Almonte, Richard
Read Think Write : Strategies for Essay Writing / Richard Almonte. - 1st ed. - Toronto : Nelson Education, 2014. - 242 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references, index and appendices.
"Read, Think, Write: Strategies for Essay Writing is a fresh and authoritative book created for the essay-level composition course. Lifting the curtain on the key debates in academic writing, Almonte invites students to create sophisticated essays by bringing in outside sources, using traditional structures at their disposal, and writing accurately – and by thinking critically about how and why they must write. Based on research into the specific needs of Canadian composition instructors, Richard Almonte’s approach emphasizes the development of portable, generic skills related to critical reading and writing. Read, Think, Write: Strategies for Essay Writing amplifies the academic content of communication courses with increased coverage of such topics as explaining and persuading strategies, and the role of research in writing. It is uniquely designed to give students the tools to communicate effectively in their academic work, tools that they will carry with them in their professional work." (Publisher's Website) CONTENTS:
Part 1 - A CONTEXT FOR WRITING
CHAPTER 1: Writing today and in the past
Do you know Sara or Ben?
Is there a writing crisis today? Reason 1: Demographic change
Reason 2: High school standards
Reason 3: Technological changes
What are colleges and universities doing about it?
Delivery of writing instruction
Content of writing instruction
Sara's friend asks a seemingly innocent question
Learning to write in the past, or rhetoric
Invention
Arrangement
Style
How rhetoric became composition in North America
Writing in the 20th Century and beyond
The genre/discipline model
The process model
The rhetorical model
Part 2 - EFFECTIVE WRITERS BRING THE OUTSIDE WORLD INTO THEIR WORK
CHAPTER 2: Researching topic
Ben Gets Some Help, and Sara Meets the College Librarian
The Reasons for Research
Extrinsic Reasons for Research
Intrinsic Reasons for Research
Reading Secondary Sources Critically
The Spectrum of Publications
Criteria for Judging Secondary Sources
Conducting Secondary Research
Exploring and Limiting Your Topic
Searching Databases
Searching the Internet
Taking Notes As You Go
Conducting Primary Research
Interviews
Surveys
Observation/Experimentation
CHAPTER 3: Integrating Your Research into Your Writing
Sara Experiences Academic Dishonesty
History of Intellectual Property
History of Intellectual Property
Types of Intellectual Property
Legislation and Legal Issues
Plagiarism Defined and Debated
Defining Plagiarism
Examples of Plagiarism
Debates about Plagiarism
How Not to Plagiarize Integrating Quotations and Paraphrases in the Body of Your Text
End-of-Text Citations
Documentation Styles
MLA Style
APA Style
Part 3 - EFFECTIVE WRITERS USE TRADITIONAL TOOLS AT THEIR DISPOSAL
CHAPTER 4: Organizing Structures
Sara Gets Down to Business
A Three-Part Structure
The Introduction
The Body
The Conclusion
This Is Not a Template: The Five-Paragraph Essay Debate
The Argument Against the Five-Paragraph Essay
The Argument in Favour of the Five-Paragraph Essay
Moving from Basic to Advanced Essay
Step 1: Analyze Evidence Instead of Listing Evidence
Step 2: Refuse to be Satisfied with Your Working Thesis
Step 3: Enliven Your Sources in the Final Draft
CHAPTER 5: Explaining Strategies
Sara Analyzes Her First Draft
Essays as Explanations
Explanation Strategy 1: Narrate
Explanation Strategy 2: Describe
Explanation Strategy 3: Define
Explanation Strategy 4: Classify
Explanation Strategy 5: Analyze Process
Explanation Strategy 6: Analyze Cause and Effect
Explanation Strategy 7: Compare and Contrast
Explanation Strategy 8: Use Figurative Language
CHAPTER 6: Persuading Strategies
Ben Submits an Important Assignment; Sara Produces a Second Draft
Essays as Persuasion
Persuasion Strategy 1: Argue a Position
Persuasion Strategy 2: Offer a Solution
Persuasion Strategy 3: Change Behaviour
Persuasion Strategy 4: Appeal to Logic
Persuasion Strategy 5: Appeal to Credibility
Persuasion Strategy 6: Appeal to Emotion
Persuasion Strategy 7: Recognize Faulty Reasoning
Persuasion Strategy 8: Deal with Audience Resistance
CHAPTER 7: Conclusion: The Story of Sara and Ben Ends Happily
Sara Chooses an Argument
A Brief Recap
Sara's Persuasive Essay Draft
Appendix A: Achieving Accuracy in Written English?
Appendix B: Two Early Canadian Books on Writing
Appendix C: Sample Peer-Reviewed Academic Essay
Index
9780176501228 (pbk)
English language --Rhetoric.
English language --Report writing.
English language --Reading, writing and thinking.
Essay--Authorship.
Read Think Write : Strategies for Essay Writing / Richard Almonte. - 1st ed. - Toronto : Nelson Education, 2014. - 242 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references, index and appendices.
"Read, Think, Write: Strategies for Essay Writing is a fresh and authoritative book created for the essay-level composition course. Lifting the curtain on the key debates in academic writing, Almonte invites students to create sophisticated essays by bringing in outside sources, using traditional structures at their disposal, and writing accurately – and by thinking critically about how and why they must write. Based on research into the specific needs of Canadian composition instructors, Richard Almonte’s approach emphasizes the development of portable, generic skills related to critical reading and writing. Read, Think, Write: Strategies for Essay Writing amplifies the academic content of communication courses with increased coverage of such topics as explaining and persuading strategies, and the role of research in writing. It is uniquely designed to give students the tools to communicate effectively in their academic work, tools that they will carry with them in their professional work." (Publisher's Website) CONTENTS:
Part 1 - A CONTEXT FOR WRITING
CHAPTER 1: Writing today and in the past
Do you know Sara or Ben?
Is there a writing crisis today? Reason 1: Demographic change
Reason 2: High school standards
Reason 3: Technological changes
What are colleges and universities doing about it?
Delivery of writing instruction
Content of writing instruction
Sara's friend asks a seemingly innocent question
Learning to write in the past, or rhetoric
Invention
Arrangement
Style
How rhetoric became composition in North America
Writing in the 20th Century and beyond
The genre/discipline model
The process model
The rhetorical model
Part 2 - EFFECTIVE WRITERS BRING THE OUTSIDE WORLD INTO THEIR WORK
CHAPTER 2: Researching topic
Ben Gets Some Help, and Sara Meets the College Librarian
The Reasons for Research
Extrinsic Reasons for Research
Intrinsic Reasons for Research
Reading Secondary Sources Critically
The Spectrum of Publications
Criteria for Judging Secondary Sources
Conducting Secondary Research
Exploring and Limiting Your Topic
Searching Databases
Searching the Internet
Taking Notes As You Go
Conducting Primary Research
Interviews
Surveys
Observation/Experimentation
CHAPTER 3: Integrating Your Research into Your Writing
Sara Experiences Academic Dishonesty
History of Intellectual Property
History of Intellectual Property
Types of Intellectual Property
Legislation and Legal Issues
Plagiarism Defined and Debated
Defining Plagiarism
Examples of Plagiarism
Debates about Plagiarism
How Not to Plagiarize Integrating Quotations and Paraphrases in the Body of Your Text
End-of-Text Citations
Documentation Styles
MLA Style
APA Style
Part 3 - EFFECTIVE WRITERS USE TRADITIONAL TOOLS AT THEIR DISPOSAL
CHAPTER 4: Organizing Structures
Sara Gets Down to Business
A Three-Part Structure
The Introduction
The Body
The Conclusion
This Is Not a Template: The Five-Paragraph Essay Debate
The Argument Against the Five-Paragraph Essay
The Argument in Favour of the Five-Paragraph Essay
Moving from Basic to Advanced Essay
Step 1: Analyze Evidence Instead of Listing Evidence
Step 2: Refuse to be Satisfied with Your Working Thesis
Step 3: Enliven Your Sources in the Final Draft
CHAPTER 5: Explaining Strategies
Sara Analyzes Her First Draft
Essays as Explanations
Explanation Strategy 1: Narrate
Explanation Strategy 2: Describe
Explanation Strategy 3: Define
Explanation Strategy 4: Classify
Explanation Strategy 5: Analyze Process
Explanation Strategy 6: Analyze Cause and Effect
Explanation Strategy 7: Compare and Contrast
Explanation Strategy 8: Use Figurative Language
CHAPTER 6: Persuading Strategies
Ben Submits an Important Assignment; Sara Produces a Second Draft
Essays as Persuasion
Persuasion Strategy 1: Argue a Position
Persuasion Strategy 2: Offer a Solution
Persuasion Strategy 3: Change Behaviour
Persuasion Strategy 4: Appeal to Logic
Persuasion Strategy 5: Appeal to Credibility
Persuasion Strategy 6: Appeal to Emotion
Persuasion Strategy 7: Recognize Faulty Reasoning
Persuasion Strategy 8: Deal with Audience Resistance
CHAPTER 7: Conclusion: The Story of Sara and Ben Ends Happily
Sara Chooses an Argument
A Brief Recap
Sara's Persuasive Essay Draft
Appendix A: Achieving Accuracy in Written English?
Appendix B: Two Early Canadian Books on Writing
Appendix C: Sample Peer-Reviewed Academic Essay
Index
9780176501228 (pbk)
English language --Rhetoric.
English language --Report writing.
English language --Reading, writing and thinking.
Essay--Authorship.