Longman Writer, The, MLA Update Edition: Rhetoric, Reader, Research Guide, Handbook
by Nadell, Judith; Langan, John A; Comodromos, Eliza A.Edition: 7th
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Pub. Date: 2009-01-01
Publisher(s): Longman
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Summary
Clear, step-by-step writing instruction, ample annotated student essays, and extensive practice opportunities for writing have madeThe Longman Writerone of the most successful methods-of-development guides for college writing.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| The Reading Process | |
| Becoming a Strong Reader | |
| Stage 1: Get an Overview of the Selection | |
| Stage 2: Deepen Your Sense of the Selection | |
| Stage 3: Evaluate the Selection | |
| Ellen Goodman, "Family Counterculture" | |
| The Writing Process | |
| Getting Started Through Prewriting | |
| Observations About the Writing Process | |
| Use Prewriting to Get Started | |
| Keep a Journal | |
| The Pre-Reading Journal Entry | |
| Understand the Boundaries of the Assignment | |
| Determine Your Purpose, Audience, Tone, and Point of View | |
| Discover Your Essay's Limited Subject | |
| Generate Raw Material About Your Limited Subject | |
| Organize the Raw Material | |
| Activities: Getting Started Through Prewriting | |
| Identifying a Thesis | |
| What Is a Thesis? | |
| Finding a Thesis | |
| Writing an Effective Thesis | |
| Tone and Point of View | |
| Implied Pattern of Development | |
| Including a Plan of Development | |
| Don't Write a Highly Opinionated Statement | |
| Don't Make an Announcement | |
| Don't Make a Factual Statement | |
| Don't Make a Broad Statement | |
| Arriving at an Effective Thesis | |
| Placing the Thesis in an Essay | |
| Activities: Identifying a Thesis | |
| Supporting the Thesis with Evidence | |
| What Is Evidence? | |
| How Do You Find Evidence? | |
| How the Patterns of Development Help Generate Evidence | |
| Characteristics of Evidence | |
| The Evidence Is Relevant and Unified | |
| The Evidence Is Specific | |
| The Evidence Is Adequate | |
| The Evidence Is Dramatic | |
| The Evidence Is Accurate | |
| The Evidence Is Representative | |
| Borrowed Evidence Is Documented | |
| Activities: Supporting the Thesis with Evidence | |
| Organizing the Evidence | |
| Use the Patterns of Development | |
| Select an Organizational Approach | |
| Chronological Approach | |
| Spatial Approach | |
| Emphatic Approach | |
| Simple-to-Complex Approach | |
| Prepare an Outline | |
| Activities: Organizing the Evidence | |
| Writing the Paragraphs in the First Draft | |
| How to Move from Outline to First Draft | |
| General Suggestions on How to Proceed | |
| If You Get Bogged Down | |
| A Suggested Sequence for Writing the First Draft | |
| Write the Supporting Paragraphs | |
| Write Other Paragraphs in the Essay's Body | |
| Write the Introduction | |
| Write the Conclusion | |
| Write the Title | |
| Pulling It All Together | |
| Sample First Draft | |
| "Challenges for Today's Parents" | |
| Commentary | |
| Activities: Writing the Paragraphs in the First Draft | |
| Revising Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development | |
| Five Strategies to Make Revision Easier | |
| Set Your First Draft Aside for a While | |
| Work from Printed Text | |
| Read the Draft Aloud | |
| View Revision as a Series of Steps | |
| Evaluate and Respond to Instructor Feedback | |
| Peer Review: An Additional Revision Strategy | |
| Evaluate and Respond to Peer Review | |
| Revising Overall Meaning and Structure | |
| Revising Paragraph Development | |
| Sample Student Revision of Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development | |
| Activities: Revising Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development | |
| Revising Sentences and Words | |
| Revising Sentences | |
| Make Sentences Consistent with Your Tone | |
| Make Sentences Economical | |
| Vary Sentence Type | |
| Vary Sentence Length | |
| Make Sentences Emphatic | |
| Revising Words | |
| Make Words Consistent with Your Tone | |
| Use an Appropriate Level of Diction | |
| Avoid Words That Overstate or Understate | |
| Select Words with Appropriate Connotations | |
| Use Specific Rather Than General Words | |
| Use Strong Verbs | |
| Delete Unnecessary Adverbs | |
| Use Original Figures of Speech | |
| Avoid Sexist Language | |
| Sample Student Revision of Sentences and Words | |
| Activities: Revising Sentences and Words | |
| Editing and Proofreading | |
| Edit Carefully | |
| Use the Appropriate Manuscript Format | |
| Proofread Closely | |
| Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Proofreading | |
| "Challenges for Today's Parents" | |
| Commentary | |
| Activities: Editing and Proofreading | |
| The Patterns Of Development | |
| Description | |
| What Is Description? | |
| How Description Fits Your Purpose and Audience | |
| Prewriting Strategies | |
| Strategies for Using Description in an Essay | |
| Revision Strategies | |
| Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision | |
| "Salt Marsh" | |
| Commentary | |
| Activities: Description | |
| Prewriting Activities | |
| Revising Activities | |
| Professional Selections: Description | |
| "Sister Flowers" | |
| "The Storm this Time" | |
| "Flavio's Home" | |
| Additional Writing Topics: Description | |
| Narration | |
| What Is Narration? | |
| How Narration Fits Your Purpose and Audience | |
| Prewriting Strategies | |
| Strategies for Using Narration in an Essay | |
| Revision Strategies | |
| Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision | |
| "If Only" | |
| Commentary | |
| Activities: Narration | |
| Prewriting Activities | |
| Revising Activities | |
| Professional Selections: Narration | |
| "The Fourth of July" | |
| "Shooting an Elephant" | |
| "Charity Display?" | |
| Additional Writing Topics: Narration | |
| Illustration | |
| What Is Illustration? | |
| How Illustration Fits Your Purpose and Audience | |
| Prewriting Strategies | |
| Strategies for Using Illustration in an Essay | |
| Revision Strategies | |
| Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision | |
| "Pursuit of Possessions" | |
| Commentary | |
| Activities: Illustration | |
| Prewriting Activities | |
| Revising Activities | |
| Professional Selections: Illustration | |
| "Tweens: Ten Going on Sixteen" | |
| "Bombs Bursting in Air" | |
| "Black Talk and Pop Culture" | |
| Additional Writing Topics: Illustration | |
| Division-Classification | |
| What Is Division-Classification? | |
| How Division-Classification Fits Your Purpose and Audience | |
| Prewriting Strategies | |
| Strategies for Using Division-Classification in an Essay | |
| Revision Strategies | |
| Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision | |
| "The Truth about College Teachers" | |
| Commentary | |
| Activities: Division-Classification | |
| Prewriting Activities | |
| Revising Activities | |
| Professional Selections: Division-Classification | |
| "Double Speak" | |
| "The Men We Carry in Our Minds" | |
| "Psst! 'Human Capital'" | |
| Additional Writing Topics: Division-Classification | |
| Process Analysis | |
| What Is Process Analysis? | |
| How Process Analysis Fits Your Purpose and Audience | |
| Prewriting Strategies | |
| Strategies for Using Process Analysis in an Essay | |
| Revision Strategies | |
| Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision | |
| "Becoming a Recordoholic" | |
| Commentary | |
| Activities: Process Analysis | |
| Prewriting Activities | |
| Revising Activities | |
| Professional Selections: Process Analysis | |
| "Cyberschool" | |
| "Don't Just Stand There" | |
| "Talk About Editing" | |
| Additional Writing Topics: Process Analysis | |
| Comparison-Contrast | |
| What Is Comparison-Contrast? | |
| How Comparison-Contrast Fits Your Purpose and Audience | |
| Prewriting Strategies | |
| Strategies for Using Comparison-Contrast in an Essay | |
| Revision Strategies | |
| Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision | |
| "The Virtues of Growing Older" | |
| Commentary | |
| Activities: Comparison-Contrast | |
| Prewriting Activities | |
| Revising Activities | |
| Professional Selections: Comparison-Contrast | |
| "A Slow Walk of Trees" | |
| "Reality TV: Surprising Throwback to the Past?" | |
| "Euromail and Amerimail" | |
| Additional Writing Topics: Comparison-Contrast | |
| Cause-Effect | |
| What Is Cause-Effect? | |
| How Cause-Effect Fits Your Purpose and Audience | |
| Prewriting Strategies | |
| Strategies for Using Cause-Effect in an Essay | |
| Revision Strategies | |
| Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision | |
| "Americans and Food" | |
| Commentary | |
| Activities: Cause-Effect | |
| Prewriting Activities | |
| Revising Activities | |
| Professional Selections: Cause-Effect | |
| "Why We Crave Horror Movies" | |
| "Innocents Afield" | |
| "Black Men and Public Space" | |
| Additional Writing Topics: Cause-Effect | |
| Definition | |
| What Is Definition? | |
| How Definition Fits Your Purpose and Audience | |
| Prewriting Strategies | |
| Strategies for Using Definition in an Essay | |
| Revision Strategies | |
| Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision | |
| "Physics in Everyday Life" | |
| Commentary | |
| Activities: Definition | |
| Prewriting Activities | |
| Revising Activities | |
| Professional Selections: Definition | |
| "Entropy" | |
| "Life as Type A" | |
| "The Cute Factor" | |
| Additional Writing Topics: Definition | |
| Argumentation-Persuasion | |
| What Is Argumentation-Persuasion? | |
| How Argumentation-Persuasion Fits Your Purpose and Audience | |
| Prewriting Strategies | |
| Strategies for Using Argumentation-Persuasion in an Essay | |
| Revision Strategies | |
| Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Revision | |
| "Compulsory National Service" | |
| Commentary | |
| Activities: Argumentation-Persuasion | |
| Prewriting Activities | |
| Revising Activities | |
| Professional Selections: Argumentation-Persuasion | |
| "Free Speech Follies" | |
| "In Praise of the 'F' Word" | |
| Debating the Issues: Date Rape | |
| "A Bigger Danger than Feminists Know" | |
| "Common Decency" | |
| Debating the Issues: Immigration | |
| "The Border On Our Backs" | |
| "Se Habla Entitlement" | |
| Additional Writing Topics: Argumentation-Persuasion | |
| The Research Paper | |
| Locating, Evaluating, and Integrating Online and Print Sources | |
| Plan the Research | |
| Understand the Paper's Boundaries | |
| Understand Primary versus Secondary Research | |
| Choose a General Subject | |
| Prewrite to Limit the General Subject | |
| Conduct Preliminary Research | |
| Identify a Working Thesis | |
| Make a Schedule | |
| Find Sources in the Library | |
| The Computerized Catalog | |
| The Reference Section | |
| Periodicals | |
| Use the Internet | |
| The Internet and the World Wide Web | |
| What the Web Offers | |
| The Advantages and Limitations of the Library and the Web | |
| Using Online Time Efficiently | |
| Using the Net to Find Materials on Your Topic | |
| Using Discussion Groups and Blogs | |
| Using Wikis | |
| Evaluating Online Materials | |
| Using Other Online Tools | |
| Prepare a Working Bibliography | |
| Take Notes to Support the Thesis with Evidence | |
| Before Note-Taking: Evaluate Sources | |
| Before Note-Taking: Refine Your Working Bibliography | |
| Before Note-Taking: Read Your Sources | |
| When Note-Taking: What to Select | |
| When Note-Taking: How to Record Statistics | |
| When Note-Taking: Recording Information | |
| When Note-Taking: Photocopies and Printouts | |
| Kinds of Notes | |
| Plagiarism | |
| Combining Notes | |
| Activities: Locating, Evaluating, and Integrating Research Sources | |
| Writing the Research Paper | |
| Refine Your Working Thesis | |
| Sort Your Notes | |
| Organize the Evidence by Outlining | |
| Write the First Draft | |
| Presenting the Results of Primary Research | |
| Document Borrowed Material to Avoid Plagiarism: MLA Format | |
| Indicate Author and Page | |
| Special Cases of Authorship | |
| Special Cases of Pagination | |
| Blending Quotations into Your Text | |
| Presenting Statistics | |
| Revise, Edit, and Proofread the First Draft | |
| Prepare the Works Cited List: MLA Format | |
| Citing Book Sources | |
| Citing Periodical Sources | |
| Citing Electronic Sources | |
| Citing Other Nonprint Sources | |
| Document Borrowed Material to Avoid Plagiarism: APA Format | |
| Parenthetic Citations | |
| References List | |
| Citing Book Sources | |
| Citing Periodical Sources | |
| Citing Electronic Sources | |
| Citing Other Nonprint Sources | |
| A Note About Other Documentation Systems | |
| Student Research Paper: MLA-Style Documentation | |
| "America's Homeless: How the Government Can Help" | |
| Commentary | |
| Activities: Writing the Research Paper | |
| The Literary Paper And Exam Essay | |
| Writing About Literature | |
| Elements of Literary Works | |
| Literary Terms | |
| How to Read a Literary Work | |
| Read to Form a General Impression | |
| Ask Questions About the Work | |
| Reread and Annotate | |
| Modify Your Annotations | |
| Write the Literary Analysis | |
| Prewrite | |
| Identify Your Thesis | |
| Support the Thesis with Evidence | |
| Organize the Evidence | |
| Write the First Draft | |
| Revise Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development | |
| Edit and Proofread | |
| Pulling It All Together | |
| Read to Form a General Impression | |
| "Early Autumn" | |
| Ask Questions about the Work | |
| Reread and Annotate | |
| Student Essay | |
| "Stopping to Talk" | |
| Commentary | |
| Additional Selections and Writing Assignments | |
| "Out, Out-" | |
| "The Story of an Hour" | |
| Writing Exam Essays | |
| Three Forms of Written Answers | |
| Short Answers | |
| Paragraph-Length Answers | |
| Essay-Length Answers | |
| How to Prepare for Exam Essays | |
| At the Examination | |
| Survey of the Entire Test | |
| Understand the Essay Question | |
| Write the Essay | |
| Prewrite | |
| Identify Your Thesis | |
| Support the Thesis with Evidence | |
| Organize the Evidence | |
| Write the Draft | |
| Revise, Edit, and Proofread | |
| Sample Essay Answer | |
| Commentary | |
| Activity: Writing Exam Essays | |
| A Concise Handbook | |
| Opening Comments | |
| Sentence Faults | |
| Fragments | |
| Phrase Fragments | |
| Dependent Clause Fragments | |
| Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences | |
| Three Comma Pitfalls | |
| Faulty Parallelism | |
| Verbs | |
| Problems with Subject-Verb Agreement | |
| How to Correct Faulty Subject-Verb Agreement | |
| Problems with Verb Tense | |
| How to Correct Inappropriate Shifts in Verb Tense | |
| How to Correct Faulty Use of Past Tense | |
| Pronouns | |
| Problems with Pronoun Use | |
| Pronoun Case | |
| How to Correct Faulty Pronoun Case | |
| Pronoun Agreement | |
| Pronoun Reference | |
| Modifiers | |
| Problems with Modification | |
| Misplaced and Ambiguous Modifiers | |
| Dangling Modifiers | |
| Punctuation | |
| Period | |
| Question Mark | |
| Exclamation Point | |
| Comma | |
| Semicolon | |
| Colon | |
| Quotation Marks | |
| Ellipsis | |
| Apostrophe | |
| Parenthesis | |
| Brackets | |
| Hyphen | |
| Dash | |
| Mechanics | |
| Capitalization | |
| Underlining and Italics | |
| Numbers | |
| Abbreviations | |
| Spelling | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Index | |
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