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The Curious Writer by Bruce Ballenger is an assignment-oriented, all-in-one rhetoric-reader-handbook that stresses the connections between personal and academic writing.

 

Offering a unique, entertaining, and personal author voice, The Curious Writer is sure to grab student’s interest and motivate them to write.  Also distinctive is The Curious Writer’s emphasis on inquiry as both a driving force behind the writing process and a method of discovery and learning. The book operates on the principle that writers who begin with questions, rather than answers, achieve better results in their work. It treats research, revision, and critical reading skills (of both texts and visuals) as organic components of every writing process. Each of the eight writing assignment chapters offers integrated coverage of these three key activities and also provides special attention to the Web as a resource for invention and research.

• Unlike other textbooks on the market today, The Curious Writer is written with a strong personal voice that respects students and the writing challenges they face.
• Drawing on the author’s belief that all writing involves research, research is treated as an organic part of the writing process.
• Emphasizing that revision is a key component of all writing, the revision process is covered throughout the writing assignment chapters.
• Based on a belief that writing and reading are complementary skills, The Curious Writer places strong emphasis on critical reading skills. 
• Forty-five longer readings feature a diverse range of professional and student writing readings.  Professional authors include Erin Aubry Kaplan, Lester Bangs, Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Dorris, Ann Hodgman, Henry David Thoreau, Anthony Lane, Leslie Marmon Silko, Rebakah Nathan, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Naomi Shibab Nye, and George Will.
• Up-to-date coverage of computers and the Internet includes tips on using the Internet as a research tool and advice on how to get the most out of Word processing programs.
• Strong pedagogical support consists of eight full-length writing assignments, numerous shorter writing and reading exercises, and helpful boxed features. 
• An integrated four-color art program, which includes fifty illustrations, is designed both to facilitate the easy and efficient use of the book and to foster visual literacy.
• Easy to use handbook at the back provides detailed treatment of grammar, sentence mechanics, style, and punctuation.
• Key Value Pack—The Curious Writer + MyCompLab, ISBN 0321279751.

• The second edition adds 27 new readings, including 22 professional readings and five student readings. 
• In the effort to reinforce the importance of revision throughout the writing process, the second edition includes an expanded treatment of revision in each of the seven inquiry project chapters in Part II as well as the research project chapter in Part III.
• Chapter 4 now discusses the literacy narrative, a form that has gained increased attention in recent years.
• The expanded treatment of formal argument techniques in chapter 8 offers students more tools for them to craft their own arguments.
• Chapter 11 adds improved research models to better show students the various forms research-based writing can take.
• The addition of new boxed features such as Seeing the Form, Writing with Computers, and Inquiring into the Details helps to maintain and to build on the strong pedagogical program offered in the first edition.

Instructor Preface
Student Preface   
 
PART ONE - THE SPIRIT OF INQUIRY

 

Chapter 1: Writing as Inquiry 
    Motives for Writing 
    Beliefs About Writing 
    Exercise 1.1: What Do You Believe? 
    One Student’s Response: Jon’s Journal 
    Inquiring into the Details: Journals 
    Unlearning Unhelpful Beliefs 
    The Beliefs of This Book 
    Inquiring into the Details: Portfolios 
    Writing Situations and Rhetorical Choices 
    Habits of Mind 
    Start with Questions, Not Answers 
    Suspend Judgment 
    Search for Surprise 
 Exercise 1.2 A Roomful of Details 
    One Student’s Response: Margaret’s Journal 
    Inquiring into the Details: Invention Strategies 
    Writing as a Process 
    Recognizing the Challenges 

Exercise 1.3 What Is Your Process? 
    Thinking About Your Process 
    Linear versus Recursive Models 
    Dialectical Thinking
 Exercise 1.4 Practicing Dialectical Thinking 
     One Student’s Response: Jon’s Journal   
    Writing with Computers
 Exercise 1.5 Overcome Your Own Challenges 
    Using What You Have Learned

 

Chapter 2: Reading as Inquiry   
    Motives for Reading   
    Beliefs About Reading  
Exercise 2.1 What Do You Believe?   
    Reading Situations and Rhetorical Choices   
    Reading as a Process   
    Linear versus Recursive Models  
Exercise 2.2 Reading Strategies   
    Reading: Henry David Thoreau, Excerpt from Walden   
    Inquiring into the Details: Reading Perspectives   
    Dialectical Thinking   
    Writing with Computers   
    Believing and Doubting  
Exercise 2.3 Practicing Dialectical Thinking   
    Reading: Bruce Ballenger, “The Importance of Writing Badly”   
    One Student’s Response: Todd’s Journal   
    Inquiring into the Details: The Double-Entry Journal   
    Adapting to Unfamiliar Reading Situations  
Exercise 2.4 Further Practice: Untangling Academic Prose   
     Reading: David W. Noble, excerpt from The Forces of Production: A Social History of Industrial Automation   
     Inquiring into the Details: Encountering Unfamiliar Genres   
    “Reading” The Visual   
    Learning the Grammar of Images
    Some Strategies for Reading Images
Exercise 2.5 Reading Images   
    The “Look” of Writing
    Using What You Have Learned

 

Chapter 3: Ways of Inquiring 
    Opening Questions for Inquiry  
    Exploration   
    Explanation   
    Evaluation   
    Reflection   
    Practicing Inquiry 
    Reading: Bruce Ballenger,  “How Much Should We Care What Happens to Animals”  
Exercise 3.1 Exploring Within and Without   
    Reading: Frank Bruni, excerpt from “It Died for Us”   
    One Student’s Response: Daniel’s Journal  
Exercise 3.2 Explaining to Yourself, Explaining to Others   
    One Student’s Response: Daniel’s Journal  
Exercise 3.3 Evaluating the Arguments
    One Student’s Response: Daniel’s Journal
Exercise 3.4 Reflecting on the Process   
    One Student’s Response: Daniel’s Journal   
    Symphonic Inquiry   
    Inquiring into the Details: Time to Write
    Using What You Have Learned

  

PART TWO — INQUIRY PROJECTS
 
Chapter 4: Writing a Personal Essay   
    Writing About Experience   
    Motives for Writing a Personal Essay   
    Personal Essays and Academic Writing   
    Features of the Form  
    Personal Essay: Anne-Marie Oomen, “The Barn”  
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Personal Essay: Naomi Shibab Nye, “Long Overdue”  
    Inquiring into the Essay  
    Personal Essay: Judith Ortiz Cofer, “One More Lesson”  
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Seeing the Form: Self Portrait by Frances Benjamin Johnston  
    The Writing Process   
    Thinking About Subjects   
    Generating Ideas   
     One Student’s Response: Margaret’s Journal   
     Inquiring into the Details: Clustering or Mapping   
    Judging What You Have   
    Writing the Sketch   
    Writing with Computers 
    Student Sketch: Lana Kuchta, “The Way I Remember”  
    Moving from Sketch to Draft   
    Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information   
    Composing the Draft   
    Workshopping the Draft    
    Writing with Computers 
    Revising the Draft   
    Polishing the Draft   
    Student Essay: Julia C. Arredondo, “Beet Field Dreams”   
    Evaluating the Essay  
    Using What You Have Learned 

 

Chapter 5: Writing a Profile 
    Writing About People 
    Motives for Writing a Profile  
    The Profile and Academic Writing  
    Features of the Form  
    Profile: Sonja Livingston, “Thumb-Sucking Girl”   
    Inquiring into the Essay  
    Profile: Anonymous, “Soup”   
    Inquiring into the Essay  
    Profile: Lauren Slater, “Dr. Daedalus”  
    Inquiring into the Essay  
    Profile: Gib Akin, “Joe Cool”  
    Inquiring into the Essay   
     Seeing the Form: Roy Takeno Reading Paper in Front of Office by Ansel Adams   
    The Writing Process   
    Thinking About Subjects   
    Generating Ideas   
    One Student’s Response: Jennifer’s Journal   
    One Student’s Response: Bruce’s Journal   
    Judging What You Have   
    Interviewing   
    Inquiring into the Details: Tape Recorders   
    Selected Interview Notes: Margaret Parker, “Medical Student”  
    Writing the Sketch   
    Moving from Sketch to Draft   
    Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information   
    Composing the Draft   
    Writing with Computers   
    Workshopping the Draft   
    Reflecting on the Draft   
    Revising the Draft   
    Polishing the Draft   
    Student Essay: Margaret Parker, “Medical Student”   
    Evaluating the Essay   
    Using What You Have Learned  

 

Chapter 6: Writing a Review   
    Writing That Evaluates   
    Motives for Writing a Review   
    The Review and Academic Writing   
    Features of the Form   
    Review: Anthony Lane, “Space Case”   
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Review: Lester Bangs, “Review of Peter Guralnick’s Lost Highways”   
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Review: Ann Hodgman, “No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch”   
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Seeing the Form: Choosing the Best Picture 
    The Writing Process   
    Thinking About Subjects   
    Generating Ideas   
    Writing with Computers   
    Judging What You Have  
Exercise 6.1 From Jury to Judgment    One Student’s Response: Christy’s Journal   
    Inquiring into the Details: Collaborating on Criteria   
    Writing the Sketch   
    Student Sketch: Christy Claymore, “Casablanca: Even As Time Goes By”   
    Moving from Sketch to Draft   
    Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information   
    Composing the Draft   
    Workshopping the Draft   
    One Student’s Response: Christy’s Journal   
    Revising the Draft   
    Polishing the Draft   
    Student Essay: Christy Claymore, “Casablanca Endures: Even As Time Goes By”
    Evaluating the Essay   
    Using What You Have Learned  

 

Chapter 7: Writing a Proposal   
    Writing About Problems and Solutions   
    Problems of Consequence   
    Problems of Scale   
    Motives for Writing Proposals   
    The Proposal and Academic Writing   
    Features of the Form   
    Proposal: Barrett Seaman, “How Binging Became the New College Sport”   
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Proposal: Michael Arad and Peter Walker, “Reflecting Absence”   
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Proposal: Julie Ann Homutoff, “A Research Proposal: Effect of Infant’s Perceived Gender?”   
    Inquiring into the Essay  
    Seeing the Form: The Faces of Meth Use  
    The Writing Process   
    Thinking About Subjects   
    Generating Ideas   
    One Student’s Response: Caesar’s Journal   
    One Student’s Response: Gina’s Journal   
    Inquiring into the Details: Causation   
    Judging What You Have   
    Inquiring into the Details: Writing a Research Proposal
    Writing the Sketch   
    Student Sketch: Gina Sinisi, “Clothing Optional”   
    Moving from Sketch to Draft   
    One Student’s Response: Gina’s Journal    
    Writing with Computers   
    Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information   
    Composing the Draft   
    Inquiring into the Details: Evidence–A Case Study   
    Workshopping the Draft   
    Revising the Draft   
    Polishing the Draft   
    Student Essay: Gina Sinisi, “Clothing Optional”   
    Evaluating the Essay   
    Using What You Have Learned  

 

Chapter 8: Writing an Argument   
    Writing to Persuade People   
    Getting into Arguments
    Arguments and Inquiry
    Making Claims 
    Two Sides to Every Argument?   
    Motives for Writing an Argument   
    The Argument and Academic Writing   
    Features of the Form   
    Argument: Alice Goodman, “Getting Real in the Classroom”   
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Inquiring into the Details: Some Basic Argument Strategies   
    Argument: George F. Will, “The ‘Growth Model’ and the Growth of Illiteracy”   
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Argument: Erin Aubry Kaplan, “Still Trying to Kick the Kink”   
    Inquiring into the Essay   
     Seeing the Form: The “Imagetext” As Argument    
    The Writing Process   
    Thinking About Subjects   
    Generating Ideas   
    One Student’s Response: Ben’s Journal   
    Writing with Computers   
    Judging What You Have Got   
    Writing the Sketch   
    Student Sketch: Ben Bloom, “How to Really Rock the Vote”   
    Moving from Sketch to Draft   
    Inquiring into the Details: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos and the Rhetorical Situation    
    Inquiring into the Details: Using Toulmin to Analyze Arguments    
    Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information   
    Composing the Draft   
    Inquiring into the Details: What Evidence Can Do   
    Workshopping the Draft   
    Inquiring into the Details: Ten Common Logical Fallacies   
    Revising the Draft   
    Polishing the Draft   
    Student Essay: Kelly Sundberg, “I Am Not a Savage”   
    Evaluating the Essay   
    Using What You Have Learned  

 

Chapter 9: Writing a Critical Essay   
    Writing About Literature   
    Motives for Writing a Critical Essay   
    The Critical Essay and Academic Writing   
    Features of the Form   
    Short Story: Leslie Marmon Silko, “Lullaby”   
    Inquiring into the Story   
    One Student’s Response: Noel’s Journal   
    Short Story: Joyce Carol Oates, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”   
    Inquiring into the Story   
    Critical Essay: Alice Hall Petry, “Who Is Ellie? Oates’ ‘Where Are Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?’”   
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Essay: Michael Dorris, “Three Yards”   
    Inquiring into the Details: How to Read Nonfiction   
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Seeing the Form: Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth   
    The Writing Process   
    Thinking About Subjects   
    Generating Ideas   
    Inquiring into the Details: Common Literary Devices   
    Judging What You Have    
    Inquiring into the Details: What Is A “Strong Reading”?  
    Writing a Sketch   
    Student Sketch: Julie Bird, “What Is the Role of Nature in ‘Lullaby’?”   
    Moving from Sketch to Draft   
    Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information   
    Writing with Computers  
    Composing the Draft   
    Workshopping the Draft   
    Revising the Draft   
    Polishing the Draft   
    Student Essay: Julie Bird, “Nature as Being: Landscape in Silko’s ‘Lullaby’” 
    Evaluating the Essay   
    Using What You Have Learned  

 

Chapter 10: Writing an Ethnographic Essay 
    Writing About Culture   
    Motives for Writing Ethnography   
    Ethnography and Academic Writing   
    Features of the Form   
    Ethnographic Essay:  Rachel Simmons, “Intimate Enemies”   
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Ethnographic Essay:  Patricia Leigh Brown, “For the Muslim Prom Queen, There Are No Kings Allowed”   
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Ethnographic Essay:  Rebakah Nathan, “My Freshman Year: Worldliness and Worldview”
    Inquiring into the Essay 
    Seeing the Form: Mrs. Smith’s Kitchen Table and Vanity the Day After She Died   
    The Writing Process   
    Thinking About Subjects   
    Writing with Computers   
    Generating Ideas   
    Writing with Computers   
    Judging What You Have   
    Inquiring into the Details: Questions Ethnographers Ask   
    Inquiring into the Details: Ethnography and Ethics
    Field Notes: Rita Guerra, “Field Notes on Friday Afternoon at Emerald Lanes”   
    Writing the Sketch   
    Moving from Sketch to Draft   
    Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information   
    Inquiring into the Details: Useful Library Databases for Ethnography   
    Composing the Draft   
    Workshopping the Draft   
    Revising the Draft   
    Polishing the Draft   
    Student Essay: Kersti Harter, “Beyond ‘Gaydar’: How Gay Males Identify Other Gay Males”   
    Evaluating the Essay   
    Using What You Have Learned  

 

PART THREE — INQUIRING DEEPER 
 
Chapter 11: Writing a Research Essay   
    Writing with Research   
    Research Essays Versus Research Papers
    Motives for Writing a Research Essay   
    The Research Essay and Academic Writing   
    Features of the Form   
    Undocumented Research Essay:  Christian Century Magazine, “Courting Confusion”   
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Documented Research Essay:  Beth Bailey, “The Worth of a Date”   
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Documented Research Paper:  Tracey Lambert, “Pluralistic Ignorance and Hooking Up”   
    Inquiring into the Details: Reading Academic Research Essays   
    Inquiring into the Essay   
    Seeing the Form: Idaho State Penitentiary, Women’s Prison   
   The Writing Process   
    Thinking About Subjects   
    Generating Ideas   
    One Student’s Response: Julian’s Journal   
    Judging What You Have   
    Inquiring into the Details: Finding the Focusing Question   
    One Student’s Response: Julian’s Journal   
    Writing the Sketch   
    Student Sketch: Amy Garrett, “Why Do People Tan?”   
    Moving from Sketch to Draft   
    Research and Other Strategies: Gathering More Information   
    Composing the Draft   
    Workshopping the Draft   
    Writing with Computers
    Revising the Draft   
    Polishing the Draft   
    Student Essay: Gordon E. Seirup, “College Dating”   
    Evaluating the Essay   
    Using What You Have Learned  

 

Chapter 12: Research Techniques   
    Methods of Collecting   
    Research in the Electronic Age   
    Magic Words That Open Doors   
    How Librarians Organize Books   
    Library of Congress Subject Headings   
    Google Your Boole   
    Writing with Computers
    Developing Working Knowledge   
    Searching Key Library References   
    Inquiring into the Details: Methods of Recording Information   
    Conducting Subject Surveys on the Web   
    Inquiring into the Details: The Working Bibliography   
    Evaluating Library Sources   
    Evaluating Web Sources   
    Developing Focused Knowledge   
    Finding Books   
    Inquiring into the Details: How to Annotate a Book   
    Finding Periodicals   
    Finding Newspapers   
    Finding Sources on the Web   
    Writing in the Middle: Synthesizing Source Information and Your Own Ideas   
    Writing with Computers 
    One Student’s Response: Claude’s Research Log   
    Interviews   
    Arranging Interviews   
    Making Contact   
    Conducting the Interview   
    Using the Interview in Your Writing   
    Surveys   
    Defining a Survey’s Goals and Audience   
    Types of Survey Questions   
    Inquiring into the Details: Types of Survey Questions
    Crafting Survey Questions   
    Conducting a Survey   
    Using Survey Results in Your Writing   
    Knowing When to Stop   
    Using What You Have Learned  

 

Chapter 13: Using and Citing Sources   
    Controlling Information   
    Using Sources   
    Summarizing   
    Paraphrasing   
    Quoting   
    Citing Sources   
    Writing with Computers   
    Avoiding Plagiarism  
Exercise 13.1 The Accidental Plagiarist   
    MLA Documentation Guidelines   
    Inquiring into the Details: The Common Knowledge Exception   
    Citing Sources   
    Inquiring into the Details: Citations That Go with the Flow    
    Writing with Computers
    Format   
    Preparing the “Works Cited” Page   
    A Sample Paper in the MLA Style   
    APA Documentation Guidelines   
    Inquiring into the Details: Recent APA Style Changes   
    How the Essay Should Look   
    Citing Sources in Your Essay   
    Preparing the “References” List   
    A Sample Paper in the APA Style   
    Using What You Have Learned  

 

PART FOUR - REINQUIRING

 

Chapter 14: Revision Strategies   
    Reseeing Your Topic   
    Divorcing the Draft   
    Writing with Computers   
    Strategies for Divorcing the Draft   
    Photography as a Metaphor for Revision   
    Rhetorical Revision   
    Five Categories of Revision   
    Problems of Purpose   
    Revision Strategy 14.1: What’s Your Primary Motive?   
    Revision Strategy 14.2: What Do You Want to Know About What You Learned?   
    One Student’s Response: Julia’s Draft   
    Revision Strategy 14.3: Finding the Focusing Question   
    Revision Strategy 14.4: What’s the Relationship?   
    Problems with Meaning   
    Implicit or Explicit Meaning   
    Looking Beyond the Obvious   
    Methods for Discovering Your Thesis   
    Revision Strategy 14.5: Find the “Instructive Line”   
    Revision Strategy 14.6: Looping Toward a Thesis   
    Revision Strategy 14.7: Reclaiming Your Topic   
    Revision Strategy 14.8: Believing and Doubting   
    Methods for Refining Your Thesis   
    Revision Strategy 14.9: Questions as Knives   
    Revision Strategy 14.10: Qualifying Your Claims
    Problems with Information   
    Revision Strategy 14.11: Explode a Moment   
    Revision Strategy 14.12: Beyond Examples   
    Revision Strategy 14.13: Research  
    Revision Strategy 14.14: Backing up Your Assumptions
    Problems with Structure   
    Formal Academic Structures   
    Revision Strategy 14.15: Reorganizing Around Thesis and Support   
    Revision Strategy 14.16: Multiple Leads   
    Inquiring into the Details: Types of Leads   
    Revision Strategy 14.17: The Frankenstein Draft   
    Revision Strategy 14.18: Make a PowerPoint Outline   
    Problems of Clarity and Style   
    Solving Problems of Clarity  
    Revision Strategy 14.19: Untangling Paragraphs   
    Inquiring into the Details: Transition Flags   
    Revision Strategy 14.20: Cutting Clutter   
    Revision Strategy 14.21: The Actor and the Action Next Door   
    Improving Style   
    Revision Strategy 14.22: Actors and Actions   
    Revision Strategy 14.23: Smoothing the Choppiness   
    Revision Strategy 14.24: Fresh Ways to Say Things   
    Using What You Have Learned  

 

Chapter 15: The Writer’s Workshop   
    Making the Most of Peer Review   
    Being Read   
    Divorcing the Draft   
    Instructive Talk   
    Models for Writing Workshops   
    Full-Class Workshops   
    Small-Group Workshops   
    One-on-One Peer Review   
    The Writer’s Responsibilities   
    Writing with Computers   
    The Reader’s Responsibilities   
    Inquiring into the Details: Finding a Role     
    What Can Go Wrong and What to Do About It  
Exercise 15.1 Group Problem Solving   
    One Student’s Response: Amy’s Perspective on Workshops   
    Methods of Responding   
    Experiential and Directive Responses   
    Response Formats   
    Reflecting on the Workshop   
    Using What You Have Learned  

Appendix A: The Writing Portfolio

Appendix B: The Literature Review

Appendix C: The Annotated Bibliography 

Appendix D: The Essay Exam 

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  Ballenger
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  Hamner
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  Neeley
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  Longman
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  Penguin
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  OXFORD
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  NONE
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  Ervin
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  Anderson, Cooper, Lupton & Meeks
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  Branscomb & Trim
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  Longman
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  Moore
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  Longman
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  Longman
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• The Pearson Editing Exercises, 2/E
  Ingalls & Moody
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  Ingalls & Moody
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  McClelland
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• What Every Student Should Know About Avoiding Plagiarism
  Stern
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• What Every Student Should Know About Citing Sources with APA Documentation
  Anderson, Carrell & Widdifield
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  Greer
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  Eyman
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  Trim
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  Cox
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  Hoffman
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  Munger & Campbell
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  Longman
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  Murray
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  Pearson
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  Ballenger
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  Ballenger
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  Ballenger
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  Ballenger
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  Ballenger
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Featuring an engaging, direct writing style and inquiry-based approach, this popular research guide stresses that curiosity is the best reason for investigating ideas and information.

 

An appealing alternative to traditional research texts, The Curious Researcher stands apart for its motivational tone, its conversational style, and its conviction that research writing can be full of rewarding discoveries. Offering a wide variety of examples from student and professional writers, this popular guide shows that good research and lively writing do not have to be mutually exclusive. Students are encouraged to find ways to bring their writing to life, even though they are writing with “facts.” A unique chronological organization sets up achievable writing goals while it provides week-by-week guidance through the research process. Full explanations of the technical aspects of writing and documenting source-based papers help students develop sound research and analysis skills.

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  Ballenger
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The Curious Writer by Bruce Ballenger is an assignment-oriented, all-in-one rhetoric-reader-handbook that stresses the connections between personal and academic writing.

 

Offering a unique, entertaining, and personal author voice, The Curious Writer is sure to grab student’s interest and motivate them to write.  Also distinctive is The Curious Writer’s emphasis on inquiry as both a driving force behind the writing process and a method of discovery and learning. The book operates on the principle that writers who begin with questions, rather than answers, achieve better results in their work. It treats research, revision, and critical reading skills (of both texts and visuals) as organic components of every writing process. Each of the eight writing assignment chapters offers integrated coverage of these three key activities and also provides special attention to the Web as a resource for invention and research.
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  Ballenger
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The Curious Writer by Bruce Ballenger is an assignment-oriented, all-in-one rhetoric-reader-handbook that stresses the connections between personal and academic writing.

 

Offering a unique, entertaining, and personal author voice, The Curious Writer is sure to grab student’s interest and motivate them to write.  Also distinctive is The Curious Writer’s emphasis on inquiry as both a driving force behind the writing process and a method of discovery and learning. The book operates on the principle that writers who begin with questions, rather than answers, achieve better results in their work. It treats research, revision, and critical reading skills (of both texts and visuals) as organic components of every writing process. Each of the eight writing assignment chapters offers integrated coverage of these three key activities and also provides special attention to the Web as a resource for invention and research.

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  Ballenger
  © 2008 | Longman | Paper; 768 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205532136 | ISBN-13: 9780205532131
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An abbreviated version of Bruce Ballenger’s best-selling second edition of The Curious Writer, this Concise edition offers the same strengths: an inquiry-driven approach, a personal voice that engages and motivates students, and a focus on the connections between personal and academic writing.

 

Like the full edition, The Curious Writer Concise Edition offers an emphasis on inquiry as both a driving force behind the writing process and a method of discovery and learning. The book operates on the principle that writers who begin with questions rather than answers achieve better results in their work.  Added to this is Bruce Ballenger’s hallmark personal writing style, that not only entertains and engages students, but motivates them as Bruce discusses his own challenges as a writer and how he overcame obstacles.  In just eleven chapters, the second edition of The Curious Writer Concise Edition encourages students to use writing as a tool of discovery while writing and revising their own reviews, proposals, and critical, personal, argumentative and research essays.

 

The Curious Writer, Concise Edition treats research, revision, and critical reading skills (of both texts and visuals) as organic components of every writing process.  Each of the writing assignment chapters offers integrated coverage of these three key activities and also provides special attention to the Web as a resource for invention and research.

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  Ballenger
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Bridging the gap between personal and academic writing, The Curious Reader is a composition reader that introduces students to the unique reading strategies used by  writers who research.

 

Beginning with essays and creative nonfiction, readings that many students will be surprised to discover are research based, The Curious Reader leads students to see the many connections between all fact-based writing, whether it’s a  personal essay or  an article from a scholarly journal.

 

The Curious Reader invites students to become active researchers as they are encouraged to confront underlying beliefs that either hinder or help their fact-based writing.  Questions and assignments ask students to explain, evaluate, explore, and reflect on what they have read and how it has changed their thinking.

• The Curious Reader: Exploring Personal and Academic Inquiry, 2/E
  Ballenger & Payne
  © 2006 | Longman | Paper; 560 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321365224 | ISBN-13: 9780321365224
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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.

• The Academic Writer's Handbook
  Rosen
  © 2006 | Longman | Spiral Bound; 528 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321338316 | ISBN-13: 9780321338310
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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.

 

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.

 

• The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing, 5/E
  Ramage, Bean & Johnson
  © 2009 | Longman | Cloth; 848 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205598749 | ISBN-13: 9780205598748
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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.

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

 

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.

• Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing, The: Brief Edition, 5/E
  Ramage, Bean & Johnson
  © 2009 | Longman | Paper; 768 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205598730 | ISBN-13: 9780205598731
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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.

• Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing, The: Brief Edition, 4/E
  Ramage, Bean & Johnson
  © 2006 | Longman | Paper; 816 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321291514 | ISBN-13: 9780321291516
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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
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The Brief New Century Handbook with Exercises, Fourth Edition, provides the answers today’s students need as writers and researchers in an electronic age.  While offering clear, comprehensive coverage of handbook basics–writing, grammar and usage, research, and documentation–this handbook also shows students how to use new technologies to make appropriate rhetorical choices and to become more successful college writers in all of their courses.  This new version offers exercises at the end of the book - added value for students!

 

Authors Christine Hult and Tom Huckin bring their expertise in research, computers and writing, grammar, and linguistics and their extensive experience in teaching first-year composition to this remarkable handbook–a handbook that is accessible, flexible, comprehensive, and current, and that speaks to students in today’s language.  More than any other handbook, The Brief New Century addresses the primary concerns of composition students: how to understand and avoid plagiarism, how to write for courses beyond English, how to make correct grammatical and stylistic choices, and how to use technology to help them become better writers.

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  Hult & Huckin
  © 2008 | Longman | Spiral Bound; 640 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205521991 | ISBN-13: 9780205521999
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The Brief New Century, Fourth Edition, meets students where they are–as writers and researchers in an electronic age.  While providing clear, comprehensive coverage of handbook basics–writing, grammar and usage, research, and documentation–this handbook also shows students how to use new technologies to make appropriate rhetorical choices and to become more successful college writers in all of their courses.  

 

Authors Christine Hult and Tom Huckin bring their expertise in research, computers and writing, grammar, and linguistics and their extensive experience in teaching first-year composition to this remarkable handbook–a handbook that is accessible, flexible, comprehensive, and current, and that speaks to students in today’s language.  More than any other handbook, The Brief New Century addresses the primary concerns of composition students: how to understand and avoid plagiarism, how to write for courses beyond English, how to make correct grammatical and stylistic choices, and how to use technology to help them become better writers.

• Brief New Century Handbook, The (Book Alone), 4/E
  Hult & Huckin
  © 2008 | Longman | Spiral Bound; 608 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321456386 | ISBN-13: 9780321456380
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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