The Student Writer: Editor and Critic

6. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-07-255940-8
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 624 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 902 g

This modes-based rhetoric/reader/handbook teaches students how to become astute critics and editors of their own writing, offering new material on argumentation, applying the patterns of organization, writing about literature, visual argument, and ethics in writing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clouse, Barbara Fine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

* indicates a new readingPart 1Strategies for Reading and WritingChapter 1The Connection between Reading and WritingReading AnalyticallyStep One: Preview the MaterialStep Two: Read ThoughtfullyDetermine the Author’s ThesisConsider the Intended Audience and PurposeDistinguish between Facts and OpinionsMake InferencesMake ConnectionsAssess the Quality of MaterialDraw ConclusionsMarking the TextStep Three: Review and Write for RetentionA Sample Marked TextJohn Holt “School Is Bad for Children”Writing in Response to ReadingWriting a SummaryEvaluating an Author’s IdeasSharing Personal Reactions and AssociationsEssays for Reading and ResponseAmy Tan“Democracy”Albert Rosenfeld “Animal Rights versus Human HealthAnalyzing Visual ContentDetermine the Image’s TopicIdentify the Audience and PurposeIdentify and Evaluate the Components of the ImageNotice InferenceConsider the Text Accompanies the ImageAssess the Quality of the ImageChapter 2Getting StartedThe Writing ProcessSix Areas of the Writing ProcessChoosing a Writing TopicPay Attention to the World around YouFreewriteFill in the BlanksNarrow a Broad TopicFreewriteWrite a ListConsider the Patterns of DevelopmentMap Your Broad TopicAnthony’s Essay in Progress: Discovering a Writing TopicEstablishing Your PurposeIdentifying and Assessing Your AudienceAnthony’s Essay in Progress: Establishing Purpose and Identifying and Assessing AudienceDiscovering Ideas to Develop Your TopicFreewriteWrite a ListAnswer QuestionsWrite a Letter Investigate SourcesKeep a JournalComputer Tips for PrewritingProcess Guidelines: Breaking Through Writer’s BlockDeveloping a Preliminary ThesisThe Qualities of an Effective ThesisProcess Guidelines: How to Draft a Preliminary ThesisProcess Guidelines: The Sequence of Your Writing ProcessAnthony’s Essay in Progress: Discovering Ideas and Developinga Preliminary ThesisWriting AssignmentChapter 3Organizing and DraftingProcess Guidelines: Evaluating Your IdeasOrdering IdeasChronological OrderSpatial OrderProgressive OrderOutliningThe Formal OutlineOutline CardsThe Outline WorksheetThe Outline TreeThe Scratch OutlineProcess Guidelines: OutliningAnthony’s Essay in Progress: OutliningWriting the First DraftStructuring Your EssayAaron Palumbo“Portrait of an Achiever”The IntroductionProcess Guidelines: Drafting IntroductionsBody ParagraphsPlacement of the Topic SentenceEffective Supporting DetailsWhen to Begin a New ParagraphProcess Guidelines: Drafting Body ParagraphsThe ConclusionDrafting a TitleComputer Tips for DraftingAnthony’s Essay in Progress: The First DraftWriting AssignmentChapter 4Revising for Content and OrganizationProcess Guidelines: Moving from Writer-Based to Reader-Based ActivityThink like a Critic; Work like an Editor: Revising ContentThink like a Critic; Work like an Editor: Revising OrganizationAchieving CoherenceUse Transitions to Achieve CoherenceUse Repetition to Achieve CoherenceUse Transitions and Repetition to Achieve Coherencebetween ParagraphsWorking Collaboratively: Revising with the Help of Reader ResponseProcess Guidelines: Giving and Receiving Reader ResponseProcess Guidelines: Breaking through Writer’s BlockComputer Tips for RevisingAnthony’s Essay in Progress: Revising the First DraftChapter 5Revising for Effective ExpressionThink like a Critic; Work like an Editor: Revising SentencesUse Active VoiceUse Coordination and SubordinationAchieve Sentence VarietyUse Parallel StructureThink like a Critic; Work like an Editor: Revising DictionUse an Appropriate Level of DictionUs

Über Autor(innen)

Clouse, Barbara Fine
Barbara Fine Clouse is a frequent conference presenter and seasoned writing instructor who has taught all levels of college composition, first at Youngstown State University in northeastern Ohio and then at Slippery Rock University in western Pennsylvania. In addition to this new edition of THE STUDENT WRITER: Editor and Critic, Barbara has written a number of composition texts for McGraw-Hill, including WRITING: FROM INNER TO OUTER WORLD, PATTERNS FOR A PURPOSE: A Rhetorical Reader, JUMPSTART! A Workbook for Writers WORKING IT OUT: A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers, a short prose reader for developmental students, which is avialable on Primis, McGraw’s electronic database. Barbara's publications also include the fourth edition of PROGRESSIONS for Allyn & Bacon.