The Curious Writer, 5th edition

Bruce Ballenger

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The Curious Writer doesn't read like a textbook or a set of guidelines for composing essays. Instead, it encourages you to suspend judgment, ask questions and seek answers. Essentially, it provides you with the tools you'll need to think like an academic writer. Covering genres beyond the academic essay, the text strives to engage you with a "personality" lacking in similar resources. Encouraged to act on your own curiosities, you'll develop the habits necessary to become a critical thinker and a skilled writer.

The 5th Edition reinforces the assumption that genres are malleable with a new chapter on repurposing or “re-genre-ing.” New projects include transforming a completed writing assignment into a multimedia project with guidance on scripting a podcast, a video PSA and more.

ISBN-13: 9780137496976

Subject: Composition

Category: Rhetorics

PART 1: THE SPIRIT OF INQUIRY

Writing as Inquiry
Reading as Inquiry

PART 2: INQUIRY PROJECTS

Writing a Personal Essay
Writing a Profile
Writing a Review
Writing a Proposal
Writing an Argument
Writing an Analytical Essay
Writing an Ethnographic Essay

PART 3: INQUIRING DEEPER

Writing a Research Essay
Research Techniques
Using and Citing Sources

PART 4: RE-INQUIRING

Re-Genre: Repurposing Your Writing for Multimedia Genres
Revision Strategies

APPENDICES

The Writer's Workshop
The Writing Portfolio
The Annotated Bibliography

HANDBOOK

Sentence Boundaries
Sentence Inconsistencies
Problems with Modification
Verbs
Pronouns
Style
Punctuation
Mechanics and Spelling
Review of Basic Grammar
Tips for ESL Writers