Writing the Essay of Argument

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Writing for College, Writing for Your Self
"Writers progress step by step, trusting in the
processes, even when they are not sure where all
the steps will lead." (from Chapter 3)
PROCESSES FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF ASSIGNMENTS
Guidelines for Journals Chapter 4 Pages 81-83
Rewriting Notes in Various Formats Chapter 5 Pages 103-106
Writing Summaries for Your Self Chapter 5 Page 107
Writing Summaries for Others Chapter 6 Pages 129-130
Responding to Essay Exam Questions: A Review Chapter 6 Pages 139-140
Writing Papers About Real-Life Situations Chapter 7 Pages 156-158
Comparing Everyday and Disciplinary Thinking Chapter 8 Pages 181-183
Writing an Analytical Essay Chapter 9 Pages 210-211
The Investigative Report Chapter 11 Pages 233-234
Reporting Fieldwork Chapter 12 Pages 258-260
The Four Stories of the Experimental Report Chapter 12 Pages 271-272
Assignment 1: A Complex Event Chapter 13 Page 295
Assignment 2: An Open Question Chapter 13 Pages 300-301
Solving Case Problems Chapter 14 Page 329
Writing the Essay of Argument Chapter 15 Pages 356-358
For a complete list of boxes (Reviewing Writing Processes, Useful Concepts from
Rhetoric, and News from the Field), please see the inside back cover.
REVIEWING WRITING PROCESSES
Task Representation Chapter 2 Page 40
Invention Chapter 4 Page 75
Writing Summaries for Your Self Chapter 5 Page 107
Revealing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism Chapter 5 Page 112
Proofreading Chapter 6 Page 145
Revision and Drafting Chapter 7 Page 158
Editing Chapter 8 Page 184
Planning to Write Chapter 9 Page 206
Referring to Your Sources Chapter 11 Page 240
USEFUL CONCEPTS FROM RHETORIC
The Types of Rhetoric Chapter 1 Page 9
Decorum Chapter 1 Page 13
Dramatism Chapter 2 Page 29
Rhetorical Situation and Rhetorical Timing Chapter 2 Page 42
Sentence Combining Chapter 6 Page 130
Key Question Words Chapter 6 Page 136
Genre Chapter 9 Page 209
lntertextuality Chapter 11 Page 231
The Three Moves in Research Article Introductions Chapter 12 Page 269
Stasis, Where Disagreements Meet Chapter 13 Page 302
Logos, Ethos, and Pathos Chapter 15 Page 346
Common Places Chapter 15 Page 354
NEWS FROM THE FIELD
What Difference Does College Make? Chapter 1 Page 17
One Freshman's Struggle Chapter 2 Page 22
Richard Rodriguez's Reading Journal Chapter 4 Page 83
Brief Guide to Netiquette Chapter 4 Page 92
Goal-Setting Research Chapter 6 Page 125
Intrinsic Motivation and Doing Something for Its Own Sake Chapter 8 Page 172
A Social Experiment Inside Mental Hospitals Chapter 12 Page 272
The Simple Paper Clip Isn't So Simple Chapter 13 Page 282
Writing for College, Writing for Your Self
Charles Bazerman
University of C81if0mla - Santa Barbara
Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston New York
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Prefxaic e
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The Student's Role in Classroom
Communications 39 PART TWO
REVIEWING WRITING PROCESSES: Task Thriving in the Classroom 71
Representation 40
Being on the Spot 41
Journals and Reflective
USEFUL CONCEPTS FROM RHETORIC:
Writing 72
Rhetorical Situation and Rhetorical Timing 42
Writing for Reflection 43
Getting Involved Electronically 43
A Rich and Confusing Environment 73
Using Writing for Reflection 74
Writing Processes 44
Journal Writing 74
REVIEWING WRITING PROCESSES: Invention 75
Three Students' Reading Journals 76
An Author's Confession 45
Journal Entry 1 (Finding the Meaning
Trusting the Process 45
of the Text) 77
The Variety of Processes 46 Journal Entry 2 (Philosophical
Processes for Different Kinds Interpretation) 78
of Assignments 47 Journal Entry 3 (Personal Response) 79
Thinking About Student Writing 80
Some Common Processes of Writing 47
Guidelines for Journals 81
Unfolding Situations 48
Putting Your Goals and the Task in Focus 48 NEWS FROM THE FIELD: Richard Rodriguez's
Developing Ideas 49 Reading Journal 83
Finding and Gathering Resources 49 ASSIGNMENTS: Journals for Yourself, Journals for
Thinking Through Your Materials 50 Your Courses 84
Planning and Organizing Electronic Discussion Groups 89
Your Statement 50
Local Area Networks and Class
Producing Text 50
Discussions 90
Making Your Sources Explicit 51
Electronic Links 91
Examining and Improving Text 51
Receiving Responses and NEWS FROM THE FIELD: Brief Guide to
Moving On to the Next Statement 52 Netiquette 92
REVIEWING WRITING PROCESSES: TOG 53 The Reflective and Reflected Self 93
The Processes of One Classroom Writing Getting Involved Electronically 93
Assignment: A Case Study 53
The Course Unfolds 54
Notes and Summaries:
The Paper Is Assigned 55
The Writing Moves into Focus 59 Writing to Remember 94
Thinking Seriously 61
Planning 63
Methods for Remembering 96
Writing the Paper Up 64
The Process Continues 68 Writing for Reflection 98
Thinking About Student Writing 68 EXERCISES: Remembering 99
Writing for Reflection 69 Some Ways to Represent Knowledge to
Getting Involved Electronically 70 Your Self 103
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Rewriting Notes in Various Formats 103
Personal Summary Statements 106 PART THREE
REVIEWING WRITING PROCESSES: Writing Using Concepts to View
Summaries for Your Self 107
the World 151
Student Sample 107
Thinking About Student Writing 108
Illustrative Writing:
EXERCISEs: Representing Knowledge 109
Overview Summaries 110 Connecting Concepts and
REVIEWING WRITING PROCESSES: Revealing Real Examples 152
Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism 112
Questions and Answers 114
Snapshots of the World 153
Study Groups 116
Representations of the World 154
EXERCISES: Writing and Remembering 117
Getting Involved Electronically 122 ASSIGNMENTS: Finding Real-Life Examples 156
Writing Papers About Real-Life
Situations 156
Exam Writing: Displaying
REVIEWING WRITING PROCESSES: Revision and
Knowledge 123 Drafting 158
Sample Student Essay 159
NEWS FROM THE FIELD: Goal-Setting Thinking About Student Writing 163
Research 125 ASSIGNMENTS: Writing About Real-Life
Situations 163
Short-Answer Examinations 126
Getting Involved Electronically 165
Writing for Reflection 127
Summary Questions 127
Autobiographical Writing:
Thinking About Student Writing 129
Connecting Concepts and
Writing Summaries for Others 129
Experience 166
USEFUL CONCEPTS FROM RHETORIC: Sentence
Combining 130
EXERCISES: Sentence Combining 133
Personal Issues and Privacy 167
Questions Requiring Reorganization 134
Sharing in the Classroom 168
USEFUL CONCEPTS FROM RHETORIC: Key
ASSIGNMENTS: Using Reading to Think
Question Words 136
About Your Life 169
Responding to Essay Exam Questions: A
NEWS FROM THE FIELD: Intrinsic Motivation
Review 139
and Doing Something for Its Own Sake 172
ASSIGNMENTS: Asking and Answering Two Kinds of Personal Experience Paper 173
Questions 140
Experience as Illustration 174
REVIEWING WRITING PROCESSES: Proofreading
145 Developing a Personal Illustration 174
Writing an Essay of Personal
Questions for At-Home Essays 146
Illustration 175
Beyond Classroom Learning 148
Sample Student Essay 175
ASSIGNMENTS: Goals and Summary Writing 149 Thinking About Student Writing 178
Getting Involved Electronically 150 ASSIGNMENTS: Essays of Personal
Illustration 179