Drafting: A Guide to Freshman Writing
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 270
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 270
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Learning to write at the college level is a definite need for students in all disciplines. Whether you are a nursing, sociology, mathematics, or history major, at some point in your college career you will have to learn to write and to do so properly.
Drafting: A Guide to Freshman Writing is a comprehensive text which provides students of Freshman Composition I and II explicit directions with examples to develop their first year writing skills. Ms. Geesling and Ms. Rosenquist have a combined 14 years of teaching experience in writing practices for freshman college students and offer succinct and explicit examples of writing strategies in this textbook.
Broken down in specific essay driven sections, Drafting: A Guide to Freshman Writing incorporates all the facets for Freshman Composition classes. From formatting issues to construct of a research essay this is the only text a college student will ever need to use when it comes to help with essay writing during their entire college career.
SECTION 1: BASIC SKILLS
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Freshman Composition I and II
CHAPTER 2 Reading Comprehension
Part A: Annotating
Part B: Annotation Examples
Part C: Practice Annotating
Part D: Taking Notes When You Cannot Annotate
CHAPTER 3 Writing a Summary
Part A: How to Write a Summary
Part B: Example Summaries
Part C: The Summary Essay
Part D: Examples of Summary Essays
Part E: Activity
CHAPTER 4 Peer Review and Editing
Part A: Peer Review
Part B: Editing
Part C: Example Peer review with Edits
CHAPTER 5: The Writing Process
Part A: Prewriting
Part B: Thesis
Part C: Outline
Part D: Example Paper
SECTION 2: PAPER TYPES
CHAPTER 6 Discriptive Essay
Part A: The Personal Experience Essay
Part B: Personal Experience Essay Examples
Part C: Writing Your Personal Experience Essay
CHAPTER 7 Compare–Contrast Essay
Part A: Introduction
Part B: The Process
Part C: Outline
Part D: Example Compare–Contrast Essays
CHAPTER 8 Five-Paragraph Essay
Part A: Writing the Five-Paragraph Essay
Part B: The Essay Exam
Part C: Five-Paragraph Essay Example
CHAPTER 9 Persuasive Essay
Part A: Selecting a Topic
Part B: Determining the Reasons Why Your Side of the Debate is Better
Part C: The Outline
Part D: Research
Part E: The Paper
Part F: Formatting Concerns
Part G: Persuasive Essay Example
SECTION 3: RESEARCH
CHAPTER 10 Introduction to the Research Paper
Part A: Argumentative Research Paper
Part B: Analytical Research Paper
Part C: Prospectus
Part D: Finding Sources
Part E: Primary Research
Part F: Activities
Part G: Example Prospectus
CHAPTER 11 Critique Essay
Part A: Evaluating/Critiquing the Source
Part B: Critique Components/Organization
Part C: Sample Outline
Part D: Sample Paper
CHAPTER 12 Research Methods Applications
Part A: Works Cited or References
Part B: The Annotated Bibliography
Part C: Types of Annotated Bibliographies
Part D: Example Annotated Bibliographies
CHAPTER 13 Researched Argumentative Paper
Part A: Introduction
Part B: The Body
Part C: The Rebuttal and Refute
Part D: The Conclusion
Part E: Example Researched Argumentative Paper
CHAPTER 14 Analytical Research Paper
Part A: Abstract
Part B: The Introduction
Part C: The Body
Part D: Personal Contribution
Part E: The Conclusion
Part F: Appendix
Part G: Example Analytical 14.6 Research Paper
CHAPTER 15 Oral Presentations
Part A: Debates
Part B: Research Presentations
CHAPTER 16 General Formatting Guidelines in Microsoft Word
Part A: General Guidelines for Writing Essays 15
Part B: Formatting in Microsoft Word
CHAPTER 17 APA
Part A: General APA Formatting Directions
Part B: APA Paper Template
Part C: APA Style References
Part D: In-text Direct Quotes and Parenthetical Citations
Part E: Example APA 17.1 Papers
SECTION 4: FORMATTING
CHAPTER 18 MLA
Part A: General MLA Formatting Directions
Part B: MLA Paper Template
Part C: Citing Sources for the Works-Cited Page
Part D: In-text Direct Quotes and Parenthetical Citations
Part E: Examples 18.1 MLA Papers
CHAPTER 19 Other Formatting Styles
Part A: Chicago Style
Part B: American Sociological Association (ASA)
Part C: Footnotes and Endnotes Examples
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
List of Student Contributions