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Steps to Writing Well 140

Reading Keys 141

Thinking for Yourself 142

Connect College Reading 143

The Composition of Everyday Life 144

Writing True 145

Writing Reading and Research 146

Technical Report Writing Today 147

Cengage Advantage Books: The College Handbook of Creative Writing 148

The Wadsworth Guide to Research 149

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Developmental English & Linguistics

StepS to Writing Well12th EditionJean Wyrick Professor Emerita, Colorado State University

Reliable and straightforward, this text has helped thousands of students learn to write well. Jean Wyrick’s rhetorically organized STEPS TO WRITING WELL is known for its student-friendly tone and the clear way it presents the basics of essay writing in an easy-to-follow progression of useful lessons and activities. Through straightforward advice and thoughtful assignments, the text gives students the practice they need to approach writing well-constructed essays with confidence. With Wyrick’s helpful instruction and the book’s professional samples by both well-known classic and contemporary writers, STEPS TO WRITING WELL sets students on a solid path to writing success. Everything students need to begin, organize, and revise writing--from choosing a topic to developing the essay to polishing prose--is right here! In the twelfth edition, Wyrick updates and refines the book’s successful approach, adding useful new discussions, readings, exercises, essay assignments, and visual images for analysis.

New to this Edition

► NEW CRITICAL THINKING EMPHASIS. Throughout the book, students will see an increased emphasis on critical thinking skills to help them develop into both perceptive readers and effective writers. Chapter 5 now includes expanded discussions focused on the analysis and evaluation of information, especially from Internet and other media sources, showing students how to select reliable evidence that best illustrates, supports, or shapes their ideas. A new section, also in Chapter 5, on visual literacy adds to the discussion of trustworthy sources, as students are reminded of the problems posed by altered images.

► NEW DIGITAL RESOURCES. The twelfth edition will be available with the most advanced new products for student and instructor choice, engagement, and outcomes. Through diagnostic tests, clear and succinct instruction, engaging assignments, and integrated eBook, Aplia for STEPS TO WRITING WELL helps students build the confidence they need to master essential reading, writing, research, and grammar skills.

► NEW READINGS. Parts One-Three contain 20% new professional essays, retaining a mix of classic and contemporary authors, including the diverse styles of Mark Twain, Langston Hughes, Roger Ebert, and the editorial board of the USA Today newspaper.

► NEW PRE-READING THOUGHTS. To help students receive the most benefit from the many professional essays in Parts Two and Three of the book, a new feature called “Pre-reading Thoughts” has been introduced. Before reading, students will find one or more brief questions designed to engage their thinking about the essay’s subject matter or the author’s point of view. Teachers may find the questions useful as discussion prompts, prewriting exercises, or essay topics.

► NEW SECTION ON PRESENTATIONS. Chapter 15 on Classroom Writing Assignments is now expanded beyond exams and timed essays to also include a new section on presentations. A variety of activities, from individual reports to panel discussions, offer practice in the selection and shaping of essay material as well as expanding audience awareness. Advice for the effective delivery of presentations is also included here.

► UPDATED AND EXPANDED RESEARCH. Chapter 14, Writing a Paper Using Research, has been updated and expanded for this edition. In addition to more emphasis on analysis of reliable sources and information, this chapter offers the most current guidelines for MLA and APA documentation styles, with more examples illustrating formats for frequently cited online and media sources.

► NEW TOPICS AND ACTIVITIES. Many new writing topics and activities (for both individual and group work) throughout the book reflect contemporary issues that will engage student interest. Discussions, such as the expanded advice on effective cover letters for job-seekers, also remind students that composition practice has real-world application.

Steps to Writing WellStudent Book 9781133311317

Aplia Instant Access 9781285083292

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reading KeyS4th EditionLaraine E. Flemming

READING KEYS – the first in a three-book reading series by Laraine Flemming – offers a comprehensive introduction to reading skills and strategies for introductory readers (levels 6-8), from using context clues to identifying purpose and bias. Clear, accessible explanations present reading concepts without oversimplifying the process of reading comprehension. To ensure students’ understanding, reading “keys” or summaries follow the explanations, breaking them down into manageable chunks. Throughout each chapter, a variety of steadily more difficult exercises assess students’ understanding of the material and promote improved comprehension and critical-thinking skills. This incremental approach to instruction and assessment makes it easier for beginning readers to absorb and master new information. The Fourth Edition includes new chapters on analyzing arguments and sentence relationships. In addition, there is a greater emphasis on recognizing and understanding verbal clues to meaning, new discussions on how the brain learns and remembers new information, and several new engaging readings.

New to this Edition

► Revisions: How have the weaknesses been addressed in this new edition? Discuss the changes made to improve this edition and describe any new key features added.

► The Fourth Edition includes these new features: new chapter on analyzing arguments, a new chapter on sentence relationships, a greater emphasis on recognizing and understanding verbal clues to meaning, new discussions of how the brain learns and remembers new information and a revised explanation of using the Web for background knowledge. More photos have been included to stimulate student interest in the topics discussed.

Features

► A vocabulary feature, “Ten Words for Your Textbook Vocabulary,” helps students acquire and develop an academic vocabulary.

► The text moves students from general reading strategies (in Chapter 1) and defining words in context through topics and main ideas, drawing inferences, and identifying patterns of organization.

► Each topic provides explanation and a “Reading Keys” summary, followed by numerous exercises, which provide immediate hands-on practice.

► End of chapter elements include a “Rounding Up the Keys” summary, “Ten Words for Your Vocabulary,” a longer “Digging Deeper” reading selection with questions to develop analytical skills, and 6-8 Tests that measure students’ comprehension.

► Frequent textbook selections prepare students for academic reading, bolstered by vocabulary boxes and features that encourage development of appropriate vocabulary.

reading KeysStudent Book 9781133589952



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thinKing for yourSelf9th EditionMarlys Mayfield College of Alameda

Mayfield’s THINKING FOR YOURSELF fully integrates critical thinking with composition and reading. Rather than teaching from the “outside in” of rules and imitation, the text offers students an “inside out” approach for improving their own thinking, perceiving, writing, and awareness skills. With each chapter building upon previously developed skills, students learn how to write more detailed description as they learn to observe better; to write reports where they can separate facts from inferences, opinions, and assumptions; and finally to write an argumentative research paper grounded in step-by-step skill development in reasoning and critical analysis. THINKING FOR YOURSELF is a book that students like to read. Its hallmark features include interesting (and provocative) readings, cartoons, multiple options for application and testing, and a lively explanation of critical thinking concepts and standards. Available with InfoTrac® Student Collections.

New to this Edition

► Humorous or provocative cartoons--almost all are new to the edition--actively encourage critical thinking and class discussion.

► Many new photos and 19 new readings have been carefully selected to provide a focus for thinking, evaluating, and writing. New reading selections include “New Dog in Town” by Christopher Ketchem; “Johnny Depp” by Socorro Venegas; “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin; and “On Turning Poverty into an American Crime” by Barbara Ehrenreich.

► New “Critical Thinking Hero” boxes highlight an individual or several individuals who made a difference in the world by their thought leading to action. These heroes include whistleblowers, scientists, environmentalists, farmers, investigative journalists, soldiers, ministers, corporate executives, and unconventional leaders. Examples include Rachel Carson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Galileo.

► Enhanced “Building Arguments” boxes appear in most chapters. These boxes are designed to show how the chapter’s concept applies to the fundamentals of writing and evaluating arguments.

► Chapter 8, “What’s a Good Argument?” has been completely revised around the theme of genetically modified foods. Additional controversial topics appear in a pro and con format with new exercises.

► Appendix One, “The Research Paper,” contains a new student model essay based on an analysis of two arguments on genetically modified foods.

► InfoTrac® Student Collections are specialized databases expertly drawn from the Gale Academic One library. Each InfoTrac® Student Collection enhances the student learning experience in the specific course area related to the product. These specialized databases allow access to hundreds of scholarly and popular publications - all reliable sources - including journals, encyclopedias, and academic reports.

Features

► There are updated social and political examples, new student writing samples, new cartoons and new photographs for use in descriptive and analytical writing exercises.

► The text’s unique approach fully integrates writing skills with thinking skills, and the teaching of composition with instruction in critical thinking.

► Students learn thinking and writing from the inside out--with a focus on their thinking, perceiving, and awareness--rather than from an outside in focus on imitation and admonitions.

► Serving the under-prepared student as well as the more advanced student, the text provides a fresh orientation and a foundation for life-long self-directed improvement.

► The text is built on a simple organization of chapters that describe familiar (yet commonly misunderstood) elements of thinking. When students fully understand these elements, they are capable of critical thinking, critical reading and critical writing.

► The author links perception training to the writing of more detailed description and connects the development of higher order thinking skills to the creation of clear, cogent, well-supported reports, arguments, analysis, and research.

thinking for yourselfStudent Book 9781133311188

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ConneCt College reading2nd EditionIvan Dole North Lake Community College; Leslie Taggart

Taking a holistic approach to developmental reading, CONNECT: COLLEGE READING is an intermediate level book for reading levels 8-10. CONNECT strives to build students’ confidence by showing them that many of the skills needed to become stronger readers are skills they already possess and use on a daily basis. Using popular media as a springboard, Dole and Taggart show students how thinking skills used while watching television or movies can easily transfer to reading. CONNECT’s comprehensive approach includes extensive vocabulary coverage, critical thinking practice throughout, and textbook readings in every chapter to help students master college reading. The second edition includes a full chapter on inferences, enhanced coverage of main idea, and guides for specialized reading situations such as reading visuals, novels, and a guide to taking tests.

New to this Edition

► REVISED Chapter 4 Finding the Main Idea describes a new method for helping students to recognize the main idea in a reading asking three questions for reading comprehension: What is the reading about? The topic. What is the author’s point about the topic? The main idea. What is the proof for the main idea? The supporting details.

► REVISED Chapter 5 Identifying the Implied Main Idea has been moved to directly follow after Chapter 4 about main ideas to address flow of concepts as many instructors teach the concept of implied main idea directly after main idea.

► NEW Every chapter features at least one new reading to the second edition to keep students engaged with current topics and issues.

► NEW Additional skill practice is available in every chapter with the Connect Your Skills feature where instructors can evaluate students’ understanding of chapter skills. Across all the chapters, new Interactions have been added for further practice and many have been revised with new reading excerpts to remain current. End of chapter readings include additional vocabulary activities so that students can interact with new vocabulary from the readings and understand how to use the new terms.

► REVISED Chapter Summary Activity feature now models the format of Cornell note taking to get students thinking about how to take effective notes on, as well as recalling key information from each chapter.

► NEW QR Codes directly link students via their smartphones to videos about the Read and Talk readings and the end of chapter Readings. This has been added to help build essential prior knowledge students need about reading topics and to get students thinking critically about their reading material.

Features

► Chapters begin with a Read and Talk Reading that aim to get students reading and talking among their peers about high-interest readings.

► The readings are supported by vocabulary help within the text, as well as audio and video support on the accompanying CourseMate.

► The authors teach students a variety of proven techniques designed to help them master college-level reading skills, including three questions to ask about reading comprehension and the EASY vocabulary strategy.

► Throughout the chapter, students encounter a range of reading pedagogy. Pre-Reading the Selection apparatus helps prepare students to read, gets them to connect their prior knowledge, and provides them with any cultural literacy knowledge they might need. Reading and vocabulary prompts during reading help students find the meaning in each paragraph and guide them through unknown vocabulary. Finally, the post-reading apparatus targets comprehension, critical thinking, and vocabulary retention. CONNECT asks more of students by asking “why” of all multiple-choice questions, students are forced to explain their thought processes for selecting an answer, a first step towards metacognition and critical thinking also creates better, more well-prepared readers.

► Each end-of-chapter reading includes Critical Thinking Level questions that target all six levels of Bloom’s taxonomy to get students in the practice of using the levels and broadening their ideas. These questions force students to identify why they chose their answer and what proof they have that their answer is the correct one.

Connect College readingStudent Book 9781133602675

ExamView 9781133945178


CourseMate Instant Access 9781133964193


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the CompoSition of everyday life 4th EditionJohn Mauk Northwestern Michigan College

John Metz Kent State University at Geauga

Showing students that the act of writing is connected to their daily lives, THE COMPOSITION OF EVERYDAY LIFE emphasizes invention to help students re-discover concepts, uncover meaning, and rethink the world around them. The Fourth Edition offers twelve chapters to help students invent ideas, more than any text on the market. Its 80-plus reading selections by both professional and student writers expose readers to a variety of disciplines. The new edition includes an entire chapter devoted to information literacy, which walks students through a writing project designed to analyze and evaluate a range of sources. Additionally, each writing project chapter includes Reflection activities that ask students to articulate ideas about how their essays work. These prompts get students writing about writing and move them toward self-assessment. A proven text, THE COMPOSITION OF EVERYDAY LIFE is noted for its fresh voice, colorful use of images, and the soundness and timeliness of its pedagogical foundation. It breaks down the opposition between the personal spaces of everyday life and the critical discourse of academia. The result is a book offering students and teachers pedagogy for making meaning and generating writing, at the intersection of academic and non-academic life. With its emphasis on invention, The COMPOSITION OF EVERYDAY LIFE gives students excellent preparation for the reading and writing activities they may encounter throughout their college experience--and well beyond.

New to this Edition

► New Information Literacy Chapter: In this era of information overload, students need help understanding how texts speak to and within disciplinary debates and cultural trends. They need to understand how information works, where it comes from, and for whom it is designed. In short, students need help understanding the din of voices; instructors ask for help teaching synthesis. New Chapter 14, “Analyzing, Synthesizing, and Evaluating Sources,” guides students through specific intellectual moves necessary for better understanding the rhetoric of secondary sources.

► Thinking Critically about Statistics and Facts: Many first-year college students suffer under the statistic and fact myths--that numbers are inherently truer than opinions and that facts are inherently better than theories. These notions can undermine students’ understanding of argument, information, and the inventive acts of writing. Contained in Chapter 14, this section explains how facts come to be--how they come to be accepted in a community, how they function in debate, how they reinforce perspectives. Once students learn to value statistics appropriately and consider them critically, they will be better able to enter into argument.

► New Reflection activities: In each writing project chapter (Chapters 2-12) students are asked to articulate ideas about how their essays work. These Reflection prompts get students writing about writing and move them toward self-assessment. When students develop this sort of meta-language, they are better prepared to enter into a dialogue, instead of monologue, with instructors grading/responding to their writing.

► New reading selections: Sixteen new readings from such writers as Nicholas Carr and Kathleen Norris illustrate the intellectual moves essential to inventive writing.

► Reorganized handbook: The Rhetorical Handbook now begins with an introduction to basic grammatical elements, moving incrementally from words, to sentences, to paragraphs.

► Unique images: The fourth edition features additional images for several readings, the same kind of intriguing and unexpected images that reviewers have told us are useful for invention and class discussion.

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Writing true: the art and Craft of Creative nonfiCtion 2nd EditionSondra Perl Lehman College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York

Mimi Schwartz Richard Stockton College of New Jersey – Emerita

This book shows writers of all ages how to find and develop nonfiction topics that matter to them—in ways that make readers care too. It emphasizes writing for discovery, not just writing what one knows. It emphasizes a strong authorial presence (voice) and a convincing point of view. Most important, it not only tells but also shows how writing true involves the poet’s attention to language, the fiction writer’s power of storytellling, the journalist’s pursuit of fact, and the scholar’s reliance on research. The first part of the book offers ten practical chapters from getting started to turning first ideas into finished work. Topics include: The Power of the Notebook, Ten Ways to a Draft, Taking Shape, Finding Voice, Twenty Ways to Talk About Writing, The Craft of Revision, The Role of Research, The Ethics of Creative Nonfiction, Workshopping a Draft, and Exploring New Media. The second part of the book is an anthology of the best nonfiction writing for aspiring writers to read and study in order to write with creativity, integrity, and authenticity. Organized by form, they include Memoir, Personal Essay, Portrait, Essay of Place, Narrative Journalism, and Short Shorts. Selections represent a variety of experience from classic masters (E.B.White and George Orwell) to major contemporary writers (such as Alice Walker, Stephen Dunn, and Scott Russell Sanders) to up and coming writers (such as E.J. Levy and Amy Butcher). The anthology also includes “Stories of Craft,” with five prominent writers, including Patricia Hampl and Sue Miller, describing the challenges and rewards of writing engaging nonfiction.

New to this Edition

► Chapter 8, Exploring New Media, builds on Web 2.0 applications. It describes and includes examples of programs for composing with online tools and has sections that address the graphic memoir, blogging, and using Twitter and Tumblr – all in the service of writing true.

► Chapter 10, The Ethics of Creative Nonfiction, incorporates new issues that keep making headlines about the line between nonfiction and fiction, particularly in memoir and narrative journalism.

► Chapter 9, The Role of Research, offers new online opportunities for gathering facts that will enrich depictions of the world we live in.

► Part II, the anthology is now more multi-generational, including past masters as well as up-and-coming young writers. An increasingly popular form of Op Ed essay has been added, one that uses memoir or biography for argument and persuasion on political and social issues. The number of Short Shorts increased to eight, now offering an even greater range of styles and voices to emulate – a feature that received a lot of praise in the first edition. And the authors have more fully integrated these readings into discussions of the craft of writing within Part I so as (1) to enlarge the opportunities for experimenting with new forms; and (2) to promote close reading that comes from reading like a writer. The result is a greater understanding of what makes for good writing and how to bring it within our reach.

Features

► Chapters in the first part of the book can be easily adapted to a variety of courses both in composition and creative writing. Each is a stand-alone chapter and can be used and read in any order, making it easy for teachers to use the book in a variety of class settings and to reach a range of writing goals. For example, “The Power of the Notebook” can be used as a one-night read or woven into every assignment, depending on the syllabus.

► Creative nonfiction, as a genre, invites all voices into the conversation, for its premise is if writing is insightful and compelling, people will be interested. The selection of readings reinforce this empowerment of the writer to stand up and be recognized by saying “This is the world as I see it!” The result is a greater understanding of the world as seen through the eyes and voices of people whose life experience—whether it affirms or challenges--always informs our own.

► The exercises at the end of each chapter of Part I featured as “Ways In” are unique – and fun. They offer ways to try out ideas and strategies discussed in each chapter and often become the material for strong first drafts.

► In “The Power of the Notebook” writers learn how the journal or daybook is a key tool used by writers to discover their themes by writing first and figuring out why afterwards.

► A key tool for revising and writing well is receiving feedback by others. In “Workshopping a Draft” the authors explain how to read a draft—one’s own and others’—so as to see what isn’t there yet. This chapter, according to field testers and faculty from across the country who used the first edition, offers one of the best discussions they have ever read on how to give and receive feedback on works-in-progress.

Writing trueStudent Book 9781133307433

Online Instructor’s Resource Manual 9781133599579

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Writing, reading, and reSearCh9th EditionRichard Veit University of North Carolina at Wilmington; Christopher Gould University of North Carolina, Wilmington; Kathleen Gould

Broadening the traditional notion of undergraduate research, WRITING, READING, AND RESEARCH covers essential skills for developing a research paper: analytical reading, synthesizing, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Presenting the process of research in a practical sequence, including separate chapters on finding, analyzing, and integrating sources, the authors illustrate each stage of the process with compelling examples of student and professional writing. Using a flexible and goal-oriented approach, the authors have created a text that blends the best features of a theoretically informed rhetoric, an interdisciplinary reading anthology, and a research guide. WRITING, READING, AND RESEARCH, Ninth Edition, provides helpful and engaging exercises, frequent opportunities to write, and many occasions for discussion and critical response.

New to this Edition

► The ninth edition features updated models and exercises to reflect changes in bibliographical format introduced in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, seventh edition.

► The introduction to research, which previously concluded Chapter 1, has been moved to Chapter 9.

► More than a dozen new readings and student writing samples have been incorporated to provide flexible, timely resources for assignments.

► New units on annotated bibliographies and surveys/questionnaires have been added to Chapters 10 and 11, respectively.

► Coverage of argument has been expanded in Chapter 15.

► Many exercises have also been updated.

Features

► This three-in-one text blends the best features of a theoretically informed rhetoric, an interdisciplinary reading anthology, and a research handbook.

► Numerous activities accompany the end-of-chapter readings, including freewriting opportunities, group work, review questions, discussion questions, and mini-interest projects.

► Sample student research papers in Chapters 1 through 9 illustrate the continuum of the research process and the different aspects it entails, from personal observation to the more formal techniques of data collection.

Writing , reading and researchStudent Book 9781133311171

Online Instructor’s Resource Manual 9781133953708

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teChniCal report Writing today10th EditionDaniel G. Riordan University of Wisconsin, Stout

TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING TODAY provides thorough coverage of technical writing basics, techniques, and applications. Through a practical focus with varied examples and exercises, students internalize the skills necessary to produce clear and effective documents and reports. Project worksheets help students organize their thoughts and prepare for assignments, and Focus boxes highlight key information and recent developments in technical communication. Extensive individual and collaborative exercises expose students to different kinds of technical writing problems and solutions. Annotated student examples--more than 100 in all--illustrate different writing styles and approaches to problems. Numerous short and long examples throughout the text demonstrate solutions for handling writing assignments in current career situations. The four-color artwork in the chapter on creating visuals keeps pace with contemporary workplace capabilities. The Tenth Edition offers the latest information on using electronic resumes and documenting electronic sources and Ethics and Globalization sidebars that highlight these two important topics in the technical communication field.

New to this Edition

► The Chapter on Letter Writing has been merged into the Chapter on Job Searches for ease of learning.

► This new tenth edition includes the theory and practice of social media as used in professional writing. Also added are many examples to practice these new forms.

► There is an exciting new Section on writing Grants for Non-profits that includes professional examples.

► The sections on email and PowerPoint have been updated to reflect current practice. PowerPoint section encourages use of images-only approach.

► Expansion of Globalization sections to include comments from European students and professional writers.

Features

►Completely updated MLA and APA handbook sections.

►All web citations have been brought up to date.

►New examples in many chapters, including new professional resumes and New IMRD examples

►The Style chapter has been modified to focus on major sentence issues.

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Cengage advantage BooKS: the College handBooK of Creative Writing 4th EditionRobert DeMaria, Dowling College

This fourth edition of THE COLLEGE HANDBOOK OF CREATIVE WRITING, ideal for all levels of writing from introductory to advanced, covers all the necessary fundamentals for creative writing in the genres of fiction, poetry, and drama. Exploring such across-the-genres subjects as theme, setting, characters, plot, point of view, tone, style, description, dialogue, thoughts, time, images, and sounds, this best-selling handbook includes contemporary and classic selections that illustrate discussions and serve as writing models. End-of-chapter exercises and writing suggestions help readers practice writing fundamentals, while a glossary of literary terms helps them master writing vocabulary. Providing the maximum of information in a portable little book, the new edition includes updated selections, more examples, revised exercises, and a revised Chapter 14, “Writing as a Career.”

New to this Edition

► NEW SELECTIONS include works from Mary Campbell, Robert Levy, Jay Parini, and John Updike.

► AN INCREASED NUMBER OF EXAMPLES are included, with each chapter now having one short story and two poems.

► END-OF-CHAPTER DISCUSSION AND WRITING EXERCISES have been updated throughout.

► A REVISED CHAPTER 14, “WRITING AS A CAREER,” has been revised to better speak to those students interested in becoming professional writers.

Features

► THE BOOK’S EASY-TO-FOLLOW ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE covers the fundamentals of creative writing (Theme, Setting, Characters, and Plot), followed by an overview of basic techniques and more discussion of specific writing topics.

► SHORT STORY AND POETRY SELECTIONS IN EVERY CHAPTER illustrate the topics being discussed.

► CHAPTER-ENDING EXERCISES facilitate discussions of the selections and give students the opportunity to work on writing fundamentals.

►A GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS at the end of the book helps students master writing vocabulary.

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the Wadsworth guide to researchStudent Book 9780495912873

Workbook 9781133436089


the WadSWorth guide to reSearCh2nd EditionSusan K. Miller-Cochran North Carolina State University

Rochelle L. Rodrigo Old Dominion University

The first research guide explicitly grounded in the rhetorical situation, THE WADSWORTH GUIDE TO RESEARCH, Second Edition, encourages students to consider the impact of their audience, purpose, and context at every stage of the research process. With a focus on using technology more productively in research, this concise guide offers complete coverage of the “how” and “why” of researching, and the key research technologies important to success. Encouraging students to build on the research skills they use every day (buying a car, choosing a movie, etc.), the authors include annotated student samples, research scenarios, and Techno Tips, to help students every step of the way toward developing the research skills they need for success both academically and professionally. The text’s visual display of content (including full-color spreads) allows students to quickly find the information they need, while its categorization of sources into static, syndicated, and dynamic helps students make sense of academic citation practices. Available with InfoTrac® Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac.

New to this Edition

► Additional genres from a variety of academic disciplines. Research in Progress sections are now named “DIY” (“Do It Yourself”), and they include instructions for and samples of multiple genres from a variety of disciplines, increasing support for a Writing in the Disciplines approach. Genres include research proposals (topic, conference, and grant proposals), reviews of research (annotated bibliography, literature review), thesis-driven arguments, scientific reports, and rhetorical analysis.

► New Chapter 11, “Understanding Citation Styles Rhetorically”. One of the biggest challenges teachers of academic writing face is figuring out how to teach students to document sources accurately without just asking them to memorize rules that don’t mean anything to them. The new chapter helps students understand how documentation styles are reflections of the values of different disciplines. It breaks down documentation through a rhetorical perspective to help students document sources more accurately.

► More guidance and examples for multimodal writing assignments. The first three DIY sections now include examples of how to write a project that is multimodal instead of print-based. The multimodal assignments (“Make It with Multiple Media”) included are: Oral Presentations of Research Proposals (including an example using VoiceThread), Social Bookmarking Lists as Annotated Bibliographies, and Multimodal Presentations of Research (including PowerPoint/Prezi, posters, and infographics).

► New DIY: Writing a Rhetorical Analysis of Citations. This innovative section teaches rhetorical analysis so that students can write about and investigate citation practices from a rhetorical perspective. In other words, this section helps students understand the reasons behind the disciplinary conventions.

► A new student MLA paper in Chapter 12, MLA Guidelines. This new essay provides an in-chapter example for students, in addition to essays in MLA style given elsewhere throughout the book.

► Simplified and color-coded documentation models. The student-friendly documentation models illustrate how to cite everything from a journal article accessed by online database to a Wall message on Facebook.

► New “Presenting Data Visually” coverage. This section in Chapter 5 provides further support for students presenting primary research.

► InfoTrac® Student Collections are specialized databases expertly drawn from the Gale Academic One library. Each InfoTrac® Student Collection enhances the student learning experience in the specific course area related to the product. These specialized databases allow access to hundreds of scholarly and popular publications - all reliable sources - including journals, encyclopedias, and academic reports.

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