Writing by Choice
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Product details:
- Edition number 3
- Publisher OUP Canada
- Date of Publication 12 March 2015
- ISBN 9780199008612
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages480 pages
- Size 255x202x18 mm
- Weight 867 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 3 photos; 19 figures; 21 tables 0
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Short description:
Writing by Choice is a comprehensive, widely applicable approach to developing writing skills for the academic, business, and personal realms.
MoreLong description:
Writing by Choice is a comprehensive, widely applicable approach to developing writing skills for the academic, business, and personal realms. This "4-in-1" text focuses on helping student writers make informed choices among the many variables involved in different types of writing. Students learn about the three common types of student essays (argumentative, research, literary) and topics relevant to today's classroom, such as electronic research, source reliability, diction and vocabulary, and writing across the disciplines.
The third edition is divided into three parts (a rhetoric with integrated reader, a research guide, and a handbook) and features learning objectives, current examples, new academic and professional readings, annotated student essays, definitions and cross-references in the margins, individual and collaborative exercises, chapter summaries, and a glossary.
Table of Contents:
Readings
From the Publisher
Preface
Part I Rhetoric with Integrated Reader
Foundations: Reading and Thinking
A Proactive Approach
Three-Way Reading
- Three-Way Reading and Academic Writing
Types of Selective Reading
- Matching Reading Type and Purpose
Responding Critically and Analytically through Questions
- Before Reading
- First Reading
- Second Reading
Focused Reading and Comprehension
- Word Meanings
Critical Thinking
- What Is Critical Thinking?
- Applying Critical Thinking
- Breaking Down Critical Thinking
Sample Professional Essay
Chapter Summary
The Writing Situation
Writing Purpose
Writing to an Audience
- Audience Factors
Writing: The Composing Process
- The Traditional Linear Model
Stages in Essay Writing
- Pre-writing
- Research
- Organization
- Composing: First Draft
- Revising: Final Draft
Rhetorical Modes of Discourse
Expository versus Argumentative Essays
Narration and Description
Chapter Summary
Essay and Paragraph Essentials
The Essay: An Analytical Model
- Kinds of Claims
- Support: Evidence and Credibility
Essay and Paragraph Structure
- Topic Sentence
- Paragraph Wrap as Conclusion
- Connecting Paragraphs by Using a Transition
Paragraph Fundamentals
- Unity
- Coherence
Specialized Paragraphs: Introduction and Conclusion
- The Introduction
- The Conclusion
Developing Your Essay through Substantial Paragraphs
- Rhetorical Patters
Essays Using a Primary Pattern
- Primary versus Secondary Patterns
Chapter Summary
Responding to Texts: Summaries and Analyses
Summaries, Analysis, and Research Papers
Summary: The Précis
- The Value of a Summary
- Pointers for Précis Writing
- Précis Planning
The Critical Analysis
- Reading and Other Planning Strategies
- Writing Strategies
- Sample Essay for Critical Analysis
Chapter Summary
The Argumentative Essay
Everyday Arguments
- Rhetoric and Argument
- Aristotle and Argument
Argumentative Purpose
1. Defending Your Point of View
2. Seeking a Change
3. Promoting a Consensus
4. Drawing Attention to a Problem/Raising Awareness
5. Reaching a Common Understanding
6. Interpreting a Text
- Combining Argumentative Purposes
Arguable Claims
- Opinion, Facts, and Argument
- Specific, Interesting, and Manageable Claims
- Specific Claim
- Interesting Claim
- Manageable Claim
- Kinds of Evidence
- Working Your Claim: The Rational Basis of Argument
- Inductive Reasoning
- Deductive Reasoning
- Solidifying the Claim through the Warrant
Strategies for Argument and Rebuttal
- Strategies for Arguments
- Strategies for Rebuttal
Categories of Faulty Reasoning
- Logical, Emotional, and Ethical Fallacies
- Slanted Language
Organizing an Outline for Argument
- Rhetorical Function of Parts
Sample Argumentative Essays
1. Sample Student Argumentative Essay-MLA Style
2. Sample Student Argumentative Essay-APA Style
3. Sample Professional Essay
Chapter Summary
The Literary Essay
General Features of Literary Essays
- Kinds of Literary Essays
- Text-Centred and Context-Centred Approaches
On the Road to the Rough Draft
- Method for Developing an Outline or Draft
- Two Tips for Analyzing Literature
- Theory into Practice: A Sample Poetry Analysis
The Literary Genres: Poetry, the Short Story, the Novel, and Drama
- How to Approach a Poem
- Fictional Forms
- How to Approach Drama
The Literary Research Essay
- Primary and Secondary Sources
- Drafting and Revising the Literary Essay
- Sample Student Literary Research Essay-MLA Style
Chapter Summary
Part II Research Guide
Writing a Research Essay
Exposition, Synthesis, and Research
Stages in the Research Process
- Research: Finding and Exploring
- Synthesis (I): Assimilation
- Organization: Arranging
- Synthesis (II): Composing
- Documenting: Following Procedures
What Is Research?
- Reliability of Sources
- Finding a Research Question
- Researching Your Topic
- The Research Proposal
- A Simple Proposal: Purpose and Methodology
- Sample Research Proposal
Research Note-Taking
- Organizing Research Notes
- Some Useful Research Strategies
The Search Is On: Locating and Using Sources
- Primary and Secondary Sources
- Online Searches
- The Value of Library Research
- Alternative Information Sources
Using Sources in the Composing Stage
- Summary
- Paraphrase
- The Annotated Bibliography
- Source Citation and Plagiarism
- Methods of Integrating Sources
Outline for a Research Essay
- Sample Student Essay
- The Scholarly Essay
Chapter Summary
Documentation Styles
Why Document Your Sources?
- Choosing Your Documentation Style
The Major Documentation Styles: MLA and APA
- MLA Documentation Style
- APA Documentation Style
- CMS Documentation (Notes) Style
Chapter Summary
Part III Handbook
Achieving Clarity and Depth in Your Writing
Effective Style: Clarity
- Cutting for Concision
- Writing Directly
- Working toward Precision: Wise Word Choices
- Revising for Concision, Directness, and Diction: A Sample Student Draft
Providing Depth: Variety and Emphasis
- Sentence Variety
- Sample Essay for Rhetorical Analysis
Chapter Summary
Sentence Essentials
Grammatical Groundwork
Introducing . . . the Parts of Speech
- The Parts of Speech at Work
Introducing . . . the Sentence
- What Is a Sentence?
- The Invisible-Subject Sentence
- Two Types of Sentence Fragments
Introducing . . . Phrases and Clauses
- Phrases
- Clauses
- Sentence Types
- Errors of Combining
Chapter Summary
Punctuation and Apostrophes
Commas: Do They Really Matter?
- Rule Category 1: Items in a Series
- Rule Category 2: Independent Clauses
- Rule Category 3: Parenthetical Information
- Rule Category 4: Conventional and "Comma Sense" Uses
Other Forms of Punctuation
- Semicolon
- Colon
- Dashes and Parentheses
The Apostrophe
1. Apostrophe for Possessive Case
2. Apostrophe to Show Contraction
Chapter Summary
Agreement, Pronouns, Modifiers, and Parallelism
Agreement
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
- Problematic Pronouns: Inclusive Language
Pronoun Reference
Pronoun Case
- Personal Pronoun
- Relative Pronoun
- Interrogative Pronoun
- Pronoun Consistency
Sentence Construction Errors
- Misplaced Modifiers
- Dangling Modifiers
- The Parallelism Principle
Chapter Summary
Appendix A Proofreading: Perfection is Possible
Proofreading Methods
Guidelines for Proofreading
- Common Errors
Essay Presentation
Appendix B The In-Class Essay or Examination Essay
Recall
Organization and Time Management
Adaptability
Appendix C A Checklist for EAL Writers
Adjectives
- Adjectives as Participles
- Adjectives and Present Participles versus Past Participles
- Comparatives and Superlatives
- Plural Nouns as Adjectival Phrases Concerning Distance, Money, and Time
- Relative (Adjectival) Clauses
Adverbs
- Adverbs with Adjectives
- Comparative and Superlative of Adverbs
Articles - A, An, and The
- The Indefinite Article
- The Definite Article
Nouns
- Every + Noun
- Gerunds
- Kind(s) of/Type(s) of + noun
- Uncountable and Countable Nouns
- Prepositions
Verbs
- Verbs as Modal Auxiliaries
- Similar Verbs and Nouns
- Verbs and Prepositions
- Verbs and Their Subjects (subject-verb agreement)
- Verb Tenses
Appendix D Peer Edit Forms
Peer Edit Form: Formal Outline
- Instructions
- Introduction
- Body Paragraphs
- Conclusion
- Final comments or suggestions?
Peer Edit Form: Research Essay First Draft
- Instructions
- Introduction
- Body Paragraphs
- Conclusion
- Other Criteria
- Final comments or suggestions?
Peer Edit Form: Argumentative Essay First Draft
- Instructions
- Introduction
- Body Paragraphs
- Conclusion
- Other Criteria
- Final comments or suggestions?
Peer Edit Form: Literary Essay First Draft
- Instructions
- Introduction
- Body Paragraphs
- Conclusions
- Other Criteria
- Final comments or suggestions?
Index
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