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The Longman Writer: Rhetoric and Reader de Judith Nadell

The Longman Writer: Rhetoric and Reader

Autor Judith Nadell, John Langan, Eliza A. Comodromos
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 2010
Clear, step-by-step writing instruction, ample annotated student essays, and extensive practice opportunities for writing have made "The Longman Writer" one of the most successful methods-of-development guides for college writing.
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ISBN-13: 9780205798377
ISBN-10: 0205798373
Pagini: 500
Dimensiuni: 185 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția:Concise
Editura: Longman Publishing Group
Locul publicării:New York, United States

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Clear, step-by-step writing instruction, ample annotated student essays, and extensive practice opportunities for writing have made The Longman Writer one of the most successful methods-of-development guides for college writing.
 
The Longman Writer draws on decades of teaching experience to integrate the best of the "product" and "process" approaches to writing.  Its particular strengths include an emphasis on the reading-writing connection, a focus on invention and revision, attention to the fact that patterns blend in actual writing, and an abundance of class-tested activities and assignments—more than 350 in all.

Cuprins

I. THE READING PROCESS
 
1. Becoming a Strong Reader
Stage 1: Get an Overview of the Selection
Stage 2: Deepen Your Sense of the Selection
Stage 3: Evaluate the Selection
A Model Annotated Reading
Assessing Visuals in a Reading
            Assessing an Image: An Example
            Assessing a Graph: An Example
        Ellen Goodman, "Family Counterculture"
 
II. THE WRITING PROCESS
 
2. Getting Started Through Prewriting
Use Prewriting to Get Started
            Keep a Journal
            The Pre-Reading Journal Entry
             Understand the Boundaries of the Assignment
             Determine Your Purpose, Audience, Tone, and Point of View
            Discover Your Essay's Limited Subject
             Generate Raw Material About Your Limited Subject
             Organize the Raw Material
Activities: Getting Started Through Prewriting
 
3. Identifying a Thesis
What Is a Thesis?
Finding a Thesis
Writing an Effective Thesis
             Tone and Point of View
             Implied Pattern of Development
              Including a Plan of Development
1.      Don't Write a Highly Opinionated Statement
2.      Don't Make an Announcement
3.      Don't Make a Factual Statement
4.      Don't Make a Broad Statement
Arriving at an Effective Thesis
Placing the Thesis in an Essay
Activities: Identifying a Thesis
 
4. Supporting the Thesis with Evidence
What Is Evidence?
How Do You Find Evidence?
            How the Patterns of Development Help Generate Evidence
Characteristics of Evidence
            The Evidence Is Relevant and Unified
            The Evidence Is Specific
            The Evidence Is Adequate
            The Evidence Is Dramatic
            The Evidence Is Accurate
            The Evidence Is Representative
            Borrowed Evidence Is Documented
Activities: Supporting the Thesis with Evidence
 
5. Organizing the Evidence
Use the Patterns of Development
Select an Organizational Approach
            Chronological Approach
            Spatial Approach
            Emphatic Approach
            Simple-to-Complex Approach
Prepare an Outline
Activities: Organizing the Evidence
 
6. Writing the Paragraphs in the First Draft
How to Move from Outline to First Draft
General Suggestions on How to Proceed
If You Get Bogged Down
A Suggested Sequence for Writing the First Draft
1.      Write the Supporting Paragraphs
2.      Write Other Paragraphs in the Essay's Body
3.      Write the Introduction
4.      Write the Conclusion
            Write the Title
Pulling It All Together
Sample First Draft
        Harriet Davids, "Challenges for Today's Parents"
            Commentary
Activities: Writing the Paragraphs in the First Draft
 
7. Revising Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development
Five Strategies to Make Revision Easier
            Set Your First Draft Aside for a While
            Work from Printed Text
            Read the Draft Aloud
            View Revision as a Series of Steps
            Evaluate and Respond to Instructor Feedback
            Peer Review: An Additional Revision Strategy
            Evaluate and Respond to Peer Review
Revising Overall Meaning and Structure
Revising Paragraph Development
Sample Student Revision of Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development
Activities: Revising Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development
 
8. Revising Sentences and Words
Revising Sentences.
            Make Sentences Consistent with Your Tone
            Make Sentences Economical
            Vary Sentence Type
            Vary Sentence Length
            Make Sentences Emphatic
Revising Words
            Make Words Consistent with Your Tone
            Use an Appropriate Level of Diction
            Avoid Words That Overstate or Understate
            Select Words with Appropriate Connotations
            Use Specific Rather Than General Words
            Use Strong Verbs
            Delete Unnecessary Adverbs
            Use Original Figures of Speech
            Avoid Sexist Language
Sample Student Revision of Sentences and Words
Activities: Revising Sentences and Words
 
9. Editing and Proofreading
Edit Carefully
Use the Appropriate Manuscript Format
Proofread Closely
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Proofreading
        Harriet Davids, "Challenges for Today's Parents"
            Commentary
Activities: Editing and Proofreading
 
III. THE PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT
 
10. Description
What Is Description?
How Description Fits Your Purpose and Audience
Prewriting Strategies
Strategies for Using Description in an Essay
Revision Strategies
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision
        Marie Martinez, "Salt Marsh"
             Commentary
Activities: Description
            Prewriting Activities
            Revising Activities
Professional Selections: Description
        Maya Angelou, "Sister Flowers"
        David Helvarg, "The Storm this Time"
        Gordon Parks, "Flavio's Home"
Additional Writing Topics: Description
 
11. Narration
What Is Narration?
How Narration Fits Your Purpose and Audience
Prewriting Strategies
Strategies for Using Narration in an Essay
Revision Strategies
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision
        Paul Monahan, "If Only"
            Commentary
Activities: Narration
            Prewriting Activities
            Revising Activities
Professional Selections: Narration
        Audre Lorde, "The Fourth of July"
        George Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant"
        *Joan Murray, "Someone’s Mother"
Additional Writing Topics: Narration
 
12. Illustration
What Is Illustration?
How Illustration Fits Your Purpose and Audience
Prewriting Strategies
Strategies for Using Illustration in an Essay
Revision Strategies
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision
        Michael Pagano, "Pursuit of Possessions"
            Commentary
Activities: Illustration
            Prewriting Activities
            Revising Activities
Professional Selections: Illustration 
        Kay S. Hymowitz, "Tweens: Ten Going on Sixteen"
        Beth Johnson, "Bombs Bursting in Air"
        *Eric G. Wilson, “The Miracle of Melancholia”
Additional Writing Topics: Illustration
 
13. Division-Classification
What Is Division-Classification?
How Division-Classification Fits Your Purpose and Audience
Prewriting Strategies
Strategies for Using Division-Classification in an Essay
Revision Strategies
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision
        Gail Oremland, "The Truth about College Teachers"
            Commentary
Activities: Division-Classification
            Prewriting Activities
            Revising Activities
Professional Selections: Division-Classification
        *Ann McClintock, "Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising"
        Scott Russell Sanders, "The Men We Carry in Our Minds"
        *Marion Winik, "What Are Friends For?"
Additional Writing Topics: Division-Classification
 
14. Process Analysis
What Is Process Analysis?
How Process Analysis Fits Your Purpose and Audience
Prewriting Strategies
Strategies for Using Process Analysis in an Essay
Revision Strategies
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision
        Robert Barry, "Becoming a Recordoholic"
            Commentary
Activities: Process Analysis
            Prewriting Activities
            Revising Activities
Professional Selections: Process Analysis
        Clifford Stoll, "Cyberschool"
        *Amy Sutherland, “What Shame Taught Me About a Happy Marriage”
        David Shipley, "Talk About Editing"
Additional Writing Topics: Process Analysis
 
15. Comparison-Contrast
What Is Comparison-Contrast?
How Comparison-Contrast Fits Your Purpose and Audience
Prewriting Strategies
Strategies for Using Comparison-Contrast in an Essay
Revision Strategies
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision
        Carol Siskin, "The Virtues of Growing Older"
            Commentary
Activities: Comparison-Contrast
            Prewriting Activities
            Revising Activities
Professional Selections: Comparison-Contrast
        *Eric Weiner, “Euromail and Amerimail”
        Patricia Cohen, "Reality TV: Surprising Throwback to the Past?"
        *Alex Wright, “Friending, Ancient or Otherwise”
Additional Writing Topics: Comparison-Contrast
 
16. Cause-Effect
What Is Cause-Effect?
How Cause-Effect Fits Your Purpose and Audience
Prewriting Strategies
Strategies for Using Cause-Effect in an Essay
Revision Strategies
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision
        Carl Novack, "Americans and Food"
            Commentary
Activities: Cause-Effect
            Prewriting Activities
             Revising Activities
Professional Selections: Cause-Effect
        Stephen King, "Why We Crave Horror Movies"
        *Kurt Kleiner “When Mañana Is Too Soon”
        Brent Staples, "Black Men and Public Space"
Additional Writing Topics: Cause-Effect
 
17. Definition
What Is Definition?
How Definition Fits Your Purpose and Audience
Prewriting Strategies
Strategies for Using Definition in an Essay
Revision Strategies
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision
        Laura Chen, "Physics in Everyday Life"
            Commentary
Activities: Definition
            Prewriting Activities
            Revising Activities
Professional Selections: Definition
        *Ann Hulbert, “Beyond the Pleasure Principle”
        James Gleick, "Life as Type A"
        *Scott McCloud, “Setting the Record Straight”
Additional Writing Topics: Definition
 
18. Argumentation-Persuasion
What Is Argumentation-Persuasion?
How Argumentation-Persuasion Fits Your Purpose and Audience
Prewriting Strategies
Strategies for Using Argumentation-Persuasion in an Essay
Revision Strategies
Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision
        Mark Simmons, "Compulsory National Service"
            Commentary
Activities: Argumentation-Persuasion
            Prewriting Activities
            Revising Activities
Professional Selections: Argumentation-Persuasion
        *Anna Quindlen, “Driving to the Funeral”
        Mary Sherry, "In Praise of the 'F' Word"
Debating the Issues:
        *Gerry Garibaldi, “How Schools Shortchange Boys”
        *Michael Kimmel, “A War Against Boys?”
Debating the Issues: Immigration
        Roberto Rodriguez, "The Border On Our Backs"
        Star Parker, "Se Habla Entitlement"
Additional Writing Topics: Argumentation-Persuasion
 
 IV. THE LITERARY PAPER AND EXAM ESSAY
 
19. Writing About Literature
Elements of Literary Works
            Literary Terms
How to Read a Literary Work
            Read to Form a General Impression
            Ask Questions About the Work
            Reread and Annotate
            Modify Your Annotations
Write the Literary Analysis
            Prewrite
            Identify Your Thesis
            Support the Thesis with Evidence
             Organize the Evidence
            Write the First Draft
            Revise Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development
            Edit and Proofread
Pulling It All Together
            Read to Form a General Impression
        Langston Hughes, "Early Autumn"
            Ask Questions about the Work
            Reread and Annotate
Student Essay
        Karen Vais, "Stopping to Talk"
            Commentary
Additional Selections and Writing Assignments
        Robert Frost, "Out, Out-"
        Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour"
 
20. Writing Exam Essays
Three Forms of Written Answers
            Short Answers
            Paragraph-Length Answers
            Essay-Length Answers
How to Prepare for Exam Essays
At the Examination
            Survey of the Entire Test
            Understand the Essay Question
Write the Essay
            Prewrite
            Identify Your Thesis
            Support the Thesis with Evidence
             Organize the Evidence
            Write the Draft
            Revise, Edit, and Proofread
Sample Essay Answer
            Commentary
Activity: Writing Exam Essays
 
Acknowledgements
Index
 
 

Caracteristici

  • Step-by-step coverage of the writing process features a separate chapter on every stage from prewriting through drafting, revising, and editing–and offers students opportunities for practice through extensive activities and collaborative exercises.
  • The widely-praised emphasis on purpose, audience, and point of view first appears in the chapter on prewriting and is then reiterated in assignments and commentary throughout the text, helping students to see that writers make decisions based in their writing context.
  • Visual pedagogy designed for how today’s students learn highlights key ideas and processes at-a-glance for easy reference and review:
 
o         Process Diagrams spotlight each step of the writing process, showing students how each stage of composing contributes to an effective piece of writing (Chs 2-9). 
o         Development Diagrams illustrate each pattern of development, culling the distinctive features of each type of writing out of the narrative in a detailed yet clear summary (Chs 10-18).
o         New Essay Structure Diagrams outline one professional reading in each method of development chapter to help students recognize how a reading is organized and supported (Chs 10-18). 
  • One student sample is shown at a different stage of development in every chapter in Part II so that students can see how ideas develop and drafts change shape–and so they can differentiate between revising and editing.
  • One annotated student paper in each method-of-development chapter in Part III illustrates decisions student writers make for each rhetorical pattern.  Subsequent pages of commentary, analysis, and “before and after” versions of student work are widely praised for helping students see how every decision a writer makes contributes to coherent and clear writing.
  • A full suite of apparatus includes comprehensive assignment sets accompanying every reading:
o         A “Pre-Reading Journal Entry” before each reading and a “Writing Assignment Using a Journal Entry as a Starting Point” after illustrate the reading/ writing connection and the process involved in shaping a piece of writing;
o         “Questions for Close Reading” and “Questions About the Writer’s Craft” ensure reading comprehension and rhetorical reading;
o         Writing assignments asking students to write an essay using the same pattern(s) as the selection are followed by writing assignments inviting students to mix the methods of development–ensuring that the “modes” are seen as strategies and not ends in themselves.
  • Writing in three different real-life writing contexts, "On Campus," "At Home or in the Community," and "On the Job,” is emphasized in the "Assignments with a Specific Purpose, Audience, and Point of View" at the end of each pattern chapter to help students recognize real-life applications of the concepts and skills they learn outside of the academic classroom.
  • A wide variety of essays includes classics along with new and previously unanthologized works in order to appeal to varied student interests and stimulate strong writing on range of topics such as gender, education, race, mass culture, family life, mortality, and others.