The Longwood Guide to Writing
Brief Edition
Published on 9. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
612 pages
978-0-205-27207-5 (ISBN)
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Reflecting Ron Lunsford and Bill Bridges' fifty years of combined teaching experience and their commitment to (and understanding of) the writing process, The Longwood Guide to Writing is among the most engaging, up-to-date, and authoritative aims-based rhetorics on the market. In this text, the authors help students see the organic nature of the writing process by continually offering students the opportunity to examine and refine their own individual writing processes, rather than limiting them to a single one-size-fits-all process. Students are introduced to the various phases of the writing process, beginning with a wide variety of invention strategies, then they are invited to apply their creativity and what they have learned to a variety of writing "occasions" - from the personal essay to the persuasive to the literary. They learn effective ways to do research, write with sources, take essay exams, and create portfolios, and - in two unique chapters devoted to style - they learn how form affects content.
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Language
English
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United States
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Pearson Education (US)
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
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930 gr
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978-0-205-27207-5 (9780205272075)
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Content
Most chapters include sample readings. I.STRATEGIES FOR THE WRITING PROCESS.
Why Write?
How Does Writing Happen?
Stages in the Writing Process.
Writing and Reading.
Computers and Writing.
1.Invention: Finding Something to Say.
Finding Topics.
Writing about an Assigned Topic.
Exploring Topics.
Sample Student Process - Prewriting.
From Inventing to Drafting.
2.Shaping an Essay.
Initial Shaping Strategies.
Sample Student Process - Discovery Draft.
Developing an Essay's Structure.
Elements of an Essay.
Rebecca Thomas Kirkendall, Who's a Hillbilly?
3.Revising.
Revising Strategies.
Editing Strategies.
Sample Student Process - Revision.
Marisol Vargas, Mirror Image.
4.Responding to Readings.
Sample Readings.
Denise D. Knight, No Hunting Here, Please.
Lee K. Abbott, The True Story of Why I Do What I Do.
Lorna Dee Cervantes, Freeway 280.
Reading Strategies.
Sample Reading Response.
Making Dialogue Notes.
Geoffrey Cowley, Vaccine Revolution.
Writing a Response.
Shelby Steele, A Negative Vote on Affirmative Action.
II.WRITNG OCCASIONS.
Aims of Discourse.
Modes of Discourse.
Wedding Aim and Mode.
Classifying Occasions.
5.Personal Essays.
Sample Essays.
Datus Proper, Dark Hollow.
Steven Barboza, My Conversion.
Arlene Yusnukis, Purple Mountains' Majesty.
Daniel Kinken, At the MAC.
Ali Duffy, The Dance.
The Rhetorical Triangle.
Distinguishing Features of Personal Essays.
Assignment and Guidelines for Writing.
Sample Student Process.
Chris Miller, Gringos on Safari.
6.Informative Essays.
Sample Essays.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, On the Fear of Dying.
Deborah Tannen, Gender Gap in Cyberspace.
Michael Kinsley, Orwell Got It Wrong.
Gloria Naylor, Mommy, What Does "Nigger" Mean?
Michel Marriot, Rap's Embrace of "Nigger" Fires Bitter Debate.
Kelly McGinley, Investing in Your Future.
Joshua Morris, The Middleton Inn: An Architectural Triumph.
The Rhetorical Triangle.
Distinguishing Features of Informative Essays.
Assignment and Guidelines for Writing Assignment.
Meir Shalev, If Bosnians Were Whales.
Sample Student Process.
Steve Duran, The Space between Your Ears.
7.Evaluation Essays.
Sample Essays.
Mark Twain, Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses.
Ellen Goodman, Beauty Industry on Rampage.
Stacy Birch, What a Child Deserves.
Michelle Lebsock, Gillian Welch: Music's "Next Big Thing."
The Rhetorical Triangle.
Distinguishing Features of Evaluation Essays.
Assignment and Guidelines for Writing.
Sample Student Process.
Bridget McCollam, Adult Audiences Only.
8.Essays about and From Literature.
Sample Stories and Poems.
Joyce Carol Oates, Shopping.
Antonya Nelson, In the Land of Men.
Jose Armas, El Tonto del Barrio.
Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour.
Robert Frost, For Once, Then, Something.
Serman Alexie, That Place Where Ghosts of Salmon Jump.
Sherman Alexie, The Powwow at the End of the World.
Sample Student Essays.
Kelly McGinley, The Shopping Ritual.
Jessia Lynn Edwards, The Price of Freedom.
Kacey Atwood, One Road Taken.
The Rhetorical Triangle.
Distinguishing Features of Interpretive Essays.
Assignment and Guidelines for Writing.
Writing about Literature.
Writing from Literature.
Sample Student Process.
Kristina Geray, "How Exhausting It Is" to Keep Up Appearances.
9.Position Essays.
Sample Essays.
Phil Gramm, Don't Let Judges Set Crooks Free.
Jack B. Weinstein, The War on Drugs Is Self-Defeating.
Jerry Z. Muller, The Conservative Case for Abortion.
Susan Jacoby, Common Decency.
Heather Cully, The Age Requirement for Teen Drivers.
The Rhetorical Triangle.
Distinguishing Features of Position Essays.
Assignment and Guidelines for Writing.
Sample Student Process.
Emily Weast, Learning about Sex.
10.Persuasion Essays.
Sample Essays.
Michael R. Heaphy, Dismemberment and Choice.
Camille Paglia, Rape and Modern Sex War.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail.
Jaime Sherrill, Zero Tolerance for Abuse.
Jaclyn Talbert, Justice for Those Who Have Shown Us No Mercy.
The Rhetorical Triangle.
Distinguishing Features of Persuasion Essays.
Assignment and Guidelines for Writing.
Sample Student Process.
Alysia Tucker, No More.
11.Problem/Solution Essays.
Sample Essays.
Louis Barbash, Clean Up or Pay up.
Julie Titone, Balance of Power: Can Endangered Salmon and Hydroelectric Plants Share the Same Rivers?
Randy Fitzgerald, The War against Witnesses.
Andrew Overton, Change.
The Rhetorical Triangle.
Distinguishing Features of Problem/Solutions Essays.
Assignment and Guidelines for Writing.
Sample Student Process.
Kristina Geray, The Pet Overpopulation Problem.
III.RESEARCH.
12.Researching and Writing.
Topic Selection.
Searching a Topic.
Incorporating Material From Sources.
Documenting Information.
Citations.
Writing Assignment.
Sample Student Essay.
Clarita Brown, The American Indian Movement as a Counterculture.
Sample Student Process.
Gardiner Roderick, Yes, It's Graffiti, but Is It Art?
IV.SPECIAL WRITING TASKS.
Writing and Assessing.
Writing beyond This Course.
13.Essay Examinations.
Packaging the Process.
Planning Your Essay's Content.
Planning Your Essay's Structure.
Overlapping Terminologies.
Essays That Ask for Practical Applications.
Planning Sample Essays.
Additional Sample Essays.
14.Portfolios.
Types and Purposes of Writing Portfolios.
Putting the Reflection in Your Reflective Essay.
Sample Portfolio Assignments.
Sample Reflective Essays.
Ali Duffy, Reflective Essay.
Kara Edewaard, Aggie Magic Tricks.
Steve Duran, Steve Wants An A.
V.STYLE.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Change of Life.
Amy Tan, Mother Tongue.
Joan Beck, The Government Cannot Protect You.
15.Working with Words.
What Is a Word?
The Symbolic Nature of Words.
A Rhetorical Perspective.
16.Shaping Sentences.
Sentence Structure.
A Rhetorical Perspective.
Acknowledgments.
Index.
Why Write?
How Does Writing Happen?
Stages in the Writing Process.
Writing and Reading.
Computers and Writing.
1.Invention: Finding Something to Say.
Finding Topics.
Writing about an Assigned Topic.
Exploring Topics.
Sample Student Process - Prewriting.
From Inventing to Drafting.
2.Shaping an Essay.
Initial Shaping Strategies.
Sample Student Process - Discovery Draft.
Developing an Essay's Structure.
Elements of an Essay.
Rebecca Thomas Kirkendall, Who's a Hillbilly?
3.Revising.
Revising Strategies.
Editing Strategies.
Sample Student Process - Revision.
Marisol Vargas, Mirror Image.
4.Responding to Readings.
Sample Readings.
Denise D. Knight, No Hunting Here, Please.
Lee K. Abbott, The True Story of Why I Do What I Do.
Lorna Dee Cervantes, Freeway 280.
Reading Strategies.
Sample Reading Response.
Making Dialogue Notes.
Geoffrey Cowley, Vaccine Revolution.
Writing a Response.
Shelby Steele, A Negative Vote on Affirmative Action.
II.WRITNG OCCASIONS.
Aims of Discourse.
Modes of Discourse.
Wedding Aim and Mode.
Classifying Occasions.
5.Personal Essays.
Sample Essays.
Datus Proper, Dark Hollow.
Steven Barboza, My Conversion.
Arlene Yusnukis, Purple Mountains' Majesty.
Daniel Kinken, At the MAC.
Ali Duffy, The Dance.
The Rhetorical Triangle.
Distinguishing Features of Personal Essays.
Assignment and Guidelines for Writing.
Sample Student Process.
Chris Miller, Gringos on Safari.
6.Informative Essays.
Sample Essays.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, On the Fear of Dying.
Deborah Tannen, Gender Gap in Cyberspace.
Michael Kinsley, Orwell Got It Wrong.
Gloria Naylor, Mommy, What Does "Nigger" Mean?
Michel Marriot, Rap's Embrace of "Nigger" Fires Bitter Debate.
Kelly McGinley, Investing in Your Future.
Joshua Morris, The Middleton Inn: An Architectural Triumph.
The Rhetorical Triangle.
Distinguishing Features of Informative Essays.
Assignment and Guidelines for Writing Assignment.
Meir Shalev, If Bosnians Were Whales.
Sample Student Process.
Steve Duran, The Space between Your Ears.
7.Evaluation Essays.
Sample Essays.
Mark Twain, Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses.
Ellen Goodman, Beauty Industry on Rampage.
Stacy Birch, What a Child Deserves.
Michelle Lebsock, Gillian Welch: Music's "Next Big Thing."
The Rhetorical Triangle.
Distinguishing Features of Evaluation Essays.
Assignment and Guidelines for Writing.
Sample Student Process.
Bridget McCollam, Adult Audiences Only.
8.Essays about and From Literature.
Sample Stories and Poems.
Joyce Carol Oates, Shopping.
Antonya Nelson, In the Land of Men.
Jose Armas, El Tonto del Barrio.
Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour.
Robert Frost, For Once, Then, Something.
Serman Alexie, That Place Where Ghosts of Salmon Jump.
Sherman Alexie, The Powwow at the End of the World.
Sample Student Essays.
Kelly McGinley, The Shopping Ritual.
Jessia Lynn Edwards, The Price of Freedom.
Kacey Atwood, One Road Taken.
The Rhetorical Triangle.
Distinguishing Features of Interpretive Essays.
Assignment and Guidelines for Writing.
Writing about Literature.
Writing from Literature.
Sample Student Process.
Kristina Geray, "How Exhausting It Is" to Keep Up Appearances.
9.Position Essays.
Sample Essays.
Phil Gramm, Don't Let Judges Set Crooks Free.
Jack B. Weinstein, The War on Drugs Is Self-Defeating.
Jerry Z. Muller, The Conservative Case for Abortion.
Susan Jacoby, Common Decency.
Heather Cully, The Age Requirement for Teen Drivers.
The Rhetorical Triangle.
Distinguishing Features of Position Essays.
Assignment and Guidelines for Writing.
Sample Student Process.
Emily Weast, Learning about Sex.
10.Persuasion Essays.
Sample Essays.
Michael R. Heaphy, Dismemberment and Choice.
Camille Paglia, Rape and Modern Sex War.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail.
Jaime Sherrill, Zero Tolerance for Abuse.
Jaclyn Talbert, Justice for Those Who Have Shown Us No Mercy.
The Rhetorical Triangle.
Distinguishing Features of Persuasion Essays.
Assignment and Guidelines for Writing.
Sample Student Process.
Alysia Tucker, No More.
11.Problem/Solution Essays.
Sample Essays.
Louis Barbash, Clean Up or Pay up.
Julie Titone, Balance of Power: Can Endangered Salmon and Hydroelectric Plants Share the Same Rivers?
Randy Fitzgerald, The War against Witnesses.
Andrew Overton, Change.
The Rhetorical Triangle.
Distinguishing Features of Problem/Solutions Essays.
Assignment and Guidelines for Writing.
Sample Student Process.
Kristina Geray, The Pet Overpopulation Problem.
III.RESEARCH.
12.Researching and Writing.
Topic Selection.
Searching a Topic.
Incorporating Material From Sources.
Documenting Information.
Citations.
Writing Assignment.
Sample Student Essay.
Clarita Brown, The American Indian Movement as a Counterculture.
Sample Student Process.
Gardiner Roderick, Yes, It's Graffiti, but Is It Art?
IV.SPECIAL WRITING TASKS.
Writing and Assessing.
Writing beyond This Course.
13.Essay Examinations.
Packaging the Process.
Planning Your Essay's Content.
Planning Your Essay's Structure.
Overlapping Terminologies.
Essays That Ask for Practical Applications.
Planning Sample Essays.
Additional Sample Essays.
14.Portfolios.
Types and Purposes of Writing Portfolios.
Putting the Reflection in Your Reflective Essay.
Sample Portfolio Assignments.
Sample Reflective Essays.
Ali Duffy, Reflective Essay.
Kara Edewaard, Aggie Magic Tricks.
Steve Duran, Steve Wants An A.
V.STYLE.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Change of Life.
Amy Tan, Mother Tongue.
Joan Beck, The Government Cannot Protect You.
15.Working with Words.
What Is a Word?
The Symbolic Nature of Words.
A Rhetorical Perspective.
16.Shaping Sentences.
Sentence Structure.
A Rhetorical Perspective.
Acknowledgments.
Index.