Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 202 mm x 255 mm, Gewicht: 867 g
Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 202 mm x 255 mm, Gewicht: 867 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-900861-2
Verlag: OUP Canada
Writing by Choice is a comprehensive, widely applicable approach to developing writing skills for the academic, business, and personal realms. This "4-in-1" text focuses on helping student writers make informed choices among the many variables involved in different types of writing. Students learn about the three common types of student essays (argumentative, research, literary) and topics relevant to today's classroom, such as electronic research, source reliability, diction and vocabulary, and writing across the disciplines.
The third edition is divided into three parts (a rhetoric with integrated reader, a research guide, and a handbook) and features learning objectives, current examples, new academic and professional readings, annotated student essays, definitions and cross-references in the margins, individual and collaborative exercises, chapter summaries, and a glossary.
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Weitere Infos & Material
- Readings
- From the Publisher
- Preface
- Part I Rhetoric with Integrated Reader
- 1: Foundations: Reading and Thinking
- A Proactive Approach
- Three-Way Reading
- - Three-Way Reading and Academic Writing
- Types of Selective Reading
- - Matching Reading Type and Purpose
- Responding Critically and Analytically through Questions
- - Before Reading
- - First Reading
- - Second Reading
- Focused Reading and Comprehension
- - Word Meanings
- Critical Thinking
- - What Is Critical Thinking?
- - Applying Critical Thinking
- - Breaking Down Critical Thinking
- Sample Professional Essay
- Chapter Summary
- 2: The Writing Situation
- Writing Purpose
- Writing to an Audience
- - Audience Factors
- Writing: The Composing Process
- - The Traditional Linear Model
- Stages in Essay Writing
- - Pre-writing
- - Research
- - Organization
- - Composing: First Draft
- - Revising: Final Draft
- Rhetorical Modes of Discourse
- Expository versus Argumentative Essays
- Narration and Description
- Chapter Summary
- 3: Essay and Paragraph Essentials
- The Essay: An Analytical Model
- - Kinds of Claims
- - Support: Evidence and Credibility
- Essay and Paragraph Structure
- - Topic Sentence
- - Paragraph Wrap as Conclusion
- - Connecting Paragraphs by Using a Transition
- Paragraph Fundamentals
- - Unity
- - Coherence
- Specialized Paragraphs: Introduction and Conclusion
- - The Introduction
- - The Conclusion
- Developing Your Essay through Substantial Paragraphs
- - Rhetorical Patters
- Essays Using a Primary Pattern
- - Primary versus Secondary Patterns
- Chapter Summary
- 4: Responding to Texts: Summaries and Analyses
- Summaries, Analysis, and Research Papers
- Summary: The Précis
- - The Value of a Summary
- - Pointers for Précis Writing
- - Précis Planning
- The Critical Analysis
- - Reading and Other Planning Strategies
- - Writing Strategies
- - Sample Essay for Critical Analysis
- Chapter Summary
- 5: The Argumentative Essay
- Everyday Arguments
- - Rhetoric and Argument
- - Aristotle and Argument
- Argumentative Purpose
- 1. Defending Your Point of View
- 2. Seeking a Change
- 3. Promoting a Consensus
- 4. Drawing Attention to a Problem/Raising Awareness
- 5. Reaching a Common Understanding
- 6. Interpreting a Text
- - Combining Argumentative Purposes
- Arguable Claims
- - Opinion, Facts, and Argument
- - Specific, Interesting, and Manageable Claims
- - Specific Claim
- - Interesting Claim
- - Manageable Claim
- - Kinds of Evidence
- - Working Your Claim: The Rational Basis of Argument
- - Inductive Reasoning
- - Deductive Reasoning
- - Solidifying the Claim through the Warrant
- Strategies for Argument and Rebuttal
- - Strategies for Arguments
- - Strategies for Rebuttal
- Categories of Faulty Reasoning
- - Logical, Emotional, and Ethical Fallacies
- - Slanted Language
- Organizing an Outline for Argument
- - Rhetorical Function of Parts
- Sample Argumentative Essays
- 1. Sample Student Argumentative Essay-MLA Style
- 2. Sample Student Argumentative Essay-APA Style
- 3. Sample Professional Essay
- Chapter Summary
- 6: The Literary Essay
- General Features of Literary Essays
- - Kinds of Literary Essays
- - Text-Centred and Context-Centred Approaches
- On the Road to the Rough Draft
- - Method for Developing an Outline or Draft
- - Two Tips for Analyzing Literature
- - Theory into Practice: A Sample Poetry Analysis
- The Literary Genres: Poetry, the Short Story, the Novel, and Drama
- - How to Approach a Poem
- - Fictional Forms
- - How to Approach Drama
- The Literary Research Essay
- - Primary and Secondary Sources
- - Drafting and Revising the Literary Essay
- - Sample Student Literary Research Essay-MLA Style
- Chapter Summary
- Part II Research Guide
- 7: Writing a Research Essay
- Exposition, Synthesis, and Research
- Stages in the Research Process
- - Research: Finding and Exploring
- - Synthesis (I): Assimilation
- - Organization: Arranging
- - Synthesis (II): Composing
- - Documenting: Following Procedures
- What Is Research?
- - Reliability of Sources
- - Finding a Research Question
- - Researching Your Topic
- - The Research Proposal
- - A Simple Proposal: Purpose and Methodology
- - Sample Research Proposal
- Research Note-Taking
- - Organizing Research Notes
- - Some Useful Research Strategies
- The Search Is On: Locating and Using Sources
- - Primary and Secondary Sources
- - Online Searches
- - The Value of Library Research
- - Alternative Information Sources
- Using Sources in the Composing Stage
- - Summary
- - Paraphrase
- - The Annotated Bibliography
- - Source Citation and Plagiarism
- - Methods of Integrating Sources
- Outline for a Research Essay
- - Sample Student Essay
- - The Scholarly Essay
- Chapter Summary
- 8: Documentation Styles
- Why Document Your Sources?
- - Choosing Your Documentation Style
- The Major Documentation Styles: MLA and APA
- - MLA Documentation Style
- - APA Documentation Style
- - CMS Documentation (Notes) Style
- Chapter Summary
- Part III Handbook
- 9: Achieving Clarity and Depth in Your Writing
- Effective Style: Clarity
- - Cutting for Concision
- - Writing Directly
- - Working toward Precision: Wise Word Choices
- - Revising for Concision, Directness, and Diction: A Sample Student Draft
- Providing Depth: Variety and Emphasis
- - Sentence Variety
- - Sample Essay for Rhetorical Analysis
- Chapter Summary
- 10: Sentence Essentials
- Grammatical Groundwork
- Introducing. the Parts of Speech
- - The Parts of Speech at Work
- Introducing. the Sentence
- - What Is a Sentence?
- - The Invisible-Subject Sentence
- - Two Types of Sentence Fragments
- Introducing. Phrases and Clauses
- - Phrases
- - Clauses
- - Sentence Types
- - Errors of Combining
- Chapter Summary
- 11: Punctuation and Apostrophes
- Commas: Do They Really Matter?
- - Rule Category 1: Items in a Series
- - Rule Category 2: Independent Clauses
- - Rule Category 3: Parenthetical Information
- - Rule Category 4: Conventional and "Comma Sense" Uses
- Other Forms of Punctuation
- - Semicolon
- - Colon
- - Dashes and Parentheses
- The Apostrophe
- 1. Apostrophe for Possessive Case
- 2. Apostrophe to Show Contraction
- Chapter Summary
- 12: Agreement, Pronouns, Modifiers, and Parallelism
- Agreement
- - Subject-Verb Agreement
- - Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
- - Problematic Pronouns: Inclusive Language
- Pronoun Reference
- Pronoun Case
- - Personal Pronoun
- - Relative Pronoun
- - Interrogative Pronoun
- - Pronoun Consistency
- Sentence Construction Errors
- - Misplaced Modifiers
- - Dangling Modifiers
- - The Parallelism Principle
- Chapter Summary
- Appendix A Proofreading: Perfection is Possible
- Proofreading Methods
- Guidelines for Proofreading
- - Common Errors
- Essay Presentation
- Appendix B The In-Class Essay or Examination Essay
- Recall
- Organization and Time Management
- Adaptability
- Appendix C A Checklist for EAL Writers
- Adjectives
- - Adjectives as Participles
- - Adjectives and Present Participles versus Past Participles
- - Comparatives and Superlatives
- - Plural Nouns as Adjectival Phrases Concerning Distance, Money, and Time
- - Relative (Adjectival) Clauses
- Adverbs
- - Adverbs with Adjectives
- - Comparative and Superlative of Adverbs
- Articles - A, An, and The
- - The Indefinite Article
- - The Definite Article
- Nouns
- - Every + Noun
- - Gerunds
- - Kind(s) of/Type(s) of + noun
- - Uncountable and Countable Nouns
- - Prepositions
- Verbs
- - Verbs as Modal Auxiliaries
- - Similar Verbs and Nouns
- - Verbs and Prepositions
- - Verbs and Their Subjects (subject-verb agreement)
- - Verb Tenses
- Appendix D Peer Edit Forms
- Peer Edit Form: Formal Outline
- - Instructions
- - Introduction
- - Body Paragraphs
- - Conclusion
- - Final comments or suggestions?
- Peer Edit Form: Research Essay First Draft
- - Instructions
- - Introduction
- - Body Paragraphs
- - Conclusion
- - Other Criteria
- - Final comments or suggestions?
- Peer Edit Form: Argumentative Essay First Draft
- - Instructions
- - Introduction
- - Body Paragraphs
- - Conclusion
- - Other Criteria
- - Final comments or suggestions?
- Peer Edit Form: Literary Essay First Draft
- - Instructions
- - Introduction
- - Body Paragraphs
- - Conclusions
- - Other Criteria
- - Final comments or suggestions?
- Index
- Credits
