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Readings Listed by Rhetorical Mode | |
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Preface | |
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The Reading Writing Conversation | |
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Writing with a Central Idea | |
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The Writing Process | |
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Prewriting, Writing, Prewriting | |
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Prewriting: From Writer�s Block to Writing | |
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Freewriting | |
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Brainstorming | |
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Clustering | |
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Exploring Online | |
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Readings | |
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Live Each Moment for What It�s Worth | |
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Without Emotion | |
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A View from Mount Ritter | |
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Prewriting: Choosing a Preliminary Topic Sentence or Thesis Statement | |
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Finding the Topic | |
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Finding the Central Idea | |
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Forming the Preliminary Topic | |
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Sentence or Thesis Statement | |
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Placing the Topic Sentence or Thesis Statement | |
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Prewriting: Preparing a Rough Outline | |
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Grouping Related Points | |
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Identifying Group Topics | |
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Choosing a Tentative Organization | |
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Writing: The First Draft | |
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The Single Paragraph: A First Draft | |
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The Brief Essay: A First Draft | |
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Rewriting: Revising and Editing | |
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Revising | |
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The Single Paragraph: Revised Draft | |
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The Brief Essay: Revised Draft | |
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Exploring Online | |
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Writing Assignments | |
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Writing with a Central Idea | |
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Evaluating Sample Papers | |
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Student Model Checklist | |
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Sample Student Papers | |
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Paragraphs | |
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Brief Essays | |
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Sentence Combining: Embedding Adjectives, Adverbs, and Prepositional Phrases | |
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The Embedding Process | |
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Exploring Online | |
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Reading for the Central Idea | |
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Paragraphs and Topic Sentences | |
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Paragraphs Without Topic Sentences | |
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Essays and Thesis Statements | |
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Three Passions I Have Lived For | |
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Readings | |
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Jailbreak Marriage | |
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How to Stay Alive | |
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Exploring Online | |
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Participating Actively in the Writer�Reader Dialogue | |
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Steps for Active Reading | |
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Printed Noise | |
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Readings | |
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Ordinary People Produce Extraordinary Results | |
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A Required Course in Beating the Freshman Blues | |
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Charity Means You Don�t Pick and Choose | |
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Writing Assignments | |
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Writing with a Personal Response | |
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Evaluating Sample Papers | |
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Sentence Combining: Coordination | |
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Using Coordinating Conjunctions | |
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Using Semicolons | |
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Exploring Online | |
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Combining Parts of Sentences | |
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Parallel Sentence Structure | |
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Supporting the Central Idea | |
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Brief Examples | |
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Extended Examples | |
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Statistics | |
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Expert Opinion or Testimony | |
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Combining Types of Support | |
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Explaining the Significance of the Support | |
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Exploring Online | |
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Writing Introductions and Conclusions | |
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The Introductory Paragraph | |
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The Lead-In | |
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The Concluding Paragraph | |
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Readings | |
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Male Fixations, Dave Barry | |
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Fear of Heights: Teachers, Parents, and Students Are Wary of Achievement | |
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Getting to Know about You and Me, Chana Schoenberger | |
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Attention Shoppers: Your Dreams in Aisle 3 | |
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Writing Assignments | |
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Evaluating Sample Papers | |
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Sentence Combining: Using Subordination | |
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Subordinating Conjunctions and Relative Pronouns | |
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Punctuating Subordinate Clauses | |
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Exploring Online | |
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Unity and Coherence | |
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Unity | |
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Coherence | |
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Improving Coherence | |
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Exploring Online | |
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Improving Unity and Coherence with Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences | |
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Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences | |
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Sample Student Essay | |
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Readings | |
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Most Freshman Say Religion Guides Them" | |
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A Generation of Bigots Comes of Age | |
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Colorblind | |
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Video Games Can Be Helpful to College Students | |
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Writing Assignments | |
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Evaluating Sample Papers | |
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Sentence Combining: Verbal Phrases | |
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Present and Past Participles | |
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Present and Past Participial Phrases | |
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Infinitive Phrases | |
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Using Verbal Phrases | |
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Avoiding Dangling Modifiers | |
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Exploring Online | |
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Writing about Reading | |
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Summarizing and Responding to Reading | |
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Writing a Brief Summary | |
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Reading | |
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The Decline of Neatness, Norman Cousins | |
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A Sample Brief Summary | |
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Writing Paraphrases and Quotations | |
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Exploring Online | |
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Writing an Extended Summary | |
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A Sample Extended Summary | |
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Writing a Summary-Response Essay | |
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A Sample Summary-Response Essay | |
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Readings | |
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The Bachelor: Silly, Sexist, and, to Many, Irresistible | |
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For Better, For Worse: Marriage Means Something Different | |
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Now | |