Rhetorical Reader
Published on 28. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-321-27187-7 (ISBN)
Description
This reader, organized by rhetorical patterns, includes selections from the World Wide Web in addition to classic print-based readings and provides pedagogy to help students understand and better utilize a variety of computer- as well as print-based sources in their writing.
Composing Off- and Online is based on the premise that students today are reading Web-based readings as often as print-based, or "offline," readings. The text helps students learn to apply textual analysis to readings from these different sources, and to take advantage of computers and the World Wide Web in researching, drafting, and revising their work. Introductory chapters on reading and writing processes are followed by nine rhetorical patterns chapters; every chapter includes information on combining these patterns. Themes across the chapters include culture, identity, relationship, politics, nature, and language, and provide rich subject matter for student writing. Genres represented include personal essays, scientific essays, and cultural commentaries, and are drawn from the social and physical sciences as well as the liberal arts.
Composing Off- and Online is based on the premise that students today are reading Web-based readings as often as print-based, or "offline," readings. The text helps students learn to apply textual analysis to readings from these different sources, and to take advantage of computers and the World Wide Web in researching, drafting, and revising their work. Introductory chapters on reading and writing processes are followed by nine rhetorical patterns chapters; every chapter includes information on combining these patterns. Themes across the chapters include culture, identity, relationship, politics, nature, and language, and provide rich subject matter for student writing. Genres represented include personal essays, scientific essays, and cultural commentaries, and are drawn from the social and physical sciences as well as the liberal arts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-321-27187-7 (9780321271877)
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Content
* denotes selection from the world Wide Web. 1. Rhetorical Reading Off- and Online. What is Reading? Differing Readings of the Same Text. Reading in Rhetorical Situations. How to Read a Text. A Sample Reading and Response. Reading Beyond the Readings. Reading Online. Rhetorical Strategies. Rhetorical Themes. Rhetorical Combinations. 2. Rhetorical Composing Off- and Online. What is Composing? The Composing Process. Composing for Rhetorical Situations. Rhetorical Analysis: Finding the Edges. Finding an Issue within the General Subject. Planning and Drafting. Central Controlling Ideas. How the Parts of the Essay Work Together. Revision. Copyediting. Composing with Online Materials. Finding What You Need Online. Evaluating Online Materials. 3. Rhetorical Narration Off- and Online. What Is Narration? Narration in Rhetorical Situations. Narration Online. Composing with Narration. How Narration Works. Developing the Narrative. Student Composition: "Crossing South Pass." Points to Note. Focus on Revision. Revised Student Composition: "Crossing South Pass." Max Schroeders Changes. Readings. 1. *Jody Mace, "Watch-Your-Back Barbie." 2. Tama Janowitz, "He Rocked, I Reeled." 3. *Susan L. Adkins, "Solo." 4. *Katherine Depasquale, "Multiple Choice." 5. *Kevin Potter, "Black Bear Comfort May Indicate Health of Forest." 6. *Frederick Douglass, "Learning to Read and Write." 7. E. B. White, "Once More to the Lake." 8. Annie Dillard, "The Deer at Providencia." 4. Rhetorical Description Off- and Online. What Is Description? Description in Rhetorical Situations. Description Online. Composing with Description. Structuring Description. Student Composition: "Riding to the Sun Singer." Focus on Revision. Revised Student Composition: "Riding to the Sun Singer." Allan Aders Changes. Readings. 1. Lars Eighner, "On Dumpster Diving." 2. *Patricia Nell Warren, "Marriage: The Ultimate Perk." 3. *Neil Osterweil, "Better Lovin Through Biochemistry." 4. *Glenn Vanstrum, "Just Beneath the Surface: Exploring Life and Death Off the California Coast." 5. *Randy LaChapelle, "Growing Up High." 6. Shirley Brice Heath, "Literate Traditions." 7. Loren Eiseley, "The Brown Wasps." 8. Jean Shinoda Bolen, "Myths as Insight Tools." 9. Joan Didion, "On Keeping a Notebook." 5. Rhetorical Examples Off- and Online. What Are Examples? Examples in Rhetorical Situations. Examples Create Interest for Intended Readers. Examples Persuade. Testing the Central Controlling Idea. Examples Online. Composing with Examples. Structuring Examples. Working Outline. Student Composition: "Poor Help Desk." Focus on Revision. Revised Student Composition: "Poor Help Desk." A Traditional Example Composition: "Mush, You Huskies." Points to Note. Revised Student Essay: "Mush, You Huskies." Serena's changes. Readings. 1. Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Maria." 2. *Ute Frevert Clarkson, "Meeting Rosemarie Kroehling and Her Trakeheners." 3. *Elizabeth Cady Stanton, "Men Superior Physically, Morally, Intellectually." 4. *Franklin Delano Roosevelt, "A Day Which Will Live in Infamy." [Speech] 5. Deborah Tannen, "Conversations about Conversations." 6. *Stephanie Zacharek, "Review of American Normal." 7. James Thurber, "University Days." 8. *Jessica Reaves, "Identity Theft: Could It Happen to You?" 6. Rhetorical Process Off- and Online. What Is Process? Process in Rhetorical Situations. Process Online. Composing with Process. Student Composition: The How-To Process. "How To Learn to Make a Web Page." Points to Note. Andrew's Revision. Andrew's Changes. Student Composition: Description of a Process. "How the Dinosaurs Disappeared." Points to Note. Carols Revision. Carols Changes. Readings. 1. Nikki Giovanni, "Campus Racism 101." 2. *Trudy M. Gregorie, "Cyberstalking: The Dark Side of the Information Superhighway." 3. *Virginia Shea, "Netiquette." 4. Barbara Tuchman, "This is the End of the World: The Black Death." 5. *Sid Perkins, "Snow on the Move." 6. Virginia Woolf, "The Death of the Moth." 7. Mike Rose, "I Just Wanna Be Average." 8. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, "On the Fear of Death." 7. Rhetorical Cause and Effect Off- and Online. What Is Cause and Effect? Cause and Effect in Rhetorical Situations. Main causes and Contributing Causes. Immediate Causes or Distant Causes. Sequences of Causes. Post Hoc Reasoning. Cause and Effect Online. Composing with Cause and Effect. Subjects for Cause and Effect Essays. Cause and Effect Structure. Developing a Central Controlling Idea Statement. Order in the Cause and Effect Essay. Finding Causes. Predicting Effects. Student Composition: "The Spanish Influenza." Points to Note. Revision Suggestions. Madges Second Draft. Madges Changes. Answering Examination Questions. Sample Cause and Effect Q & A. Analysis of the Answer. Readings. 1. Matt Ridley, "The Herod Effect." 2. *Steven P. Halbrook, "Registration: The Nazi Paradigm." 3. *Brady Campaign to End Gun Violence, "Concealed Truth." 4. *Samuel Johnson, "Rambler #134." 5. *Jane Raloff, "Researchers Probe Cell-Phone Effects." 6. Amy Tan, "Mother Tongue." 7. Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation. 8. Gloria Steinem, "The Good News Is: These Are Not the Best Years of Your Life." 8. Rhetorical Comparison and Contrast Off- and Online. What Is Comparison and Contrast? Analogies. Comparison and Contrast in Rhetorical Situations. Comparison and Contrast Online. Composing with Comparison and Contrast. Developing a Central Controlling Idea Statement. Comparison and Contrast Structure. Transitions for Comparison and Contrast. Student Composition: Subject by Subject. "Animals Deserve to Have Rights." Points to Note. Revision Suggestions. Annas Revisions. Revision Results. Student Composition: Point by Point. "Traveling in England and in France." Points to Note. Revision Suggestions. Johns Revisions. Revision Results. Readings. 1. *Gary Kamiya, "The Black Edge." 2. *Andrew Sullivan, "Love Crimes: The Absurd Hype of Romanticism." 3. Michael Lamb, "Hormones Vs. Culture." 4. Penelope Mesic, "Political Secrets." 5. Catherine Piggot, "Chicken Hips." 6. Joseph Epstein, "Thanks for Sharing." 7. Chief Seattle, "Letter to President Pierce, 1855." 8. Tim Lavin and Sage Stossel, "Security Versus Civil Liberties." 9. Rhetorical Classification and Division Off- and Online. What Is Classification and Division? Classification and Division in Rhetorical Situations. Classification and Division Online. Composing with Classification and Division. Classification and Division Structure. Important Categorical Guidelines. Finding a Central Controlling Idea. Student Classification Composition: "Pets and Personality." Points to Note. Focus on Revision. Sara's Revision. Saras Changes. Student Division Essay: "Hidden Persuasion." Points to Note. Focus on Revision. Susans Revisions. Susans Changes. Readings. 1. Lindsay Kallen, "Men Dont Cry, Women Dont Fume." 2. *David Keirsey, "Mating and Temperament." 3. Bruce Bower, "Growing Up Poor." 4. Janet L. Hopson, "Fetal Psychology." 5. Paul W. Ewald and Gregory Cochran, "Catching On to Whats Catching." 6. Dave Barry, "Stating Your Case for the Stupidest State." 7. Gail Sheehy, "Predictable Crises of Adulthood." 10. Rhetorical Definition Off- and Online. What Is Definition? Definition in Rhetorical Situations. Definition Online. Composing with Definition. Organizing a Definition Composition. Student Composition: "Whole Language." Points to Note. Focus on Revision. Janines Revision. Janines Changes. Readings. 1. Robert Bly, "The Community of Men." 2. C.S. Lewis, "Affection." 3. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, "Meals Make Us Human." 4. *Tim Falla, "An Easy Guide to Political Ideologies." 5. *Ruth Kirschstein, "Stem Cells: A Primer." 6. *James Clyde Sellman, "Black Vernacular English or Ebonics." 7. Margaret Atwood, "Pornography." 11. Rhetorical Persuasion Off- and Online. What Is Persuasion? Persuasion in Rhetorical Situations. Understanding Rhetorical Situations. Learning from Rhetorical Theory. Composing with Persuasion. Possible Topics for Persuasion. Writing Persuasively. Evidence. Deductive and Inductive Arguments. Organizing a Persuasive Composition. Persuasion Online. Sample Student Composition: "Fast One Day a Week." Points to Note. Revision Suggestions. Andrews Revisions. Andrews Changes. Readings. 1. *Sandip Roy, "An Immigrant Feels American, But What Do Americans Feel About Him?" 2. *Cathy Young, "Out with the Old and Out with the New." 3. Stephen Jay Gould, "Womens Brains." 4. *Bell hooks, When Men Were Men 5. *Ann Beeson, Chris Hansen, and Barry Steinhard, "Free Speech Online." 6. Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal." 7. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from A Birmingham Jail."