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Table of Contents

    • About the Authors
    • Acknowledgments
    • Dedications
    • Preface
    • 1Strategies for Making Your Point
      • 1.1Stating Your Point: The Thesis
      • 1.2Understanding the Principles of Rhetoric
      • 1.3Generating Ideas
      • 1.4Gathering and Evaluating Evidence
      • 1.5Exercising Logic
      • 1.6Assembling a Plan
      • 1.7Assembling the Evidence
      • 1.8Persuading with Style and Tone
      • 1.9Gathering Feedback for Revision: Peer Review
    • 2Reading Critically

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      • 2.1Advancing Ideas

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      • 2.2Reading for the Main Point

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      • 2.3Drawing Inferences

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      • 2.4Identifying Logical Fallacies

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      • 2.5Detecting Bias

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      • 2.6Reading Images

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      • 2.7Assessing Websites

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    • 3Writing Life Stories

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      • 3.1Why We Tell Stories

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      • 3.2Narrative Elements

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      • 3.3Planning Your Narrative

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      • 3.4Model Narrative by a Student

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      • 3.5Drafting Your Narrative

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      • 3.6Revising and Editing Your Narrative

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      • 3.7Models for Writing Narratives

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      • 3.8Writing Assignments

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      • 3.9Revision and Editing Checklist for Your Narrative

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      • 3.10Reflective Essay

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    • 4Writing Observations

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      • 4.1What Is a Descriptive Essay?

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      • 4.2Planning Your Descriptive Essay

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      • 4.4Drafting Your Descriptive Essay

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      • 4.5Revising and Editing Your Descriptive Essay

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      • 4.6Models for Writing Descriptive Essays

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      • 4.7Writing Assignments

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      • 4.8Revision and Editing Checklist for Your Descriptive Essay

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      • 4.9Reflective Essay

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    • 5Writing Reviews

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      • 5.1Evaluation as an Act of Analysis

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      • 5.2Writing Style for Reviews

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      • 5.3Planning Your Review

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      • 5.4Model Review by a Student

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      • 5.5Drafting Your Review

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      • 5.6Revising and Editing Your Review

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      • 5.7Models for Writing Reviews

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      • 5.8Writing Assignments

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      • 5.9Revision and Editing Checklist for Your Review

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      • 5.10Reflective Essay

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    • 6Writing Interpretations

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      • 6.1Interpretation as an Act of Analysis

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      • 6.2Planning Your Interpretive Essay

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      • 6.5Revising and Editing Your Interpretive Essay

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      • 6.6Models for Writing Interpretive Essays

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      • 6.8Revision and Editing Checklist for Your Interpretive Essay

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      • 6.9Reflective Essay

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    • 7Writing about Causes and Effects

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      • 7.1Theorizing about Causes and Effects as an Act of Analysis

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      • 7.2Planning Your Cause-Effect Analysis

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      • 7.3Model Cause-Effect Analysis by a Student

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      • 7.5Revising and Editing Your Cause-Effect Analysis

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      • 7.6Models for Writing Cause-Effect Analyses

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      • 7.9Reflective Essay

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    • 8Writing Arguments

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      • 8.1Classical Rhetoric

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      • 8.2Planning Your Argument

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      • 8.4Drafting Your Argument

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      • 8.5Revising and Editing Your Argument

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      • 8.6Models for Writing Arguments

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      • 8.8Revision and Editing Checklist for Your Argument

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      • 8.9Reflective Essay

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    • 9Writing Proposals

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      • 9.1Proposals as Arguments

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      • 9.2Planning Your Proposal

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      • 9.6Model Proposals

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      • 9.7Visual Proposals

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      • 9.8Presenting Your Proposal

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      • 9.10Revision and Editing Checklist for Your Proposal

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      • 9.11Reflective Essay

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    • 10Writing Research Papers

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      • 10.1Planning Your Research Paper

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      • 10.7Reflective Essay

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    • AAppendix A: Applying Critical Theories

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      • A.1Applying Critical Theories as an Act of Analysis

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      • A.2Critical Theories

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    • BAppendix B: Documenting Sources

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      • B.1Modern Language Association (MLA) Style

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      • B.2American Psychological Association (APA) Style

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      • B.3Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

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    • CAppendix C: Writing with Style

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      • C.1Definitions of Terms

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      • C.2Choosing Words

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      • C.3Sentence Structures

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      • C.4Punctuation

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      • C.5Mechanics

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      • C.6Glossary of Correct Usage

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