Writing Process, The: A Concise Rhetoric, Reader, and Handbook, 10th Edition

This writing guide/reader/handbook demystifies writing by presenting the writing process as a series of critical thinking decisions about audience and purpose.  Widely admired for its clear, readable style, The Writing Process focuses on writing as decision-making, with a wealth of student samples in various draft stages and a strong selection of professional readings to illustrate writing strategies.  New chapters on workplace writing and writing essay exams are included in the Tenth Edition.

Section 1: The Process - Decisions in Planning, Drafting, and Revising

Introduction

1 - Decisions in the Writing Process

2 - Decisions in Planning

3 - Decisions in Drafting

4 - Decisions in Revising

Section 2 - Specific Revision Strategies

Introduction

5 - Revising the Content: Writing Something Worthwhile

6 - Revising the Paragraphs: Shaping for Readers' Access

7 - Revising the Sentences: Writing with Style

8 - Revising the Words and Phrases: Fine-Tuning

Section 3: Essays for Various Goals

Introduction

9 - Decisions about Reading for Writing

10 - Helping Others See: Description

11 - Helping Others Share and Experience: Narration

12 - Providing Examples: Illustration

13 - Explaining Parts and Categories: Division and Classification

14 - Explaining Steps and Stages: Process Analysis

15 - Explaining Why It Happened or What Will Happen: Cause and Effect Analysis

16 - Explaining Similarities or Differences: Comparison and Contrast

17 - Explaining the Exact Meaning: Definition

18 - Using Multiple Strategies in a Persuasive Argument

19 - Special Issues in Persuasion

Section 4: The Research Process

Introduction

20 - Thinking Critically about the Research Process

21 - Asking Questions and Finding Answers

22 - Evaluating and Interpreting Your Findings

23 - Avoiding Plagiarism, Documenting Your Sources, and Avoiding Violations of Copyright

24 - Composing the Research Report with Sample Research Report in APA Style

25 - Case Study - A Sample Research Report in MLA Style

Section 5: Special Issues in Writing

26 - Writing at Work

27 - Taking Short-Answer, Paragraph, and Essay Exams

Section 6: A Brief Handbook

Appendix A: English as a Second Language

Appendix B: Formay Guildines for Submitting Your Manuscript

Credits

Index