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Pearson Strategies for Successful Writing A Rhetoric Research Guide Reader and Handbook 2000 Edition by James A. Reinking, Andrew W. Hart, Robert A. Von Der Osten
A comprehensive modes-oriented rhetoric for freshman composition that combines four books-a rhetoric, a research guide, reader and handbook-into one convenient teaching tool. Includes a handbook in back of the book. Table of contents :- RHETORIC. 1. Writing: A First Look. 2. Planning and Drafting Your Paper. 3. Revising and Editing Your Paper. 4. Narration: Relating Events. 5. Description: Presenting Impressions. 6. Process Analysis: Explaining How. 7. Illustration: Making Yourself Clear. 8. Classification: Grouping into Categories. 9. Comparison: Showing Relationships. 10. Cause and Effect: Explaining Why. 11. Definition: Establishing Boundaries. 12. Argument: Convincing Others. 13. Mixing the Writing Strategies. 14. Paragraphs. 15. Effective Sentences. 16. Diction, Tone, Style. 17. The Essay Examination. 18. Writing About Literature. 19. Business Letters and Resumes. RESEARCH GUIDE. 20. The Library Research Paper. 21. Documenting Sources. 22. Additional Research Strategies: Interviews, Questionnaires, Direct Observations. READER. Strategies for Successful Reading. Rhetorical Table of Contents. NARRATION. 'The Perfect Picture,' James Alexander Thom. 'The Boy and the Bank Officer,' Philip Ross. 'Mommas Encounter,' Maya Angelou. 'For My Indian Daughter,' Lewis Sawaquat. DESCRIPTION. 'When the Full Moon Shines Its Magic over Monument Valley,' John V. Young. 'In the Jungle,' Annie Dillard. 'Watching the Sky,' Diane Ackerman. 'Once More to the Lake,' E.B. White. PROCESS ANALYSIS. 'How to Adopt a Stray,' Kathy Roth. From 'The Spider and the Wasp,' Alexander Petrunkevitch. 'Lets Get Vertical!,' Beth Wald. 'The Knife,' Richard Selzer. ILLUSTRATION. 'Courtship Through the Ages,' James Thurber. 'Rambos of the Road,' Martin Gottfield. 'Every Picture Tells a Story,' Jamie Reno. 'The Company Man,' Ellen Goodman. CLASSIFICATION. 'Dangerous Curves,' Eve Golden. 'The Men We Carry in Our Minds,' Scott Russell Sanders. 'The Crystal Healer Will See You Now,' Stephen Perrine. 'The Technology of Medicine,' Lewis Thomas. COMPARISON. 'Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts,' Bruce Catton. 'That Lean and Hungry Look,' Suzanne Britt. 'Then and Now,' Mary Pipher. 'Private Language, Public Language,' Richard Rodriguez. 'Coming Home,' Marjorie Waters. CAUSE AND EFFECT. 'Spudding Out,' Barbara Ehrenreich. 'Why Marriages Fail,' Anne Roiphe. 'Black Men and Public Space,' Brent Staples. 'Executive Women Confront Midlife Crisis,' Betsy Morris. DEFINITION. 'The Sweet Smell of Success Isnt All That Sweet,' Laurence Shames. 'The Handicap of Definition,' William Raspberry. 'The Insufficiency of Honesty,' Stephen L. Carter. 'When Is It Rape?,' Nancy Gibbs. ARGUMENT. 'Death and Justice,' Edward I. Koch. 'Execution,' Anna Quindlen. 'Sexual Harassment Is a Serious Problem at Universities,' Marilyn Gaye Piety. 'Sexual Harassment Is Overestimated,' Gretchen Morgenson. 'I Have a Dream,' Martin Luther King Jr. 'A Journalists View of Black Economics,' William Raspberry. 'Close the Borders to All Newcomers,' Daniel James. 'Give Us Your Best, Your Brightest,' Stephen Moore. MIXING THE WRITING STRATEGIES. 'Bl