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PART 3 Researching, Writing,
and Documenting
17. Information Literacy
18. Summarizing and Paraphrasing
19. Writing a Source-Based Essay
20. Writing a Research Essay
SECTION I Grammar
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SECTION II Mechanics and Punctuation
SECTION IV Tests
BUILDING SELF-AWARENESS
Index
Instructor’s Guide
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CONTENTS
1. An Introduction to Writing
Point and Support
Structure of the Traditional Essay
Benefits of Writing the Traditional Essay
Writing as a Skill
Writing as a Process of Discovery
Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others
Keeping a Journal
Using Technology to Work Efficiently
MLA Format
Review Activities
Using This Text
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Review Activities
7. Developing an Essay
Important Considerations in Essay Development
The Writing Process in Action
A Look Ahead to Part Two: Patterns of Essay Development
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Development
8. Description
Student Essays to Consider
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Description
A Model Essay to Consider
READING Lou’s Place by Beth Johnson
9. Narration
Student Essays to Consider
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Narration
A Model Essay to Consider
READING The Teacher Who Changed My Life by Nicholas Gage
10. Exemplification
Student Essays to Consider
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Exemplification
A Model Essay to Consider
READING Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm
11. Process
Student Essays to Consider
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Process
A Model Essay to Consider
READING How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis
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13. Comparison and/or Contrast
Methods of Development
Student Essays to Consider
Developing a Comparison and/or Contrast Essay
A Model Essay to Consider
READING Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis
14. Definition
Student Essays to Consider
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Definition
A Model Essay to Consider
READING Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising by
Ann McClintock
15. Division-Classification
Student Essays to Consider
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Division-Classification
A Model Essay to Consider
READING The 5 Types of Friends Worth Holding Onto for Dear
Life by Shelley Emling
16. Argument
Strategies for Argument
Student Essays to Consider
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Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Argument
A Model Essay to Consider
READING Essay on the Importance of Teaching Failure by
Edward Burger
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PART 3 Researching, Writing,
and Documenting
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A Model Research Essay
SECTION I Grammar
22. Fragments
Dependent-Word Fragments
-ing and to Fragments
Added-Detail Fragments
Missing-Subject Fragments
23. Run-Ons
What Are Run-Ons?
Three Ways to Correct Run-Ons
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Indefinite Pronouns
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Numbers
Abbreviations
34. Apostrophe
Apostrophe in Contractions
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession
36. Comma
Six Main Uses of the Comma
SECTION IV Tests
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PART 5 Readings for Writers
BUILDING SELF-AWARENESS
from Self-Reliance
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Shame
Dick Gregory
I Became Her Target
Roger Wilkins
Stepping into the Light
Tanya Savory
Cultivating a Resilient Spirit
Brené Brown
The Certainty of Fear
Audra Kendall
100 Years of The Secret Garden
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
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Brainology
Carol S. Dweck
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Nicholas Carr
The Quiet Struggle of College Students with Kids
Gillian B. White
Index
Instructor’s Guide
Suggested Approaches and Techniques
A Model Syllabus
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Part 5
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LISTED BY
READINGS
RHETORICAL
MODE
Note: Some selections are cross-listed because they illustrate more than
one rhetorical method of development.
DESCRIPTION
NARRATION
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EXEMPLIFICATION
PROCESS
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Shame Dick Gregory
Stepping into the Light Tanya Savory
100 Years of The Secret Garden Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
Brainology Carol S. Dweck
Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nicholas Carr
Is Sex All That Matters? Joyce Garity
The Professor Is a Dropout Beth Johnson
DEFINITION
DIVISION-CLASSIFICATION
The 5 Types of Friends Worth Holding Onto for Dear Life Shelley
Emling
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising Ann McClintock
ARGUMENT
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from Self-Reliance Ralph Waldo Emerson
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening? David Daniels
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come Diane
Urbina
Brainology Carol S. Dweck
Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nicholas Carr
The Quiet Struggle of College Students with Kids Gillian B. White
Is Sex All That Matters? Joyce Garity
Chief Seattle’s Speech of 1854 Chief Seattle
Moving Beyond Pain bell hooks
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