The Sundance Writer A Rhetoric, Reader, Handbook
by Connelly, MarkEdition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-12-31
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary
Praised for its practical strategies, real-world emphasis and focus on critical thinking, this successful 4-in-1 text?handbook, reader, rhetoric, and research guide?incorporate electronic writing and visual rhetoric to prepare students for writing in the real world.
Table of Contents
| The Rhetoric | |
| Why Write? Using The Sundance Writer | |
| The Rhetoric | |
| Writing in the Information Age | |
| The Reader | |
| Writing in College | |
| The Research Paper | |
| Grammar and Handbook | |
| Strategies for Succeeding in Composition | |
| The Writing Process: An Overview | |
| What Is Writing? Developing a Composing Style | |
| Creating a Composing Style | |
| Writing on a Computer | |
| Strategies for Writing on a Computer | |
| Writer''s Block | |
| Strategies for Overcoming Writer''s Block | |
| E-Writing: Exploring Writing Resources Online | |
| E-Sources | |
| Companion Website: The Writing Process | |
| The Writing Context | |
| What Is Good Writing? The Writer | |
| The Writer''s Purpose | |
| The Writer''s Role | |
| The Reader | |
| Individual Readers | |
| Extended Audiences | |
| The Perceptual World | |
| Evaluating Readers | |
| The Discourse Community | |
| The Document | |
| Strategies for Writing Specialized Documents | |
| Writings in Context | |
| Lyndon Baines Johnson, Letter to Ho Chi Minh, April-10, | |
| Molly Ivins, A Short Story about the Vietnam War Memorial | |
| Strategies for Establishing Context | |
| E-Writing: Exploring Writing Context Online | |
| E-Sources | |
| Companion Website: The Writing Context | |
| Critical Thinking: Seeing with a Writer''s Eye | |
| What Is Critical Thinking? How to See with a Writer''s Eye | |
| Strategies for Increasing Critical Thinking | |
| Common Errors in Critical Thinking | |
| Ignoring the Role of Coincidence | |
| Hasty Generalizations or Jumping to Conclusions | |
| Relying on Anecdotal Evidence | |
| Mistaking Time Relationships for Cause and Effect (post hoc, ergo propter hoc) | |
| Making Faulty Comparisons (False Analogies) | |
| Assuming Trends Will Continue, Making "Slippery Slope" Judgments | |
| Creating "Either-Or" Dilemmas | |
| Relying on False Authorities, Attacking Personalities, and Guilt by Association | |
| Using Circular Reasoning (Begging the Question) | |
| Making Emotional and Irrelevant Statements (Red Herrings) | |
| Critical Thinking Checklist | |
| E-Writing: Exploring Critical Thinking Online | |
| E-Sources | |
| Companion Website: Critical Thinking | |
| Prewriting Strategies: Getting Started | |
| What Is Prewriting? Prewriting Strategies | |
| Free writing | |
| Brainstorming | |
| Asking Questions | |
| Clustering | |
| Strategies for Prewriting | |
| E-Writing: Exploring Prewriting Strategies Online | |
| E-Sources | |
| Companion Website: Prewriting Strategies | |
| Developing a Thesis | |
| What Is a Thesis? Elements of a Thesis Statement | |
| Locating the Thesis | |
| Explicit, Evolving, and Implied Theses | |
| Explicit Thesis Statements | |
| Evolving Thesis Statements | |
| Implied Thesis Statements | |
| Strategies for Developing Thesis Statements | |
| E-Writing: Exploring Thesis Statements Online | |
| E-Sources | |
| Companion Website: Developing a Thesis | |
| Supporting a Thesis | |
| What Is Support? Personal Observations | |
| Personal Experiences | |
| Examples | |
| Facts | |
| Testimony (Quotations) | |
| Analogies (Comparisons) | |
| Statistics | |
| Strategies for Using Statistics | |
| Documenting Sources | |
| Strategies for Using Evidence | |
| E-Writing: Exploring Thesis Support Online | |
| E-Sources | |
| Companion Website: Supporting a Thesis | |
| Organizing Ideas | |
| What Is Organization? Informal and Formal Outlines | |
| Writing Titles and Introductions | |
| Titles | |
| Introductions | |
| Organizing the Body of an Essay | |
| Chronological: Organizing by Time | |
| Spatial: Organizing by Division | |
| Emphatic: Organizing by Importance | |
| Writing Conclusions | |
| Summarize the Thesis and Main Points | |
| End with a Question | |
| Conclude with a Quotation | |
| End with a Strong Image | |
| Conclude with a Challenging Statement | |
| Moving from Prewriting to Planning | |
| Planning Checklist | |
| Strategies for Overcoming Problems in Organization | |
| E-Writing: Exploring Organization Online | |
| E-Sources | |
| Companion Website: Organizing Ideas | |
| Developing Paragraphs | |
| What Are Paragraphs? Developing Paragraphs | |
| Creating Topic Sentences | |
| Using Modes | |
| Emphasizing Transitions | |
| Organizing Dialogue | |
| Paragraph Style | |
| Strategies for Developing Paragraphs | |
| E-Writing: Exploring Paragraphs Online | |
| E-Sources | |
| Companion Website: Developing Paragraphs | |
| Writing the First Draft | |
| What Is a First Draft? Strategies for Writing the First Draft | |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| Making Writing Decis | |
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