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Preface | |
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An Overview of the Writing Process | |
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Prewriting | |
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Making Lists | |
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Annotating | |
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Asking Questions | |
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Focused Freewriting | |
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Summarizing and Analyzing | |
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Writing | |
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The Purpose of Drafting | |
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Organizing Your Draft | |
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Revising | |
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Editing | |
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Proofreading | |
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Considering Purpose and Audience | |
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Considering Tone | |
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The Aural/Oral Dimension of Writing | |
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An Approach to Writing About the Humanities | |
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Responding | |
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Responding to a Painting: Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night | |
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Responding to a Poem: Anne Sexton's "Starry Night" | |
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The Starry Night in Context | |
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Responding to Walt Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" | |
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Interpreting | |
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Interpreting van Gogh's The Starry Night | |
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Interpreting Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" | |
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Interpreting a Song: Franz Schubert's "Erlking" | |
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Evaluating | |
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What Is Evaluation? | |
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Changing Values | |
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Considerations in Evaluation | |
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Writing About Art and Architecture | |
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Painting | |
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Doing Comparative Analysis | |
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Sample Student Essay About an Artist | |
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Critical Thinking: Feminism and Painting | |
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Photography | |
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Sample Student Essay Using a Photograph | |
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Critical Thinking: Photography and Truth | |
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Sculpture | |
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Student Essay on Sculpture | |
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Critical Thinking: Art Forgeries | |
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Architecture | |
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An Architectural Proposal | |
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Student Essay on Architecture | |
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Critical Thinking: Monuments | |
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Writing About Music and Dance | |
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Writing About Music Directly | |
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Writing About Music Indirectly | |
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Using Questions to Write About Music | |
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Writing About a Musical Performance | |
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Sample Student Essay About Music | |
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Critical Thinking: The Popularity of the Beatles | |
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Writing About Dance | |
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Elements of Dance | |
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Writing About Fiction and Poetry | |
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Reading and Writing About Fiction | |
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Reading Fiction | |
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Writing About Fiction | |
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Sample Student Essay on Fiction | |
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Critical Thinking: The Popularity of the Novel | |
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Reading and Writing About Poetry | |
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Analysis | |
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Elements of Poetry | |
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Sample Student Essay on Poetry | |
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Critical Thinking: Does Poetry Matter? | |
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Writing About Drama and Theater | |
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Drama as Literature | |
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Drama as Theater | |
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Elements of Drama | |
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Plot and Structure | |
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Character and Conflict | |
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Dialogue and Monologue | |
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Setting and Staging | |
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Thought and Theme | |
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Writing About Drama | |
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Annotation | |
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Double-Column Notebook | |
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Analysis | |
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Sample Student Essay About Drama | |
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Writing a Review of a Play | |
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Critical Thinking: Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays? | |
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Writing About Film | |
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Film and the Other Arts | |
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Reading a Film | |
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Elements of Film | |
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Photography (Shots) | |
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Acting | |
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Mise en Scene and Movement | |
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Editing | |
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Sound and Music | |
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Documentary Films | |
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Animated Films | |
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Critical Thinking: Ancient Rome in Film | |
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Writing About Film-The Film Review | |
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An Example of a Film Review | |
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Writing with Sources | |
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The Research Assignment | |
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Selecting a Topic | |
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Working with an Assigned Topic | |
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Using a Library to Conduct Research | |
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Finding Books | |
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Accessing Books Using the Library Catalog | |
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Searching for Ernest Hemingway | |
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Finding Periodical Articles | |
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Using Interlibrary Loan | |
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Using the Internet for Research | |
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Gaining Access to the Internet | |
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Browsing the Web | |
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Some Dangers of Web-Based Research | |
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Using Secondary Sources Wisely | |
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Note Taking | |
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Taking Efficient Notes | |
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Summarizing and Paraphrasing Secondary Sources | |
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Quoting | |
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Integrating Quotations | |
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Plagiarism | |
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Writing the Paper | |
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Sample Student Research Papers | |
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Documenting Sources | |
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In-Text Citations | |
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Listing Sources at the End | |
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Notes | |
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Basic Format for Footnotes and Endnotes | |
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Bibliography and Works Cited List | |
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Writing Essay Examinations | |
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Preparing for an Exam | |
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Reviewing the Questions | |
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Writing Your Answer | |
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Additional Advice | |
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Making Oral Presentations | |
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Reducing Nervousness | |
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Using Notes or a Prepared Text | |
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Body Language: Posture and Gesture | |
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Using a Rostrum or Lectern | |
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Using Visuals | |
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Making Team Presentations | |
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Credits | |
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Index | |