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Writing Now with 2009 MLA and 2010 APA Updates Shaping Words and Images

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ISBN-10: 0312542623

ISBN-13: 9780312542627

Edition: 2011

Authors: Lee Odell, Susan M. Katz

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Writing Nowhelps students connect the visually rich texts they read every day with strategies for college writing. Focusing on six real-world genres memoirs, profiles, reports, position papers, evaluations, and proposals students learn to read words, images, and design with a critical eye, decoding the writer's choices about audience and purpose. To highlight the visual elements, many of the 39 contemporary readings are laid out as they originally appeared when published. Within the writing guide for each genre-based assignment, friendly advice in an innovative visual format gives students practical strategies for tackling each task in the writing process. Extensive guidance on research and…    
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List price: $101.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 7/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 778
Size: 7.85" wide x 9.17" long x 1.24" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English

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