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Reading Critically, Writing Well helps students read for meaning and read like a writer, and it guides them as they apply what they’ve learned to their own writing. Each of the book’s 9 assignment chapters includes a genre-specific guide to reading that challenges students to analyze the authors’ techniques as well as a step-by-step guide to writing that helps them apply these techniques to their own essays in the genre. With 13 provocative new professional selections (plus 8 multimodal selections in e-Pages), an array of student models, hands-on activities for critical analysis and invention, and multiple opportunities for summary and synthesis, this text is the right choice for any instructor who wants to help students learn to read critically and write well. Now with e-Pages: multimodal reading selections that come alive online with videos, podcasts, quizzes, and more.
CHAPTER 1 ACADEMIC HABITS OF MIND: FROM READING CRITICALLY TO WRITING WELL Activity 1: Exploring Your Habits of MindJoining the Academic Conversation Activity 2: Developing Your Rhetorical Sensitivity Activity 3: Honing Ideas through DiscussionFrom Reading Critically to Writing WellThe Writing Process Activity 4: Freewriting to Develop Ideas Activity 5: Asking Writer’s Questions Activity 6: Pulling It All TogetherCHAPTER 2 AUTOBIOGRAPHYAutobiography: The Rhetorical Situation Composing Autobiography: Thinking about the Rhetorical SituationA Guide to Reading AutobiographyAnnie Dillard, An American Childhood*Tom Ruprecht, In Too DeepSaira Shah, Longing to Belong*Jenée Desmond-Harris, Tupac and My Non-thug LifeBrad Benioff, Rick (Student Essay)Reviewing What Makes Autobiography Effective[e-pages] Shanon Lewis, We Were There (Student Essay)[e-pages] Kate Beaton, Treasure (graphic memoir)A Guide to Writing AutobiographyThe Writing AssignmentWriting a Draft: Invention, Planning, and Composing Choosing a Subject Shaping Your Story Presenting Important People and Places Reflecting on Your Subject Drafting Your Story Considering a Useful Sentence StrategyEvaluating the Draft: Getting a Constructive Critical Reading Reading a Draft CriticallyImproving the Draft: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Revising Your Draft Troubleshooting Your Draft Editing and Proofreading Your DraftReflecting on What You Have Learned: AutobiographyCHAPTER 3 OBSERVATION Observation: The Rhetorical Situation Composing Observations: Thinking about the Rhetorical SituationA Guide to Reading ObservationsThe New Yorker, SoupJohn T. Edge, I’m Not Leaving Until I Eat This Thing A Special Reading Strategy: Comparing and Contrasting Related Readings: "Soup" and Edge’s "I’m Not Leaving until I Eat This Thing"*Gabriel Thompson, Gringo in the Lettuce FieldsPeggy Orenstein, The Daily Grind: Lessons in the Hidden Curriculum A Special Reading Strategy: Looking for Patterns of OppositionBrian Cable, The Last Stop (Student Essay)Reviewing What Makes Observation Effective[e-pages] Brianne O'Leary, Fatty's Custom Tattooz and Body Piercing (Student Essay)[e-pages] Sarah Kate Kramer/WNYC, Niche Market: Fountain Pen Hospital (Web page and slide show)A Guide to Writing Observations The Writing AssignmentWriting a Draft: Invention, Planning, and Composing Working with Sources: Integrating Quotations from Interviews Considering a Useful Sentence StrategyEvaluating the Draft: Getting a Constructive Critical Reading Reading a Draft CriticallyImproving the Draft: Revising, Editing, andProofreading Troubleshooting Your DraftReflecting on What You Have Learned: ObservationCHAPTER 4 REFLECTIONReflection: The Rhetorical Situation Composing Reflections: Thinking about the Rhetorical SituationA Guide to Reading ReflectionsBrent Staples, Black Men and Public SpaceDana Jennings, Our Scars Tell the Story of Our Lives*Dan Zevin, Father Shops Best*Rob Walker, Replacement Therapy: Why Our Gadgets Can't Wear Out Fast EnoughKatherine Haines, Whose Body Is This? (Student Essay)[e-pages] Justin Ton, Hip-Hop You Don't Stop (Student Essay)[e-pages] Linda Stone, Continuous Partial Attention (video with transcript) Reviewing What Makes Reflections EffectiveA Guide to Writing ReflectionsThe Writing AssignmentWriting a Draft: Invention, Planning, and ComposingEvaluating the Draft: Getting a Constructive Critical Reading Reading a Draft CriticallyImproving the Draft: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Troubleshooting Your DraftReflecting on What You Have Learned: ReflectionsCHAPTER 5 EXPLAINING CONCEPTSConcept Explanations: The Rhetorical Situation Composing Concept Explanations: Thinking about the Rhetorical SituationA Guide to Reading Concept Explanations*Susan Cain, Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic?Deborah Tannen, Marked WomenBeth Bailey, Dating*Dan Hurley, Can You Make Yourself Smarter? Linh Kieu Ngo, Cannibalism: It Still Exists (Student Essay)[e-pages] Slate, Walking Neighborhoods (interactive maps and screenshot) Reviewing What Makes Concept Explanations EffectiveA Guide to Writing Concept ExplanationsThe Writing AssignmentWriting a Draft: Invention, Planning, and ComposingEvaluating the Draft: Getting a Constructive Critical Reading Reading a Draft CriticallyImproving the Draft: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Troubleshooting Your DraftReflecting on What You Have Learned: Concept ExplanationsCHAPTER 6 EVALUATIONEvaluations: The Rhetorical Situation Composing Evaluations: Thinking about the Rhetorical SituationA Guide to Reading EvaluationsAmitai Etzioni, Working at McDonald’s*Malcolm Gladwell, What College Rankings Really Tell UsChristine Rosen, The Myth of Multitasking*Peter Travers, Review of LincolnWilliam Akana, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: A Hell of a Ride (Student Essay)Christine Romano, Jessica Statsky's "Children Need to Play, Not Compete:" An Evaluation (Student Essay)[e-pages] Brittany Lemus, Requiem for a Dream: Fantasy verses Reality (Student Essay)[e-pages] Marlon Bishop, Gig Alert: Bright Eyes (Web page and audio file) Reviewing What Makes Evaluations EffectiveA Guide to Writing EvaluationsThe Writing AssignmentWriting a Draft: Invention, Planning, and ComposingEvaluating the Draft: Getting a Constructive Critical Reading Reading a Draft CriticallyImproving the Draft: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Troubleshooting Your DraftReflecting on What You Have Learned: EvaluationsCHAPTER 7 POSITION PAPERPosition Papers: The Rhetorical Situation Composing Position Papers: Thinking about the Rhetorical SituationA Guide to Reading Position PapersBrian Greene, Put a Little Science in Your LifeKaren Stabiner, Boys Here, Girls There: Sure, If Equality’s the Goal*Sherry Turkle, The Flight from Conversation*Daniel J. Solove, Why Privacy Matters Even If You Have "Nothing to Hide"Jessica Statsky, Children Need to Play, Not Compete (Student Essay)U.S. Department of Transportation/Ad Council, The "It’s Only Another Beer" Black and Tan (PSA) Reviewing What Makes Position Papers EffectiveA Guide to Writing Position PapersThe Writing AssignmentWriting a Draft: Invention, Planning, and ComposingEvaluating the Draft: Getting a Constructive Critical Reading Reading a Draft CriticallyImproving the Draft: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Troubleshooting Your DraftReflecting on What You Have Learned: Position Papers CHAPTER 8 SPECULATING ABOUT CAUSES OR EFFECTS (ALISON)Speculations about Causes or Effects: The Rhetorical Situation Composing Speculations about Causes or Effects: Thinking about the Rhetorical SituationA Guide to Reading Speculations about Causes or EffectsStephen King, Why We Crave Horror MoviesClaudia Wallis, The Multitasking Generation*Shankar Vedantam, The Telescope EffectNicholas Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid?Sheila McClain, Fitness Culture: A Growing Trend in America (Student Essay)[e-pages] Michelle Cox, The Truth about Lying (Student Essay)[e-pages] On the Media, Reel Sounds of Violence (audio podcast/interview) Reviewing What Makes Speculations about Causes or Effects EffectiveA Guide to Writing Speculations about Causes or Effects The Writing AssignmentWriting a Draft: Invention, Planning, and ComposingEvaluating the Draft: Getting a Constructive Critical Reading Reading a Draft CriticallyImproving the Draft: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Troubleshooting Your DraftReflecting on What You Have Learned: Speculations about Causes or EffectsCHAPTER 9 PROPOSAL TO SOLVE A PROBLEMProposals to Solve a Problem: The Rhetorical Situation Composing Proposals to Solve a Problem: Thinking about the Rhetorical SituationA Guide to Reading Proposals to Solve a Problem*David Bornstein, Fighting Bullying with Babies (from SMG 10e)William F. Shughart II, Why Not a Football Degree?*Kelly D. Brownell and Thomas R. Frieden, Ounces of Prevention—The Public Policy Case for Taxes on Sugared BeveragesKaren Kornbluh, Win-Win FlexibilityLuigi Zingales, College Graduate as CollateralPatrick O’Malley, More Testing, More Learning (Student Essay)[e-pages] Molly Coleman, Missing the Fun (Student Essay) [e-pages] Phoebe Sweet and Zach Wise, The Problem with Lawns: The Transforming Landscape of Las Vegas (video) Reviewing What Makes Proposals to Solve a Problem EffectiveA Guide to Writing Proposals to Solve a ProblemThe Writing AssignmentWriting a Draft: Invention, Planning, and ComposingEvaluating the Draft: Getting a Constructive Critical Reading Reading a Draft CriticallyImproving the Draft: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Troubleshooting Your DraftReflecting on What You Have Learned: Proposals to Solve ProblemsCHAPTER 10 A CATALOG OF CRITICAL READING STRATEGIESAnnotatingMartin Luther King Jr., An Annotated Sample from "Letter from Birmingham Jail"PreviewingOutliningSummarizingParaphrasingSynthesizingQuestioning to Understand and RememberContextualizingReflecting on Challenges to Your Beliefs and ValuesExploring the Significance of Figurative LanguageLooking for Patterns of OppositionEvaluating the Logic of an ArgumentUsing a Toulmin AnalysisRecognizing Logical FallaciesJudging a Writer’s CredibilityComparing and Contrasting Related ReadingsLewis H. Van Dusen Jr., Legitimate Pressures and Illegitimate ResultsPublic Statement by Eight Alabama ClergymenCHAPTER 11 STRATEGIES FOR RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATIONPlanning a Research Project Analyzing Your Rhetorical Situation and Setting a Schedule Choosing a Topic and Getting an Overview Narrowing Your Topic and Drafting Research Questions Establishing a Research Log Creating a Working Bibliography Annotating Your Working Bibliography Taking Notes on Your SourcesFinding Sources Searching Library Catalogs Searching Databases Finding Government Documents and Statistical Information Finding Web Sites and Interactive SourcesConducting Field Research Conducting Observational Studies Conducting Interviews Conducting SurveysEvaluating Sources Choosing Relevant Sources Choosing Reliable SourcesUsing Sources to Support Your Ideas Synthesizing Sources Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism Using Information from Sources to Support Your ClaimsCiting and Documenting Sources in MLA StyleChristina Dinh, Educating Kids at Home (Student Essay)Citing and Documenting Sources in APA StylePatrick O’Malley, More Testing, More Learning (Student References List)CHAPTER 12 STRATEGIES FOR ANALYZING VISUALSCriteria for Analyzing VisualsA Sample AnalysisPaul Taylor, The Rising (Student Essay)
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