Allyn and Bacon Guide to Writing

Name: Allyn and Bacon Guide to Writing
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ISBN: 9780205598748

ISBN-10: 0205598749

ISBN-13: 9780205598748

Edition: 5th 2009

Authors: John D. Ramage, John C. Bean, June Johnson

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Solidly grounded in current theory and research, yet eminently practical and teachable,The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writinghas set the standard for first-year composition courses in writing, reading, critical thinking, and inquiry.

Book details

List price: $97.33
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Longman Publishing
Publication date: 1/22/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 848
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.388
Language: English



Writing Projects


Thematic Contents


Preface



A Rhetoric For Writers



Thinking Rhetorically About Good Writing



Good Writing Can Vary from Closed to Open Forms


ldquo;A Letter to the Editorrdquo;



ldquo;A Festival of Rainrdquo;



Distinctions between Closed and Open Forms of Writing


Where to Place Your Writing Along the Continuum



Good Writers Pose Questions about Their Subject Matter


Shared Problems Unite Writers and Readers


Posing Your Own Subject-Matter Questions


ldquo;Can the World Sustain an American Standard of Living?rdquo;




Good Writers Write for a Purpose to an Audience within a Genre


How Writers Think about Purpose


Purpose as Rhetorical Aim


Purpose as a Response to a Motivating Occasion


Purpose as a Desire to Change Your Readerrsquo;s View


How Writers Think about Audience


How Writers Think about Genre Chapter Summary


Brief Writing Project 1: Posing a Good Subject-Matter Problem


Brief Writing Project 2: Understanding Rhetorical Context



Thinking Rhetorically about Your Subject Matter



Professors Value ldquo;Wallowing in Complexity.rdquo


Learning to Wallow in Complexity


Seeing Each Academic Discipline as a Field of Inquiry and Argument



Good Writers Use Exploratory Strategies to Think Critically about Subject Matter Problems


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