Reading and writing in the academic community

Preface, To the Student, To the Instructor Supplementary Material for Instructors and Students Acknowledgments, Introduction: The Academic Community and Its Conventions Learning the Conventions Goals of This Textbook Part I: Reading and Writing Conventions Chapter 1: Reading Academic texts A Comprehensive Strategy for the Reading Process Reading for Content Reading for Genre, Organization, and Stylistic Features Reading for Rhetorical Context Reading and Interpretation Tackling Difficult Course Readings Chapter 2--Learning the Basic Conventions: Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Setting Rhetorical Goals, Considering Your Audience Identifying Your Sources Avoiding Plagiarism The Summarizing Process Creating a Graphic Overview Compressing Information Creating a Sentence Outline Documenting Summaries The Paraphrasing Process Strategies for Paraphrasing Documenting paraphrases Direct Quoting Reasons for Direct Quoting Altering Quotations Documenting Quotations Weaving Quotations into Your Essay Incorporating Quotations, Paraphrases,and Summaries into Essays The Summary Essay Part II: Writing As Process Chapter 3--The Response Essay: An Example of the Composing Process Response Essays: An Introduction Writing Response Essays Prewriting Drafting Revising Expanding Your Rhetorical Goal Chapter 4: Revising Essays for Style What Is Style? Stylistic Choices in Academic Writing Students as Academic Stylists Realizing Your Stylistic Intentions Move from writer-based to reader-based prose Vary the structure and length of your sentences Strengthen your verbs Make your writing concise by cutting ineffective words and expressions and eliminating needless repetition Liven up your writing with detail Avoid sexist language Chapter 5-Editing for Correctness Basic Sentence Structure Sentence Fragments Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices Elliptical Constructions Dangling Constructions Parallel Construction Subject-Verb Agreement Pronouns Clear Antecedents Other Mismatches between Pronouns and Their Antecedents Pronoun Consistency Tense Switching Misused Words Punctuation Commas Apostrophes Semicolons and Colons Part III: Writing for College Courses Chapter 6--Composing Multiple-Source Essays Comparing and Contrasting Sources Uses of Comparison and Contrast Rhetorical Purpose for Comparison-and-Contrast Essays Writing an Essay that Compares and Contrasts Sources Summary of Multiple Sources Objective Synthesis Essay Written in Response to Multiple Sources Writing a Synthesis for a Specific Purpose Chapter 7--Drawing on Sources for an Argument Essay The Argument Essay Finding an Issue and Staking out Your Position Formulating a Thesis Supporting Your Thesis Marshaling Solid Evidence and Making a Strong Case Considering Your Audience and Identifying Your Reader's Needs Organizing and Arranging the Argument Essay Writing an Argument Essay Prewriting Drafting Revising Editing Chapter 8--Analysis and Evaluation Rhetorical Analysis and Evaluation as Opposed to Response Rhetorical Analysis Writing a Rhetorical Analysis Essay Prewriting Drafting Revising Editing Evaluation Writing an Evaluation Essay Prewriting Drafting Revising Editing Exploratory Analysis Writing an Exploratory Analysis Essay Prewriting Drafting Revising Editing Analysis and Evaluation of Images Chapter 9--Writing Research Papers Research as Process Prewriting Setting a Schedule Selecting a Topic Developing a Research Strategy Exploring Virtual Libraries Using Electronic Retrieval Systems Choosing Where to Do Research Finding Information in an Academic Library Finding Information on the World Wide Web Collecting Information through Surveys and Interviews Evaluating Information Sources Excerpting Relevant Information from Sources Drafting Synthesizing Sources Arguing, Analyzing, and Evaluating Drafting a Thesis Deriving a Plan Creating an Outline Writing from Your Outline Revising Using Correct Manuscript Form Revising on the Basis of Reader Comments Editing Chapter 10-Personal Essay: Literacy Narrative Features of the Genre Reflecting on Your Experiences As a Writer Prewriting Drafting Revising Editing Part IV: Reading Selections Chapter 11--Grades and Learning Liz Mandrell "Zen and the Art of Grade Motivation" Jerry Farber "A Young Person's Guide to the Grading System" Steven Vogel "Grades and Money" Stephen Ray Flora and Stacy Suzanne Poponak "Childhood Pay For Grades Is Related to College Grade Point Average" Writing Assignments for Chapter 11 Chapter 12--Technology and Identity Steve Mann "Cyborg Seeks Community" David Brooks "Time to Do Everything But Think" Sherry Turkle " Cyberspace and Identity" Writing Assignments for Chapter 12 Chapter 13-Tastes in Pop Music Dave Barry "Bad Songs" William J. Bennett "What Hath the Beatles Wrought? Rock-&-Roll and the Collapse of Authority: Michael J. Budds "From Fine Romance to Good Rockin'-and Beyond: Look What They've Done to My Song: Writing Assignments for Chapter 13 Chapter 14-Visual Culture: Family Photography Freewriting Generations of an American Family: A Collection of Images Writing Assignments for Chapter 14 Chapter 15--Racial Profiling Paige Byrne Shortal "Profiling the Children of God" John DerbyShire "At First Glance-Racial Profiling, Burning Hotter" Yolanda T. Moses "Race, Higher Education, and American Society" Writing Assignments for Chapter 15 Appendix --Documenting Sources MLA Documentation Style APA Documentation Style Works Cited Photograph Credits Index