Writing in the disciplines : a reader and rhetoric for academic writers

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Brief Contents Contents Preface Part I: Reading and Writing in the Academic Disciplines Chapter 1: Active Critical Reading Academic Reading-Writing Process Conversation with the Texts Active Critical Reading Keeping a Writer's Notebook Prereading Preview the Text and Ask Questions that Will Help You Set Goals for Close Reading Use Freewriting and Brainstorming to Recall Your Prior Knowledge and Express Your Feelings about the Reading Topic Close Reading Mark, Annotate, and Elaborate on the Text Take Effective Notes Pose and Answer Questions about the Text Reading for Genre, Organization, and Stylistic Features Genre Organization Stylistic Features Rhetorical Context of Text Rhetorical Context of Your Reading Analyze Writing Assignments Chapter 2: Responses, Paraphrases, Summaries, and Quotations Write an Informal Response Convert Informal Response to Response Essay Paraphrase Summarize Quote Altering Quotations Weaving Quotations into Your Essay Chapter 3: Critical Analysis Part I: Critical Analysis Focus of the Chapter Adopting a Questioning Frame of Mind Types of Analyses You Will Be Asked to Write Importance of Genre Knowledge Approaches to Analysis Purpose of Critical Analysis Critical Analysis and the Academic Conversation *Examination of Dry Your Eyes: Examining the Role of Robots for Childcare Applications, by David Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Mataric's Critical Analysis of Noel Sharkey and Amanda Sharkey's, Crying Shame of Robot Nannies: An Ethical Appraisal Part II: Writing a Critical Analysis: Detailed Demonstration of Reading-Writing Process Critical Reading Planning Drafting Revising the Preliminary Draft Editing Student's Critical Analysis Essay: Final Draft Chapter 4: Literary Analysis and Comparative Analysis Literary Analysis Process of Writing a Literary Analysis Comparative Analysis Incorporate Comparative Analysis into Longer Essays Stand-Alone Comparative Analysis of Texts Process of Writing a Comparative Analysis of Texts Sample Comparative Analysis Essay Brief Word About Other Types of Analysis Essays Rhetorical Analysis Process Analysis Casual Analysis Chapter 5: Visual Analysis Principles of Visual Analysis Portfolio of Photographs Overview of Visual Analysis Process of Writing a Visual Analysis Essay Previewing Viewing for Content Viewing for Genre, Organization, and Stylistic Features Viewing for Rhetorical Context Chapter 6: Synthesis Analysis and Synthesis Process of Writing Synthesis Essays Examine the Assignment Determine Your Rhetorical Purpose: Purposes for Synthesizing Sources Ask Questions to Identify Relationships among the Sources Formulate a Thesis and Review the Texts Process of Writing an Exploratory Synthesis Decide on Rhetorical Purpose Formulate Working Thesis Process of Writing a Literature Review *Examination of Adolescents' Expressed Meanings of Music In and Out of School: Patricia Shehard Campbell, Claire Connell, and Amy Beegle's Literature Review Organize the Literature Review to Focus on Ideas Rather than Sources Process of Writing a Thesis-Driven Synthesis Support Thesis with Evidence Examination of Student's Thesis-Drive Synthesis Revising Synthesis Essays Chapter 7: Argument Nature of Academic Argument Argument in a Broad Sense and Argument in a Specialized Sense Specialized Argument Expressed as Statement vs. Specialized Argument Synthesized with Sources Developing Support for Arguments Joining the Academic Conversation *Examination of Predators or Plowshares? Arms Control of Robotic Weapons, Robert Sparrow's Argument Synthesis Process of Writing an Argument Synthesis Essay Differentiate Issues and Topics Differentiate Claims and Evidence Differentiate Opinions and Reasons Probe Both Sides of the Issue Question the Reading Sources State Your Claim Support Reasons with Evidence from Reading Sources Acknowledge and Respond to Competing Claims Illustration of Student's Process in Writing an Argument Synthesis Essay Consider Audience Determine Issue, Thesis, and Competing Positions