Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing, The, Concise Edition (inbunden)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
400
Utgivningsdatum
2014-01-30
Upplaga
7
Förlag
Pearson
Medarbetare
Bean, John C. / Johnson, June
Dimensioner
234 x 190 x 12 mm
Vikt
562 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780321914309

Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing, The, Concise Edition

av John D Ramage
Häftad,  Engelska, 2014-01-30

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Grounded in current theory and research, yet practical and teachable.



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Part 1 A Rhetoric For Writers

1 Posing Problems: The Demands of College Writing

Why Take a Writing Course?

Concept 1.1 Subject matter problems are the heart of college writing.

  Shared Problems Unite Writers and Readers

  Where Do Problems Come From?

Concept 1.2 Writers decisions are shaped by purpose, audience, and genre.

  What Is Rhetoric?

  How Writers Think about Purpose

  How Writers Think about Audience

  How Writers Think about Genre

Concept 1.3 The rules for good writing vary depending on rhetorical context.

  A Thought Exercise: Two Pieces of Good Writing That Follow Different Rules

  David Rockwood, A Letter to the Editor

  Thomas Merton, A Festival of Rain

Distinctions between Closed and Open Forms of Writing

Flexibility of Rules along the Continuum

Where to Place Your Writing along the Continuum

   Chapter Summary

BRIEF WRITING PROJECT TWO MESSAGES FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES, AUDIENCES, AND GENRES

 

2 Exploring Problems, Making Claims

Concept 2.1 To determine their thesis, writers must often wallow in complexity.

  Learning to Wallow in Complexity

  Seeing Each Academic Discipline as a Field of Inquiry and Argument

  Using Exploratory Writing to Help You Wallow in Complexity

 Believing and Doubting Paul Therouxs Negative View of Sports

Concept 2.2 A strong thesis statement surprises readers with something new or challenging.

  Trying to Change Your Readers View of Your Subject

  Giving Your Thesis Tension through Surprising Reversal

Concept 2.3 In closed-form prose, a typical introduction starts with the problem, not the thesis.

  A Typical Introduction

  Features of an Effective Introduction

  Chapter Summary

BRIEF WRITING PROJECT PLAYING THE BELIEVING AND DOUBTING GAME 

 

3 How Messages Persuade

Concept 3.1 Messages persuade through their angle of vision.

  Recognizing the Angle of Vision in a Text

  Analyzing Angle of Vision

Concept 3.2 Messages persuade through appeals to logos, ethos, and pathos.

Concept 3.3 Messages persuade through writers choices about style and document design.

  Understanding Factors that Affect Style

  Making Purposeful Choices about Document Design

Concept 3.4 Nonverbal messages persuade through visual strategies that can be analyzed rhetorically.

  Visual Rhetoric

  The Rhetoric of ...

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