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Author Behrens, Laurence.

Title A sequence for academic writing / Laurence Behrens, Leonard J. Rosen, Bonnie Beedles
Edition Second edition
Published New York : Pearson/Longman, [2005]
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Description xix, 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Detailed Contents -- Preface for Instructors xvii -- Introduction xix -- Chapter 1 -- Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation 1 -- What Is a Summary? 1 -- Can a Summary Be Objective? 1 -- Using the Summary 2 -- BOX: Where Do We Find Written Summaries? 3 -- The Reading Process 3 -- How to Write Summaries 5 -- BOX: Critical Reading for Summary 6 -- BOX: Guidelines for Writing Summaries 7 -- Demonstration: Summary 7 -- The Future of Love: Kiss Romance Goodbye, Its Time for the Real Thing -- Barbara Graham 8 -- Read, Reread, Underline 11 -- Divide into Stages of Thought 12 -- Write a One- or Two-Sentence Summary of Each Stage of Thought 13 -- Write a Thesis: A One- or Two-Sentence Summary of the Entire Passage -- 15 -- Write the First Draft of the Summary 17 -- Summary 1: Combine Thesis Sentence with One-Sentence Section -- Summaries 17 -- Discussion 18 -- Summary 2: Combine Thesis Sentence, Section Summaries, and Carefully -- Chosen Details 18 -- Discussion 20 -- EXERCISE 1.1: Individual and Collaborative Summary Practice 21 -- Summarizing a Narrative or Personal Essay 22 -- Arrival at Manzanar Jeanne Wakatsuki and James D. Houston 23 -- BOX: How to Summarize Personal Essays and Narratives 27 -- Summarizing Figures and Tables 28 -- EXERCISE 1.2: Summarizing Charts 30 -- Paraphrase 33 -- BOX: How to Write Paraphrases 34 -- EXERCISE 1.3: Summarizing and Paraphrasing 38 -- EXERCISE 1.4: More Paraphrasing -- Quotations 38 -- Choosing Quotations 39 -- BOX: When to Quote 39 -- Quoting Memorable Language 39 -- Quoting Clear and Concise Language 40 -- Quoting Authoritative Language 41 -- Incorporating Quotations Into Your Sentences 43 -- Quoting Only the Part of a Sentence or Paragraph that You Need 43 -- Incorporating the Quotation into the Flow of Your Own Sentence 43 -- Avoiding Freestanding Quotations 44 -- EXERCISE 1.5: Incorporating Quotations 45 -- Using Ellipsis Marks 45 -- Using Brackets to Add or Substitute Words 46 -- EXERCISE 1.6: Using Brackets 48 -- BOX: When to Summarize, Paraphrase, and Quote 49 -- Avoiding Plagiarism -- BOX: Rules for Avoiding Plagiarism -- Writing Assignment: Summary 48 -- Landscape in the Classic Hollywood Western Stanley Solomon 49 -- Chapter 2 -- Critical Reading and Critique 00 -- Critical Reading 00 -- Question Category 1: What Is the Authors Purpose? Does He or She -- Succeed in This Purpose? 00 -- BOX: Where Do We Find Written Critiques? 00 -- Writing to Inform 00 -- Evaluating Informative Writing 00 -- Writing to Persuade 00 -- EXERCISE 2.1: Informative and Persuasive Thesis Statements 00 -- Evaluating Persuasive Writing 00 -- Too Much of a Good Thing Greg Critser 00 -- EXERCISE 2.2: Critical Reading Practice 00 -- Persuasive Strategies 00 -- Logical Argumentation: Avoiding Logical Fallacies 00 -- BOX: Tone 00 -- EXERCISE 2.3: Understanding Logical Fallacies 00 -- Writing To Entertain 00 -- Question Category 2: To What Extent Do You Agree or Disagree With the -- Author? 00 -- Identify Points of Agreement and Disagreement 00 -- EXERCISE 2.4: Exploring Your Viewpoints 00 -- Explore the Reasons for Agreement and Disagreement: Evaluate -- Assumptions 00 -- Critique 00 -- How to Write Critiques 00 -- BOX: Guidelines for Writing Critiques 00 -- Demonstration: Critique 00 -- Model Paper: A Critique of Greg Critser's "Too Much of a Good Thing" -- EXERCISE 2.5: Informal Critique of Sample Paper 00 -- Discussion 00 -- Writing Assignment: Critique 00 -- BOX: Critical Reading for Critique 00 -- Driving Down the Highway, Mourning the Death of American Radio -- Brent Staples -- Chapter 3 -- Writing as a Process 00 -- Writing as Thinking [AA Head] 000 -- Stages of the Writing Process [AA Head] 000 -- Box: The Writing Process 000 -- Stage 1: Gathering Data [A Head] 000 -- Papers in the Academic Disciplines [B Head] 000 -- Box: Important Word Meanings In Essay Assignments -- 000 -- Types of Data 000 -- Primary and Secondary Sources 000 -- Exercise 3.1: Analyze An Example Assignment 000 -- Exercise 3.2: Analyze Your Own Assignment 000 -- Stage 2: Invention [A Head] 000 -- Box: The Myth Of Inspiration 000 -- Box: The Myth Of Talent 000 -- Choosing and Narrowing Your Subject 000 -- Exercise 3.3 Practice Narrowing Subjects 000 -- Invention Strategies 000 -- Directed freewriting [C Head] 000 -- Listing 000 -- Outlining 000 -- Clustering and branching 000 -- Drafting 000 -- Exercise 3.4: Practice Invention Strategies 000 -- Stage 3: Drafting [A Head] 000 -- Strategies for Writing the Paper 000 -- Writing a Thesis 000 -- The components of a thesis 000 -- Making an assertion 000 -- Starting with a working thesis 000 -- Using the thesis to plan a structure 000 -- Box: How Ambitious Should Your Thesis Be? 000 -- Exercise 3.5: Drafting Thesis Statements 000 -- Writing Introductions and Conclusions 000 -- Introductions 000 -- Exercise 5.6: Drafting Introductions 000 -- Conclusions 000 -- Exercise 5.7: Drafting Conclusions 000 -- Stage 4: Revision [A Head] 000 -- Characteristics of Good Papers 000 -- Unity 000 -- Coherence 000 -- Development 000 -- The Reverse Outline 000 -- Stage 5: Editing [A Head] 000 -- Editing for Style 000 -- Editing for Correctness 000 -- Box: Common Sentence-Level Errors 000 -- Writing Assignment: Process 000 -- Chapter 4 Explanatory Synthesis 000 -- What is a Synthesis? 000 -- BOX: Where Do We Find Written Syntheses? 000 -- Purpose 000 -- Using Your Sources 000 -- Types of Syntheses: Explanatory and Argument 000 -- How to Write Syntheses 000 -- The Explanatory Synthesis 000 -- Demonstration: Explanatory SynthesisComputers, Communication, and -- Relationships 000 -- EXERCISE 4.1: Exploring the Topic 000 -- BOX: Guidelines for Writing Syntheses? 000 -- Cyberspace: A New Frontier for Fighting Words Sanjiv N. Singh 000 -- Social Relationships in Electronic Forums: Hangouts, Salons, Workplaces and -- Communities Rob Kling 000 -- from Signs of Life in the USA Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon 000 -- Life At High-Tech U Deborah Branscum 000 -- Instant Messaging is In, Phones Out Ellen Edwards 000 -- Teens Bare Their Hearts with Instant Messages Stanley A Miller II 000 -- Teens Instant-Messaging Lingo is Evolving into a Hybrid Language -- Stephanie -- Dunnewind 000 -- Minding Your E-Manners: Over-use of Instant Messaging Can be a Major -- Breach of Netiquette Michelle Slatalla 000 -- Developing Personal and Emotional Relationships Via Computer-Mediated -- Communication Brittney G. Chenault 000 -- Cyberspace Romances: Interview with Jean-Francois Perreault of -- Branchez-vous John Suler 000 -- Click Here for Romance Jennifer Wolcott 000 -- Youve Got Romance! Seeking Love Online: Net-Based Services Change the -- Landscape, If Not the Odds, of Finding the Perfect Mate Bonnie Rothman -- Morris 000 -- Online Dating Sheds its Stigma as Losers.com Amy Harmon 000 -- Consider Your Purpose 000 -- EXERCISE 4.2: Critical Reading for Synthesis 000 -- Formulate a Thesis 000 -- Decide How You Will Use Your Source Material 000 -- Develop an Organizational Plan 000 -- Write the Topic Sentences 000 -- Write Your Synthesis 000 -- Model Paper: Advantages and Disadvantages of Computer Mediated -- Communication Alyssa Mellott 000 -- Discussion and Suggestions for Revision 000 -- EXERCISE 4.3: Revising the Synthesis 000 -- Revised Model Paper: Computer Mediated Communication: New and -- Improved Human Relations or the End of Real Interaction? Alyssa Mellott -- 000 -- Writing Assignment: Synthesis -- The Music Downloading Controversy 000 -- EXERCISE 4.4: Exploring Internet Sources 000 -- BOX: Critical Reading for Synthesis 000 -- The Napster Challenge Catherine Edwards 000 -- MP3 and Me: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Online Music -- File- -- Sharing (sort of) Lee Bockhorn 000 -- Im Just a Fan of Music [interview] Terry McBride 000 -- Digital Media: Dont Clamp Down too Hard Heather Green 000 -- Paying to Play Sarah Jones and Sarah Benzuly 000 -- The Media Likes What it has Heard so Far from Apples iTunes Hugh Clifton -- 000 -- U.S. Labels to Sue Individuals for Net Music Piracy David Teather 000 -- Tone Deaf to a Moral Dilemma? John Healey and Jeff Leeds 000 -- AOL Poll Results on File Sharing 000 -- EXERCISE 4.5: Summary Statements 000 -- Chapter 5 -- Argument Synthesis 000 -- What is an Argument Synthesis? 000 -- The Elements of Argument: Claim, Support, and Assumption 000 -- EXERCISE 5.1: Practicing Claim, Support, and Assumption 000 -- The Three Appeals of Argument: Logos, Ethos, Pathos 000 -- Logos 000 -- EXERCISE 5.2: Using Deductive and Inductive Logic 000 -- Ethos 000 -- EXERCISE 5.3: Using Ethos 000 -- Pathos 000 -- EXERCISE 5.4: Using Pathos 000 -- Demonstration: Developing an Argument SynthesisVolunteering in -- America -- A New Start forNational Service John McCain and Evan Bayh -- A Time to Heed the Call David Gergen -- Volunteering in the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics -- Table 1: Volunteers by Selected Characteristics, September 2002 Bureau of -- Labor Statistics -- AmeriCorp Mission Statement -- National Service, Political Socialization, and Citizenship Eric B. Gorham -- Calls for National Service Roger Landrum, Donald J. Eberly, and Michael -- W. -- Sherraden -- The Moral Equivalent of War William James -- Crito Plato -- Keeping Alive the Spirit of National Service Richard North Patterson -- Rumsfeld: No Need for Draft Kathleen T. Rehm -- Politics and National Service: A Virus Attacks the Volunteer Sector Bruce -- Chapman -- EXERCISE 5.5: Critical Reading for Syn
Notes Rev. ed. of: A sequence for academic writing / Bonnie Beedles, Laurence Behrens, Leonard J. Rosen
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject English language -- Rhetoric.
Academic writing.
Author Rosen, Leonard J.
Beedles, Bonnie.
Beedles, Bonnie. Sequence for academic writing
LC no. 2004002552
ISBN 0321207807