What it Takes: Academic Writing in College by Laurence Behrens
What It Takes: Academic Writing in College prepares the reader for the most common college writing assignments: the summary, the critique, the synthesis, and the analysis.
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Table of Contents
Preface A Note to the Student CHAPTER 1 Summary What Is a Summary? Can a Summary Be Objective? Using the Summary Box: Where Do We Find Written Summaries? The Reading Process Box: Critical Reading for Summary How to Write Summaries Box: Guidelines for Writing Summaries Demonstration: Summary Will Your Job Be Exported? Alan S. Blinder Read, Reread, Highlight Divide into Stages of Thought Write a Brief Summary of Each Stage of Thought Write a Thesis: A Brief Summary of the Entire Passage Write the First Draft of the Summary Summary 1: Combine Thesis Sentence with Brief Section Summaries The Strategy of the Shorter Summary Summary 2: Combine Thesis Sentence, Section Summaries, and Carefully Chosen Details The Strategy of the Longer Summary How Long Should a Summary Be? Avoiding Plagiarism Box: Rules for Avoiding Plagiarism Chapter 2 Critical Reading and Critique Critical Reading Question 1: To What Extent Does the Author Succeed in His or Her Purpose? Box: Where Do We Find Written Critiques? Writing to Inform Evaluating Informative Writing Writing to Persuade Evaluating Persuasive Writing The Moon We Left Behind Charles Krauthammer Persuasive Strategies Logical Argumentation: Avoiding Logical Fallacies Box: Tone 49 Writing to Entertain 53 Question 2: To What Extent Do You Agree with the Author? Identify Points of Agreement and Disagreement Explore the Reasons for Agreement and Disagreement: Evaluate Assumptions Inferring and Implying Assumptions An Example of Hidden Assumptions from the World of Finance Critique How to Write Critiques Box: Guidelines for Writing Critiques Demonstration: Critique To What Extent Does the Author Succeed in His or Her Purpose? To What Extent Do You Agree with the Author? Evaluate Assumptions. Model Critique: A Critique of Charles Krauthammer's The Moon We Left Behind Box: Critical Reading for Critique The Strategy of the Critique Chapter 3 Explanatory Synthesis What Is a Synthesis? Summary and Critique as a Basis for Synthesis Inference: Moving Beyond Summary and Critique Purpose Example: Same Sources, Different Uses Box: Where Do We Find Written Syntheses? Using Your Sources Types of Syntheses: Argument Explanation: News Article from the New York Times While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales - Michael Moss Argument: Editorial from the Boston Globe Got Too Much Cheese? - Derrick Z. Jackson What Are Genetically Modified (GM) Foods? Genetically Modified Foods and Organisms - The United States Department of Energy Why a GM Freeze? - The GM Freeze Campaign How to Write Syntheses Box: Guidelines for Writing Syntheses The Argument Synthesis The Elements of Argument: Claim, Support, and Assumption Ethos Pathos Demonstration: Developing an Argument Synthesis-Balancing Privacy and Safety in the Wake of Virginia Tech Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech, April 16, 2007: Report of the Review Panel Virgina Tech Massacre Has Altered Campus Mental Health Systems Associated Press The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Consider Your Purpose Making a Claim: Formulate a Thesis Decide How You Will Use Your Source Material Develop an Organizational Plan Formulate an Argument Strategy Draft and Revise Your Synthesis Model Synthesis: Balancing Privacy and Safety in the Wake of Virginia Tech - David Harrison The Strategy of the Argument Synthesis Developing and Organizing the Support for Your Arguments Summarize, Paraphrase, and Quote Supporting Evidence Provide Various Types of Evidence and Motivational Appeals Use Climactic Order Use Logical or Conventional Order Present and Respond to Counterarguments Use Concession BOX: Developing and Organizing Support for Your Arguments The Comparison-and-Contrast Synthesis Organizing Comparison-and-Contrast Syntheses Organizing by Source or Subject Organizing by Criteria A Case for Comparison-and-Contrast: World War I and World War II Comparison-and-Contrast (Organized by Criteria) Model Exam Response The Strategy of the Exam Response Chapter 4 Analysis What Is an Analysis? Box: Where Do We Find Written Analyses? How to Write Analyses The Plug-In Drug Marie Winn Locate and Apply an Analytic Tool Locate an Analytics Tool Apply the Analytic Tool Analysis Across the Curriculum Box: Guidelines for Writing Analysis Formulate a Thesis Develop an Organizational Plan Turning Key Elements of a Principle or Definition into Questions Developing the Paragraph-by-Paragraph Logic of Your Paper Draft and Revise Your Analysis Write an Analysis, Not a Summary Make Your Analysis Systematic Answer the So What? Question Attribute Sources Appropriately Box: Critical Reading for Analysis When Your Perspective Guides the Analysis Demonstration: Analysis Model Analysis: The Case of the Missing Kidney: An Analysis of Rumor - Linda Shanker The Strategy of the Analysis Credits Index APA Documentation: Basic Formats MLA Documentation: Basic Formats Checklist Survey
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CIN0205864848G
9780205864843
0205864848
What it Takes: Academic Writing in College by Laurence Behrens
Used - Good
Paperback
Pearson Education (US)
20120918
192
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