The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers Book

Thematic Contents

Preface

Credits

Chapter One: Writing Myths and Rituals

Writing Fitness: Rituals and Practice

Place, Time, and Tools

Energy and Attitude

Keeping a Journal

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

“On Keeping a Journal” by Roy Hoffman

Chapter Two: Situations, Purposes, and Processes for Writing

Rhetorical Situations

Writer, Occasion, Purpose, Audience, Genre, Context

Purposes for Writing

Writer-Based Purposes

Subject- and Audience-Based Purposes

Combinations of Purposes

Subject, Purpose, and Thesis

Purpose and Audience

Audience Analysis

Purpose, Audience, and Genre

The Rhetorical Situation

Purpose, Audience, and Context in Two Essays

“The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” by Elizabeth Wong

“I’m OK, but You’re Not” by Robert Zoellner

Writing Process dimensions

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising

The Whole Process

Writing with a Computer

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

A Writing Process at Work: Collecting and Shaping

“Athletes and Education” by Neil H. Petrie

“On Writing “Athletes and Education” by Neil H. Petrie

A Writing Process at Work: Drafting and Revising

From “The Declaration of Independence”

Chapter Three: Observing

Techniques for Writing About Observations

Observing People

Observing Places

From “Sierra” by John Muir

Observing Objects

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

“Take This Fish and Look at It” by Samuel H. Scudder

“Observing Wolves” by Farley Mowat

Observing: The Writing Process

Choosing a Subject

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising

Peer Response

Postscript on the Writing Process

“Permanent Tracings” by Jennifer Macke

“Empty Windows” by Stephen White

Chapter Four: Remembering

Techniques for Writing About Memories

Remembering People

Remembering Places

Remembering Events

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

“Lives on the Boundary” by Mike Rose

“Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self” by Alice Walker

“César Chávez Saved My Life” by Daniel “Nene” Alejandrez

Remembering: The Writing Process

Choosing a Subject

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising

Peer Response

Postscript on the Writing Process

“The Wind Catcher” by Todd Petry

“The Red Chevy” by Juli Bovard

Chapter Five: Reading

Techniques for Writing about Reading

Critical Reading Strategies

Guidelines for Class Discussion

Summarizing and Responding to an Essay

“Teach Diversity—with a Smile” by Barbara Ehrenreich

Summarizing

Responding

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

“Letter to America” by Margaret Atwood

“Vows” by Christopher Caldwell

“Responses to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change”

Reading and Writing Processes

Choosing a Subject

“Teaching Tolerance in America” by Dudley Erskine Devlin

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising

Avoiding Plagiarism

Peer Response

Writing Process Postscript

“Letter to Margaret Atwood” by Dean C. Swift

“Two Responses to Deborah Tannen”

by Jennifer Koester and Sonja H. Browe

Chapter Six: Analyzing & Designing Visuals

Techniques for Analyzing Visuals

Analyzing Visuals with Text

Analyzing Visuals in Context

“Progress or Not” by Jonathan Alter

“Flag Raising on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945” by Joe Rosenthal

“Who’s a Looter?” by Tania Ralli

Analyzing the Genre of the Visual

Rhetorical Appeals to the Audience

Designing Visuals

Techniques for Designing Visuals

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

“Miss Clairol’s ‘Does She . . . Or Doesn’t She?’:

How to Advertise a Dangerous Product” by James B. Twitchell

“Never Just Pictures,” by Susan Bordo

Processes for Analyzing and Designing Visuals

Choosing a Subject

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising

Analysis Focused on the Visual

“Triple Self-Portrait” by Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner

Analysis Focused on the Social Context

“Out of the Picture on the Abortion Ban” by Ellen Goodman

Analysis Focused on the Story

“Coming Home” by Carolyn Kleiner Butler

Peer Response

Postscript on the Writing Process

“Some Don’t Like Their Blues at All” by Karyn M. Lewis

“Weight Loss 101 for the Adult Fitness Program” by Lawrence Fletcher

Chapter Seven: Investigating

Techniques for Investigative Writing

Summary of a Book or Article

A Brief Report with Graphics

“Gimme An A (I Insist!)” by Abigail Sullivan Moore

Investigation Using Multiple Sources

“That Parent-Child Conversation Is Becoming Instant, and Online"

by John Schwartz

Profile of a Person

“Rick Steves’s Not-So-Lonely Planet” by Sara Corbett

Extended Interview

“Reading Statistical Tea Leaves” by Karen Arenson

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

“Surfin’ the Louvre” by Elizabeth Larsen

“Plotting a Net Gain” by Connie Koenenn

“The End of Cheap Oil” by Tim Appenzeller

“The Homeless and Their Children” by Jonathan Kozol

Investigating: The Writing Process

Choosing a Subject

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising

Community Service Learning

Research Tips

Doing Field Research

Peer Response

Writing Process Postscript

“The Hollywood Indian “ by Lauren Strain

“My Friend, Michelle, An Alcoholic” by Bridgid Stone

Chapter Eight: Explaining

Techniques for Explaining

Explaining What

Explaining How

Explaining Why

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

“Multiracialness” by LaMer Stepptoe

“How to Take Control of Your Credit Cards” by Suze Orman

“How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently”

by Deborah Tannen

Explaining: The Writing Process

Choosing a Subject

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising

Tips for Integrating Images

Peer Response

Writing Process Postscript

“English Only” by Christine Bishop

“Anorexia Nervosa” by Nancie Brosseau

Chapter Nine: Evaluating

Techniques for Writing Evaluations

Evaluating Commercial Products or Services

“The Hybrid Grows Up,” Consumer Reports

Evaluating Works of Art

Evaluating Performances

“Peter Jackson’s Sorcery” by Richard Alleva

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

“Evaluating a Website” by Robin Williams and John Tollett

“All’s Not Well in Land of ‘The Lion King’” by Margaret Lazarus

“Today’s Special” by David Sedaris

“Prime Time Art” by Kathyrn Hughes and Ben Rogers

“Watching the Eyewitless News” by Elayne Rapping

Evaluating: The Writing Process

Choosing a Subject

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising

Peer Response

Writing Process Postscript

“Borrowers Can be Choosy” by Linda Meininger

“The Big Chill” by Kent Y’Blood

Chapter Ten: Problem Solving

Techniques for Problem Solving

Demonstrating That a Problem Exists

Proposing a Solution and Convincing Your Readers

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

“How to End Grade Inflation:

A Modest Proposal” by Michael Bérubé

“Solving for Pattern” by Wendell Berry

“One Thing to Do About Food” by Eric Schlosser, Marion Nestle,

Michael Pollan, Troy Duster and Elizabeth Ransom, Peter Singer,

and Jim Hightower, edited by Alice Waters

“The Argument Culture” by Deborah Tannen

Problem Solving: The Writing Process

Choosing a Subject

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising

Peer Response

Writing Process Postscript

“No Parking” by Kristy Busch, Steve Krause, and Keith Wright

“New Regulations and You” by Jessica Cook

Chapter Eleven: Arguing

Techniques for Writing Argument

Claims for Written Argument

Appeals for Written Argument

Rogerian Argument

The Toulmin Method of Argument

Analyzing Statistics

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

“The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?” by Cathleen A. Cleaver

“The Damnation of a Canyon” by Edward Abbey

“Death and Justice” by Edward I. Koch

Multi-Genre Casebook on Immigration Reform:

“Immigration Reform in America” by Dudley Erskine Devlin

“Employers Have a Lot to Lose” by Barry Newman

“Do Americans Really Want Jobs?” by Ruben Navarrette, Jr.

“Raid Leaves Families Fractured” by Bruce Finley

“Viewpoints: US Illegal Immigration” from BBC News

“Immigration Forum” in SpeakOut.com

Arguing: The Writing Process

Choosing a Subject

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising

Peer Response

Revising Fallacies in Logic

Postscript on the Writing Process

“Welfare is Still Necessary for Women and

Children in the U.S.” by Crystal Sabatke

“Standardized Tests: Shouldn’t We Be

Helping Our Students?” by Eric Boese

Chapter Twelve: Responding to Literature

Responding to a Short Story

“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin

Responding to a Poem

“Musée des Beaux Arts” by W. H. Auden

Techniques for Responding to Literature

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

Purposes for Responding to Literature

Responding to Short Fiction

“A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty

“The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara

Responding to Poetry

Five Contemporary Poems

Responding to Literature: The Writing Process

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising

Writing Process Postscript

“On ‘A Worn Path’” by Julia MacMillan and Brett MacFadden

“Death: The Final Freedom” by Pat Russell

Chapter Thirteen: Writing a Research Paper

Techniques for Writing a Research Paper

Using Purpose, Audience, and Genre as Guides

Finding the Best Sources

Critically Evaluating Your Sources

Using Sources to Make Your Point

Documenting Your Sources

Research Process Preparation

Warming Up: Journal Exercises

Research Notebook

Research Timetable

Documentation Format: MLA and APA Styles

Research Paper: The Writing Process

Choosing a Subject

Collecting

Internet Browsers and Search Engines

Evaluating Internet and Library Sources

Avoiding Plagiarism

Shaping

Drafting

Using Graphics

Revising

Documenting Sources: MLA and APA

Writing Process Postscript

“Foreign Language Study:

An American Necessity” by Kate McNerny

Appendix: Writing Under Pressure

Know Your Audience

Analyze Key Terms

Make a Sketch Outline

Know the Material

Practice Writing

Proofread and Edit

Sample Essay Questions and Responses

Handbook

Section 1—Review of Basic Sentence Elements

Section 2—Sentence Structure and Grammar

Section 3—Diction and Style

Section 4—Punctuation and Mechanics