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Considering Cultural Difference, A Longman Topics Reader, 1st edition

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Writing Papers in College provides clear, concise guidance on a comprehensive range of composition topics–writing, research, and grammar–in a portable size and at a low price.

Writing Papers in College guides students through all stages of the writing process–while also offering essential organizational strategies–using brief instruction that delivers just enough detail to help students be effective writers.  Rather than weigh students down with an overly complicated presentation or belabored concepts, Writing Papers keeps advice short and sweet so that students spend less time reading about writing and more time focusing on their own work.

The text focuses on critical research issues and the grammar concerns students encounter most frequently:  research instruction includes tips for integrating source material using quotation and paraphrase as well as guidelines for citing sources in MLA and APA styles, and a mini grammar “handbook” focuses on essential grammar and common errors. 

The pocket size and low price of Writing Papers in College are ideal for students who want a quick reference on the nuts and bolts of writing and for instructors who want flexibility in their course design.

  • Strategy Checklists throughout the text combine a flowchart that shows a progression of steps with a checklist that organizes each step into a set of tasks, creating for students a specific action plan for different types of reading, stages of writing, and methods of development.
  • Boxed Tips throughout the text present instruction in one sentence lists or short paragraphs so that students can quickly skim instruction and pull out key ideas easily.
  • Exercises in each chapter offer students opportunities to practice concepts by writing in response to low-stakes prompts at the point of need.

Preface

 

PART ONE Principles of Reading and Writing

 

Ch.  1 Reading Critically

Why Read?

Reading for Best Results

Critical Reading in Action

    Lawrence Downes, “The Shy, Egg-Stealing Neighbor You Didn’t Know You Had”

 

Ch.  2 Reading Visual Images

Reading a Photograph, Drawing, or Advertisement

Reading Charts, Graphs, Tables, and Cartoons

Reading and Evaluating Web Sites

Critical Reading on Your Own

    Christopher Caldwell, “Intimate Shopping: Should Everyone Know What You Bought Today?”

 

Ch.  3 Active Writing

Choosing a Topic

Determining Your Purpose and Audience

Prewriting

Writing Drafts

One Student Writing: First Draft

    First Draft: John Fousek, “My Roommate”

 

Ch.  4 Finding and Supporting a Thesis

Understanding the Thesis

Elements of a Good Thesis

Stating Your Thesis

Supporting Your Thesis: Details

 

Ch.  5 Planning a Paper: Outlining

Making a Formal Outline

Preparing Your Formal Outline

 

Ch.  6 Writing Your Paper

Writing Your Introduction

Writing the Body Paragraphs

Writing a Strong Conclusion

 

Ch.  7 Revising for Thought, Content, and Structure

Revising to Improve Your Thesis

Revising for Appropriate Supporting Details

Revising for Better Organization

Revising for Purpose and Audience

Revising for Suitable Structure: Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion

 

Ch.  8 Revising to Improve Language

Revising Your Language

 

Ch.  9 Revising and Editing to Improve Style

Wordiness and Economy

Passive and Active Verbs

Correcting Faulty Parallelism

Faulty Subordination

Revising for Sentence Variety

 

Ch.  10 Revising and Editing for Additional Style Problems

Triteness

Euphemisms

Repetition, Good and Bad

Slang

Sexist Language

 

Ch.  11 One Student Writing: Revising and Editing in Action

Peer Review: Learning from Other Students

Revising and Editing: One Student Writing

Proofreading

Putting It All Together

Final Draft: One Student Writing

 

PART TWO Methods of Development

 

Ch.  12 Description

Writing Your Descriptive Paper

Writing Topics

 

Ch.  13 Narration

Writing Your Narrative Paper

Writing Topics

 

Ch.  14 Example

Writing Your Example Paper

Writing Topics

 

Ch.  15 Process

Writing Your Process Paper

Writing Topics

 

Ch.  16 Comparison and Contrast

Writing Your Comparison—Contrast Paper

Comparison—Contrast Patterns

Writing Topics

 

Ch.  17 Classification and Division

Classification and Division in Action

Using Division (or Analysis)

Using Classification

How Are Classification and Division Different?

Reviewing Division Strategies

Writing Your Classification Paper

Writing Topics

 

Ch.  18 Cause and Effect

Writing Your Cause and Effect Paper

Writing Topics

 

Ch.  19 Definition

Writing Your Definition Paper

Writing Topics

 

Ch.  20 Argumentation

Using Logic

Writing Your Argumentation Paper

Writing Topics

 

PART THREE Research and Writing from Sources

 

Ch.  21 Doing Research

Choosing Your Subject

Developing Your Thesis

Doing Preliminary Reading

Preparing Your Preliminary Outline

Finding Sources and Developing a Working Citations List

 

Ch.  22 Selecting, Organizing, and Integrating Source Material in Your Writing

Taking Notes

Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources in Your Paper

Avoiding Plagiarism

Preparing Your Formal Outline

 

Ch.  23 Writing Your Research Paper and Citing and Documenting Sources

Writing Your Research Paper: An Overview

Documenting Sources in the Humanities: MLA Style

Documenting Sources in the Social Sciences: APA Style

Preparing Your Manuscript

Sample MLA-Style Research Paper

    Elizabeth Kessler, “The Banning of the Polygraph”

 

 

A Mini Book of Essential Grammar and Common Errors

 

Credits

Index

 

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