Reading Rhetorically, Brief Edition
Published on 12. November 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
169 pages
978-0-321-16524-4 (ISBN)
Description
This brief guide teaches students how to read rhetorically and write about what they have read with rhetorical insight.
Offering concise, yet comprehensive treatment of academic reading and writing in college, Reading Rhetorically shows students how to analyze texts by recognizing their strategies and genre conventions, and how to use other texts when writing about research. Two important features distinguish this reader from others: (1) its emphasis on reading as an interactive process of composing meaning, and (2) its emphasis on academic writing as a process in which writers engage with other texts. This brief rhetoric teaches students how to see texts positioned in a conversation with other texts, how to recognize their bias or perspective, and how to analyze texts for both content and method. Bean Reading Rhetorically brief SMP FINAL.doc Page 1 of 1
Offering concise, yet comprehensive treatment of academic reading and writing in college, Reading Rhetorically shows students how to analyze texts by recognizing their strategies and genre conventions, and how to use other texts when writing about research. Two important features distinguish this reader from others: (1) its emphasis on reading as an interactive process of composing meaning, and (2) its emphasis on academic writing as a process in which writers engage with other texts. This brief rhetoric teaches students how to see texts positioned in a conversation with other texts, how to recognize their bias or perspective, and how to analyze texts for both content and method. Bean Reading Rhetorically brief SMP FINAL.doc Page 1 of 1
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
254 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-16524-4 (9780321165244)
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John C. Bean | Virginia A. Chappell | Alice M. Gillam
Reading Rhetorically, Brief Edition
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08/2006
2nd Edition
Pearson
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Content
Preface.
I. READING RHETORICALLY.
1. Your Life as a Reader.
Exploring Your Reading Life.
Taking Stock of Why You Read.
For Writing and Discussion.
Summary.
Scenes of Reading.
A Brief Writing Project.
Gloria Naylor, The Writing Life.
Virginia Chappell, Reading on the Fourth of July.
Melissa Martinie (Student), A Lawyer and His Reading.
2. The Special Demands of Academic Reading.
Reading as Conversation.
For Writing and Discussion.
Challenges Presented by Academic Reading.
Rhetorical Reading as an Academic Strategy.
Questions That Rhetorical Readers Ask.
Writers Purposes Versus Readers Purposes.
Expressing and Reflecting.
Inquiring and Exploring.
Informing and Explaining.
Analyzing and Interpreting.
Taking a Stand.
Evaluating and Judging.
Proposing Solutions.
Seeking Common Ground.
Summary.
3. Strategies for Reading Rhetorically.
Reading and Writing as Acts of Composing.
Thomas Lux, The Voice You Hear When You Read Silently.
For Writing and Discussion.
Texts and Their Rhetorical Contexts.
An Extended Example: Articles About Teenagers Sleep Habits.
For Writing and Discussion.
Learning from the Practices of Experienced Readers.
Building a Context for Reading.
For Writing and Discussion.
Matching Strategies with a Texts Genre.
Matching Strategies with Purpose for Reading.
Taking Stock of How You Read.
For Writing and Discussion.
Summary.
Sources of the Article Excerpts About Teenagers Sleep Patterns.
II. READING AND RESPONDING TO TEXTS.
4. Listening to a Text.
Writing as You Read.
Preparing to Read.
Identifying Your Purpose.
Recalling Background Knowledge.
Reconstructing Rhetorical Context.
Spot Reading.
For Writing and Discussion.
Listening as You Read Initially.
Noting Organizational Signals.
Marking Unfamiliar Terms and References.
Identifying Points of Difficulty.
Annotating.
For Writing and Discussion.
Listening as You Reread.
Mapping the Idea Structure.
Descriptive Outlining.
For Writing and Discussion.
Composing a Summary.
Checklist for Evaluating Summaries.
Writing a Rhetorical Precis.
Summary.
A Brief Writing Project.
Larissa MacFarquhar, Who Cares If Johnny Cant Read?
5. Questioning a Text.
What It Means to Question a Text.
Strategies for Questioning a Text.
Examining a Writers Credibility.
For Writing and Discussion.
Examining a Writers Appeals to Reason.
Examining a Writers Strategies for Engaging Readers.
For Writing and Discussion.
Examining a Writers Language.
For Writing and Discussion.
Examining a Texts Ideology.
For Writing and Discussion.
Exploring Your Responses to a Text.
Before/After Reflections.
For Writing and Discussion.
The Believing and Doubting Game.
Interviewing the Author.
Applying Rhetorical Reading Strategies: An Example.
Jennys Assignment to Examine Rhetorical Strategies.
Jennys Paper: Who Cares If the Value of Books Is Overstated?
For Writing and Discussion.
Summary.
III. THE RHETORICAL READER AS WRITER.
6. Writing About Reading: The Special Demands of Academic Writing.
Overview of Part III.
Typical Reading-Based Writing Assignments Across the Curriculum.
Writing to Understand Course Content More Fully.
Writing to Report Your Understanding of What a Text Says.
Writing to Practice the Conventions of a Particular Type of Text.
Writing to Make Claims About a Text.
Writing to Extend the Conversation.
Asserting Your Authority as a Reader and Writer.
Seeing Writing as a Process of "Putting in Your Oar."
Strategies for Getting Started.
Strategies for Generating Ideas.
Strategies for Writing a First Draft.
Strategies for Evaluating Your Draft for Revision.
Strategies for Peer Response and Revision.
Strategies for Editing and Polishing Your Final Draft.
Summary.
7. Using Rhetorical Reading to Conduct Research.
Choosing Readings.
Jennys Assignment to Extend the Conversation.
Formulating Questions: Know What Youre Looking For.
Question Analysis.
Prompts for Question Analysis.
Excerpts from Jennys Research Log.
Discerning Purpose in Potential Sources.
For Writing and Discussion.
Evaluating Potential Sources.
Library Databases and Web Search Engines.
Questions About Relevance.
Questions About Currency and Scope.
Questions About Authors and Experts.
Questions About Publishers and Sponsors.
More Excerpts from Jennys Research Log.
Summary.
8. Making Knowledge: Incorporating Reading Into Writing.
Summary, Paraphrase, and Direct Quotation.
Using Summary.
Using Paraphrase.
Using Direct Quotation.
For Writing and Discussion.
Avoiding Plagiarism.
Attributive Tags.
Citation Conventions.
Formats for In-Text Citations.
Placement Guidelines.
Page Number Guidelines.
Author and Title Guidelines.
Summary.
Incorporating Reading into Writing: An Example.
Jennys Paper: Romance Fiction: Brain.
Appendix: Building a Citation.
Basic Guidelines for Works Cited Lists.
Citation Formats for Books.
Citation Formats for Articles in Periodicals.
Citation Formats for World Wide Web Sources.
Citation Formats for Other Materials and Media.
Credits.
Index.
I. READING RHETORICALLY.
1. Your Life as a Reader.
Exploring Your Reading Life.
Taking Stock of Why You Read.
For Writing and Discussion.
Summary.
Scenes of Reading.
A Brief Writing Project.
Gloria Naylor, The Writing Life.
Virginia Chappell, Reading on the Fourth of July.
Melissa Martinie (Student), A Lawyer and His Reading.
2. The Special Demands of Academic Reading.
Reading as Conversation.
For Writing and Discussion.
Challenges Presented by Academic Reading.
Rhetorical Reading as an Academic Strategy.
Questions That Rhetorical Readers Ask.
Writers Purposes Versus Readers Purposes.
Expressing and Reflecting.
Inquiring and Exploring.
Informing and Explaining.
Analyzing and Interpreting.
Taking a Stand.
Evaluating and Judging.
Proposing Solutions.
Seeking Common Ground.
Summary.
3. Strategies for Reading Rhetorically.
Reading and Writing as Acts of Composing.
Thomas Lux, The Voice You Hear When You Read Silently.
For Writing and Discussion.
Texts and Their Rhetorical Contexts.
An Extended Example: Articles About Teenagers Sleep Habits.
For Writing and Discussion.
Learning from the Practices of Experienced Readers.
Building a Context for Reading.
For Writing and Discussion.
Matching Strategies with a Texts Genre.
Matching Strategies with Purpose for Reading.
Taking Stock of How You Read.
For Writing and Discussion.
Summary.
Sources of the Article Excerpts About Teenagers Sleep Patterns.
II. READING AND RESPONDING TO TEXTS.
4. Listening to a Text.
Writing as You Read.
Preparing to Read.
Identifying Your Purpose.
Recalling Background Knowledge.
Reconstructing Rhetorical Context.
Spot Reading.
For Writing and Discussion.
Listening as You Read Initially.
Noting Organizational Signals.
Marking Unfamiliar Terms and References.
Identifying Points of Difficulty.
Annotating.
For Writing and Discussion.
Listening as You Reread.
Mapping the Idea Structure.
Descriptive Outlining.
For Writing and Discussion.
Composing a Summary.
Checklist for Evaluating Summaries.
Writing a Rhetorical Precis.
Summary.
A Brief Writing Project.
Larissa MacFarquhar, Who Cares If Johnny Cant Read?
5. Questioning a Text.
What It Means to Question a Text.
Strategies for Questioning a Text.
Examining a Writers Credibility.
For Writing and Discussion.
Examining a Writers Appeals to Reason.
Examining a Writers Strategies for Engaging Readers.
For Writing and Discussion.
Examining a Writers Language.
For Writing and Discussion.
Examining a Texts Ideology.
For Writing and Discussion.
Exploring Your Responses to a Text.
Before/After Reflections.
For Writing and Discussion.
The Believing and Doubting Game.
Interviewing the Author.
Applying Rhetorical Reading Strategies: An Example.
Jennys Assignment to Examine Rhetorical Strategies.
Jennys Paper: Who Cares If the Value of Books Is Overstated?
For Writing and Discussion.
Summary.
III. THE RHETORICAL READER AS WRITER.
6. Writing About Reading: The Special Demands of Academic Writing.
Overview of Part III.
Typical Reading-Based Writing Assignments Across the Curriculum.
Writing to Understand Course Content More Fully.
Writing to Report Your Understanding of What a Text Says.
Writing to Practice the Conventions of a Particular Type of Text.
Writing to Make Claims About a Text.
Writing to Extend the Conversation.
Asserting Your Authority as a Reader and Writer.
Seeing Writing as a Process of "Putting in Your Oar."
Strategies for Getting Started.
Strategies for Generating Ideas.
Strategies for Writing a First Draft.
Strategies for Evaluating Your Draft for Revision.
Strategies for Peer Response and Revision.
Strategies for Editing and Polishing Your Final Draft.
Summary.
7. Using Rhetorical Reading to Conduct Research.
Choosing Readings.
Jennys Assignment to Extend the Conversation.
Formulating Questions: Know What Youre Looking For.
Question Analysis.
Prompts for Question Analysis.
Excerpts from Jennys Research Log.
Discerning Purpose in Potential Sources.
For Writing and Discussion.
Evaluating Potential Sources.
Library Databases and Web Search Engines.
Questions About Relevance.
Questions About Currency and Scope.
Questions About Authors and Experts.
Questions About Publishers and Sponsors.
More Excerpts from Jennys Research Log.
Summary.
8. Making Knowledge: Incorporating Reading Into Writing.
Summary, Paraphrase, and Direct Quotation.
Using Summary.
Using Paraphrase.
Using Direct Quotation.
For Writing and Discussion.
Avoiding Plagiarism.
Attributive Tags.
Citation Conventions.
Formats for In-Text Citations.
Placement Guidelines.
Page Number Guidelines.
Author and Title Guidelines.
Summary.
Incorporating Reading into Writing: An Example.
Jennys Paper: Romance Fiction: Brain.
Appendix: Building a Citation.
Basic Guidelines for Works Cited Lists.
Citation Formats for Books.
Citation Formats for Articles in Periodicals.
Citation Formats for World Wide Web Sources.
Citation Formats for Other Materials and Media.
Credits.
Index.