The college writer : a guide to thinking, writing, and researching / edited by] Randall VanderMey, Westmont College, Verne Meyer, Dordt College, John Van Rys, Redeemer University College, Pat Sebranek. [print]

Includes bibliographies and index.

Rhetoric : A College Student's Guide to Writing: Critical Thinking Through Reading, Viewing, and Writing. -- Critical Thinking Through Reading. -- Read Actively ; Dan Heath ; -- Map the text ; -- Outline the text ; -- Evaluate the text -- Responding to a Text. -- Follow these guidelines for response writing. -- Summarizing a Text. -- Follow these guidelines for summary writing -- Critical Thinking Through Viewing. -- Actively view images ; -- View an image -- Interpreting an Image. -- Interpret an image -- Evaluating an Image. -- Consider the purpose ; -- Evaluate the quality ; -- Determine the value ; -- Evaluate an image -- Critical Thinking Through Writing. -- Develop sound critical-thinking habits ; -- Ask probing questions ; -- Practice inductive and deductive logic -- Practice Modes of Thinking in Your Writing. -- Think by using analysis ; -- Think by using synthesis ; -- Think by using evaluation ; -- Think by using application -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- Beginning the Writing Process. -- The Writing Process : From Start to Finish. -- Consider the writing process ; -- Adapt the process to your project -- Understanding the Rhetorical Situation. -- Think of your role as the writer ; -- Understand your subject ; -- Understand your purpose ; -- Understand your audience ; -- Understand the medium (form) ; -- Think about the context -- Aiming for Writing Excellence. -- Common Traits of College Writing ; -- Common Traits in Action ; Mary Bruins -- Understanding the Assignment. -- Read the assignment . -- Relate the assignment . -- Reflect on the assignment -- Developing a Topic. -- Limit the subject area ; -- Conduct your search ; -- Explore for possible topics ; -- Freewrite to discover and develop a topic ; -- Freewriting -- Collecting Information. -- Find out what you already know ; -- Ask questions ; -- Identify possible sources ; -- Track sources -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- Planning. -- Revisit the Rhetorical Situation. -- Rhetorical Checklist -- Forming Your Thesis Statement. -- Find a focus ; -- State your thesis -- Using a Thesis to Pattern Your Writing. -- Let your thesis guide you -- Developing a Plan or an Outline. -- Quick Lists ; -- Topic Outline ; -- Sentence Outline ; -- Writing Blueprints ; -- Graphic Organizers -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist ; -- Cross-Curricular Connections -- Drafting. -- Reconsider the Rhetorical Situation. -- Think about your role ; -- Focus on your subject ; -- Reconsider your purpose ; -- Reconsider your audience ; -- Review the form and context -- Basic Essay Structure : Major Moves -- Opening Your Draft. -- Engage your reader ; -- Establish your direction ; -- Get to the point -- Developing the Middle. -- Advance your thesis ; -- Test your ideas ; -- Build a coherent structure ; Arrange supporting details -- Ending Your Draft. -- Reassert the main point ; -- Urge the reader ; -- Complete and unify your message -- Working with Sources -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist ; -- Cross-Curricular Connections.

Revising. -- Consider Whole-Paper Issues. -- Revisit the rhetorical situation ; -- Consider your overall approach -- Revising Your First Draft. -- Prepare to revise ; -- Think globally -- Revising for Ideas and Organization. -- Examine your ideas ; -- Examine your organization -- Revising for Voice and Style. -- Check the level of commitment ; -- Check the intensity of your writing ; -- Develop an academic style ; -- Know when to use the passive voice -- Addressing Paragraph Issues. -- Remember the basics ; -- Keep the purpose in mind ; -- Check for unity ; -- Check for coherence ; -- Check for completeness ; -- Working with Sources -- Revising Collaboratively. -- Know your role ; -- Provide appropriate feedback ; -- Respond according to a plan -- Using the Writing Center -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist ; -- Cross-Curricular Connections -- Editing and Proofreading. -- Editing Your Revised Draft. -- Review the overall style of your writing ; -- Consider word choice -- Combining Sentences -- Edit short, simplistic sentences -- Expanding Sentences. -- Use cumulative sentences ; -- Expand with details -- Checking for Sentence Style; -- Avoid these sentence problems ; -- Review your writing for sentence variety ; -- Vary sentence structures ; -- Use parallel structure ; -- Avoid weak constructions -- Avoiding Imprecise, Misleading, and Biased Words. -- Substitute specific words ; -- Replace jargon and cliches ; -- Change biased words -- Proofreading Your Writing. -- Review punctuation and mechanics ; -- Look for usage and grammar errors ; -- Check for spelling errors ; -- Check the writing for form and presentation -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- Submitting Writing and Creating Portfolios. -- Formatting Your Writing. -- Strive for clarity in page design -- Submitting Writing and Creating Portfolios. -- Consider potential audiences; -- Select appropriate submission methods ; -- Use a writing portfolio -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist ; -- Cross-Curricular Connections -- One Writer's Process. -- Angela's Assignment and Response. -- Angela examined the assignment ; -- Angela explored and narrowed her assignment -- Angela's Planning. -- Angela focused her topic ; -- Angela researched the topic ; -- Angela decided how to organize her writing -- Angela's First Draft. -- Angela kept a working bibliography -- Angela's First Revision -- Angela's Second Revision -- Angela's Edited Draft -- Angela's Proofread Draft -- Angela's Finished Essay -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist ; -- Cross-Curricular Connections -- Traits of College Writing : A Checklist.

Reader : Strategies and Samples: Forms of College Writing. -- Three Curricular Divisions -- Writing in the Humanities. -- The Purpose of Inquiry ; -- Forms of Humanities Writing ; -- Humanities Research Methods -- Writing in the Social Sciences. -- The Purpose of Inquiry ; -- Forms of Social-Science Writing ; -- Social-Science Research Methods -- Writing in the Natural Sciences. -- The Purpose of Inquiry ; -- Forms of Natural-Science Writing ; -- Natural-Science Research Methods -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- Narration, Description, and Reflection. -- Strategies for Personal Essays. -- The Rhetorical Situation ; -- Principles of Narration ; -- Principles of Description ; -- Principles of Reflection ; -- Principles of Organization ; -- Reading Personal Writing -- Brief Narratives : Anecdotes. -- Anecdote Introducing a Topic ; -- Anecdote Illustrating a Point ; -- Anecdote Illustrating a Trait -- Sample Personal Essays. -- Exploring a Community. -- Sample: The Entomology of Village Life Robert Minto -- Narrating an Encounter. Teresa Zsuffa -- Narrating a Comic Episode. -- Sample: When Dreams Take Flight Elizabeth Fuller -- Reflecting on an Illness. -- Sample: Call Me Crazy, But I Have to Be Myself Mary Seymour -- Reflecting on a Cultural Trend. -- Sample: The Muscle Mystique Barbara Kingsolver -- Writing Guidelines -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- Analytical Writing. Cause and Effect. -- Strategies for Cause-Effect Essays. -- The Rhetorical Situation ; -- Principles of Cause-Effect Writing ; -- Reading Cause-Effect Writing -- Sample Cause-Effect Essays. -- Analyzing an Eating Disorder -- Sample: The Slender Trap Trina Rys -- Analyzing a Culture Clash. -- Sample: Dutch Discord Brittany Korver -- Analyzing the Effects of Sports Participation. -- Sample: If You Let Me Play ... Mary Brophy Marcus -- Analyzing the Effects of Technology. -- Sample: Mind Over Mass Media Steven Pinker -- Writing Guidelines -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- Comparison and Contrast. -- Strategies for Comparison-Contrast Essays. -- The Rhetorical Situation ; -- Principles of Comparison-Contrast Writing ; -- Reading Comparison-Contrast Writing -- Sample Comparison-Contrast Essays. -- Analyzing Two Literary Characters. -- Sample: Sethe in Beloved and Orleanna in Poisonwood Bible Rachel De Smith -- Analyzing an Islamic Cultural Practice. -- Sample: Shrouded in Contradiction Gelareh Asayesh -- Analyzing the Nature of Prejudice. -- Sample: Shades of Prejudice Shankar Vedantam -- Analyzing American and European Cultures. -- Sample: The Likeness Across the Atlantic Peter Baldwin -- Writing Guidelines -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist.

Classification. -- Strategies for Classification Essays. -- The Rhetorical Situation ; -- Principles of Classification Writing ; -- Reading Classification Writing -- Sample Classification Essays. -- Analyzing Forms of Music. -- Sample: Latin American Music Kathleen Kropp -- Analyzing Rhetorical Positions on Climate Change. -- Sample: Four Sides to Every Story Stewart Brand -- Analyzing How Readers Read. -- Sample: The Lion, the Witch and the Metaphor Jessica Seigel -- Writing Guidelines -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- Process. -- Strategies for Process Essays. -- The Rhetorical Situation ; -- Principles of Process Writing ; -- Reading Process Writing -- Sample Process Essays. -- Analyzing an Illness. Wayward Cells Kerri Mertz -- Analyzing a Policy. -- The Emancipation of Abe Lincoln Eric Foner -- Analyzing a Career. -- Saint Cesar of Delano Richard Rodriguez -- Writing Guidelines -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning Objectives Checklist -- Definition. -- Strategies for Definition Essays. -- The Rhetorical Situation ; -- Principles of Definition Writing ; -- Reading Definition Writing -- Sample Definition Essays. -- Defining Key Terms Within an Essay. Economic Disparities Fuel Human Trafficking Shon Bogar -- Distinguishing Related Terms. Deft or Daft David Schelhaas -- Defining a Personal Trait. On Excellence Cynthia Ozick -- Analyzing the Meaning of Truth. Wikipedia and the Meaning of Truth Simson L. Garfinkle -- Writing Guidelines -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- Reading Literature : A Case Study in Analysis. -- Strategies for Analyzing Literature and the Arts. -- The Rhetorical Situation ; -- Principles of Literary-Analysis Writing ; -- Reading Literary-Analysis Writing -- Approaches to Literary Analysis. Four Ways to Talk About Literature John Van Rys -- Analyzing a Poem. Let Evening Come Jane Kenyon -- Analysis of Kenyon's Poem. 'Let Evening Come' : An Invitation to the Inevitable Sherry Van Egdom -- A Poem to Analyze. My Last Duchess Robert Browning -- Analyzing a Short Story. Good Country People Flannery O'Connor -- Analysis of O'Connor's Short Story. 'Good Country People' : Broken Body, Broken Soul Anya Terenkina -- Analyzing a Novel. Ah, the Power of Women : Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine Aleah Stenberg -- Literary Terms -- Poetry Terms -- Writing Guidelines -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- Persuasive Writing.

Strategies for Argumentation and Persuasion. -- Building Persuasive Arguments -- Preparing Your Argument. -- Consider the situation ; -- Develop a line of reasoning -- Making and Qualifying Claims. -- Distinguish claims from facts and opinions ; -- Distinguish three types of claims ; -- Develop a supportable claim -- Supporting Your Claims. -- Gather evidence ; -- Use evidence -- Identifying Logical Fallacies. -- Distorting the Issue ; -- Sabotaging the Argument ; -- Drawing Faulty Conclusions from Evidence ; -- Misusing Evidence ; -- Misusing Language -- Engaging the Opposition. -- Make concessions ; -- Develop rebuttals ; -- Consolidate your claim -- Using Appropriate Appeals. -- Build credibility ; -- Make logical appeals ; -- Focus on readers' needs -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- Taking a Position. -- Reading Position Writing. -- Consider the rhetorical situation ; -- Consider qualities of strong arguments ; -- Reading Position Papers ; -- Sample Position Paper. Nuclear Is Not the Answer Alyssa Woudstra -- Essays Taking Contrary Positions. Animal, Vegetable, Miserable Gary Steiner -- Sorry, Vegans Natalie Angier -- Sample Position Essay. Fatherless America David Blankenhorn -- Writing Guidelines -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- Persuading Readers to Act. -- Reading Persuasive Writing. -- Consider the rhetorical situation ; -- Look for convincing qualities ; -- Reading call-to-action writing ; -- Sample Persuasive Essay. Our Wealth, Where Is It Taking Us? Henry Veldboom -- Sample Persuasive Speech. I Have a Dream Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Sample Persuasive Essay. In Africa, AIDS Has a Woman's Face Kofi Annan -- Sample Persuasive Essay. Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor? Barbara Ehrenreich -- Writing Guidelines. -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities ; -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- Proposing a Solution. -- Reading Problem-Solution Writing. -- Consider the rhetorical situation ; -- Consider the reasoning ; -- Reading Problem-Solution Writing -- Sample Problem-Solution Essay. Dream Act May Help Local Student Fight for Residency Renee Wielenga. -- Sample Problem-Solution Essay. Uncle Sam and Aunt Samantha Anna Quindlen -- Sample Problem-Solution Essay. No Mercy Malcolm Gladwell -- Writing Guidelines -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- Taking Essay Tests. -- Reviewing for Tests. -- Perform daily reviews ; -- Perform weekly reviews -- Forming a Study Group -- Consider the Testing Situation -- Taking the Essay Test. -- Look for key words ; -- Plan and write the essay-test answer -- Writing Under Pressure : The Essay Test Quick Guide -- Taking an Objective Test -- Tips for Coping with Test Anxiety -- Writing for the Workplace. -- Writing the Business Letter. -- Parts of the Business Letter ; -- Sample Letter -- Writing Memos and Email. -- Sending Email -- Applying for a Job. -- Sample Letter of Application ; -- Sample Recommendation Request Letter ; -- The Application Essay ; -- Model Application Essay ; -- Preparing a Resume ; -- Sample Resume ; -- Sample Electronic Resume -- Preparing Oral Presentations. -- Organizing Your Presentation. -- Prepare an introduction ; -- Develop the body ; -- Come to a conclusion ; -- Hold a Q and A session -- Writing Your Presentation. Save Now or Pay Later Burnette Sawyer ; -- Use visual aids -- Developing Computer Presentations -- Overcoming Stage Fright Checklist.

Research and Writing. Getting Started : From Planning Research to Evaluating Sources. -- Quick Guide : Papers with Documented Research -- The Research Process : A Flowchart -- Getting Focused. -- Establish a narrow, manageable topic ; -- Brainstorm research questions ; -- Develop a working thesis -- Understanding Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources. -- Primary Sources ; -- Secondary Sources ; -- Tertiary Sources -- Developing a Research Plan. -- Choose research methods ; -- Get organized to do research -- Writing a Research Proposal. -- Understand the parts of a research proposal -- Film Studies 201 Proposal : Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice as Fiction and Film Gwendolyn Mackenzie -- Exploring Information Resources and Sites. -- Consider different information resources ; -- Consider different information sites -- Conducting Effective Keyword Searches. -- Choose keywords carefully ; -- Use keyword strategies ; -- Engaging and Evaluating Sources. -- Engage your sources ; -- Rate source reliability and depth ; -- Evaluate print and online sources -- Creating a Working Bibliography. -- Choose an orderly method ; -- Annotate the source -- Developing a Note-Taking System. -- Develop note-taking strategies ; -- Employ note-taking systems -- Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Source Material. -- Summarize useful passages ; -- Paraphrase key passages ; -- Quote crucial phrases, sentences, and passages -- Avoiding Unintentional Plagiarism. -- Practice the principles of ethical research -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- Conducting Research : Primary, Library, Web. -- Planning Primary Research. -- Methods of Primary Research ; -- Principles for doing Primary Research -- Conducting Surveys. -- Sample Survey -- Analyzing Texts, Documents, Records, and Artifacts. -- Choose evidence close to your topic ; -- Put the document or artifact in context -- Frame your examination with questions. -- Draw coherent conclusions about meaning -- Conducting Interviews. -- Sample Interview Note-Taking Sheet -- Making Observations. -- Prepare to observe ; -- Conduct your observations ; -- Make sense of your observations -- Becoming Familiar with the Library -- Searching the Catalog. -- Locating Resources by Call Numbers ; -- Classification Systems -- Using Books in Research. -- Approach the book systematically -- Using Reference Resources. -- Check reference works that supply information ; -- Check reference works that are research tools -- Finding Articles Via Databases. -- Search online databases ; -- Generate citation lists of promising articles ; -- Study citations and capture identifying information ; -- Find and retrieve the full text of the article -- Understanding Internet Basics -- Using a Subject Guide/Directory -- Using Search and Metasearch -- Using Search Engines as Research Tools. -- Use search engines well -- Understanding the Uses and Limits of Wikipedia. -- Know Wikipedia's strengths ; -- Understand Wikipedia's standards for truth ; -- Know Wikipedia's weaknesses ; -- Use Wikipedia cautiously -- Evaluating Online Sources. -- Assignment Restrictions ; -- Author/Organization ; -- Balance or Bias ; -- Quality of Information ; -- Quality of Writing and Design ; -- Evaluation Checklist -- Sample Evaluations -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist.

Building Credibility : Avoiding Plagiarism. -- Developing Credibility through Source Use. -- Writing with Poor Use of Sources ; -- Writing with Strong Use of Sources -- Recognizing Plagiarism. -- What is plagiarism? ; -- What does plagiarism look like? -- Understanding Why Plagiarism is Serious. -- Academic Dishonesty ; -- Theft from the Academic Community ; -- Now and in the Future -- Avoiding Plagiarism -- Avoiding Other Source Abuses. -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- Drafting Papers with Documented Research. -- Reviewing Your Findings. -- Conduct Q and A ; -- Deepen Your Thinking on the Topic ; -- Imagine Your Paper -- Sharpening Your Working Thesis. -- Deepen Your Thesis ; -- Question Your Thesis -- Considering Methods of Organization. -- Organizational Practices That Consider Sources ; -- Traditional Organizational Patterns -- Considering Drafting Strategies. -- Choose a Drafting Method ; -- Respect Your Sources While Drafting ; -- Reason with Evidence -- Using Source Material in Your Writing. -- Integrate Source Material Carefully ; -- Effectively Document Your Sources ; -- Mark Changes to Quotations ; -- Sample Research Paper: A Humanities Essay. The Audience-Actor Relationship in Shakespeare's Globe Paige Greco -- Sample Research Paper -- The Science IMRAD Report. The Effects of the Eastern Red Cedar on Seedlings and Implications for Allelopathy Dana Kleckner, Brittany Korver, Nicolette Storm, and Adam Verhoef -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- MLA Style. -- MLA Documentation : A Quick Guide. -- In-Text Citation : The Basics ; -- Works Cited : The Basics -- MLA Format Guidelines. -- MLA Format at a Glance ; -- Whole-Paper Format and Printing Issues ; -- Typographical Issues ; -- Page-Layout Issues -- Guidelines for In-Text Citations. -- Citations for regular sources ; -- Citations for sources without traditional authorship and/or pagination -- Sample In-Text Citations -- MLA Works Cited Quick Guide -- Works-Cited Entries : Nonperiodical Print Publications -- Works-Cited Entries : Print Periodical Articles -- Works-Cited Entries : Online Sources -- Works-Cited Entries : Other Sources (Primary, Personal, and Multimedia) -- Sample MLA Paper. Why the World Deserves Better than Fair Trade Paige Louter ; Works-Cited List -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist -- APA Style. -- APA Documentation : A Quick Guide. -- In-Text Citation : The Basics ; -- References : The Basics -- APA Format Guidelines -- Guidelines for In-Text Citations. -- Sample In-Text Citations -- APA References Quick Guide -- Reference Entries : Books and Other Documents -- Reference Entries : Print Periodical Articles -- Reference Entries : Online Sources -- Reference Entries : Other Sources (Primary, Personal, and Multimedia) -- Sample APA Paper. Teaching K-12 English Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom Amanda Khoe ; -- Sample Title Page ; -- Sample Abstract ; -- APA Research Paper: The Body ; -- Sample Paper: References List -- Critical-Thinking and Writing Activities. -- Learning-Objectives Checklist.

Handbook. Marking Punctuation. -- Period ; -- Ellipsis ; -- Question Mark. Comma. Semicolon ; -- Colon ; -- Hyphen ; -- Dash. Quotation Marks ; -- Italics (Underlining) ; -- Parentheses ; -- Diagonal ; -- Brackets ; -- Exclamation Point -- Apostrophe. Checking Mechanics. -- Capitalization. Plurals ; -- Numbers. Abbreviations ; -- Acronyms and Initialisms. Basic Spelling Rules ; -- Commonly Misspelled Words ; -- Steps to Becoming a Better Speller. Using the Right Word. 33. -- Understanding Grammar. -- Noun. -- Classes of Nouns -- Forms of Nouns. Pronoun. -- Classes of Pronouns -- Forms of Personal Pronouns. Verb. -- Classes of Verbs -- Forms of Verbs -- Verbals. -- Irregular Verbs ; Adjective -- Adverb -- Preposition -- Conjunction -- Interjection. 34. -- Constructing Sentences. -- Using Subjects and Predicates. -- The Subject -- The Predicate (Verb). Using Phrases. -- Types of Phrases -- Using Clauses. -- Types of Clauses -- Using Sentence Variety. -- Kinds of Sentences -- Structure of Sentences. 35. -- Avoiding Sentence Errors. -- Subject-Verb Agreement -- Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement. Shifts in Sentence Construction -- Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-Ons. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers -- Ambiguous Wording. Nonstandard Language. Avoiding Sentence Problems. -- Quick Guide -- Multilingual and ESL Guidelines. -- Five Parts of Speech. -- Noun -- Articles and Other Noun Markers. Verb -- Objects and Complements of Verbs. Adjective -- Adverb -- Preposition. Understanding Sentence Basics -- Sentence Problems. Numbers, Word Parts, and Idioms. -- Numbers -- Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots. Idioms. Targeting Trouble Spots. -- Help for Speakers of Latin Languages ; -- Help for Speakers of European Languages ; -- Help for Speakers of African and Caribbean Languages ; -- Help for Speakers of East Asian Languages ; -- Help for Speakers of Middle-Eastern Languages. Credits.

Combining streamlined instruction in the writing process with outstanding accessibility, THE ColoradoLLEGE WRITER is a fully updated four-in-one book-with a rhetoric, a reader, a research guide, and a handbook-for users at any skill level. Throughout the book, numerous student and professional writing samples highlight important features of academic writing-from voice to documentation-and offer models for users' own papers. The fifth edition features a greater focus on writing across the curriculum, further supported within the research chapters by additional coverage of report writing, primary research, and avoiding plagiarism. --

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