Four in One: Rhetoric, Reader, Research Guide, and Handbook
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This all-in-one rhetoric, reader, research paper guide, and brief handbook provides a flexible, comprehensive resource that fully integrates critical thinking into sections on the writing process and patterns of organization.
I. Effective Thinking.1. Creative and Critical Thinking.2. Critical Thinking Basics.3. Critical Thinking and Reasoning.II. Writing College Essays.4. Preparing to Write an Essay.5. The Composing Process: Prewriting and Informal Planning.6. Writing a Thesis Statement and a Formal Plan.7. Writing Paragraphs for a Rough Draft.8. Responses to a Rough Draft: Instructor and Peer Comments.9. Revising a Rough Draft: Structure, Paragraphs, and Sentences.10. Preparing to Submit an Essay.III. Development Patterns.11. Description: Rendering Experience.12. Narration: Connecting Events.13. Examples: Illustrating Experience.14. Comparison: Showing Similarities and Differences.15. Cause and Effect: Exploring Reasons and Results.16. Process Analysis: Explaining Step by Step.17. Classification and Division: Analyzing and Arranging Experience.18. Definition: Creating Impressions.19. Argument: Convincing Others.IV. The Research Essay.20. Finding and Researching a Topic.21. Evaluating Internet Resources.22. Writing the Research Essay.23. Documenting Sources in a Research Essay.MLA Style Documentation.APA Style Documentation.V. Writing for Other Purposes.24. Writing about Literature.25. Writing about Images.26. Writing for an Essay Exam.27. Writing for Business: Letters, Resumes, Memos, FAXes, and E-Mail.VI. READINGS FOR WRITERS.28. Critical Reading.Contemporary Essays for Study.* David P. Barash, When Moe Hits Larry* Judy Brady, I Want a WifeDavid Brooks, Love, Internet Style.* Judith Ortiz Cofer, The Myth of the Latin WomanK.C. Cole, Entropy.Gretel Ehrlich, About Men.Neal Gabler, How Urban Myths Reveal Society's Fears.George Gilder, Why Men Marry.Ellen Goodman, Becoming Desensitized to Hate Words.Gina Greenlee, No Tears for Frankie.Ros Del Castillo Guilbault, Americanization Is Tough on “Macho.”Pete Hamill, Crack and the Box.John Kifner, Good as a Gun: When Cameras Define War.Stephen King, Why We Crave Horror Movies.Jeff Z. Klein, Watching My Back.Marcus Laffey, Cop Diary.Michael Levin, The Case for Torture.William Lutz, Doublespeak.* David G. Meyers, Do We Fear the Right Things?Charles Murray, Well, It Seemed Like a Good Idea.* Katha Pollitt, Adam and Steve–Together AgainTom Regan, Animal Rights, Human Rights.Stephen Rose, Proud To Be a Speciesist.* Robert J. Samuelson, Technology in ReversBrent Staples, Black Men and Public Places.Amy Tan, Mother Tongue.* Deborah Tannen, Sex, Lies, and ConversationGarry Trudeau, Anatomy of a Joke.Marie Winn, TV Addiction.29. Enduring Essays for Study.* George Orwell, Politics and the English Language* Jonathan Schell, The Fate of the EarthLewis Thomas, On Natural Death.Henry David Thoreau, Why I Went to the WoodsMark Twain, The Damned Human Race.VII. WRITER'S HANDBOOK.Sentence Errors.Sentence Fragments.Run-On Sentences.Subject/Verb Agreement.Verb Tense.Pronoun Case.Pronoun/ Antecedent Agreement.Pronoun Reference.Gender-Neutral Language.Reminders for ESL Writers.Punctuation.Commas.Semicolons.Colons.Dashes.Apostrophes.Quotation Marks.Ellipses.Parentheses.Brackets.Slashes.End Punctuation Marks.Mechanics.Capitalization.Underlining.Numbers.Abbreviations.Hyphens.Spelling.Author Biographies.Indexes.Rhetorical Index.Thematic Index.General Index.
