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Lester Faigley holds the Robert Adger Law and Thos. H. Law Professorship in Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. He was the founding director of the Division (now Department) of Rhetoric and Writing at Texas in 1993, and he later served as Director of the University Writing Center. He was the 1996 Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Faigley has published over thirty books and editions, including Fragments of Rationality (Pittsburgh, 1992), which received the MLA Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize.



Table of Contents

Part 1: Planning, Drafting, and Revising
1. Think as a Writer
2. Plan and Draft
3. Compose Paragraphs
4. Rewrite, Edit, and Proofread

Part 2: Analyzing, Informing, Arguing
5. Read with a Critical Eye
6. View with a Critical Eye
7. Write an Analysis
8. Write an Informative Essay
9. Write a Position Argument
10. Write a Proposal Argument

Part 3: Writing in the Disciplines
11. Write About Literature and the Humanities
12. Write in the Sciences and Social Sciences
13. Compose for the Workplace

Part 4: Multimedia And Online Composing
14. Communicate in Multimedia
15. Design Presentations
16. Compose in Online Genres

Part 5: Planning Research and Finding Sources
17. Plan Your Research
18. Find Sources
19. Evaluate Sources
20. Plan Field Research

Part 6: Incorporating and Documenting Sources
21. Use Sources Effectively and Avoid Plagiarism
22. Write and Revise the Research Project

Part 7: Effective Style and Language
27. Write with Power
28. Write Concisely
29. Write with Emphasis
30. Find the Right Words
31. Write to Be Inclusive

Part 8: Understanding Grammar
32. Grammar Basics
33. Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices
34. Subject-Verb Agreement
35. Verbs
36. Pronouns
37. Modifiers

Part 9: Understanding Punctuation And Mechanics
38. Commas
39. Semicolons and Colons
40. Hyphens
41. Dashes and Parentheses
42. Apostrophes
43. Quotation Marks
44. Other Punctuation Marks
45. Write with Accurate Spelling
46. Capitalization and Italics
47. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbers

Part 10: If English Is Not Your First Language
48. Writing in a Second Language
49. Nouns, Articles, and Prepositions
50. Verbs
51. English Sentence Structure

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      Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
      Publication Date: 28/07/2019
      ISBN13: 9780134571331, 978-0134571331
      ISBN10: 0134571339

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Lester Faigley holds the Robert Adger Law and Thos. H. Law Professorship in Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. He was the founding director of the Division (now Department) of Rhetoric and Writing at Texas in 1993, and he later served as Director of the University Writing Center. He was the 1996 Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Faigley has published over thirty books and editions, including Fragments of Rationality (Pittsburgh, 1992), which received the MLA Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize.



      Table of Contents

      Part 1: Planning, Drafting, and Revising
      1. Think as a Writer
      2. Plan and Draft
      3. Compose Paragraphs
      4. Rewrite, Edit, and Proofread

      Part 2: Analyzing, Informing, Arguing
      5. Read with a Critical Eye
      6. View with a Critical Eye
      7. Write an Analysis
      8. Write an Informative Essay
      9. Write a Position Argument
      10. Write a Proposal Argument

      Part 3: Writing in the Disciplines
      11. Write About Literature and the Humanities
      12. Write in the Sciences and Social Sciences
      13. Compose for the Workplace

      Part 4: Multimedia And Online Composing
      14. Communicate in Multimedia
      15. Design Presentations
      16. Compose in Online Genres

      Part 5: Planning Research and Finding Sources
      17. Plan Your Research
      18. Find Sources
      19. Evaluate Sources
      20. Plan Field Research

      Part 6: Incorporating and Documenting Sources
      21. Use Sources Effectively and Avoid Plagiarism
      22. Write and Revise the Research Project

      Part 7: Effective Style and Language
      27. Write with Power
      28. Write Concisely
      29. Write with Emphasis
      30. Find the Right Words
      31. Write to Be Inclusive

      Part 8: Understanding Grammar
      32. Grammar Basics
      33. Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices
      34. Subject-Verb Agreement
      35. Verbs
      36. Pronouns
      37. Modifiers

      Part 9: Understanding Punctuation And Mechanics
      38. Commas
      39. Semicolons and Colons
      40. Hyphens
      41. Dashes and Parentheses
      42. Apostrophes
      43. Quotation Marks
      44. Other Punctuation Marks
      45. Write with Accurate Spelling
      46. Capitalization and Italics
      47. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbers

      Part 10: If English Is Not Your First Language
      48. Writing in a Second Language
      49. Nouns, Articles, and Prepositions
      50. Verbs
      51. English Sentence Structure

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