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The Curious Writer

Autor Bruce Ballenger
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 dec 2012
The Curious Writer, an assignment-oriented, all-in-one rhetoric-reader-handbook, stresses the connections between personal and academic writing. The Curious Writer emphasizes inquiry as both a method of discovery and learning and a driving force behind the writing process. The book operates on the principle that writers who begin with questions, rather than answers, achieve better results in their work. It treats research, revision, and critical reading skills (of both texts and visuals) as organic components of every writing process. Each of the eight writing assignment chapters offers integrated coverage of these three key activities and also provides special attention digital tools for invention and research. Offering a unique, entertaining, and personal author voice, The Curious Writer is sure to grab students' interest and motivate them to write.
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ISBN-13: 9780205235773
ISBN-10: 0205235778
Pagini: 752
Dimensiuni: 188 x 234 x 28 mm
Greutate: 1.18 kg
Ediția:4
Editura: Longman Publishing Group

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Contents Preface Acknowledgments Part 1 The Spirit of Inquiry Chapter 1 Writing as Inquiry Motives for Writing Beliefs About Writing and Writing Development Exercise 1.1 This I Believe (and This I Don't) One Student's Response Bernice's Journal Inquiring into the Details Journals Unlearning Unhelpful Beliefs The Beliefs of This Book Allatonceness Believing You Can Learn to Write Well Habits of Mind Starting with Questions, Not Answers Making the Familiar Strange Suspending Judgment Being Willing to Write Badly Searching for Surprise Exercise 1.2 A Roomful of Details One Student's Response Bernice's Journal Writing Situations and Rhetorical Choices A First Reflection on Your Writing Process A Case Study Inquiring into the Details Organizing Your Computer Files Thinking About Your Process Inquiring into the Details Portfolios Exercise 1.3 Literacy Narrative Collage Exercise 1.4 What Is Your Process? Problem Solving in Your Writing Process The Nature of the Writing Process The Writing Process As Recursive and Flexible A System for Using Writing to Think Inquiring into the Details Invention Strategies Exercise 1.5 Two Kinds of Thinking A Writing Process That Harnesses Two Currents of Thought The Sea and the Mountain Answering the So What? Question A Writing Process Driven by Questions Questioning, Generating, and Judging: A Strategy for Inquiry Exercise 1.6 A Mini Inquiry Project: Cell Phone Culture Exercise 1.7 Scenes of Writing Using What You Have Learned Chapter 2 Reading as Inquiry Purposes for Academic Reading Exercise 2.1 U sing the Four Purposes for Academic Reading Beliefs About Reading Exercise 2.2 A Reader's Memoir One Common Belief That Is an Obstacle Reading Situations and Rhetorical Choices Four Frames for Reading Reading Scenarios Inquiring into the Details Reading Perspectives Exercise 2.3 Reading a Life A Process for Reading to Write Questions for the Process of Reading to Write What Do I Want to Know? What Should I Read to Find Out? What Do I Do with What I've Read? Having a Dialogue with What You Read Inquiring into the Details Reading the Visual Exercise 2.4 D ouble-Entry Journaling with a Visual Text Techniques for Keeping a Double-Entry Journal Exercise 2.5 Reading Creatively, Reading Critically READING Bruce Ballenger, "The Importance of Writing Badly" One Student's Response Briana's Journal Wrestling with Academic Discourse: Reading from the Outside In Exercise 2.6 Reading Reality TV Features of Academic Discourse Using What You Have Learned Part 2 Inquiry Projects Chapter 3 Writing a Personal Essay Writing About Experience and Observations Motives for Writing a Personal Essay The Personal Essay and Academic Writing Features of the Form Readings Personal Essay 1 Laura Zazulak, "Every Morning for Five Years" Inquiring into the Essay Personal Essay 2 Judith Ortiz Cofer, "One More Lesson" Inquiring into the Essay Seeing the Form P hoto Essays The Writing Process Inquiry Project: Writing a Personal Essay Writing Beyond the Classroom Essaying "This I Believe" What Are You Going to Write About? Opening Up One Student's Response Lauren's Journal: Lists of Things That Bug Me Narrowing Down Inquiring into the Details Clustering or Mapping What's Promising Material and What Isn't? Questions About Purpose and Audience Trying Out Questions for Reflection Writing the Sketch Student Sketch Amanda Stewart, "Earning a Sense of Place" Moving from Sketch to Draft Evaluating Your Own Sketch Reflecting on What You Learned Developing Drafting Methods of Development Using Evidence Inquiring into the Details More Than One Way to Tell a Story Workshopping Revising *Student Essay Seth Marlin, "Smoke of Empire" Evaluating the Essay Using What You Have Learned Chapter 4 Writing a Profile Writing About People Motives for Writing a Profile The Profile and Academic Writing Features of the Form Readings *Profile 1 Bruce Ballenger, "Museum Missionary" Inquiring into the Essay *Profile 2 Ian Frazier, "Passengers" Inquiring into the Essay Profile 3 Gib Akin, "Learning About Work from Joe Cool" Inquiring into the Essay Seeing the Form Sun Boy by William Soule The Writing Process Inquiry Project: Writing a Profile Who Are You Going to Write About? Opening Up One Student's Response Narrowing Down Trying Out Interviewing Writing Beyond the Classroom Digital Profiles Inquiring into the Details Recording Interviews Interview Notes Margaret Parker, "Selected Interview Notes: "Medical Student" Writing the Sketch Moving from Sketch to Draft Developing Inquiring into the Details Using Audacity to Record and Edit Audio Drafting Workshopping Revising *Student Essay Micaela Fisher, "Number 6 Orchard" Evaluating the Essay Using What You Have Learned Chapter 5 Writing a Review Writing That Evaluates Motives for Writing a Review The Review and Academic Writing Seeing the Form Choosing the Best Picture Features of the Form Readings *Review 1 Roger Ebert, "A Christmas Story" Inquiring into the Essay *Review 2 Melinda Newman, "Nickelback's Here and Now" Inquiring into the Essay Review 3 Seth Schiesel, "Grand Theft Auto Takes on New York" Inquiring into the Essay The Writing Process Inquiry Project: Writing a Review Essay What Are You Going to Write About? Opening Up Narrowing Down Trying Out Thinking About Criteria Inquiring into the Details Collaborating on Criteria Writing the Sketch *Student Sketch Laura Burns, "Recipe for a Great Film: Unlikeable People, Poor Choices, and Little Redemption" Moving from Sketch to Draft Developing Drafting Workshopping Revising *Student Essay Laura Burns, "How to Not Feel Good and Feel Good About It" Evaluating the Essay Using What You Have Learned Chapter 6 Writing a Proposal Writing About Problems and Solutions Problems of Consequence Problems of Manageable Scale Motives for Writing a Proposal The Proposal and Academic Writing Inquiring into the Details Writing a Research Proposal Features of the Form Readings *Proposal 1 Buzz Bissinger, "Why College Football Should Be Banned" Inquiring into the Essay Proposal 2 "Green Dining" Inquiring into the Essay Proposal 3 Michael Pollan, "Why Bother?" Inquiring into the Essay Seeing the Form A Problem in Pictures The Writing Process Inquiry Project: Writing a Proposal What Are You Going to Write About? Opening Up One Student's Response Narrowing Down Trying Out Writing the Sketch *Student Sketch Jenna Appleman, "Loving and Hating Reality TV" Moving from Sketch to Draft Developing Inquiring into the Details Design Tips for Basic Web Pages Drafting Inquiring into the Details Evidence-A Case Study Workshopping Revising *Student Essay Jenna Appleman, "Avoidable Accidents: How to Make Reality TV Safer" Evaluating the Essay Using What You Have Learned Chapter 7 Writing an Argument Writing to Persuade People What Is Argument? Two Sides to Every Argument? The Machinery of Argument: Claims, Reasons, and Evidence Claims: What You Want People to Believe Reasons: The "Because..." Behind the Claim Evidence: Proof of the Point Seeing the Form T he "Imagetext" as Argument Credibility, Emotion, and Logic Analyzing Argument Exercise 7.1 A rgument as Therapy One Student's Response Rebecca's Journal Inquiring into the Details Common Logical Fallacies Motives for Writing an Argument Writing Beyond the Classroom Public Argument in a Digital Age The Argument and Academic Writing Features of the Form Readings *Argument 1 Edward Tufte, "PowerPoint Is Evil" Inquiring into the Essay Argument 2 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, "The Language of War Is Killing" Inquiring into the Essay Argument 3 Loye Young, "Is Humiliation an Ethically Appropriate Response to Plagiarism?" Inquiring into the Essay The Writing Process Inquiry Project: Writing an Argument What Are You Going to Write About? Opening Up One Student's Response Narrowing Down Trying Out Writing the Sketch *Student Sketch Rebecca Thompson, "Twitter a Profound Thought?" Moving from Sketch to Draft Developing Drafting Inquiring into the Details What Evidence Can Do Workshopping Revising Inquiring into the Details Toulmin: A Method for Analyzing an Argument *Student Essay Rebecca Thompson, "Social Networking Social Good?" Using What You Have Learned Chapter 8 Writing a Critical Essay Writing About Literature Motives for Writing a Critical Essay The Critical Essay and Academic Writing Features of the Form Writing on the Outside Book Groups Readings Short Story 1 Leslie Marmon Silko, "Lullaby" Inquiring into the Story One Student's Response Noel's Journal *Short Story 2 Gish Gen, "Who's Irish?" Inquiring into the Story Inquiring into the Details Why Literary Theory Is Not a Sleep Aid *Film Criticism James Parker, "Our Zombies, Ourselves" Inquiring into the Essay Seeing the Form Young Ladies in the Banks of the Seine by Gustave Coubet The Writing Process Inquiry Project: Writing a Critical Essay What Are You Going to Write About? Opening Up Inquiring into the Details Common Literary Devices Narrowing Down Inquiring into the Details What Is a "Strong Reading"? Writing the Sketch *Student Sketch Julie Bird, "What Is the Role of Nature in 'Lullaby'?" Moving from Sketch to Draft Developing Drafting Workshopping Revising Polishing *Student Essay Julie Bird, "Nature as Being: Landscape in Silko's 'Lullaby' " Evaluating the Essay Using What You Have Learned Chapter 9 Writing an Ethnographic Essay Writing About Culture Motives for Writing Ethnography Ethnography and Academic Writing Features of the Form Readings Ethnographic Essay 1 Judith Ortiz Cofer, "The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria" Inquiring into the Essay Ethnographic Essay 2 Rebekah Nathan, "My Freshman Year: Worldliness and Worldview" Inquiring into the Essay Seeing the Form German Cowboys The Writing Process Inquiry Project: Writing the Ethnographic Essay What Are You Going to Write About? Opening Up Writing Beyond the Classroom Commercial Ethnography Narrowing Down Inquiring into the Details Researching Trends and Subcultures on the Web Trying Out Inquiring into the Details Questions Ethnographers Ask Inquiring into the Details Ethnography and Ethics Field Notes Rita Guerra, "Field Notes on Friday Afternoon at Emerald Lanes" Writing the Sketch Moving from Sketch to Draft Developing Inquiring into the Details Useful Library Databases for Ethnography Drafting Workshopping Revising Student Essay Kersti Harter, "Beyond 'Gaydar'" Evaluating the Essay Using What You Have Learned Part 3 Inquiring Deeper Chapter 10 Writing a Research Essay Writing with Research Research Essays, Research Papers, and Research Reports Motives for Writing a Research Essay The Research Essay and Academic Writing Features of the Form Readings: Facebook and Depression Exercise 10.1 Flash Research on Facebook and Depression *Reading 1: Web Page Stephanie Pappas, "Facebook with Care: Social Networking Site Can Hurt Self-Esteem" Inquiring into the Essay *Reading 2: Journal Article Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, Kathleen Clarke-Pearson, and Council on Communications and Media, "The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families" Inquiring into the Essay *Reading 3: Reference "Definition of a 'Major Depressive Episode' " *Reading 4: Blog "Pediatrics Gets It Wrong About 'Facebook Depression' " Inquiring into the Essay Exercise 10.1 (Continued from p. 391) 409 The Writing Process Inquiry Project: Writing a Research Essay What Are You Going to Write About? Opening Up One Student's Response Julian's Journal Narrowing Down Trying Out Sample Research Proposal Moving from Proposal to Draft Developing Drafting Workshopping Revising Student Essay Gordon E. Seirup, "College Dating" Evaluating the Essay Using What You Have Learned Chapter 11 Research Techniques Methods of Collecting Research in the Electronic Age Research Routines Power Searching Using Google Power Searching in the Library Developing Working Knowledge Developing Focused Knowledge Inquiring into the Details Full-Text Articles and the Convenience Trap Evaluating Library Sources Inquiring into the Details T he Working Bibliography Advanced Internet Research Techniques Evaluating Web Sources Research with Living Sources: Interviews, Surveys, and Fieldwork Inquiring into the Details T ypes of Survey Questions Conducting a Survey Using Survey Results in Your Writing Fieldwork: Research on What You See and Hear Writing in the Middle: Note-Taking Techniques One Student's Response Using What You Have Learned Chapter 12 Using and Citing Sources Controlling Information Using Sources Summarizing Paraphrasing Quoting Citing Sources Avoiding Plagiarism Exercise 12.1 The Accidental Plagiarist MLA Documentation Guidelines Inquiring into the Details The Common Knowledge Exception Citing Sources Inquiring into the Details Citations That Go with the Flow Format Preparing the Works Cited Page APA Documentation Guidelines How the Essay Should Look Citing Sources in Your Essay Preparing the References List Using What You Have Learned Part 4 Re-Inquiring Chapter 13 Revision Strategies Why Revise? Divorcing the Draft Strategies for Divorcing the Draft Five Categories of Revision Problems with Purpose Revision Strategy 13.1: The Motive Statement Revision Strategy 13.2: What Do You Want to Know About What You Learned? One Student's Response Julia's Draft Revision Strategy 13.3: Finding the Focusing Question Revision Strategy 13.4: What's the Relationship? Problems with Meaning Where Does Meaning Come From? Methods for Discovering Your Thesis Revision Strategy 13.5: Find the "Instructive Line" Revision Strategy 13.6: Looping Toward a Thesis Revision Strategy 13.7: Reclaiming Your Topic Revision Strategy 13.8: Believing and Doubting Methods for Refining Your Thesis 549 Revision Strategy 13.9: Questions as Knives Revision Strategy 13.10: Qualifying Your Claim Problems with Information Revision Strategy 13.11: Explode a Moment Revision Strategy 13.12: Beyond Examples Revision Strategy 13.13: Research Revision Strategy 13.14: Backing Up Your Assumptions Problems with Structure Formal Academic Structures Revision Strategy 13.15: Beginnings, Middles, Ends, and the Work They Do Revision Strategy 13.16: Reorganizing Around Thesis and Support Revision Strategy 13.17: Multiple Leads Inquiring into the Details T ypes of Leads Revision Strategy 13.18: The Frankenstein Draft Revision Strategy 13.19: Make a PowerPoint Outline Problems with Clarity and Style Solving Problems of Clarity Revision Strategy 13.20: The Three Most Important Sentences Revision Strategy 13.21: Untangling Paragraphs Revision Strategy 13.22: Cutting Clutter Inquiring into the Details Transition Flags Revision Strategy 13.23: The Actor and the Action Next Door Improving Style Revision Strategy 13.24: Actors and Actions Revision Strategy 13.25: Smoothing the Choppiness Revision Strategy 13.26: Fresh Ways to Say Things Using What You Have Learned Chapter 14 The Writer's Workshop Making the Most of Peer Review Being Read Divorcing the Draft Instructive Talk Models for Writing Workshops Full-Class Workshops Small-Group Workshops One-on-One Peer Review The Writer's Responsibilities The Reader's Responsibilities What Can Go Wrong and What to Do About It Inquiring into the Details Finding a Role Exercise 14.1 Group Problem Solving One Student's Response Amy's Perspective on Workshops Methods of Responding Experiential and Directive Responses Response Formats Reflecting on the Workshop Using What You Have Learned Appendix A The Writing Portfolio What Is a Portfolio? Types of Portfolios Unevaluated Portfolios Evaluated Portfolios Why Require a Portfolio? Organizing Portfolios Writing a Reflective Letter or Essay Final Preparations Appendix B The Annotated Bibliography What Is an Annotated Bibliography? How to Write an Annotated Bibliography Gathering Materials Reading Strategies Writing the Annotated Bibliography Sample Student Annotated Bibliography Appendix C The Essay Exam How to Write Essay Exams Gathering Materials Anticipating the Exam Analyzing Essay Questions Planning and Drafting Handbook 1 Sentence Boundaries 1A Fragments 1B Comma Splices 1C Fused Sentences 2 Sentence Inconsistencies 2A Parallelism 2B Coordination and Subordination 2C Mixed Sentences 2D Shifts 3 Problems with Modification 3A Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers 3B Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Modifiers 3C Adjectives and Adverbs 4 Verbs 4A Tense 4B Voice 4C Mood 4D Subject-Verb Agreement 5 Pronouns 5A Pronoun Case 5B Pronoun Reference 5C Pronoun Agreement 5D Relative Pronouns 6 Style 6A Conciseness 6B Appropriate Language 7 Punctuation 7A End Punctuation 7B Semicolon 7C Comma 7D Colon 7E Dash 7F Quotation Marks 7G Other Marks 8 Mechanics and Spelling 8A Capitalization 8B Abbreviation 8C Apostrophe 8D Hyphens 8E Italics (Underlining) 8F Numbers 8G Spelling 9 Review of Basic Grammar 9A Parts of Speech 9B Subjects and Predicates 9C Objects and Complements 9D Phrases 9E Clauses 9F Basic Sentence Patterns 9G Types of Sentences 10 Tips for ESL Writers 10A Articles 10B Verbs 10C Adjectives and Adverbs 10D Prepositions 10E Participles Credits Index \ * new selections