Table of Content
Part One: The Need for RhetoricChapter 1: Thinking Rhetorically Chapter 2: Rhetorical Situations Chapter 3: Reading Rhetorically* Chapter 4: Meeting the Demands of Academic Writing Chapter 5: Writing and Rhetoric as a Field of Study Chapter 6: Writing and Rhetoric in the Workplace Part Two: Writing ProcessesChapter 7: Writing Processes Chapter 8: Collaborating Chapter 9: Taking Advantage of the Writing Center Part Three: Genres of WritingChapter 10: Choosing Genres Chapter 11: Arguing a Position Chapter 12: Writing a Narrative Literacy narratives* Chapter 13: Writing Analytically Rhetorical / Process / Data /Causal / Visual* Chapter 14: Reporting Information ProfilesChapter 15: Writing a Review Literature reviews * Chapter 16: Writing a Proposal * Project proposals Part Four: The Centrality of ArgumentChapter 17: Analyzing and Constructing Arguments Classical / Toulmin / Rogerian / Invitational* Chapter 18: Strategies for Supporting Arguments Part Five: ResearchChapter 19: Starting Your Research Chapter 20: Finding Sources, Considering Research Methods Chapter 21: Keeping Track Chapter 22: Evaluating Sources Chapter 23: Annotating a Bibliography Chapter 24: Synthesizing Ideas Chapter 25: Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing Chapter 26: Giving Credit, Avoiding Plagiarism Chapter 27: MLA Style Walter Przybylowski, "Holding Up the Hollywood Stagecoach" Chapter 28: APA Style *Katryn Sheppard, "Early Language Development" Part Six: StyleChapter 29: What's Your Style? Chapter 30: Tweets and Reports: On Social Media and Academic Writing Chapter 31: How to Write Good Sentences Chapter 32: Checking for Common Mistakes Part Seven: Design and Delivery Chapter 33: Designing What You Write Chapter 34: Writing in Multiple Modes * Chapter 35: Making Oral Presentations * Chapter 36: Assembling a Portfolio Chapter 37: Publishing Your Writing Carrie Barker, "But Two Negatives Equal a Positive"Part Eight: Readings1. Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, "Monsanto's Harvest of Fear" 2. Dennis Baron, "Should Everyone Write?" 3. Lynda Barry, "The Sanctuary of School" 4. Alison Bechdel, "Compulsory Reading" 5. *Mark Bittman et al., "How a National Food Policy Could Save Millions of Lives" 6. Michelle Cacho-Negrette, "Tell Me Something" 7. *Dana Canedy, "The Talk" 8. *Nicholas Carr, "World and Screen" 9. David Crystal, "2b or Not 2b?" 10. *Mark Dawidziak, "Walking Dead Opens Its Fifth Season in Lively Fashion" 11. *Junot Díaz, "The Money" 12. Barbara Ehrenreich, "Serving in Florida" 13. *David Freedman, "How Junk Food Can End Obesity" 14. *Larry Gordon, "Wikipedia Pops Up in Bibliographies and Even College Curricula" 15. Gerald Graff, "Hidden Intellectualism" 16. *Andy Hinds, "I'm Considering Becoming a Sports Fan--How Do I Pick a Team?" 17. bell hooks, "Touching the Earth" 18.*Ryan Kohls, "Clean Sweep" 19. *Tim Kreider, "The 'Busy Trap'" 20. *John Maeda, "On Meaningful Observation" 21. Emily Martin, "The Egg and the Sperm" 22. *Tressie McMillan Cottom, "The Logic of Stupid Poor People24. *Judith Newman, "To Siri, with Love" 25. The Onion, "Nation Shudders at Large Block of Uninterrupted Text" 26. Steven Pinker, "Mind over Mass Media" 27. Mike Rose, "Blue-Collar Brilliance" 28. *James Sanborn, "Weight Loss at Any Cost" 29. Eric Schlosser, "Why McDonald's Fries Taste So Good" 30. Brent Staples, "Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A's" 31. *Neil deGrasse Tyson, "Cosmic Perspective" 32. *Jose Antonio Vargas, "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant" 33. *Katy Waldman, "It Is Good to Be a 'Bad' Feminist" 34. *Alice Walker, "Oppressed Hair Puts a Ceiling on the Brain"
