John Mauk, Ph.D., has a doctorate in rhetoric and writing from Bowling Green State University and a master's degree in language and literature from the University of Toledo. Over a 24-year career, he taught composition at Owens Community College, Northwestern Michigan College and Miami University. He was twice named professor of the year. He now writes in various genres, edits manuscripts for professional writers and teaches in continuing education programs. He also hosts Prose from the Underground, a video series featuring interviews and practical advice for working writers. John Metz began teaching college writing as a graduate student at the University of Toledo in 1983. He then taught at University of Toledo, Umpqua Community College and Kent State University over the next forty years. He focused on helping students learn to invent ideas, make appropriate rhetorical decisions and redefine what writing is or can be. His students sometimes said, “I thought this was supposed to be a writing course.”

• ContentsUsing CEL as a Thematic Reader Note to Instructors Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Inventing Ideas Introduction Asking Questions Re-Inventing Education Reading for Rhetoric Part I: Invention Sample Essays Writing Topics Invention Point of Contact Analysis 1Public Resonance Thesis Rhetorical Tools Revision and Peer Review Reflection Part II: Research Part III: Organization and Delivery A Final Note on Artificial Intelligence and Practicing Writing Inventing Ideas Assignment Chapter 2 Remembering Who You Were Introduction Readings “Selling Manure“ Bonnie Jo Campbell “How I Lost the Junior Miss Pageant“ Cindy Bosley “The Thrill of Victory . . . The Agony of Parents“ Jennifer Schwind-Pawlak(Student Essay) Invention Point of Contact Analysis ? Thinking FurtherPublic Resonance Thesis ? Evolution of a Thesis ? Common Thesis Problem: Avoiding Clichés? Revising Your ThesisRhetorical Tools ? Narration ? Allusions ? DialogueRevision ? Peer Review ? Peer Review TruismsReflection Beyond the Essay: Invention Video Chapter 3 Explaining Relationships Introduction Readings “What the Honey Meant“ Cindy Bosley “Dog-Tied“ David Hawes “Mugged“ Jim Crockett “To Fish and Be Fished: A Tinder-fied Game of Love“ Kellie Coppola(Student Essay) Invention Point of Contact Analysis ? Thinking FurtherPublic Resonance Thesis ? Evolution of a ThesisRhetorical Tools ? Using Narration ? Using Description ? Using FigurativeLanguage Revision ? Peer ReviewReflection Beyond the Essay: Images as Support Chapter 4 Observing Introduction Readings “Onward, Gamers, Onward” Royce Flores “The Front Porch“ Chester McCovey “Red Raiders Fans“ Taylor Perry Invention Point of Contact ? Observing People ? Observing a Place ? Observingan Animal ? Observing a Person or Event Involved in Your MajorAnalysis ? Thinking FurtherPublic Resonance ? Invention WorkshopThesis ? Evolution of a ThesisRhetorical Tools ? Using Details ? Using Narrative ? Using Allusions ? UsingSimile and MetaphorRevision ? Peer ReviewReflection Beyond the Essay: Cover Image Chapter 5 Analyzing Concepts Introduction Readings “Why ‘Natural’ Doesn’t Mean Anything Anymore” Michael Pollan “Black Like I Thought I Was“ Erin Aubry Kaplan “What Does It Mean to Live the Good Life?“ Emerys Westacott “The Real, the Bad, and the Ugly“ Cassie Heidecker (Student Essay) Outside Reading Invention Point of Contact Analysis ? Thinking FurtherPublic Resonance Thesis ? Evolution of a ThesisRhetorical Tools ? Examples ? Definitions and References ? InventionWorkshop ? Outside SourcesRevision ? Peer ReviewReflection Beyond the Essay: Conceptual Map Chapter 6 Analyzing Written Texts Introduction Readings “The Default Setting: An Analysis of David Foster Wallace” Adrienne Carr “Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘The Noodle Factory’” Clayton Tarantino (Student Essay) “Seattle’s Rhetoric” Andrew Buchner (Student Essay) Invention Point of Contact Analysis ? Thinking FurtherThesis ? Evolution of a ThesisRhetorical Tools ? Caution: Four Common PitfallsReflection Revision ? Peer ReviewBeyond the Essay Chapter 7 Analyzing Images and Videos Introduction Readings “Rise of the Image Culture: Re-Imagining the American Dream”Elizabeth Thoman “An Imperfect Reality“ Rebecca Hollingsworth “Look on My Works: Breaking Bad’s Final Season Trailer“ Nick Fendinger(Student Essay) Invention Point of Contact ? Print Advertisements ? Posters ? Internet Images? BillboardsAnalysis ? Image ? Video ? Text ? ContextThesis ? Common Thesis Problems ? Evolution of a Thesis ? Revising YourThesisRhetorical Tools ? ResearchRevision ? Peer ReviewReflection Beyond the Essay: Video Briefing Chapter 8 Making Arguments Introduction Readings “How ChatGPT Robs Students of Motivation to Write and Think for Themselves”Naomi S. Baron ???The Dog Delusion“ April Pedersen “In Defense of Darkness“ Holly Wren Spaulding “Hive Talkin’: The Buzz a