1 Introduction
Why Writing Is Important
How Writing Is Learned
2 Remembering an Event
Remembering an Event
Reading and Writing about a Remembered Event
Reading Remembered Event Essays
Basic Features
Purpose and Audience
Readings
Jean Brandt, "Calling Home" (annotated student essay)
Annie Dillard, "An American Childhood"
*Trey Ellis, "When The Walls Came Tumbling Down"
Guide to Writing
The Writing Assignment
Invention and Research
Planning And Drafting
Revising
Editing and Proofreading
Thinking Critically about What You Have Learned
Reflecting on Your Writing
Considering the Social Dimensions: Autobiography and Self- Discovery
3 Writing Profiles
Profiles
Reading and Writing Profiles
Reading Profiles
Basic Features
Purpose and Audience
Readings
Brian Cable, “The Last Stop”
John T. Edge, “I’m Not Leaving Until I Eat This Thing”
*Amanda Coyne, “The Long Good-Bye: Mother’s Day in
Federal Prison”
Guide to Writing
The Writing Assignment
Invention and Research
Planning and Drafting
Revising
Editing and Proofreading
Thinking Critically about What You Have Learned
Reflecting on Your Writing
Considering the Social Dimensions: Entertaining Readers, or Showing the Whole Picture?
4 Explaining a Concept
Explaining Concepts
Reading and Writing Concept Explanations
Reading Concept Explanations
Basic Features
Purpose and Audience
Readings
Linh Kieu Ngo, “Cannibalism: It Still Exists”
(annotated student essay)
Anastasia Toufexis, “Love: The Right Chemistry”
*Jeffrey Kluger, “What Makes Us Moral”
Guide to Writing
The Writing Assignment
Invention and Research
Planning and Drafting
Revising
Editing and Proofreading
Thinking Critically about What You Have Learned
Reflecting on Your Writing
Considering the Social Dimensions: Concept
Explanations and the Nature of Knowledge
5 Arguing a Position
Arguing a Position
Reading and Writing Arguments
Reading Essays Arguing a Position
Basic Features
Purpose and Audience
Readings
Jessica Statsky, “Children Need to Play, Not Compete”
(annotated student essay)
Amitai Etzioni, “Working at McDonald’s”
*Amy Goldwasser, “What’s the Matter with Kids Today?”
Guide to Writing
The Writing Assignment
Invention and Research
Planning and Drafting
Revising
Editing and Proofreading
Thinking Critically about What You Have Learned
Reflecting on Your Writing
Considering the Social Dimensions:
Suppressing Dissent
6 Proposing a Solution
Proposing a Solution
Reading and Writing Essays Proposing a Solution
Reading Essays Proposing a Solution
Basic Features
Purpose and Audience
Readings
Patrick O’Malley, “More Testing, More Learning” (annotated student essay)
Karen Kornbluh, “Win-Win Flexibility”
*Robert Kuttner, “Good Jobs for Americans Who Help Americans”
Guide to Writing
The Writing Assignment
Invention and Research
Planning and Drafting
Critical Reading Guide
Revising
Editing and Proofreading
Thinking Critically about What You Have Learned
Reflecting on Your Writing
Considering the Social Dimensions: The Frustrations of Effecting Real Change
7 Justifying an Evaluation
Justifying an Evaluation
Reading and Writing Evaluations
Reading Essays Justifying Evaluations
Basic Features
Purpose and Audience
Readings
Wendy Kim, “Grading Professors” (annotated student essay)
*Ann Hulbert, “Juno and the Culture Wars”
Christine Romano, “‘Children Need to Play, Not Compete,’ by Jessica Statsky: An Evaluation” (student essay)
Guide to Writing
The Writing Assignment
Planning and Drafting
Critical Reading Guide
Revising
Editing and Proofreading
Thinking Critically about What You Have Learned
Reflecting on Your Writing
Considering the Social Dimensions: Evaluators’ Hidden Assumptions
8 Strategies for Invention and Inquiry
Mapping
Writing
9 Strategies for Reading Critically
Annotating
Martin Luther King Jr., An Annotated Sample from “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Taking Inventory
Outlining
Paraphrasing
Summarizing
Synthesizing
Contextualizing
Exploring the Significance of Figurative Language
Looking for Patterns of Opposition
Reflecting on Challenges to Your Beliefs and Values
Evaluating the Logic of an Argument
Recognizing Emotional Manipulation
Judging the Writer’s Credibility
10 Cueing the Reader
Orienting Statements
Paragraphing
Cohesive Devices
Transitions
Headings and Subheadings
*11 Analyzing and Synthesizing
Analyzing Arguments
A Sample Analysis
Mirko Bagaric and Julie Clarke, “A Case for Torture”
From Analysis to Synthesis
A Sample Synthesis
*12 Analyzing Visuals
Criteria for Analyzing Visuals
A Sample Analysis
13 Arguing
Asserting a Thesis
Giving Reasons and Support
Counterarguing
Logical Fallacies
14 Designing Documents
The Impact of Document Design
Considering Context, Audience, and Purpose
Elements of Document Design
Visuals
Sample Documents
15 Field Research
Observations
Interviews
Questionnaires
16 Library and Internet Research
Orienting Yourself to the Library
Getting Started
Keeping Track of Your Research
Finding Library Sources
Determining the Most Promising Sources
Using the Web for Research
Evaluating Sources
17 Using Sources
Acknowledging Sources
Avoiding Plagiarism
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
Documenting Sources
Some Sample Research Papers
An Annotated Research Paper
*18 Annotated Bibliographies
Annotated Bibliographies: An Overview
Purpose and Audience
Examples of Annotated Bibliographies