The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing

Description

A rhetoric for writers -- Posing problems : the demands of college writing -- Exploring problems, making claims -- How messages -- Multimodal and online communication -- Writing projects -- Writing to learn -- Reading rhetorically : the writer as strong reader -- Writing to express -- Writing an autobiographical narrative -- Writing an exploratory essay or annotated bibliography -- Writing project multimodal or online option : speech with visual aids -- Writing an informative (and surprising) essay or report -- Analyzing field research data -- Analyzing images -- Analyzing short fiction -- Analyzing and synthesizing -- Writing a classical argument -- Making an evaluation -- Proposing a solution -- A guide to composing and revising -- Writing as a problem-solving process -- Strategies for writing closed-form prose -- Composing and revising open-form prose -- Strategies for composing multimodal texts -- A rhetorical guide to research -- Asking questions, finding sources -- Evaluating sources -- Incorporating sources into your own writing -- Citing and documenting sources -- Writing for assessment -- Essay examinations -- Portfolios and reflective essays -- A guide to editing.