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Reading Words and Images | |
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Becoming a Reflective Reader | |
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Reading Critically | |
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Reading Like a Writer | |
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Writing Assignments | |
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Each chapter in Part I includes support for the writing process (as in Ch. 2) omitted here for brevity | |
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Memoirs | |
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Reading Memoirs | |
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Reading to Write | |
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Shooting Dad | |
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Stripped for Parts | |
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Ahmed, from The Blog of War | |
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Sweat Is Good | |
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Total Eclipse | |
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Theatre Geek | |
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Guide to Writing a Memoir | |
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Getting Started | |
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Selecting a Topic | |
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Understanding Your Audience and Purpose | |
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Creating a Draft | |
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Exploring Your Topic | |
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Engaging Your Audience: Writing an Introduction | |
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Creating an Appropriate Voice | |
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Organizing | |
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Concluding | |
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Designing Your Memoir and Integrating Visual Information | |
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Creating a Review Draft | |
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Reviewing and Revising | |
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Getting a Final Review | |
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Revising Your Work | |
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Taking Stock of Where You Are | |
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Profiles | |
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Reading Profiles | |
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Reading to Write | |
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Hacker. Dropout. CEO. | |
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No Degree, and No Way Back to the Middle | |
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My Cancer Year | |
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E.R. Unscripted | |
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Diez in the Desert | |
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Behind a Plain White Lab Coat | |
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Guide to Writing a Profile | |
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Getting Started | |
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Creating a Draft | |
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Reviewing and Revising | |
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Taking Stock of Where You Are | |
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Reports | |
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Reading Reports | |
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Reading to Write | |
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The Perils of Higher Education | |
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The Record Industry's Slow Fade | |
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Seeing Is Not Believing | |
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Whose Life Would You Save? | |
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The Art of Failure: Why Some People Choke and Others Panic | |
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ACL: The Curse of Women Athletes | |
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Guide to Writing a Report | |
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Getting Started | |
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Creating a Draft | |
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Reviewing and Revising | |
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Taking Stock of Where You Are | |
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Position Papers | |
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Reading Position Papers | |
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Reading to Write | |
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SUVs Belong in Car Ads Only | |
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SUVs | |
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Cheap Food Nation | |
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Drop in the Bucket | |
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Where Have All the Criminals Gone? | |
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What Decreased Crime? | |
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Message in a Bottle | |
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Considered Living Car-Free? | |
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Guide to Writing a Position Paper | |
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Getting Started | |
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Creating a Draft | |
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Reviewing and Revising | |
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Taking Stock of Where You Are | |
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Evaluations | |
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Reading Evaluations | |
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Reading to Write | |
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Internet Encyclopedias Go Head to Head | |
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Popcorn: Which Kernels Are King? | |
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You Call This Progress? | |
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Breakfast at Manory's | |
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We'll Always Have Springfield: The Simpsons Movie | |
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Is America Ready to Get Smart? | |
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Ground Zero at RPI: A Great New Venue in the Northeast | |
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Guide to Writing an Evaluation | |
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Getting Started | |
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Creating a Draft | |
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Reviewing and Revising | |
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Taking Stock of Where You Are | |
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Proposals | |
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Reading Proposals | |
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Reading to Write | |
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Homeroom Zombies | |
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Leave No Child Inside | |
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From An Inconvenient Truth | |
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Let Teenagers Try Adulthood | |
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Cameras in the Station House | |
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Ticket to the Top | |
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Guide to Writing a Proposal | |
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Getting Started | |
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Creating a Draft | |
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Reviewing and Revising | |
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Taking Stock of Where You Are | |
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Part II Strategies for Design and Research | |
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Reading and Writing About Visual Images | |
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Strategies for Reading Visual Images | |
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Examples of Student Visual Analyses | |
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The Emotion of Nighthawks | |
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The Two Sides of Spider-Man: A Visual Analysis of Movie Posters | |
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"Brandon": A Prospective Alcoholic | |
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Visual Images for Analysis and Reflection | |
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Designing Pages and Screens | |
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Understanding Design Principles | |
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Establishing Layout | |
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Integrating Images | |
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Creating Tables, Charts, and Graphs | |
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Adding Color | |
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Choosing Typefaces and Fonts | |
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Starting Research and Finding Sources | |
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Starting Your Research | |
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Searching for Information Using Your Library's Resources | |
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Searching for Information on the Internet | |
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Sorting through Your Sources | |
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Conducting Field Research | |
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Conducting Interviews | |
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Making Observations | |
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Conducting Surveys | |
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Evaluating Sources and Taking Notes | |
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Evaluating the Appropriateness of Sources | |
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Evaluating the Trustworthiness of Sources | |
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Taking Notes | |
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Synthesizing Your Research | |
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Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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Documenting Sources: MLA and APA Style | |
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Using MLA Style | |
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Using APA Style | |
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Strategies for Special Writing Situations | |
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Writing for Essay Exams | |
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Responding to Essay Questions in Class | |
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Responding to Essay Questions at Home | |
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Analyzing the Question | |
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Organizing Your Essay | |
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Drafting Your Essay | |
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Reviewing Your Work | |
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Sample Student Essay Exams | |
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Writing Portfolios | |
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Portfolios in Context | |
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Creating Your Portfolio | |
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Writing for the Community | |
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Writing Successfully for the Community | |
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Sample Writing for the Community | |
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Frequently Asked Questions about Writing for the Community | |
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Writing in Online Environments | |
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Using E-Mail | |
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Participating in Online Discussions | |
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Making Oral Presentations | |
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Creating a Compelling Introduction | |
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Forecasting Your Main Points | |
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Using Visual Aids | |
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Talking to Your Listeners | |
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Finishing Strong | |
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Frequently Asked Questions about Delivery | |
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Group Presentations | |
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Glossary of Visual and Rhetorical Terms | |