The Harbrace Guide to Writing Book

PART 1: ENTERING THE CONVERSATION: THE RHETORICAL SITUATION. 1. Understanding the Rhetorical Situation. Rhetoric Surrounds Us. The Purposeful Use of Language and Images. Recognizing and Analyzing the Rhetorical Situation. Selecting a Rhetorical Audience and Purpose. 2. Identifying a Fitting Response. Establishing a Fitting Response. Using the Available Means of Persuasion. Writing a Rhetorical Analysis. 3. Working with Your Available Means. Writing Processes: From Tentative Idea to Finished Product. Finding Pleasure in Writing Recognizing an Exigence. Responding to an Exigence through Planning, Drafting, and Revising. What Happens during Planning? What Happens during Drafting? What Happens during Revision? Editing and Proofreading. A Final Draft: Anastasia Sinkanin, "Technology and the Learning Process: One Students View." PART 2: RHETORICAL SITUATIONS FOR WRITERS. 4. Sharing the Experience of Taste: Responding with Memoirs. Real Situations. Real Responses to Real Situations. Memoirs: A Fitting Response Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation. Understanding the Rhetorical Situation. Identifying a Fitting Response. Writing a Memoir: Working with Your Available Means. Student Paper: Anna Seitz, "Herbs Chicken." 5. Portraying Successful Rhetors: Responding with Profiles. Real Situations. Real Responses to Real Situations. Profiles: A Fitting Response. Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation. Understanding the Rhetorical Situation. Identifying a Fitting Response. Writing a Profile: Working with Your Available Means. Student Paper: Matthew Glasgow, "The Liberating Mind." 6. Investigating Corporations on Campus: Responding with Reports. Real Situations. Real Responses to Real Situations. Investigative Reports: A Fitting Response. Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation. Understanding the Rhetorical Situation. Identifying a Fitting Response. Writing an Investigative Report: Working with Your Available Means. Student Paper: Kelly McNeil, "Red Bull: Out-Marketing the Campus Competition One Energy Drinker at a Time." 7. Persuading in a Multilingual Context: Responding with Position Arguments. Real Situations. Real Responses to Real Situations. Position Arguments: A Fitting Response. Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation. Understanding the Rhetorical Situation. Identifying a Fitting Response. Writing a Position Argument: Working with Your Available Means. Student Paper: Alicia Williams, "The Ethos of American Sign Language." 8. Who Decides? Responding with Proposals. Real Situations. Real Responses to Real Situations. Proposals: A Fitting Response. Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation. Understanding the Rhetorical Situation. Identifying a Fitting Response. Writing a Proposal: Working with Your Available Means. Student Paper: Rupali Kumar, "Baal Leela." 9. Evaluating Visual Culture: Responding with Critical Reviews. Real Situations. Real Responses to Real Situations. Evaluations: A Fitting Response Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation. Understanding the Rhetorical Situation. Identifying a Fitting Response. Writing an Evaluation: Working with Your Available Means. Student Paper: Alexis Walker, "Donuts at Eastons Center Circle: Slam Dunk or Cycle of Deterioration?" 10. Causes and Consequences of the Global Village: Responding with Critical Analyses. Real Situations. Real Responses to Real Situations. Critical Analyses: A Fitting Response. Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation. Understanding the Rhetorical Situation. Identifying a Fitting Response. Writing a Critical Analysis: Working with Your Available Means. Student Paper: Anna Seitz, "The Real-Time Consequences of an Online Degree." 11. Everyday Reading: Responding with Literary Analyses. Real Situations. Real Responses to Real Situations. Literary Analyses: A Fitting Response. Three Literary Works for Analysis. Guide to Responding to the Rhetorical Situation. Understanding the Rhetorical Situation Identifying a Fitting Response. Writing a Literary Analysis: Working with Your Available Means. Student Paper: Matthew Marusak, "Backward Enough: Alice Walkers Unreliable Narrator." PART 3: THE AVAILABLE MEANS: STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING IDEAS. 12. Definition. Definition as an Available Means. What Is Definition? Classification and Division Exemplification. Description. Definition and the Rhetorical Situation. 13. Comparison. Comparison as an Available Means. What Is Comparison and Contrast? The Elements of Comparison and Contrast. Comparison and Contrast and the Rhetorical Situation. 14. Relationship. Relationship as an Available Means. What Is Cause and Effect Analysis? The Elements of Cause and Effect Analysis. Cause-and-Effect Analysis and the Rhetorical Situation. What is Process Analysis? The Elements of Process Analysis. Process Analysis and the Rhetorical Situation. What is Narration? The Elements of Narration. Narration and the Rhetorical Situation. 15. Circumstance. Circumstance as an Available Means. What Is Argument? The Elements of Argument and Rhetorical Fallacies. Argument and the Rhetorical Situation. PART 4: A GUIDE TO RESEARCH. 16. Research and the Rhetorical Situation. An Overview of Research. Exigence and the Research Question. Research and Audience. Research and Purpose. Research and a Fitting Response. Research and Constraints and Resources. 17. Research in the Library and Online. Sources for Research. Finding Sources In Print and Online. 18. Research in the Field. Basic Principles of Naturalistic Study. Methods for a Naturalistic Research Study. Organizing a Naturalistic Research Study. 19. Managing the Research Process. Keeping a Research Log. Preparing Your Working Bibliography. Preparing an Annotated Bibliography. Planning Your Research Paper. 20. Reading, Evaluating, and Responding to Sources. Reading with Your Audience and Purpose in Mind. Summarizing. Paraphrasing. Quoting Sources in Your Paper. Evaluating and Responding to Your Sources. 21. Acknowledging Sources. Why Acknowledge Sources? MLA Guidelines for In-Text Citations. MLA Guidelines for Documenting Works Cited. Sample MLA Research Paper. APA Guidelines for In-Text Citations. APA Guidelines for Documenting References. APA Guidelines for Formatting a Paper. Sample APA Research Paper. PART 5: A RHETORICAL GUIDE TO GRAMMAR AND SENTENCE STYLE. 22. Word Classes and Rhetorical Effects. Nouns. Determiners. Verbs. Phrasal Verbs. Adverbs. Pronouns. Prepositions and Adverbial Particles. Conjunctions. Expletives. Interjections. 23. Sentence Structure and Rhetorical Effects. Phrases. Subjects and Predicates. Sentence Patterns. Passive Voice. Sentence Types Clauses. Sentence Classification. 24. Editing for Clarity and Style. Precision. Conciseness. Conventions. Completeness and Consistency. Coherence. Variety and Emphasis. 25. Punctuation, Mechanics, and Rhetorical Effects. Directory of Punctuation. Punctuation Troublespots. Directory of Mechanics. Glossary of Usage. Appendix of Academic Rhetorical Situations.