Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers, Brief, The, 8th Edition

Thematic Contents       

Preface          

Credits         

 

Chapter One: Writing Myths and Rituals                       

Writing Fitness:  Rituals and Practice                      

Place, Time, and Tools                 

Energy and Attitude                    

Keeping a Journal                      

Warming Up:  Journal Exercises                

“On Keeping a Journal” by Roy Hoffman               

 

Chapter Two: Situations, Purposes, and Processes for Writing   

Rhetorical Situations                                

Writer, Occasion, Purpose, Audience, Genre, Context           

Purposes for Writing                                

Writer-Based Purposes                           

Subject- and Audience-Based Purposes                

Combinations of Purposes                       

Subject, Purpose, and Thesis                   

Purpose and Audience                             

Audience Analysis                     

Purpose, Audience, and Genre                   

The Rhetorical Situation                           

Purpose, Audience, and Context in Two Essays                   

“The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” by Elizabeth Wong              

“I’m OK, but You’re Not” by Robert Zoellner         

Dimensions of the Writing Process                         

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising                      

The Whole Process                    

Writing with a Computer                          

Warming Up:  Journal Exercises                

A Writing Process at Work:  Collecting and Shaping              

“Athletes and Education” by Neil H. Petrie             

“On Writing “Athletes and Education” by Neil H. Petrie          

A Writing Process at Work:  Drafting and Revising              

From “The Declaration of Independence”               

 

 

Chapter Three: Observing                   

Techniques for Writing About Observations            

Observing People                      

Observing Places                       

From “Sierra” by John Muir                     

Observing Objects                     

Warming Up: Journal Exercises                    

“Take This Fish and Look at It” by Samuel H. Scudder          

“Observing Wolves” by Farley Mowat                     

Observing: The Writing Process                

Choosing a Subject                     

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising                      

Peer Response                         

Postscript on the Writing Process                           

“Permanent Tracings” by Jennifer Macke               

“Empty Windows” by Stephen White                       

 

Chapter Four: Remembering                

Techniques for Writing About Memories                

Remembering People                               

Remembering Places                                

Remembering Events                               

Warming Up:  Journal Exercises                

“Lives on the Boundary” by Mike Rose                    

“Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self” by Alice Walker              

“César Chávez Saved My Life” by Daniel “Nene” Alejandrez               

Remembering: The Writing Process                        

Choosing a Subject                     

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising                      

Peer Response                          

Postscript on the Writing Process                           

“The Wind Catcher” by Todd Petry                       

“The Red Chevy” by Juli Bovard                            

 

Chapter Five: Reading                         

Techniques for Writing about Reading                      

Critical Reading Strategies                       

Guidelines for Class Discussion                  

Summarizing and Responding to an Essay               

“Teach Diversity–with a Smile” by Barbara Ehrenreich        

Summarizing                              

Responding                               

Warming Up: Journal Exercises                  

“Letter to America” by Margaret Atwood              

“Vows” by Christopher Caldwell                           

“Responses to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change”         

Reading and Writing Processes                  

Choosing a Subject                     

“Teaching Tolerance in America” by Dudley Erskine Devlin     

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising                      

Avoiding Plagiarism                    

Peer Response                          

Postscript on the Writing Process                           

“Letter to Margaret Atwood” by Dean C. Swift                   

“Two Responses to Deborah Tannen”

     by Jennifer Koester and Sonja H. Browe                        

 

Chapter Six: Analyzing & Designing Visuals                  

Techniques for Analyzing Visuals                            

Analyzing Visuals with Text                      

Analyzing Visuals in Context                    

“Progress or Not” by Jonathan Alter                      

“Flag Raising on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945” by Joe Rosenthal       

“Who’s a Looter?” by Tania Ralli                           

Analyzing the Genre of the Visual                           

Rhetorical Appeals to the Audience                        

Designing Visuals                       

Techniques for Designing Visuals                            

Warming Up:  Journal Exercises                

“Miss Clairol’s ‘Does She . . . Or Doesn’t She?’: 

    How to Advertise a Dangerous Product” by James B. Twitchell      

“Never Just Pictures,” by Susan Bordo                    

Processes for Analyzing and Designing Visuals         

Choosing a Subject                     

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising                      

Analysis Focused on the Visual                  

“Triple Self-Portrait” by Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner                   

Analysis Focused on the Social Context                 

“Out of the Picture on the Abortion Ban” by Ellen Goodman   

Analysis Focused on the Story                   

“Coming Home” by Carolyn Kleiner Butler             

Peer Response                          

Writing Process Postscript                          

“Some Don’t Like Their Blues at All” by Karyn M. Lewis                  

“Weight Loss 101 for the Adult Fitness Program” by Lawrence Fletcher           

 

Chapter Seven:  Investigating                         

Investigative Writing Techniques                      

Summary of a Book or Article                   

A Brief Report with Graphics                   

“Gimme An A (I Insist!)” by Abigail Sullivan Moore

Investigation Using Multiple Sources                      

“That Parent-Child Conversation Is Becoming Instant, and Online"

     by John Schwartz                               

Profile of a Person                     

“Rick Steves’s Not-So-Lonely Planet” by Sara Corbett        

Extended Interview                     

“Reading Statistical Tea Leaves” by Karen Arenson             

Warming Up: Journal Exercises                  

“Surfin’ the Louvre” by Elizabeth Larsen                

“Plotting a Net Gain” by Connie Koenenn              

“The End of Cheap Oil” by Tim Appenzeller            

“The Homeless and Their Children” by Jonathan Kozol          

Investigating:  The Writing Process                         

Choosing a Subject                     

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising                      

Community Service Learning                    

Research Tips                            

Doing Field Research                               

Peer Response                          

Postscript on the Writing Process                           

“The Hollywood Indian “ by Lauren Strain             

“My Friend, Michelle, An Alcoholic” by Bridgid Stone           

 

Chapter Eight:  Explaining                   

Techniques for Explaining                         

Explaining What                        

Explaining How                         

Explaining Why                            

Warming Up:  Journal Exercises                

“Multiracialness” by LaMer Stepptoe                       

“How to Take Control of Your Credit Cards” by Suze Orman             

“How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently”

     by Deborah Tannen                 

Explaining:  The Writing Process                            

Choosing a Subject                     

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising                      

Tips for Integrating Images                       

Peer Response                          

Postscript on the Writing Process                           

“English Only” by Christine Bishop                         

“Anorexia Nervosa” by Nancie Brosseau               

 

Chapter Nine: Evaluating                     

Techniques for Writing Evaluations                         

Evaluating Commercial Products or Services                        

“The Hybrid Grows Up,” Consumer Reports          

Evaluating Works of Art                          

Evaluating Performances                          

“Peter Jackson’s Sorcery” by Richard Alleva           

Warming Up: Journal Exercises                  

“Evaluating a Website” by Robin Williams and John Tollett     

“All’s Not Well in Land of  ‘The Lion King’” by Margaret Lazarus     

“Today’s Special” by David Sedaris                       

“Prime Time Art” by Kathyrn Hughes and Ben Rogers           

“Watching the Eyewitless News” by Elayne Rapping              

Evaluating:  The Writing Process                            

Choosing a Subject                     

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising                      

Peer Response                          

Postscript on the Writing Process                           

“Borrowers Can be Choosy” by Linda Meininger                 

“The Big Chill” by Kent Y’Blood                           

 

Chapter Ten: Problem Solving                           

Problem Solving Techniques                            

Demonstrating That a Problem Exists                       

Proposing a Solution and Convincing Your Readers             

Warming Up: Journal Exercises                  

“How to End Grade Inflation: 

     A Modest Proposal” by Michael Bérubé            

“Solving for Pattern” by Wendell Berry                    

“One Thing to Do About Food” by Eric Schlosser, Marion Nestle,

Michael Pollan, Troy Duster and Elizabeth Ransom, Peter Singer,

and Jim Hightower, edited by Alice Waters             

“The Argument Culture” by Deborah Tannen            

Problem Solving: The Writing Process                      

Choosing a Subject                     

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising                      

Peer Response                          

Postscript on the Writing Process                           

“No Parking” by Kristy Busch, Steve Krause, and Keith Wright         

“New Regulations and You” by Jessica Cook          

 

Chapter Eleven: Arguing                      

Techniques for Writing Argument                           

Claims for Written Argument                    

Appeals for Written Argument                   

Rogerian Argument                     

The Toulmin Method of Argument                          

Analyzing Statistics                     

Warming Up:  Journal Exercises                

“The Internet:  A Clear and Present Danger?” by Cathleen A. Cleaver  

“The Damnation of a Canyon” by Edward Abbey                 

“Death and Justice” by Edward I. Koch                 

Multi-Genre Casebook on Immigration Reform:

“Immigration Reform in America” by Dudley Erskine Devlin     

“Employers Have a Lot to Lose” by Barry Newman             

“Do Americans Really Want Jobs?” by Ruben Navarrette, Jr.               

“Raid Leaves Families Fractured” by Bruce Finley                

“Viewpoints:  US Illegal Immigration” from BBC News          

“Immigration Forum” in SpeakOut.com                    

Arguing:  The Writing Process                    

Choosing a Subject                     

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising                      

Peer Response                          

Revising Fallacies in Logic                        

Writing Process Postscript                          

“Welfare is Still Necessary for Women and

     Children in the U.S.” by Crystal Sabatke            

“Standardized Tests:  Shouldn’t We Be

     Helping Our Students?” by Eric Boese              

 

Chapter Twelve:  Responding to Literature                   

Responding to a Short Story                    

“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin                 

Responding to a Poem                 

“Musée des Beaux Arts” by W. H. Auden             

Techniques for Responding to Literature                 

Warming Up: Journal Exercises                  

Purposes for Responding to Literature                      

Responding to Short Fiction                     

“A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty                           

“The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara                      

Responding to Poetry                              

Five Contemporary Poems                      

Responding to Literature: The Writing Process         

Collecting, Shaping, Drafting, Revising                      

Postscript on the Writing Process

“On ‘A Worn Path’” by Julia MacMillan and Brett MacFadden            

“Death:  The Final Freedom” by Pat Russell            

 

Chapter Thirteen: Writing a Research Paper                 

Techniques for Writing a Research Paper               

Using Purpose, Audience, and Genre as Guides                   

Finding the Best Sources                          

Critically Evaluating Your Sources                          

Using Sources to Make Your Point                        

Documenting Your Sources                     

Preparing Yourself for the Research Process                        

Warming Up: Journal Exercises                  

Research Notebook                                

Research Timetable                    

Documentation Format: MLA and APA Styles         

Research Paper: The Writing Process                     

Choosing a Subject                     

Collecting                                  

Internet Browsers and Search Engines                      

Evaluating Internet and Library Sources                    

Avoiding Plagiarism                    

Shaping                        

Drafting                        

Using Graphics                            

Revising                        

Documenting Sources:  MLA and APA                    

Postscript on the Writing Process                           

“Foreign Language Study:

     An American Necessity” by Kate McNerny         

 

Appendix:  Writing Under Pressure

Know Your Audience                              

Analyze Key Terms                    

Make a Sketch Outline                 

Know the Material                     

Practice Writing                         

Proofread and Edit                     

Sample Essay Questions and Responses