Writing Successfully
Edition: 6
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 508
Edition: 6
Copyright: 2018
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Richard Hanson’s Writing Successfully publication offers innovative features such as:
- emphasizing revision of writing context until definitive: can’t successfully revise content until context is clear.
- developing a two-step revision strategy; first for context and overall content/organization, then at the paragraph level.
- multiple student examples of pre-drafting; secondary and primary research; evaluations; literacy narratives; memoirs; argument/persuasion; rhetorical, textual, and literary analysis.
- succinct, thorough Style manual & Handbook students can actually use! With MLA, APA, and CSE chapters.
Table of Contents
Preface to Instructors
THE RHETORICAL PROCESS
Chapter 1 College Genres: Writing and Learning Styles
Academic Reading and Writing - Encountering New Genres and Learning their Styles
Genres Common to All Four: Sciences, Social Sciences, Business, Humanities
Types of Writing Used by All Disciplines When Researching
Genres Common to the Sciences, Social Sciences, and Business
A Genre Common to the Sciences and Social Sciences
Genres Used in Business
Genres Used Mainly in the Humanities, though also the Social Sciences
Chapter 2 Developing a Writing Context: Subject, Audience, Writing Situation, Thesis, Tone
Good Writing Habits
Exercise 2.1: Discovering Good Writing Habits
Writing Processes
Predrafting Techniques: Journals
Subjects
Focusing the Subject
Activities for Focusing a Subject
Knowledge of the Subject
Activities for Studying a Subject
Predrafting Techniques: Brainstorming, Lists, Clustering, Looping
Brainstorming and Lists
Clustering
Looping
Exercise 2.2: Picking the Subject and Knowledge of the Subject
Exercise 2.3: Focusing the Subject and Knowledge of the Subject
Audience
Evaluating Audience
Analyzing the Writing Situation
Activities for Analyzing Audience and Writing Situation
Exercise 2.4: Learning About Audience and Writing Situation
Exercise 2.5: Analyzing Audience and Writing Situation
Purpose: Thesis and Tone
Creating a Thesis Statement
Finding an Appropriate Tone
Activities for Analyzing Purpose and Tone
Exercise 2.6: Developing Context Cards
Chapter 3 Developing Content to Organization and Drafting
Discovering Content
Exercise 3.1: Developing Context and Content
Predrafting Techniques: Brainstorming, Lists, Clustering, Looping (again)
Predrafting Techniques: The Reporter’s Questions
Predrafting Techniques: The Rhetorical Patterns — Narration/Description, Example/Illustration, Comparison/Contrast, Classification/Division, Process/Process Analysis, Causal Analysis, Definition
Organization and Outlines
Organization for Rhetorical Patterns — Narration/Description, Example/Illustration, Comparison/Contrast, Classification/Division, Process/Process Analysis, Causal Analysis, Definition, Question-Answer, Problem-Solution, Statement-Support
Outlines — scratch, forecasting, traditional, descriptive
Exercise 3.2: Refining your Writing Context and
Developing an Outline to Decide on Content
Drafting
Exercise 3.3: Writing the First Draft
Student Example: Drafting
Chapter 4 Second Draft and Peer Review
Revision
Revision for the Writing Context Before Revising for Content
Exercise 4.1: Revision for the Writing Context
Global Revision for Content and Organization
Student Example: First to Second Draft
Exercise 4.2: Revision for Content and Organization
Peer Reviewing
Chapter 5 Third Draft: Revising Paragraphs and Precise Word Use
Topic Sentences
Exercise 5.1: Analyzing Topic Sentences and Support
Implied Topic Sentences
Paragraph Unity
Completeness and Precise Word Use
Paragraph Completeness
Eliminating Ambiguity by Choosing Specific Words
Exercise 5.2 Editing for Precise Word Use
Order
Exercise 5.3: Unity, Completeness, and Order
Introductions
A Sense of Subject and Organization
Posing a Question
A Curiosity Provoking Statement
A Dramatic Example
Conclusions
Leaving the Reader Thinking
A Sense of Closure
The End of an Argument/Investigation
Exercise 5.4: Writing Introductions and Conclusions
Student Example: Paragraph Revision
THE RESEARCH PROCESS
Chapter 6 Critical Reading: Summary, Evaluation, and Response
Critical Reading: Pre-, As, and Post-Reading Strategies
Student Example: Critical Reading
Finding Meaning in Difficult Passages
Writing Summaries and Paraphrases
Accurate Paraphrase and Summary - Avoiding Plagiarism
Literature Reviews: Writing Summary-Evaluation Essays
Student Example: Literature Review
Chapter 7 Secondary Research Techniques: The Library and Internet
Writing Situations for Researched Writing
Analyzing the Research Requirements and Picking a Subject
Planning the Research Project
Developing Content using the Library and Computer
Obtaining General Knowledge of Your Subject
College Level Research
Reliability: Books/Popular Magazines/Scholarly Journals/Newspapers/The Internet
On-line Database Periodical Indexes
Books: Card Catalogs and On-line Computer Catalogs
Compiling an Annotated Bibliography and Taking Notes
Exercise 7.1: Constructing an Annotated Bibliography
Synthesizing Multiple Sources
Student Example: An Annotated Bibliography and Synthesis Essay
Chapter 8 Employing Synthesis to Incorporate Source Materials: Writing the Researched Paper
Student Example: Synthesis Essay
Inferring Relationships Between Source Materials
Analyzing Research to Create a Thesis and Supporting Content
Exercise 8.1: Synthesis - Relationships Between Source Materials
Integrating and Synthesizing Sources in Researched Writing
Using Verbs and Conjunctions to Infer Relationships Among Ideas
In-text Documentation of Summary and Direct Quotation
Sample References
Chapter 9 Primary Research and Essays Employing Primary Research
Writing Situations for Primary Research
Writing Topics
The Research Process: the Scientific Method and Hypotheses
Observation
Planning and Conducting an Observation
Student Example: Observation
Interview
Planning and Conducting an Interview
Student Example: Interview
Case Studies
Sections of a Case Study
Planning and Conducting a Case Study
Student Example: A Case Study
Surveys
Planning and Conducting a Survey
Student Example: Survey
Experiments/Lab Reports
Student Example: Experiment (Lab Report)
Scientific Proposals
Planning and Writing a Scientific Proposal
Student Example: Scientific Proposal
DEVELOPING ESSAYS IN OFTEN ENCOUNTERED GENRES
Chapter 10 Genres: Analysis, Evaluation, and Narrative
Analysis
Causal Analysis
Process Analysis
Student Example: Analysis
Rhetorical Analysis/Textual Analysis
Student Example: Rhetorical Analysis
Student Example: Textual Analysis
Literary Analysis
Student Example: Literary Analysis
Evaluation
Student Example: Evaluation
Narrative
Personal Narrative/Memoir-Reflective Essay
Student Example: Personal Narrative/Memoir-Reflective
Literacy Narrative
Student Example: Literacy Narrative
Essay Exams
Student Example: Essay Exam
Chapter 11 Developing Persuasive Essays
Writing Situations for Persuasive Writing
Writing Topics
Knowledge of the Subject and Audience: Gathering Facts/Opinions
Developing Content: Appeals to Logic, Authority, and Emotion
Appeals to Logic
Appeals to Authority
Appeals to Emotion
Exercise 11.1: Appeals to Logic, Authority, and Emotion
Opposing Arguments
Understanding Opposing Arguments, Warrants, and Qualifiers
Exercise 11.2: Predrafting and Outlines for Persuasive Essays
Arranging Content: Placing the Opposing Arguments
Opposing Arguments First
Student Example: Opposing Arguments First
Opposing Arguments Throughout Essay
Student Example: Many Opposing Arguments
Opposing Arguments Not Strong, so Last
Student Example: Opposing Arguments Last
Addressing Opposing Arguments in Problem/Solution Essays
Student Example: A Problem/Solution Argument
Fallacies and Problems in Logic
Exercise 11.3: Identifying Logical Fallacies
Exercise 11.4: Edit Essay for Faulty Logic
Chapter 12 Writing for Business
Business Letters
Example: Business Letter of Complaint
Example: Business Letter - A Proposal
Memos
Example: Memo
Elements of a Business Letter and a Memo
Resumes/Letters of Application
Example: Resume and Letter of Application
Reports
Example: Report
STYLE MANUAL AND HANDBOOK
Chapter 13 Connotation: Effective Word Choice for Audience and Genre
Writing Context and Genre: Levels of Formality and Tone
Avoiding Sexist Language and Clichés
Exercise 13.1: Choosing Words for Connotation, Not Mixing Levels of Diction, and Avoiding Sexist Language/Clichés
Exercise 13.2: Exercise on Connotation, Sexist Language, and Clichés
Chapter 14 denotation: Spelling, Using the Correct Word, and Adjective/Adverb Confusion
Spelling Errors and Glossary of Usage (frequently confused words)
Adjectives/Adverbs
Exercise 15.1: Exercise for Adjectives and Adverbs
Exercise 15.2: Spelling and Correct Usage
Chapter 15 Editing For Concise Sentences: Eliminating Wordiness and Avoiding Repetition
Eliminating Wordiness
Avoiding Repetition
Exercise 14.1: Editing for Wordiness Exercise
Exercise 14.2: Eliminating Wordiness and Repetition
Chapter 16 Definitions: Subjects, Verbs, Conjunctions, Clauses, Modifiers
Subjects/Verbs and Present Participles
Independent and Dependent Clauses / Coordinate, Correlative, Adverbial, Subordinate Conjunctions, and Relative Pronouns
Adjectival and Adverbial Modification
Chapter 17 Sentence Coherence, Variety, Emphasis, and Modifiers
Using Coordinate, Subordinate and Adverbial Conjunctions, and Transition Words and Phrases, to Combine Clauses and Create Coherence
Sentence Variety
Sentence Emphasis
Parallel Structure and Order of Climax
Problems with Modification
Editing for Awkward Structure and Misplaced Word Order
Avoiding Faulty Predication
Exercise 17.1: Editing for Coherence, Variety, Emphasis, and Problems with Modification
Chapter 18 Anyone Can Punctuate Properly
Sentence Fragments
Exercise 18.2: Exercise for Finding and Adding Sentence Fragments to Their Correct Place
Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Semi-Colons and Colons
EXERCISE 18.2: Exercise for Correcting Fragments, Comma Splices, Fused Sentences
Comma Use
Overuse of Commas
Exercise 18.3: Exercise for Comma Use
Exercise 18.4: Editing for Punctuation: Fragments, Comma Splices, Commas, and Other Punctuation
Chapter 19 Verbs: Agreement and Tenses
Verb Forms (infinitive, past tense, past participle, present participle)
Definitions of Terms Used to Describe Verbs
Subject/Verb Agreement
Verb Agreement Problems
The Subjunctive Mood
Exercise 19.1: Verb Agreement and the Subjunctive Mood
Verb Tenses and Sequences
Common Verb Tense Errors
Exercise 19.2: Correcting Verb Tense Errors
Irregular Verbs
Exercise 19.3: Exercise in Using Correct Verb Forms
Exercise 19.4: Editing for Verb Tense and Verb Agreement
Chapter 20 Forceful Writing: Using Action Verbs and the Active vs. Passive Voice
Using the Active Voice
Using Action Verbs
Exercise 20.1: Using Forceful Verbs
Chapter 21 Pronouns: Agreement, Reference, and Shifts
Types of Pronouns and Pronoun Agreement
Definitions of Terms Used to Describe Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Relative and Interrogative Pronouns
Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Exercise 21.1: Exercise in Pronoun Agreement
Pronoun Reference
Pronoun Shifts
Exercise 21.1: Exercise in Pronoun Reference and Shifts
Exercise 21.2: Editing for Pronoun Agreement and
Reference Errors and Pronoun Shifts
Chapter 22 Standard Usage: Apostrophes and Plurality, Capitalization, Numbers, Abbreviations, Other Punctuation, Italics/Underlining and Quotation Marks
Apostrophes and Plurality
Capitalization
Numbers
Abbreviations
Other Punctuation (periods, question marks, exclamation points, dashes, parentheses, slashes)
Italics/Underlining and Quotation Marks
Types of Sources Using Italics
Types of Sources Using Quotation Marks
Exercise 22.1: Editing for Standard Usage
Exercise 22.2: Apostrophes, Capitalization, Numbers, Abbreviations, Other Punctuation
DOCUMENTATION
Chapter 23 MLA Documentation
Parenthetical Documentation Using the MLA Style
Sample References
Italics/Underlining versus Quotation Marks
Preparing the Works Cited Using MLA Documentation
Chapter 24 APA Documentation
Parenthetical Documentation Using the Author (Date) APA Style
Sample References
Italics/Underlining versus Quotation Marks
Preparing the References Using APA Documentation
Chapter 25 CSE Documentation
In-text Documentation Using Citation-sequence, Citation-year, and Name-year formats
Examples of In-text Documentation in CSE
Preparing the References Using CSE Documentation
Citation-sequence and Citation-name References
Name-year References
Chapter26 Chicago Style Documentation (Turabian)
Notes-Bibliography Style
Author-Date Style
Index
Index for MLA and APA Documentation
Dr. Richard Hanson has taught at Jefferson Community &Technical College since 1982. His degrees are from the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky. He has published other textbooks, The Inquisitive Writer (for developmental students) and an introduction to literature with out of copyright poems and fiction that he offers free to his students on his class websites. He has one published novel, He’s Come Undone, and is looking for a publisher for Can’t Say Goodbye to All That, a novel that looks comically at the dilemmas facing community college professors in this era, and the joys and terrors of teaching students how to write and critically think. Between he and his wife, Lory, they have seven grown boys, one granddaughter, and an aged cat that is not “a paltry thing,” as Yeats would have it. They love to travel, and when not ‘being scholarly’ he hangs out with natives on reservations. They are a pretty peaceful lot who understand respect for the world and its people.