A Sequence for Academic Writing (7th Edition)

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface for Instructors
Acknowledgments
Part One Structures
	1 An Introduction to Thinking and Writing in College
		Defining Academic Thinking and Writing
		Cultivating Intellectual Curiosity
		Exploring Similarities and Differences
		Arguing with Logic and Evidence
		Challenging Arguments
		Communicating Critical Thinking through Writing
	2 Reading with Attention
		Previewing to Understand the Author’s Purpose
		Exercise 2.1: Previewing a paragraph
		External Enhancements of Memory May Soon Go High-Tech—Jyutika Mehta
		Forming a Preliminary Understanding of Topic and Purpose
		Rereading for Content and Structure
		How Brains Remember
		Exercise 2.2: Marking up a passage
		Looking Ahead
		Writing Assignment: Reading with Attention
	3 Summarizing and Paraphrasing Sources
		Summarizing and Paraphrasing Parts of Sources
		When to Summarize and Paraphrase
			Summarizing Parts of Sources
			Can A Summary Be Objective ?
			Paraphrasing Parts of Sources
		Summarizing Entire Works
		Guidelines for Writing Summaries
			Read, Reread, and Highlight
		Some Things Are Better Left Forgotten
			Divide into Stages of Thought and Write a Brief summary of Each Stage of Thought
			Write a Thesis: A Brief Summary of the Entire Passage
			Write Your Summary
			Write A One- Or Two –Sentence Summary
			Write A Middle-Length Summary
			Write An Expanded Summary
		Summarizing Challenging Sources
		Reading and Summarizing Challenging Sources
			Demonstration Summary of Paul Bloom’s “The baby in the Well”
		The Baby in the Well: the Case Against Empathy—Paul Bloom
			Write a Brief Summary of Each Stage of Thought
			Write a Thesis: A Brief Summary of the Entire Passage
			Write a Draft by Combining Thesis, Section Summaries, and Selected Details
		Summarizing Graphs, Charts, and tables
			Bar Graphs
		Exercise 3.1: Summarizing Graphs
			Line Graphs
		Exercise 3.2: Summarizing Line Graphs
			Pie Charts
		Exercise 3.3: Summarizing Pie Charts
			Other Charts: Bubble Maps, Pictograms, and Interactive Charts
			Tables
		Exercise 3.4: Summarizing Tables
		Avoiding Plagiarism
		Rules for Avoiding Plagiarism
		Looking Ahead
		Writing Assignment: Summary
		Breakfast Helps Kids Handle Basic Math, Study suggests—Marcia Wood
	4 Quoting Sources, Using Signal Phrases, and Making Standard “Moves”
		Choosing Quotations
			Quote Memorable Language
		When to Quote
			Quote Clear, Concise Language
			Quote Authoritative Language
		Altering Quotations
			Use Ellipses to Indicate Omissions
			Use Brackets to Add or Substitute Words
		Avoiding Classic Mistakes in Quoting
			Avoid Quoting Too Much
		Quote Only What You Need
			Avoid Freestanding Quotations
				Avoid
				Better
			Understand When to Use First and Last Names
			Don’t Introduce Well-Known Names
				Avoid
				Better
		Exercise 4.1: Incorporating quotations
		Using Signal Phrases
		Signal Verbs to Introduce Quotations, Summaries, and Paraphrases
		Signal Verbs and Tense
			Six Strategies for Using Signal Phrases (or Sentences)
				1. Identifying Phras e At the Beginning
				2. Identifying Phras e In the Middle
				3. Identifying Phras e At the End
				4. Reference to A Source Pr eceded By That
				5. Identifying Sentence At the Beginning—With A Colon
				6. Block Quotation
		Incorporating Quotations into Your Sentences
		Exercise 4.2: Summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting a brief passage
		Making Standard “Moves” to Build Paragraphs
			Using Sources to Build Paragraphs
		How to Use Sources to Build Paragraphs
			Making Standard Moves with Source-Based Paragraphs
				Use Sources to Introduce A Fact
				Use Sources to Intro duce An Idea
				Use Sources to Start and Continue A Discussion
				Use Sources to Illustrate
				Use Sources to Mar k A Transition
		Looking Ahead
		Writing Assignment: Building Source-Based Paragraphs
	5 Critical Reading and Critique
		Critical Reading
		Question 1: to What Extent Does the Author Succeed in His or Her Purpose?
			Writing to Inform
			Evaluating Informative Writing
		Web Sites and the Trust Factor Know: What Sort of Site You’re On
			Writing to Persuade
		Exercise 5.1: Informative and Persuasive Thesis Statements
			Evaluating Persuasive Writing
		Consumer Watchdog
		Americans Shouldn’t Demand a “Right to Be Forgotten” Online—Washington Post
		The Right to Bury the (Online) Past—Liza Tucker
		Exercise 5.2: Critical Reading Practice
			Persuasive Strategies
			Logical Argumentation: Avoiding Logical Fallacies
		Tone
		Exercise 5.3: Understanding Logical Fallacies
			Writing to Entertain
		Question 2: to What Extent Do You Agree with the Author?
			Identify Points of Agreement and Disagreement
		Exercise 5.4: Exploring Your Viewpoints—in Three Paragraphs
			Explore Reasons for Agreement and Disagreement: Evaluate Assumptions
			Inferring and Implying Assumptions
			Determining the Validity of Assumptions
		Critique
			How to Write Critiques
		Guidelines for Writing Critiques
			Demonstration: Critique
		Model Critique
		Works Cited
		Exercise 5.5: Informal Critique of the Model Critique
		Critical Reading for Critique
		Looking Ahead
		Writing Assignment: Critique
		Why We Need Violent Video Games—Ethan Gilsdorf
	6 Explanatory Synthesis
		What is a Synthesis?
			Using Summary and Critique as a Basis for Synthesis
			Using Inference as a Basis for Synthesis: Moving Beyond Summary and Critique
			Identifying Your Purpose
				Example: Same Sources, Different Uses
		Using Your Sources
		Types of Syntheses: Explanatory and Argument
		Seau Suffered from Brain Disease—Mary Pilon and Ken Belson
		Concussion Problem Not Unique to U-M—The State News Editorial Board
		How to Write Syntheses
		Guidelines for Writing Syntheses
		Writing an Explanatory Synthesis
			Demonstration: Explanatory Synthesis— The “Idea” of Money
		Exercise 6.1: Exploring the Topic
		A Brief History of Money: Or, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Abstraction—James Surowiecki
		Apple, Banks in Talks on Mobile Person-to-Person Payment Service—Robin Sidel and Daisuke Wakabayashi
		Germany in the Era of Hyperinflation—Alexander Jung
			Consider Your Purpose
		Exercise 6.2: Critical Reading for Synthesis
			Formulate a Thesis
			Decide How You Will Use Your Source Material
			Develop an Organizational Plan
		Organize a Synthesis by Idea, Not by Source
			Write Your Synthesis
		Explanatory Synthesis: First Draft
			Revise Your Synthesis
		Exercise 6.3: Revising the Explanatory Synthesis
		Model Explanatory Synthesis: The “Idea” of Money—Sheldon Kearney
		Works Cited
		Critical Reading for Synthesis
		Looking Ahead
		Writing Assignment: Ethical Dilemmas in Everyday Life
	7 Argument Synthesis
		What is an Argument Synthesis?
			The Elements of Argument: Claim, Support, and Assumption
			Assumptions
		Exercise 7.1: Practicing Claim, Support, and Assumption
			The Three Appeals of Argument: Logos, Ethos, Pathos
			Logos
		Exercise 7.2: Using Deductive and Inductive Logic
			Ethos
		Exercise 7.3: Using Ethos
			Pathos
		Exercise 7.4: Using Pathos
			The Limits of Argument
			Fruitful Topics for Argument
		How to Write Argument Systheses
			Demonstration: Developing an Argument Synthesis—Responding to Bullies
		Bullying Statistics—Pacer.org
		The 2013 National School Climate Survey: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools—Joseph Kosciw, Emily A. Greytak, Neal A. Palmer, and Madelyn J. Boesen
		Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
		White House Report/Bullying—And the Power of Peers—Philip Rodkin
		Exercise 7.5: Critical Reading for Synthesis
			Consider Your Purpose
			Making a Claim: Formulate a Thesis
			Decide How You Will Use Your Source Material
			Develop an Organizational Plan
			Draft and Revise Your Synthesis
		Model Argument Synthesis: Responding to Bullies—Peter Simmons
		Works Cited
			The Strategy of the Argument Synthesis
		Developing and Organizing the Support for your Arguments
			Summarize, Paraphrase, and Quote Supporting Evidence
			Provide Various Types of Evidence and Motivational Appeals
			Use Climactic Order
			Use Logical or Conventional Order
			Present and Respond to Counterarguments
			Use Concession
		Developing and Organizing Support for Your Arguments
			Avoid Common Fallacies in Developing and Using Support
		The Comparison-and-Contrast Synthesis
			Organizing Comparison-and-Contrast Syntheses
			Organizing By Source Or Subject
			Organizing By Criteria
		Exercise 7.6: Comparing and Contrasting
			A Case for Comparison and Contrast: World War I and World War II
			Comparison and Contrast Organized By Criteria
		Model Exam Response
			The Strategy of the Exam Response
		Summary of Synthesis Chapters
		Looking Ahead
		Writing Assignment: Ethical Dilemmas in Everyday Life
	8 Analysis
		What is an Analysis?
		from The Invisible Addiction: Cell-Phone Activities and Addiction among Male and Female College Students—James Roberts, Luc Honore Petji Yaya, and Chris Manolis
		What’s in a Phone?—Jon Agar
		Selecting and Using an Analytical Tool
			Selecting the Analytical Tool
			Using the Analytical Tool
		Exercise 8.1: Using a principle or definition as a tool for analysis
		Planning and Writing the Analysis Paper
			Devising a Thesis
			Developing the Paragraph-by-Paragraph Logic of your Paper
			Writing the Analysis Paper
		Guidelines for Writing Analyses
			Reviewing Your Analysis: Does It Pass Key Tests?
				Have You Written A Summary Rather Than An Analysis?
				Is Your Analysis Systematic?
				Have You Answered the “So What?” Question?
				Have You Attributed Sources?
		Exercise 8.2: Planning an analysis
			Demonstration: Analysis
		Model Analysis: The Case of the Missing Kidney: An Analysis of Rumor—Linda Shanker
		Works Cited
		Looking Ahead
		Writing Assignment: Analysis
Part Two Strategies
	9 Writing as a Process
		Writing as Thinking
		Stages of the Writing Process
		The Writing Process
			Stage 1: Understanding the Task
				Papers In the Academic Disciplines
		Exercise 9.1: Analyze an Assignment
			Stage 2: Gathering Data
				Types of Data
				Primary and Secondary Sources
			Stage 3: Invention
		The Myth of Inspiration
			Choosing and Narrowing Your Subject
		The Myth of Talent
		Exercise 9.2: Practice Narrowing Subjects
			Invention Strategies
		Exercise 9.3: Practice Invention Strategies
			Stage 4: Drafting
				Strategies for Writing the Paper
				Writing A Thesis
		How Ambitious Should Your Thesis Be?
		Exercise 9.4: Drafting Thesis Statements
			Stage 5: Revision
				Characteristics of Goo d Papers
				The Reverse Outline
			Stage 6: Editing
				Editing for Style
				Editing for Correctness
				The Final Draft
		Common Sentence-Level Errors
		Writing Introductions and Conclusions
			Introductions
				Quotation
				Historical Review
				Review of A Controversy
				From the General to the Specific
				Anecdote and Illustration: From the Specific to the General
				Question
				Statement of Thesis
		Exercise 9.5: Drafting Introductions
			Conclusions
				Summary (Plus)
				Statement of the Subject’S Significance
				Call for Further Research
				Solution/Recommendation
				Anecdote
				Quotation
			Question
				Speculation
		Exercise 9.6: Drafting Conclusions
		Writing Assignment: Process
	10 Locating, Mining, and Citing Sources
		Source-Based Papers
		Where Do We Find Written Research?
		Writing the Research Paper
		Developing a Topic into a Research Question
			Brainstorming a Topic
		Narrowing Your Topic
			The Research Question
		Exercise 10.1: Constructing Research Questions
		Getting Started with Research
			Consult Knowledgeable People
			Familiarize Yourself with Your Library’s Resources
		Locating Preliminary Sources
			Encyclopedias
		Wikipedia: Let the Buyer Beware
		Exercise 10.2: Exploring Encyclopedias
			Biographical Sources
			Statistical Sources
			Overviews and Bibliographies
		Conducting Focused Research
			Types of Sources
				Books
				News papers , Magazines, and Journals
		Exercise 10.3: Exploring Academic Journals
		For Best Results, Plan Your Searches
			Finding Material for Focused Research
				Databases
				Discovery Services
				The Open Web
		Focused Research: Constructing Effective Search Queries
			Advanced Searching with Boolean Logic and Truncation
		Exercise 10.4: Exploring Online Sources
			Interviews and Surveys
		Guidelines for Conducting Interviews
		Guidelines for Conducting Surveys and Designing Questionnaires
			Evaluating Sources
		Guidelines for Evaluating Sources
			Evaluating Web Sources
		Exercise 10.5: Practice Evaluating Web Sources
		Mining Sources
		Critical Reading for Research
			The Working Bibliography
			Note Taking
			Bibliographic Management Tools
			Getting the Most From Your Reading
			Arranging Your Notes: The Outline
		Research and Plagiarism
			Time Management and Plagiarism
			Note Taking and Plagiarism
			Digital Life and Plagiarism
			Determining Common Knowledge
				A Guideline for Determining Common Knowledge
			Plagiarism, the Internet, and Fair Use
				Internet Pa per Mills
				Fair Use and Digital Media
		Citing Sources
			Types of Citations
			APA Documentation Basics
				Apa In-Text Citations In Brief
				Apa References List In Brief
			MLA Documentation Basics
				Mla Citations In Brief
				Mla Works Cited List In Brief
		Writing Assignment: Source-Based Paper
	11 Practicing Academic Writing
		Ethical Dilemmas in Everyday Life
			Read and Prepare to Write
		Group Assignment 1: Make a Topic List
		Group Assignment 2: Consider Multiple Courses of Action
		Group Assignment 3: Decide for Yourself
		The Readings and Videos
		The Trolley Problem: Three Variants
		The Case of the Collapsed Mine—Richard T. DeGeorge
		A Framework for Thinking Ethically—Manual Velasquez, Dennis Moberg, Michael J. Meyer, et al.
		Moral Inquiry—Ronald F. White
		Heinz’s Dilemma: Kohlberg’s Six Stages of Moral Development—William Crain
		A Casebook of Ethical Dilemmas
		The Lifeboat—Rosetta Lee
		The Tragedy of the Commons—Garrett Hardin
		The Insurance Agent
		Should I Protect a Patient at the Expense of an Innocent Stranger?—Chuck Klosterman
		No Edit—Randy Cohen
		The Tortured Child—Kelley L. Ross
		The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas—Ursula Le Guin
		A Callous Passerby
		The Assignments
			Summary
			Alternate Summary Assignment
			Critique
			Explanatory Synthesis
				Suggestions for Developing the Assignment
			Analysis
				Suggestions for Developing the Assignment
			Alternate Analysis Assignment
			Argument
				Suggestions for Developing the Assignment
			Alternate Argument Assignment 1
			Alternate Argument Assignment 2
				A Note On Incorporating Quotations and Para phrases
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