Keys to Successful Writing
3rd Edition
Published on 3. June 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-321-14553-6 (ISBN)
Description
Keys to Successful Writing is a rhetoric/reader/handbook that helps students become better writers by presenting simple, consistently applicable tools and techniques. The book's organization flows from simple to more complex essays.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 187 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
907 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-14553-6 (9780321145536)
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Content
Preface for Instructors.
Preface for Students.
I. EXPLORING THE REALM OF COLLEGE READING AND WRITING.
1. Reading, Thinking, and Writing for College.
2. Defining the Essay and the Composing Process.
3. Discovering through Prewriting.
4. Finding a Thesis and Drafting.
5. Using Body Paragraphs to Develop Essays.
6. Creating Effective Introductions and Conclusions.
7. Revising and Polishing the Essay.
8. Writing with Sources.
II. EXPLORING DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS: CHOOSING PATTERNS TO FIT PURPOSE.
9. Writing about Events: Narration and Illustration.
10. Observing the World: Description and Definition.
11. Making Connections: Process and Cause/Effect.
12. Showing Relationships: Comparison/Contrast and Division/Classification.
13. Taking a Stand: Argument.
III. EXPLORING OTHER OPTIONS: A WRITER'S TOOLKIT.
Unit 1: Timed Writing.
Unit 2: Portfolios.
Unit 3: Connecting With Your Audience: Public Speaking and Writing.
Unit 4: Public Writing.
IV. EXPLORING OTHER WRITERS: A COLLECTION OF READINGS.
Thematic Contents.
College Community:
"For Equality's Sake, the SAT Should Be Abolished," Julian Weissglass.
"We're Lying: Safe Sex and White Lies in the Time of Aids," Megan Daum.
"The Path of Books and Bootstraps," Jill Leovy.
Work Community:
"Ambition," Perri Klass.
"Zipped Lips," Barbara Ehrenreich.
"Delivering the Goods," Bonnie Jo Campbell.
"The Turning Point," Craig Swanson.
"McDonald's Is Not Our Kind of Place," Amitai Etzioni.
"Facing Down Abusers," Im Jung Kwuon.
Civic Community:
"Offering Euthanasia Can Be An Act of Love," Derek Humphry.
"Who Gets to Choose?" Jean Nandi.
"American Health, Then and Now," Bryan Williams and Sharon Knight.
"Gravity's Rainbow," Guy Trebay.
Writer's Community:
"Welcome to the Email Combat Zone," Patricia T. O'Conner and Stewart Kellerman.
"A List of Topics for Writing Practice," Natalie Goldberg.
"We Are, Like, Poets," Jim Frederick.
Family Community:
"Diary of a Child Anorexic," Lori Gottlieb.
"The Meanings of a World," Gloria Naylor.
"And Then I Went to School," Joseph H. Suina.
"Whose Eyes Are Those, Whose Nose?," Margaret Brown.
Global Community:
"The Salsa Zone," Richard Rodriguez.
"The Knife," Richard Selzer.
"Normal Life Took Often Isn't Part of the News," Susan Benesch.
V. EDITING ESSAYS: A CONCISE HANDBOOK.
Guide to the Handbook Test.
Reviewing Diagnostic Laws of Speech.
Glossary.
Index.
Preface for Students.
I. EXPLORING THE REALM OF COLLEGE READING AND WRITING.
1. Reading, Thinking, and Writing for College.
2. Defining the Essay and the Composing Process.
3. Discovering through Prewriting.
4. Finding a Thesis and Drafting.
5. Using Body Paragraphs to Develop Essays.
6. Creating Effective Introductions and Conclusions.
7. Revising and Polishing the Essay.
8. Writing with Sources.
II. EXPLORING DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS: CHOOSING PATTERNS TO FIT PURPOSE.
9. Writing about Events: Narration and Illustration.
10. Observing the World: Description and Definition.
11. Making Connections: Process and Cause/Effect.
12. Showing Relationships: Comparison/Contrast and Division/Classification.
13. Taking a Stand: Argument.
III. EXPLORING OTHER OPTIONS: A WRITER'S TOOLKIT.
Unit 1: Timed Writing.
Unit 2: Portfolios.
Unit 3: Connecting With Your Audience: Public Speaking and Writing.
Unit 4: Public Writing.
IV. EXPLORING OTHER WRITERS: A COLLECTION OF READINGS.
Thematic Contents.
College Community:
"For Equality's Sake, the SAT Should Be Abolished," Julian Weissglass.
"We're Lying: Safe Sex and White Lies in the Time of Aids," Megan Daum.
"The Path of Books and Bootstraps," Jill Leovy.
Work Community:
"Ambition," Perri Klass.
"Zipped Lips," Barbara Ehrenreich.
"Delivering the Goods," Bonnie Jo Campbell.
"The Turning Point," Craig Swanson.
"McDonald's Is Not Our Kind of Place," Amitai Etzioni.
"Facing Down Abusers," Im Jung Kwuon.
Civic Community:
"Offering Euthanasia Can Be An Act of Love," Derek Humphry.
"Who Gets to Choose?" Jean Nandi.
"American Health, Then and Now," Bryan Williams and Sharon Knight.
"Gravity's Rainbow," Guy Trebay.
Writer's Community:
"Welcome to the Email Combat Zone," Patricia T. O'Conner and Stewart Kellerman.
"A List of Topics for Writing Practice," Natalie Goldberg.
"We Are, Like, Poets," Jim Frederick.
Family Community:
"Diary of a Child Anorexic," Lori Gottlieb.
"The Meanings of a World," Gloria Naylor.
"And Then I Went to School," Joseph H. Suina.
"Whose Eyes Are Those, Whose Nose?," Margaret Brown.
Global Community:
"The Salsa Zone," Richard Rodriguez.
"The Knife," Richard Selzer.
"Normal Life Took Often Isn't Part of the News," Susan Benesch.
V. EDITING ESSAYS: A CONCISE HANDBOOK.
Guide to the Handbook Test.
Reviewing Diagnostic Laws of Speech.
Glossary.
Index.