Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric, Research Guide, Reader and Handbook, 12th edition

James A. Reinking
, Robert von der Osten

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Strategies for Successful Writing offers you first-rate strategies for civil writing with ample support as you learn to compose in each rhetorical mode. Short examples and activities throughout demonstrate writing concepts concisely, so you can recognize and utilize them more easily as you progress to longer selections and assignments. Instruction is brief and to the point, allowing you to spend more time writing and less time reading about writing. The authors take a conversational, concise approach to reduce any apprehension you may have about writing and provide you with a model for your own prose.

The 12th Edition stresses the importance and characteristics of civil writing, while addressing the growing cultural challenges posed by social media and increasingly hostile media. This edition also emphasizes visual rhetoric and multimedia approaches to writing and texts.

ISBN-13: 9780137536351

Subject: Composition

Category: Rhetorics

RHETORIC Brief Contents:

Chapter 1. Writing: A First Look
Chapter 2. Strategies for Successful and Critical Reading
Chapter 3. Planning and Drafting Your Paper: Exploration
Chapter 4. Revising and Editing Your Paper: Courageous Transformations
Chapter 5. Paragraphs
Chapter 6. Effective Sentences
Chapter 7. Achieving Effective Style and Tone Through Word Choice
Chapter 8. Narration: Telling Life’s Stories
Chapter 9. Description: Capturing Your World
Chapter 10. Process Analysis: Explaining How
Chapter 11. Illustration: Showing and Telling
Chapter 12. Classification: Grouping into Categories
Chapter 13. Comparison: Showing Relationships
Chapter 14. Cause and Effect: Explaining Why
Chapter 15. Definition: Establishing Boundaries
Chapter 16. Argument: Convincing Others
Chapter 17. The Essay Examination
Chapter 18. Writing About Literature, Movies, and Television Shows

EXPLORE, RESEARCH, WRITE GUIDE

Chapter 19. The Research Paper
Chapter 20. Documenting Sources: MLA Style
Chapter 21. Documenting Sources: APA Style
Chapter 22. Additional Research Strategies: Interviews, Questionnaires, Direct Observations

READER

Narration
- “The Perfect Picture” by James Alexander Thom
- “Aunt Parnetta’s Electric Blisters” by Diane Glancy
- “The Cigarette” from Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Description
- “When the Full Moon Shines Its Magic over Monument Valley” by John V. Young
- “Seaside Safari” by Kessler Burnett
- “What It Feels Like to Lie Face Down and Let a Wildfire Burn Over You” by Brian Mockenhaupt
Process Analysis
- “Ground-Source-Heat-Pumps: Mother Earth Will Wrap You in Warmth” by Perfect Home HVAC design.com
- “Let’s Get Vertical!” by Beth Wald
- “Julie Mehretu Reaches for New Heights” by Hillary M. Sheets
Illustration
- “Accidental Discoveries” by Lexi Krock
- “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Must I Know, Too?” by Judith Newman
- “A Pain Pill Among Friends: The Quick and Quiet Way Young People Are Getting Hooked on Opiods” by Elizabeth Millard
Classification
- “A Tale of Four Learners” by Bernice McCarthy
- “7 Types of Employees to Weed Out” by Jeff Schmitt
- “What Kind of Procrastinator Are You?” by Alina Vrabie
Comparison
- “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts” by Bruce Catton
- “What’s the Key to Turning Around Rust Belt Cities?” by Alana Semuels
- “Are Video Games Now More Sophisticated than Cinema?” by Jane Graham
Cause and Effect
- “For Cops, Citizen Videos Bring Increased Scrutiny. Are Incidents Caught on Tape Hindering Officers?” by Kevin Johnson
- “Your Addiction to Social Media Is No Accident” by Julian Morgans
- “Why We Keep Stuff: If You Want to Understand People, Take a Look at What They Hang on To” by Caroline Knapp
Definition
- “The Blended Economy” by Marc Zwelling
- “Krumping” by Marti Bercaw
- “From E. B. White to Colin Kaepernick: What Does Democracy Mean Today?” by Rick Hampson
Argument
- “Going Nuclear” by Patrick Moore
- “Ten Reasons Why New Nuclear Was a Mistake–Even Before Fukushima” by Alexis Rowell
- “Freedom of Speech on Campus Is an Essential Part of College” by Elliot Hirshman
- “Why Colleges Have a Right to Reject Hateful Speakers Like Ann Coulter” by Aaron R. Hanlon
- “No One Is Prepared to Stop the Robot Onslaught. So What Will We Do When It Arrives?” by Steve LeVine
- “Workers Refuse to Rage Against the Machine: Some Employees Embrace Automation, and Keep Their Job” by Nathan Bomey

HANDBOOK

Sentence Elements
Editing to Correct Sentence Errors
Editing to Correct Faulty Punctuation