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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 | |