Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Detailed Contents
Preface for Instructors
A Note to the Student
Part I: Structures and Strategies
	Chapter 1 Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation
		What Is a Summary?
		BOX: Where Do We Find Written Summaries?
		The Reading Process
		BOX: Critical Reading for Summary
		How to Write Summaries
		BOX: Guidelines for Writing Summaries
		Demonstration: Summary
		EXERCISE 1.1: Individual and Collaborative Summary Practice
		Summarizing Graphs, Charts, and Tables
		EXERCISE 1.2: Summarizing Graphs
		EXERCISE 1.3: Summarizing Line Graphs
		EXERCISE 1.4: Summarizing Pie Charts
		EXERCISE 1.5: Summarizing Tables
		Paraphrase
		BOX: How to Write Paraphrases
		EXERCISE 1.6: Paraphrasing
		Quotations
		BOX: When to Quote
		EXERCISE 1.7: Incorporating Quotations
		BOX: When to Summarize, Paraphrase, and Quote
		BOX: Incorporating Quotations into Your Sentences
		EXERCISE 1.8: Using Brackets
		Avoiding Plagiarism
		BOX: Rules for Avoiding Plagiarism
	Chapter 2 Critical Reading and Critique
		Critical Reading
		BOX: Where Do We Find Written Critiques?
		EXERCISE 2.1: Informative and Persuasive Thesis Statements
		EXERCISE 2.2: Critical Reading Practice
		BOX: Tone
		EXERCISE 2.3: Understanding Logical Fallacies
		EXERCISE 2.4: Exploring Your Viewpoints—in Three Paragraphs
		Critique
		BOX: Guidelines for Writing Critiques
		EXERCISE 2.5: Informal Critique of the Model Critique
		BOX: Critical Reading for Critique
	Chapter 3 Thesis, Introduction, and Conclusion
		Writing a Thesis
		BOX: How Ambitious Should Your Thesis Be?
		EXERCISE 3.1: Drafting Thesis Statements
		Introductions
		EXERCISE 3.2: Drafting Introductions
		Conclusions
		EXERCISE 3.3: Drafting Conclusions
	Chapter 4 Explanatory Synthesis
		What Is a Synthesis?
		BOX: Where Do We Find Written Syntheses?
		Types of Syntheses: Explanatory and Argument
		How to Write Syntheses
		BOX: Guidelines for Writing Syntheses
		The Explanatory Synthesis
		Demonstration: Explanatory Synthesis—Going Up? An Elevator Ride to Space
		EXERCISE 4.1: Exploring the Topic
		EXERCISE 4.2: Critical Reading for Synthesis
		BOX: Organize a Synthesis by Idea, Not by Source
		Explanatory Synthesis: First Draft
		EXERCISE 4.3: Revising the Explanatory Synthesis
		BOX: Critical Reading for Synthesis
	Chapter 5 Argument Synthesis
		What Is an Argument Synthesis?
		EXERCISE 5.1: Practicing Claim, Support, and Assumption
		EXERCISE 5.2: Using Deductive and Inductive Logic
		EXERCISE 5.3: Using Ethos
		EXERCISE 5.4: Using Pathos
		Demonstration: Developing an Argument Synthesis—Responding to Bullies
		EXERCISE 5.5: Critical Reading for Synthesis
		The Argument Synthesis
		Developing and Organizing the Support for Your Arguments
		BOX: Developing and Organizing Support for Your Arguments
		The Comparison-and-Contrast Synthesis
		EXERCISE 5.6: Comparing and Contrasting
		Summary of Synthesis Chapters
	Chapter 6 Analysis
		What Is an Analysis?
		BOX: Where Do We Find Written Analyses?
		How to Write Analyses
		EXERCISE 6.1: Reading Critically: Winn
		BOX: Guidelines for Writing Analyses
		BOX: Critical Reading for Analysis
		Demonstration: Analysis
		EXERCISE 6.2: Informal Analysis of the Model Analysis
	Chapter 7 Locating, Mining, and Citing Sources
		Source-Based Papers
		BOX: Where Do We Find Written Research?
		BOX: Writing the Research Paper
		The Research Question
		BOX: Narrowing the Topic via Research
		EXERCISE 7.1: Constructing Research Questions
		LOCATING SOURCES
		BOX: Types of Research Data
		BOX: Wikipedia: Let the Buyer Beware
		EXERCISE 7.2: Exploring Specialized Encyclopedias
		Focused Research
		BOX: Constructing an Effective Database Search Query
		BOX: Using Keywords and Boolean Logic to Refine Online Searches
		EXERCISE 7.3: Exploring Online Sources
		EXERCISE 7.4: Practice Evaluating Web Sources
		EXERCISE 7.5: Exploring Specialized Periodicals
		BOX: Guidelines for Conducting Interviews
		BOX: Guidelines for Conducting Surveys and Designing Questionnaires
		MINING SOURCES
		BOX: Critical Reading for Research
		The Working Bibliography
		BOX: Guidelines for Evaluating Sources
		Arranging Your Notes: The Outline
		Research and Plagiarism
		Plagiarism, the Internet, and Fair Use
		BOX: Fair Use and Digital Media
		CITING SOURCES
		BOX: Types of Citations
		APA Documentation Basics
		MLA Documentation Basics
Part II: Brief Takes
	MUSIC
	Chapter 8 \"Stormy Weather\" and the Art of the Musical Cover
		A CLOUDFUL OF \"STORMY WEATHER\"
		HOW TO TALK—AND WRITE—ABOUT POPULAR MUSIC
		COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THREE COVERS OF \"STORMY WEATHER\"
		WHY DO SOME COVERS DISAPPOINT?
		A HEARTFUL OF \"HALLELUJAH\"
		THE GREATEST COVERS OF ALL TIME
		THE ASSIGNMENT
	ETHICS
	Chapter 9 Ethical Dilemmas in Everyday Life
		Read; Prepare to Write
		BOX: Group Assignment #1: Make a Topic List
		BOX: Group Assignment #2: Create a Topic Web
		BOX: Group Assignment #3: Decide for Yourself
		THE READINGS AND VIDEOS
		BOX: Video Link: The Trolley Car
		BOX: Video Link: Grey\'s Anatomy (a medical dilemma)
		BOX: Video Link: The Heinz Dilemma
		A Casebook of Ethical Dilemmas
		BOX: Video Link: The Drowning Child by Peter Singer
		Summary
		Alternate Summary Assignment
		Critique
		Explanatory Synthesis
		Analysis
		Alternate Analysis Assignment
		Argument
		Alternate Argument Assignment #1
		Alternate Argument Assignment #2
	SOCIOLOGY
	Chapter 10 The Roar of the Tiger Mom
		Read; Prepare to Write
		BOX: Group Assignment #1: Make a Topic List
		BOX: Group Assignment #2: Create a Topic Web
		THE READINGS
		Summary
		Critique
		Explanatory Synthesis
		Analysis
		Argument
Part III: An Anthology of Readings
	LITERATURE AND FILM
	Chapter 11 First impressions: The Art and Craft of Storytelling
		The Art and Craft of Starting Your Story
		Chapter Ones: The Novels
		Scene Ones: The Films
		Synthesis Activities
		ECONOMICS
		Chapter 12 The Changing Landscape of Work in the Twenty-First Century
		The Puzzling U.S. Labor Market
		Data on the U.S. Labor Market: Charts, Graphs, Tables
		Debate: Should You Do What You Love?
		Synthesis Activities
		Research Activities
	SOCIOLOGY
	Chapter 13 have You heard This? The Latest on Rumor
		THE GOSSIPS
		FRANKENCHICKEN
		TRUTH IS IN THE EAR OF THE BEHOLDER
		ANATOMY OF A RUMOR: IT FLIES ON FEAR
		FIGHTING THAT OLD DEVIL RUMOR
		A PSYCHOLOGY OF RUMOR
		\"PAUL IS DEAD!\" (SAID FRED)
		THE RUNAWAY GRANDMOTHER
		HOW AND WHY RUMORS WORK—AND HOW TO STOP THEM
		HOW TO FIGHT A RUMOR
		THE RUMOR
		Synthesis Activities
		Research Activities
	PHILOSOPHY
	Chapter 14 happiness and Its Discontents
		HAPPINESS
		PIG HAPPINESS?
		IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
		THE DALAI LAMA\'S SKI TRIP: WHAT I LEARNED IN THE SLUSH WITH HIS HOLINESS
		A BALANCED PSYCHOLOGY AND A FULL LIFE
		FINDING FLOW
		YES, MONEY CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY
		HAPPINESS: ENOUGH ALREADY
		HAPPY LIKE GOD
		HIGH PERFORMANCE HAPPY
		WHAT SUFFERING DOES
		Synthesis Activities
		Research Activities
	PSYCHOLOGY
	Chapter 15 Obedience to Authority
		DISOBEDIENCE AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MORAL PROBLEM
		THE POWER OF SITUATIONS
		THE MILGRAM EXPERIMENT
		THE FOLLOWER PROBLEM
		GROUP MINDS
		OPINIONS AND SOCIAL PRESSURE
		PRISONER AND GUARD: THE STANFORD EXPERIMENT
		Synthesis Activities
		Research Activities
Credits
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Checklists for Writing Summaries, Critiques, Syntheses, Analyses