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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface PART ONE Principles of Reading and Writing Ch. 1 Reading Critically Why Read? Reading for Best Results Critical Reading in Action Lawrence Downes, “The Shy, Egg-Stealing Neighbor You Didn’t Know You Had” Ch. 2 Reading Visual Images Reading a Photograph, Drawing, or Advertisement Reading Charts, Graphs, Tables, and Cartoons Reading and Evaluating Web Sites Critical Reading on Your Own Christopher Caldwell, “Intimate Shopping: Should Everyone Know What You Bought Today?” Ch. 3 Active Writing Choosing a Topic Determining Your Purpose and Audience Prewriting Writing Drafts One Student Writing: First Draft First Draft: John Fousek, “My Roommate” Ch. 4 Finding and Supporting a Thesis Understanding the Thesis Elements of a Good Thesis Stating Your Thesis Supporting Your Thesis: Details Ch. 5 Planning a Paper: Outlining Making a Formal Outline Preparing Your Formal Outline Ch. 6 Writing Your Paper Writing Your Introduction Writing the Body Paragraphs Writing a Strong Conclusion Ch. 7 Revising for Thought, Content, and Structure Revising to Improve Your Thesis Revising for Appropriate Supporting Details Revising for Better Organization Revising for Purpose and Audience Revising for Suitable Structure: Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion Ch. 8 Revising to Improve Language Revising Your Language Ch. 9 Revising and Editing to Improve Style Wordiness and Economy Passive and Active Verbs Correcting Faulty Parallelism Faulty Subordination Revising for Sentence Variety Ch. 10 Revising and Editing for Additional Style Problems Triteness Euphemisms Repetition, Good and Bad Slang Sexist Language Ch. 11 One Student Writing: Revising and Editing in Action Peer Review: Learning from Other Students Revising and Editing: One Student Writing Proofreading Putting It All Together Final Draft: One Student Writing PART TWO Methods of Development Ch. 12 Description Writing Your Descriptive Paper Writing Topics Ch. 13 Narration Writing Your Narrative Paper Writing Topics Ch. 14 Example Writing Your Example Paper Writing Topics Ch. 15 Process Writing Your Process Paper Writing Topics Ch. 16 Comparison and Contrast Writing Your Comparison—Contrast Paper Comparison—Contrast Patterns Writing Topics Ch. 17 Classification and Division Classification and Division in Action Using Division (or Analysis) Using Classification How Are Classification and Division Different? Reviewing Division Strategies Writing Your Classification Paper Writing Topics Ch. 18 Cause and Effect Writing Your Cause and Effect Paper Writing Topics Ch. 19 Definition Writing Your Definition Paper Writing Topics Ch. 20 Argumentation Using Logic Writing Your Argumentation Paper Writing Topics PART THREE Research and Writing from Sources Ch. 21 Doing Research Choosing Your Subject Developing Your Thesis Doing Preliminary Reading Preparing Your Preliminary Outline Finding Sources and Developing a Working Citations List Ch. 22 Selecting, Organizing, and Integrating Source Material in Your Writing Taking Notes Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources in Your Paper Avoiding Plagiarism Preparing Your Formal Outline Ch. 23 Writing Your Research Paper and Citing and Documenting Sources Writing Your Research Paper: An Overview Documenting Sources in the Humanities: MLA Style Documenting Sources in the Social Sciences: APA Style Preparing Your Manuscript Sample MLA-Style Research Paper Elizabeth Kessler, “The Banning of the Polygraph” A Mini Book of Essential Grammar and Common Errors Credits Index
