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ISBN-10: 0136016987
ISBN-13: 9780136016984
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Cloth; 864 pp
Published: 11/01/2007
Suggested retail price: $88.20
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For undergraduate Composition I and II courses.
From the first edition, The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers has focused on writing for a variety of purposes in a rhetorical situation. Although audience, context, and writing situation are important, a writer’s purpose should be and has always been the focal point in the sequence of assignments. The Prentice Hall Guide begins with observing and remembering, which are personally important for the writer. It then turns to more reader-based, academic purposes, including critical reading, expository writing, and argumentative writing. Each chapter in this sequence is self-contained, with introductions, guidelines, professional and student models, writing process advice, research tips, revising guidelines, peer review questions, and postscript reflections on the assignment.
This compact, efficient guide touches on all the critical aspects of college writing - both personal and academic - within rich, self-contained chapters - no more flipping back and forth between sections to find appropriate guidelines, models, and writing process information.
Comprehensive, self-contained chapters.
- Each chapter in The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers is self-contained, covering:
- Introductions
- Rhetorical guidelines
- Professional and student models
- Writing process advice
- Research tips
- Revising guidelines
- Peer review questions
- Postscript reflections on the assignment
- All the writing process materials necessary for a particular assignment are contained within each chapter so instructors don’t have to assign readings from a variety of chapters.
- An emphasis on the Rhetorical Situation in every chapter. This emphasis meets the goals as outlined by the Council of Writing Program Administrators.
- See Chapter 2, Situations, Purposes, and Processes for Writing, for an illustration of this rhetorical emphasis which continues throughout the text.
- Critical thinking and critical reading are key goals of the PHG.
- See Chapter 5, Reading, for an illustration of these strategies for critical reading.
- See Chapter 11, Arguing, for an illustration of strategies for critical thinking.
Balanced approach between both personal and academic writing.
- The chapters in The Prentice Hall Guide are carefully sequenced, to move the student from personal writing to more reader-based, academic purposes.
- The Prentice Hall Guide begins with purposes that are important for the writer personally — observing and remembering — and then turns to critical reading, expository writing, and argumentative writing.
- The Prentice Hall Guide has a sequence of writing assignments that build on the skills practiced in previous chapters.
- Writing an effective arguing essay, for example, builds on the skills of observation and personal writing, on analytic and critical reading, and on expository writing.
- Teachers may select the chapters most appropriate for their own syllabus without losing the benefits of the sequenced assignments.
Instructor and student friendly.
- The Prentice Hall Guide appeals to both students and teachers.
- The PHG appeals to students through clear explanations, an accessible voice, and student writing in every chapter. Students want concise, clear explanations, and student models representing interesting topics and style levels that they can achieve.
- In its Annotated Instructor’s Edition, the PHG gives teachers tips in the margin about teaching strategies, critical reading activities, peer response ideas, ESL notes, and Write-to-Learn activities. The annotations, combined with the clear sequence of chapters, gives teaching assistants, adjunct teachers, and experienced teachers ample guidance throughout the text.
- New! Chapter 6: Analyzing and Designing Visuals.
- The composition field now emphasizes visual communication as complementary to text-only presentations.
- This chapter's focus is not just on adding visual elements, but putting these elements in a rhetorical context.
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- New! Increased emphasis on writing for a variety of genres for both academic and public audiences.
- Students now have more models and more guidelines for writing public documents such as editorials, letters, blogs, and proposals — in addition to having guidelines for document preparation for academic and public audiences, including writing and designing brochures, pamphlets, and flyers.
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- New! Introduction of a multi-genre casebook on Immigration Reform in the Arguing chapter.
- This chapter gives teachers and students a wider variety of kinds of arguments and argumentative appeals by presenting the full range of genres represented in the current public debate about immigration.
- This short casebook of readings contains examples of the essay, article, opinion piece, letters to the editor, blog entries, web pages, photographs, and cartoons.
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- New! Research chapter has been revised to add more information about research, MLA and APA citation, as well as clearer illustration through visual presentations of research features.
- New! Over thirty new selections on contemporary topics to update the eighth edition with current topics such as immigration reform, global warming, food and diet, credit-card management, evaluating websites, and living with Facebook. Featured authors include Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, Wendell Berry, Suze Orman, Adris Scharf, Jonathan Alter, Robert J. Samuelson, Ellen Goodman, and Susan Bordo.
Detailed list of NEW Readings.
- Chapter Four: Remembering
- Daniel Alejandrez, “Cesar Chavez Saved My Life,” Sojourners, August 2006, pp. 28-31
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- Chapter Five: Reading
- “Global Warming: Can It be Stopped?” The Week, February 16, 2007, p. 6.
- Four Responses to the United Nation’s Report on Climate Change:
- “Heating Up,” The Economist, February 10, 2007, p. 86.
- “Planet Gore, The National Review, March 5, 2007, pp. 15-16.
- William K. Stevens, “On the Climate Change Beat,” The New York Times, February 6, 2007
- Robert J. Samuelson, “Global Warming and Hot Air,” The Washington Post, February 7, 2007, A17.
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- Chapter Six: Analyzing and Designing Visuals [Listed in order of appearance in chapter]
- Jonathan Alter, “Progress or Not,” Newsweek, October 25, 2006.
- Joe Rosenthal, “Flag Raising on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945.
- Tania Ralli, “Who’s a Looter?” New York Times, September 5, 2005.
- “Causes of Death,” [sidebar with chart] Time, Dec. 4, 2006, p. 68.
- James Twitchell, “Miss Clairol’s “Does She . . . Or Doesn’t She?”: How to Advertise a Dangerous Product.”
- Susan Bordo, “Never Just Pictures,” Twilight Zones: The Hidden Life of Cultural Images from Plato to O.J. (1997)
- Ellen Goodman, “Out of the Picture on the Abortion Ban” Permission granted for PHG 7/e
- Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner, “Triple Self Portrait” Permission granted for PHG, 7/e
- Ellen Goodman, “Out of the Picture on the Abortion Ban,” Boston Globe [Permission granted in PHG, 7/e]
- Carolyn Kleiner Butler, “Coming Home,” Smithsonian, January 2005, pp. 22-23.
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- Chapter Seven: Investigating
- Debra Bruno, “A Mother and her Daughter Face up to Facebook, Christian Science Monitor, January 18, 2007.
- Adria Scharf. “Scripted Talk,” from Dollars and Sense, (2002)
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- Chapter Eight : Explaining
- Suze Orman, “How to Take Control of Your Credit Cards,” Money Matters Column, Yahoo Finance, Posted Thursday, September 22, 2005.
- William Falk, “Carbon Neutral” in The Week, Feb. 16, 2007, p. 5.
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- Chapter Nine: Evaluating
- Manohla Dargis, “To Ms. With Love: A Teacher’s Heart Fords a Social Divide,” The New York Times, January 5, 2007.
- Robin Williams and John Tollett, “Evaluating a Website” Written by the authors for this text. Permission granted.
- Image by Jamie Trueblood/Paramound Pictures. Caption to picture: “Ms. Swank plays Erin Gruwell in the film, which recounts Ms. Gruwell’s experience teaching at a high school in Long Beach, Calif.”
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- Chapter Ten: Problem-Solving
- Eric Schlosser, Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, Wendell Berry, Winona LaDuke, Peter Singer, Vandana Shiva, and Jim Hightower, from “One thing to Do About Food, a forum edited by Alice Waters, in The Nation, September 11. 2006.
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- Chapter Eleven: Arguing
- Dudley Devlin, “Immigration Reform in America” [Permission not needed—I am the ghost author]
- Ruben Navarrette, Jr., “Do Americans Really Want Jobs?” The San Diego Union-Tribune, reprinted in The Denver Post, Feb 6, 2007.
- Barry Newman, Employers Have a Lot to Lose, The Wall Street Journal, April 11, 2006
- Khalil Bendib, “The Problem with Immigrants” [Cartoon]
- Bruce Finley, “Raid Leave Families Fractured, The Denver Post, December 14, 2006.
- BBC News, “Viewpoints: US Illegal Immigration” 23 May, 2006.
- Tom Briscoe, Small World, “Who to Blame for Illegals” [Cartoon]
- SpeakOut.com, “Immigration Forum, comments posted April, 2006.
- Web Page Shot: IllegalAliens.US
- Web Page Shot: United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)
- Photographs of Demonstrations
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- Chapter One: Myths and Rituals
- Sipress, Cartoon “Thank goodness you’re here” New Yorker Dec. 20, 2004 [Writing Myths]
- Chapter Two: Situations, Purposes, and Processes
- Chapter Opening Art: Mona Lisa Barn, Cornell Wisconsin, Layne Kennedy, Photographer, Corbis images.
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- Chapter Three: Observing
- Chapter Opening Art: John Gast, “American Progress,” available from ask/ART @ www.askart.com/askart/g/john_gast/john_gast.aspx.
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- Chapter Four: Remembering
- Images of Cesar Chavez, to go with “Cesar Chavez Saved my Life”:
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- Chapter Six: Analyzing and Designing Visuals
- Chapter Opening Art, Analyzing Visuals. Guillaume de Machaut, Le Remede de Fortune, “The Lover Sings as his Lady Dances, Plate 24, in Francois Avril, Manuscript Painting at the Court of France, George Braziller, Inc., New York, 1978., p. 87.
- Dorothea Lange images, “Migrant Workers”
- Join American Red Cross, Corbis images
- Jim Goldberg, USA, San Francisco, 1982. “My Dream is to become a school teacher”
- Image of Michael J. Fox, “congress” www.sfgate.com/blogs
- Joe Rosenthal, “Marines Raising the Flag, Iwo Jima, 1945”
- World War II Posters: Rosie the Riveter, She’s a WPW, Join the WAC Now
- “Young man walks through water” Associated Press, Aug 30, 2005; “Two Residents wade” AFP/Getty Images, August 30, 2005.
- Col. Debrza Lewis Image.
- “Patriotism Means Silence, Brad Roberts@ www.lowdiameter.com
- Thomas McKay and Jonathan Moreno, The Denver Post. “Storing the power of the wind”
- Ralph Lauren Image
- “Absolute End,” Adbusters.
- “Big Mac Attack!” Adbusters.
- Mankoff Cartoon, The New Yorker, “This Week’s Contest” December, 2006 - Winning Caption, “Well, then, it’s unanimous.”
- Gordon Parks, “American Gothic”
- Alfred Eisenstaadt, Soldier Kissing Woman, New York, 1945, Time Life Image
- Mueller, Cartoon, “I was Distracted for a moment. Go on.” The New Yorker.
- Global Warming Images—see individual sources.
- Cesar Chavez Images
- Polykoff images.
- Bordo’s Images.
- “Triple Self Portrait”
- “Out of the Picture”
- “A hero’s Welcome”
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- Chapter Eleven: Arguing
- Leo Cullum, Cartoon, “No one is making you do anything you don’t want.” The New Yorker, May 9, 2005. [Arguing]
- Ziegler, cartoon, “You might want to save that for your blog.” The New Yorker, October 16, 2006
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Thematic Contents
Preface
Credits
Chapter One: Writing Myths and Rituals
Writing Fitness: Rituals and Practice
Place, Time, and Tools
Energy and Attitude
Keeping a Journal
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
“On Keeping a Journal” by Roy Hoffman
Chapter Two: Situations, Purposes, and Processes for Writing
Rhetorical Situations
Writer, Occasion, Purpose, Audience, Genre, Context
Purposes for Writing
Writer-Based Purposes
Subject- and Audience-Based Purposes
Combinations of Purposes
Subject, Purpose, and Thesis
Purpose and Audience
Audience Analysis
Purpose, Audience, and Genre
The Rhetorical Situation
Purpose, Audience, and Context in Two Essays
“The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” by Elizabeth Wong
“I’m OK, but You’re Not” by Robert Zoellner
Writing Process dimensions
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
The Whole Process
Writing with a Computer
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
A Writing Process at Work: Collecting and Shaping
“Athletes and Education” by Neil H. Petrie
“On Writing “Athletes and Education” by Neil H. Petrie
A Writing Process at Work: Drafting and Revising
From “The Declaration of Independence”
Chapter Three: Observing
Techniques for Writing About Observations
Observing People
Observing Places
From “Sierra” by John Muir
Observing Objects
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
“Take This Fish and Look at It” by Samuel H. Scudder
“Observing Wolves” by Farley Mowat
Observing: The Writing Process
Choosing a Subject
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Peer Response
Postscript on the Writing Process
“Permanent Tracings” by Jennifer Macke
“Empty Windows” by Stephen White
Chapter Four: Remembering
Techniques for Writing About Memories
Remembering People
Remembering Places
Remembering Events
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
“Lives on the Boundary” by Mike Rose
“Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self” by Alice Walker
“César Chávez Saved My Life” by Daniel “Nene” Alejandrez
Remembering: The Writing Process
Choosing a Subject
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Peer Response
Postscript on the Writing Process
“The Wind Catcher” by Todd Petry
“The Red Chevy” by Juli Bovard
Chapter Five: Reading
Techniques for Writing about Reading
Critical Reading Strategies
Guidelines for Class Discussion
Summarizing and Responding to an Essay
“Teach Diversity–with a Smile” by Barbara Ehrenreich
Summarizing
Responding
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
“Letter to America” by Margaret Atwood
“Vows” by Christopher Caldwell
“Responses to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change”
Reading and Writing Processes
Choosing a Subject
“Teaching Tolerance in America” by Dudley Erskine Devlin
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Avoiding Plagiarism
Peer Response
Writing Process Postscript
“Letter to Margaret Atwood” by Dean C. Swift
“Two Responses to Deborah Tannen”
by Jennifer Koester and Sonja H. Browe
Chapter Six: Analyzing & Designing Visuals
Techniques for Analyzing Visuals
Analyzing Visuals with Text
Analyzing Visuals in Context
“Progress or Not” by Jonathan Alter
“Flag Raising on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945” by Joe Rosenthal
“Who’s a Looter?” by Tania Ralli
Analyzing the Genre of the Visual
Rhetorical Appeals to the Audience
Designing Visuals
Techniques for Designing Visuals
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
“Miss Clairol’s ‘Does She . . . Or Doesn’t She?’:
How to Advertise a Dangerous Product” by James B. Twitchell
“Never Just Pictures,” by Susan Bordo
Processes for Analyzing and Designing Visuals
Choosing a Subject
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Analysis Focused on the Visual
“Triple Self-Portrait” by Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner
Analysis Focused on the Social Context
“Out of the Picture on the Abortion Ban” by Ellen Goodman
Analysis Focused on the Story
“Coming Home” by Carolyn Kleiner Butler
Peer Response
Postscript on the Writing Process
“Some Don’t Like Their Blues at All” by Karyn M. Lewis
“Weight Loss 101 for the Adult Fitness Program” by Lawrence Fletcher
Chapter Seven: Investigating
Techniques for Investigative Writing
Summary of a Book or Article
A Brief Report with Graphics
“Gimme An A (I Insist!)” by Abigail Sullivan Moore
Investigation Using Multiple Sources
“That Parent-Child Conversation Is Becoming Instant, and Online"
by John Schwartz
Profile of a Person
“Rick Steves’s Not-So-Lonely Planet” by Sara Corbett
Extended Interview
“Reading Statistical Tea Leaves” by Karen Arenson
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
“Surfin’ the Louvre” by Elizabeth Larsen
“Plotting a Net Gain” by Connie Koenenn
“The End of Cheap Oil” by Tim Appenzeller
“The Homeless and Their Children” by Jonathan Kozol
Investigating: The Writing Process
Choosing a Subject
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Community Service Learning
Research Tips
Doing Field Research
Peer Response
Writing Process Postscript
“The Hollywood Indian “ by Lauren Strain
“My Friend, Michelle, An Alcoholic” by Bridgid Stone
Chapter Eight: Explaining
Techniques for Explaining
Explaining What
Explaining How
Explaining Why
Warming Up: Journal Exercises“Multiracialness” by LaMer Stepptoe
“How to Take Control of Your Credit Cards” by Suze Orman
“How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently”
by Deborah Tannen
Explaining: The Writing Process
Choosing a Subject
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Tips for Integrating Images
Peer Response
Writing Process Postscript
“English Only” by Christine Bishop
“Anorexia Nervosa” by Nancie Brosseau
Chapter Nine: Evaluating
Techniques for Writing Evaluations
Evaluating Commercial Products or Services
“The Hybrid Grows Up,” Consumer Reports
Evaluating Works of Art
Evaluating Performances
“Peter Jackson’s Sorcery” by Richard Alleva
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
“Evaluating a Website” by Robin Williams and John Tollett
“All’s Not Well in Land of ‘The Lion King’” by Margaret Lazarus
“Today’s Special” by David Sedaris
“Prime Time Art” by Kathyrn Hughes and Ben Rogers
“Watching the Eyewitless News” by Elayne Rapping
Evaluating: The Writing Process
Choosing a Subject
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Peer Response
Writing Process Postscript
“Borrowers Can be Choosy” by Linda Meininger
“The Big Chill” by Kent Y’Blood
Chapter Ten: Problem Solving
Techniques for Problem Solving
Demonstrating That a Problem Exists
Proposing a Solution and Convincing Your Readers
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
“How to End Grade Inflation:
A Modest Proposal” by Michael Bérubé
“Solving for Pattern” by Wendell Berry
“One Thing to Do About Food” by Eric Schlosser, Marion Nestle,
Michael Pollan, Troy Duster and Elizabeth Ransom, Peter Singer,
and Jim Hightower, edited by Alice Waters
“The Argument Culture” by Deborah Tannen
Problem Solving: The Writing Process
Choosing a Subject
Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising
Peer Response
Writing Process Postscript
“No Parking” by Kristy Busch, Steve Krause, and Keith Wright
“New Regulations and You” by Jessica Cook
Chapter Eleven: Arguing
Techniques for Writing Argument
Claims for Written Argument
Appeals for Written Argument
Rogerian Argument
The Toulmin Method of Argument
Analyzing Statistics
Warming Up: Journal Exercises
“The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?” by Cathleen A. Cleaver
“The Damnation of a Canyon” by Edward Abbey
“Death and Justice” by Edward I. Koch
Multi-Genre Casebook on Immigration Reform:
“Immigration Reform in America” by Dudley Erskine Devlin
“Employers Have a Lot to Lo