William Raspberry    573

    “Close the Borders to All Newcomers”by Daniel James    579

    “Give Us Your Best, Your Brightest”by Stephen Moore    583

    “Gender Gap in Cyberspace”by Deborah Tannen    598

    Security and Liberty                           

    “Momma’s Encounter”by Maya Angelou    433

    “For My Indian Daughter”by Lewis Sawaquat    437

    “Black Men and Public Space”by Brent Staples    527

    “Refuse to Live in Fear”by Diana Bletter    530

    “The Misguided Zeal of the Privacy Lobby”by Alan Ehrenhalt    560

    “Halt and Show Your Papers!”by Barbara Dority    563

    “Close the Borders to All Newcomers”by Daniel James    579

    “Give Us Your Best, Your Brightest”by Stephen Moore    583

    Language Use and Abuse                      

    “Sound and Fury”by Dan Greenburg    430

    “Momma’s Encounter”by Maya Angelou    433

    “For My Indian Daughter”by Lewis Sawaquat    437

    “The Barrio”by Robert Ramirez    442

    “Conversational Ballgames”by Nancy Masterson Sakamoto    505

    “Private Language, Public Language”by Richard Rodriguez    512

    “The Blended Economy”by Marc Zwelling    534

    “The Insufficiency of Honesty”by Stephen L. Carter    536

    “When Is It Rape?”by Nancy Gibbs    541

    Struggling with Ethical Issues  

    “The Perfect Picture”by James Alexander Thom    428

    “Momma’s Encounter”by Maya Angelou    433

    “Black Men and Public Space”by Brent Staples    527

    “The Sweet Smell of Success Isn’t All That Sweet”by Laurence Shames    532

    “The Insufficiency of Honesty”by Stephen L. Carter    536

    “When Is It Rape?”by Nancy Gibbs    541

    “Yes, Don’t Impede Medical Progress”by Virginia Postrel    550

    “Crossing Lines”by Charles Krauthammer    553

    “The Misguided Zeal of the Privacy Lobby”by Alan Ehrenhalt    560

    “Halt and Show Your Papers!”by Barbara Dority    563

    “I Have a Dream”by Martin Luther King, Jr.    569

    “Close the Borders to All Newcomers”by Daniel James    579

    “Give Us Your Best, Your Brightest”by Stephen Moore    583

    Handbook                         603

    Sentence Elements                         605

    Subjects and Predicates    605

    Complements    607

    Appositives    608

    Parts of Speech    609

    Phrases and Clauses    631

    Editing to Correct Sentence Errors            641

    Revising Sentence Fragments    641

    Revising Run—On Sentences and Comma Splices    643

    Creating Subject—Verb Agreement    645

    Achieving Pronoun—Antecedent Agreement    648

    Using Effective Pronoun Reference   651

    Managing Shifts in Person    653

    Using the Right Pronoun Case    655

    Creating Consistency in Showing Time    658

    Using Adjectives and Adverbs Effectively    660

    Placing Modifiers Correctly    663

    Revising Dangling Modifiers    664

    Maintaining Parallelism    665

    Revising Faulty Comparisons    666

    Editing to Correct Faulty Punctuation and Mechanics          669

    Apostrophes    669

    Commas    672

    Semicolons    677

    Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points    679

    Colons, Dashes, Parentheses, and Brackets    681

    Quotation Marks    685

    Hyphens    687

    Capitalization    689

    Abbreviations    692

    Numbers    693

    Italics    695

    Spelling                                                698

    Spelling Rules    698

    Helpful Spelling Tips    700

    List of TroublesomeWords    701

    Glossary of Word Usage              705

    CREDITS    728

    Subject Index    734

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      With its unique focus on source-based writing and writing across the curriculum, The Academic Writer’s Handbook contains all the features of a traditional handbook combined with the tools students need in order to read, write, and conduct research in the disciplines.

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      Rosen
      © 2006 | Longman | Spiral Bound; 528 pages | Instock
      ISBN-10: 0321338316 | ISBN-13: 9780321338310
      Brief Description

      • 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.

       

      The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing is widely praised for its groundbreaking integration of composition research and a rhetorical perspective to writing and reading, and it features a flexible sequence of aims-based writing assignments in various academic and civic genres.  Teachers and students value its clear and coherent explanations, engaging classroom activities, and effective writing assignments that help writers produce interesting, idea-rich essays.  Numerous examples of student and professional writing accompany this thorough guide to the concepts and skills needed for writing, researching, and editing in college and beyond.

       

    • 0205598749The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing, 5/E
      Ramage, Bean & Johnson
      © 2009 | Longman | Cloth; 896 pages | Instock
      ISBN-10: 0205598749 | ISBN-13: 9780205598748
      Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

      • The most successful college rhetoric published in over a decade, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing offers the most progressive and teachable introduction now available to academic and personal writing.

       

      The four-color guide offers engaging instruction in rhetoric and composition, a flexible sequence of comprehensive writing assignments, numerous examples of student and professional writing, and thorough guides to research and editing. Solidly grounded in current theory and research, yet eminently practical and teachable, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing has set the new standard for first-year composition courses in writing, reading, critical thinking, and inquiry.

    • 0321291506The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing, 4/E
      Ramage, Bean & Johnson
      © 2006 | Longman | Cloth; 896 pages | Instock
      ISBN-10: 0321291506 | ISBN-13: 9780321291509
      Brief Description

      • 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.

       

      The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing is widely praised for its groundbreaking integration of composition research and a rhetorical perspective to writing and reading, and it features a flexible sequence of aims-based writing assignments in various academic and civic genres.  Teachers and students value its clear and coherent explanations, engaging classroom activities, and effective writing assignments that help writers produce interesting, idea-rich essays.  Numerous examples of student and professional writing accompany this thorough guide to the concepts and skills needed for writing, researching, and editing in college and beyond.

    • 0205598730Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing, The: Brief Edition, 5/E
      Ramage, Bean & Johnson
      © 2009 | Longman | Paper; 816 pages | Instock
      ISBN-10: 0205598730 | ISBN-13: 9780205598731
      Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

      • The most successful college rhetoric published in over a decade, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing: Brief Edition offers the most progressive and teachable introduction now available to academic and personal writing.

      The four-color guide offers engaging instruction in rhetoric and composition, a flexible sequence of comprehensive writing assignments, numerous examples of student and professional writing, and a thorough guide to research. Solidly grounded in current theory and research, yet eminently practical and teachable, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing: Brief Edition has set the new standard for first-year composition courses in writing, reading, critical thinking, and inquiry.

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      Ramage, Bean & Johnson
      © 2006 | Longman | Paper; 816 pages | Instock
      ISBN-10: 0321291514 | ISBN-13: 9780321291516
      Brief Description

      • This widely acclaimed handbook provides students with the most focus on the writing process, emphasizing revision throughout.
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      Fulwiler & Hayakawa
      © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 974 pages | Instock
      ISBN-10: 0131934155 | ISBN-13: 9780131934153
      Brief Description

      • Now updated with expanded documentation, research, and writing across the curriculum coverage, as well as practice exercises, The Brief Penguin Handbook with Exercises continues to revolutionize the way handbooks present information. 

       

      The design and approach of The Brief Penguin Handbook with Exercises started with ideas and suggestions from real students, and thus it is uniquely successful when it comes to giving students the information they need in a format they will actually use.  With unique visual guides and models for writing, research, and documentation, distinctive coverage of writing for different purposes, and Lester Faigley’s clear, accessible explanations, The Brief Penguin Handbook has established itself as the best-selling handbook to enter the market in eighteen years.  The Third Edition of this extraordinary handbook continues to lead the market with complete new chapters on using database and Web sources, a new visual five-step guide to the documentation process, and updated and expanded documentation coverage.    New “process guides” for writing for different purposes, a new section on writing across the curriculum, and more student model documents than ever make this Third Edition the best resource for writing yet.  

       

       

       
       
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      Faigley
      © 2009 | Longman | Paper; 640 pages | Instock
      ISBN-10: 0205556388 | ISBN-13: 9780205556380
      Brief Description

      • Now updated with expanded documentation, research, and writing across the curriculum coverage, The Brief Penguin Handbook continues to revolutionize the way handbooks present information. 

       

      The design and approach of The Brief Penguin Handbook started with ideas and suggestions from real students, and thus it is uniquely successful when it comes to giving students the information they need in a format they will actually use.  With unique visual guides and models for writing, research, and documentation, distinctive coverage of writing for different purposes, and Lester Faigley’s clear, accessible explanations, The Brief Penguin Handbook has established itself as the best-selling handbook to enter the market in eighteen years.  The Third Edition of this extraordinary handbook continues to lead the market with complete new chapters on using database and Web sources, a new visual five-step guide to the documentation process, and updated and expanded documentation coverage.    New “process guides” for writing for different purposes, a new section on writing across the curriculum, and more student model documents than ever make this Third Edition the best resource for