Field Guide to Writing

Name: Field Guide to Writing
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ISBN: 9780060402921

ISBN-10: 006040292X

ISBN-13: 9780060402921

Edition: 1st 1992

Authors: Christopher M. Anson, Dennis L. Wilcox

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Book details

Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Longman Publishing
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Preface
To the Student
The Academic Journal	p. 1
Two Writers Learning	p. 1
Keeping an Academic Journal	p. 6
Varieties of Assigned Academic Journals	p. 23
Tracking the Short Writing Assignment	p. 35
The Nature and Habitat of the Short Writing Assignment	p. 35
Approaching an Assignment: What You Need to Know	p. 38
Intellectual Demands of College Writing Assignments	p. 49
Two Writing Assignments	p. 58
A Catalogue of Common Writing Assignments	p. 64
On the Value of Artificial Writing Assignments	p. 80
The Essay Exam	p. 83
Managing Stress in the Field	p. 83
Before the Exam	p. 84
During the Exam	p. 87
Coming Home to Roost	p. 103
The College Paper from Start to Finish	p. 105
Think of Writing in Stages	p. 105
Exploring Your Subject	p. 107
Finding the Heart of the Matter	p. 115
Looking for Patterns	p. 120
Drafting	p. 136
Revising	p. 141
Introductions and Conclusions	p. 147
Spit and Polish	p. 149
A Grain of Salt	p. 151
In Search of Research	p. 153
It All Starts with a Question	p. 153
Finding the Best Sources and Getting the Most from Them	p. 164
Primary Versus Secondary Research	p. 176
Writing the Research-Based Paper	p. 180
Documentation	p. 190
The Comparative Anatomy of Texts	p. 193
Species of Writing	p. 193
Basic Anatomy: A Guide	p. 195
Two Rhetorical Dissections	p. 214
Index	p. 231
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