Welcome Page for Instructors
Welcome Page for Students
Preface
Introduction
Part 1: Genres
Introduction
Narratives
Deciding to write a narrative
Literacy Narrative: Goodman, O.K., You're Not Shakespeare. Now Get Back to Work.
Exploring purpose and topic
Understanding your audience
Finding and developing materials
Creating a structure
Choosing a style and design
Your Turn (1: Narratives)
Examining Models
Memoir/Reflection: Pequeno, Check. Mate?
Graphic Narrative (excerpt): Satrapi, Persepolis
Multimedia Documentary: Katherina Cizek, Out My Window
Assignments
Introduction
Reports
Deciding to write a report
Research Report: Wilcox, Marathons for Women
Exploring purpose and topic
Your Turn (2: Reports)
Understanding your audience
Finding and developing materials
Creating a structure
Choosing a style and design
Examining Models
Feature Story: Grossman, From Scroll to Screen
Infographic: Wind Technologies Market Report 2012
Video Report: UNICEF, Innovations for Child Health in Uganda
Assignments
Introduction
Arguments
Deciding to write an argument
Argument to Advance a Thesis: Stefan Casso, Worth the Lie
Exploring purpose and topic
Your Turn (3: Arguments)
Understanding your audience
Finding and developing materials
Creating a structure
Choosing a style and design
Examining Models
Refutation Argument: Lomborg, The Limits of Panic
Visual Argument: Bors, Can We Stop Worrying about Millenials Yet?
Interactive Web Site: 5Gyres, Understanding Plastic Pollution through Exploration, Education, and Action
Assignments
Introduction
Evaluations
Deciding to write an evaluation
Arts Review: Lisa Schwarzbaum, The Hunger Games
Exploring purpose and topic
Understanding your audience
Finding and developing materials
Creating a structure
Choosing a style and design
Your Turn (4: Evaluations)
Examining Models
Social Satire: J. Brown, A Word from My Anti-Phone Soapbox
Product Review: Hoover, Monster's U.'s Site Just Might Give You "Web-Site Envy"
Visual Comparison: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Crash Test
Product Test: Penn and the Tampa Bay Times, Mandarin Chinese, Rosetta Stone Style
Assignments
Introduction
Causal Analyses
Deciding to write a causal analysis
Causal Analysis: Goldberg, Global Warming and the Sun
Exploring purpose and topic
Your Turn (5: Causal Analyses)
Understanding your audience
Finding and developing materials
Creating a structure
Choosing a style and design
Examining Models
Research Study: Behn, Where Have All the Women Gone?
Cultural Analysis: Hosey, Why We Love Beautiful Things
Multimodal Project: theatlantic.com, Think Again
Assignments
Introduction
Proposals
Deciding to write a proposal
Trial Balloon: Seaman, How Bingeing Became the New College Sport
Exploring purpose and topic
Your Turn (6: Proposals) 1
Understanding your audience
Finding and developing materials
Creating a structure
Your Turn (6: Proposals) 2
Choosing a style and design
Examining Models
Manifesto: Vincent, Technology Time-Out
Visual Proposal: Sorenson, Loan Bone
Video: Pollan, Celebrate School Lunch
Assignments
Introduction
Literary Analyses
Deciding to write a literary analysis
Thematic Interpretation: Deresiewicz, Great Expectations: What Gatsby's Really Looking For
Exploring purpose and topic
Understanding your audience
Your Turn (7: Literary Analyses)
Finding and developing materials
Creating a structure
Choosing a style and design
Examining Models
Close Reading: Sathasivan, Insanity: Two Women
Photographs as Literary Texts: Lange, Evans, and Parks
Parody: Didriksen, Pop Sonnet: Royals
Assignments
Introduction
Rhetorical analyses
Deciding to write a rhetorical analysis
Rhetorical Analysis: Cohen, Too Much Information
Exploring purpose and topic
Your Turn (8: Rhetorical Analyses)
Understanding your audience
Finding and developing materials
Creating a structure
Choosing a style and design
Examining Models
Analysis of an Argument: Nance, A Mockery of Justice
Cultural Analysis: Tankersley, Humankind's Ouroboros
Infographics: Lamm, The History of Music
Assignments
Part 2: Special Assignments
Introduction
Essay examinations
Understanding essay exams
Your Turn (9: Essay Examinations)
Getting the details right
Examining a model
Essay Exam: Lamb, Plato's Phaedrus
Introduction
Position papers
Understanding position papers
Getting the details right
Your Turn (10: Position Papers)
Examining a model
Position Paper: Rogers, Triumph of the Lens
Introduction
Annotated bibliographies
Understanding annotated bibliographies
Getting the details right
Your Turn (11: Annotated Bibliographies)
Examining a model
Annotated Bibliography
Introduction
Synthesis papers
Understanding synthesis papers
Getting the details right
Your Turn (12: Synthesis Papers)
Examining a model
Sources for synthesis paper
Synthesis Paper: Chiu, Time to Adapt?
Introduction
E-mails
Understanding e-mail
Getting the details right
Your Turn (13: E-mails)
Examining a model
E-mail: Strickland, Re: Writing Center Course Eligibility
Introduction
Business letters
Understanding business letters
Getting the details right
Your Turn (14: Business Letters)
Examining a model
Business Letter: Humbert, to Home Design Magazine
Cover Letter: Linn, to ABC Corporate Advisers, Inc.
Introduction
Résumés
Understanding résumés
Getting the details right
Your Turn (15: Résumés)
Examining a model
Résumé: Palladino, Résumé
Introduction
Personal statements
Understanding personal statements
Getting the details right
Your Turn (16: Personal Statements)
Examining a model
Personal Statement: Villaverde, Personal Statement for ASPF Internship
Introduction
Writing portfolios
Understanding writing portfolios
Getting the details right
Your Turn (17: Writing Portfolios)
Examining a model
Writing Portfolio: Lopez, Midterm Reflection
Introduction
Oral reports
Understanding oral reports
Your Turn (18: Oral Reports)
Getting the details right
Examining a model
Oral Report: Sagastume, Edenlawn Estates
Part 3: Ideas
Brainstorming
Your Turn (19: Brainstorming)
How to... Browse for ideas
Smart Reading
Your Turn (20: Smart Reading)
Critical Thinking
Your Turn (21: Critical Thinking)
Experts
Your Turn (22: Experts)
How to... Use the writing center
Writer's Block
Your Turn (23: Writer's Block)
Part 4: Shaping & Drafting
Thesis
Your Turn (24: Thesis)
Strategies
Your Turn (25: Strategies)
Organization
Your Turn (26: Organization)
Outlines
Paragraphs
Transitions
Introductions and Conclusions
Titles
Part 5: Style
High, Middle, and Low Style
Your Turn (32: High, Middle, and Low Style)
Inclusive and Culturally Sensitive Style
Your Turn (33: Inclusive and Culturally Sensitive Style)
Vigorous, Clear, Economical Style
Your Turn (34: Vigorous, Clear, Economical Style)
Part 6: Revising & Editing
Revising Your Own Work
Your Turn (35: Revising Your Own Work)
How to... Revise Your Work
Peer Editing
Your Turn (36: Peer Review)
How to... Insert a Comment in a Word Document
Part 7: Research & Sources
Beginning Your Research
Finding Print and Online Sources
Doing Field Research
Evaluating Sources
Annotating Sources
Your Turn (41: Annotating Sources)
Summarizing Sources
Your Turn (42: Summarizing Sources)
Paraphrasing Sources
Your Turn (43: Paraphrasing Sources)
Incorporating Sources into Your Work
Documenting Sources
MLA Documentation and Format
MLA In-Text Citations
MLA Works Cited Entries
Author Information
Books
Periodicals
Electronic Sources
Other
MLA Format
How to...Cite from a Book (MLA)
How to...Cite from a Magazine (MLA)
How to...Cite from a Web Site (MLA)
How to...Cite from a Database (MLA)
APA Documentation and Format
APA In-Text Citations
APA Reference Entries
Author Information
Books
Periodicals
Electronic Sources
Other
APA Format
How to...Cite from a Web Site (APA)
How to...Cite from a Database (APA)
Part 8: Media & Design
Understanding Digital Media
Your Turn (48: Understanding Digital Media)
Tables, Graphs, and Infographics
Your Turn (49: Tables, Graphs, and Infographics)
Designing Print and Online Documents
How to...Insert an image into a Word document
Part 9: Common Errors
Capitalization
Apostrophes
Commas
Comma Splices, Run-Ons, and Fragments
Subject/Verb Agreement
Irregular Verbs
Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
Pronoun Reference
Pronoun Case
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Parallelism
Part 10: Readings
Genre Moves: Literacy Narrative (Tan, from Mother Tongue)
Narrative: Oswalt, Zombie Spaceship Wasteland
Graphic Narrative (Excerpt): Barry, Lost and Found
Reflection: Nye, Mint Snowball
Memoir: Sukrungruang, Chop Suey
Literacy Narrative: Franzen, The Comfort Zone
Genre Moves: Descriptive Report (Momaday, from The Way to Rainy Mountain)
Informational Report: Ayyar, Cosmic Postcards: The Adventures of an Armchair Astronaut
Definitional Report: Silberman, Neurodiversity Rewires Conventional Thinking about Brains
Informational Report: Perlin, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Legal Report: Deloria, The Cherokee Nation Decision
Graphic Report: Graham and De Sabbata, Age of Internet Empires
Genre Moves: Argumentative Speech (Truth, from Ain't I a Woman?)
Editorial: Dowd, Don't Send in the Clones
Argumentative Report: Wise, The Sad Science of Hipsterism
Argument for Change: Bazelon, Hitting Bottom...
Analysis of Cultural Values: Natadecha-Sponsel, The Young, The Rich, and The Famous...
Policy Argument: Engber, Glutton Intolerance
Genre Moves: Evaluation (Klein, from No Logo)
Television Review: Nussbaum, To Stir, with Love
Scientific Evaluation: Kaku, Force Fields
Music Review: Frere-Jones, The Next Day
Television Review: Engoron, Why Mad Men is Bad for Women
Media Evaluation: Alexander, Domino's. The Pizza That Never Sleeps.
Genre Moves: Descriptive Report (Baldwin, from If Black English Isn't a Language...)
Causal Analysis: King, How Twitter Is Reshaping the Future of Storytelling
Cultural Analysis: Angier, Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore
Causal Analysis: Gehl, A History of Like
Exploratory Essay: Rose, Hip Hop Causes Violence
Genre Moves: Proposal (Carson, from The Obligation to Endure)
Proposal for Change: Todd, Is That Plastic in Your Trash a Hazard?
Proposal for Change: McGonigal, Video Games...
Proposal: Tyson, The Cosmic Perspective
Satirical Proposal: McLeod, A Modest Free Market Proposal for Education Reform
Proposal for Change: Singer, "One Person, One Share" of the Atmosphere
Genre Moves: Literary Analysis (Naylor, from The Meanings of a Word)
Formal Analysis: Bradley, Rap Poetry 101
Textual Analysis: Smith, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Textual Analysis: Mitchell, Woodstock (song lyrics); Paglia, "Woodstock"
Historical Analysis: Buttsworth, CinderBella: Twilight, Fairy Tales...
Cultural Analysis: Jen, Holden Raises Hell
Genre Moves: Rhetorical Analysis (Susan Sontag, from Notes on 'Camp')
Discourse Analysis: Tannen, Oh, Mom. Oh, Honey...
Analysis of an Advertisement: Fish, The Other Car
Cultural Analysis: Fendrich, The Beauty of the Platitude
Film Analysis: D'Addario, Johnny Depp's Tonto Misstep...
Analysis of an Advertisement: Leader, Dudes Come Clean...
Credits
Critical Reading
Documentation and Working with Sources
Digital Writing
Acknowledgements