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| adam_text | Contents
Preface
xi
Introduction
1
Rhetoric and the Communication Triangle
2
Parts of the Rhetorical Process
3
Prewriting, Writing, Revising
3
Prewriting, Writing, Revising a Sentence
4
Prewriting, Writing, Revising a Novel
5
Two Students Prewriting, Writing, Revising an Essay
7
Guides for Revision and Editing
12
The Plan of the Book
13
GETTING AND DEVELOPING IDEAS
1.
Getting Started
15
Analysis and Synthesis
15
Observing
16
iv Contents
Remembering
17
Freewriting 18
Clustering
19
Brainstorming
20
A Writer s Notebook
20
A Reader s Notebook
23
Asking Questions
24
Refining a Topic
25
Focusing: a Thesis Sentence
26
For Study and Writing
28
2.
Audience, Purpose, Voice
31
The Audience
32
The Student and the Audience
33
Purpose and Voice
34
Voice and Person
37
Consistency in Person
40
Pers
Consistency in Person
40
Tone: Attitude Toward Material and Audience
41
Appropriateness and Consistency in Tone
42
Tone Appropriateness and Consistency in Tone
44
Consistency in Point of View and Tense
45
Tense Forms and Point of View
46
Tense Consistency in Point of View and Tense
47
For Study and Writing
48
3.
Invention: Developing Ideas
52
General and Specific
53
Adequate and Specific Development
54
Dev Adequate Development
56
Forms of Discourse
57
Development and Forms of Discourse
59
Strategies for Exposition: Types of Development
60
For Study and Writing
69
ARRANGEMENT
4.
Commitment and Response: The Paragraph
73
Commitment and Response
74
Commitment-Response Units
75
Contents
v
Paragraphing
76
1
Appropriate Paragraphing
85
Coherence
86
Devices for Coherence
87
Coh Coherence
90
For Study and Writing
91
5.
Organization: Analysis and Classification
95
Analysis
96
Classification
96
Coordination and Subordination
97
Using Analysis and Classification
99
Strategies for Organization
101
The Outline
104
Focusing Devices 111
Transitions
113
Trans Transitions
115
Introductions
116
Intro Introductions
120
Conclusions
121
Cone Conclusions
122
For Study and Writing
123
SENTENCE RHETORIC: WRITING
GOOD SENTENCES
6.
Basic Sentence Patterns
127
Grammar and Writing
127
Indicating Grammatical Relationships
128
Privilege of Occurrence
130
The Basic Sentence
130
SVC Patterns
132
Expanding SVC Patterns
133
Choosing Subjects
134
Actor-Action-Goal
135
Sub] Choice of Subject
137
The Verb
137
Choosing Verbs
138
The Complement
139
Clauses and the SVC Pattern
140
vi
Contents
Completing the SVC Pattern: The Fragment
141
Frag Fragment
143
For Study and Writing
144
7.
Predication: Pattern Variations
147
Plausible Predication
147
Pred
Implausible Predication
150
Equations with To Be
151
Eq False Equations
155
Consistency in Structure: Shifts
155
Shift Shift in Construction
156
Postponed Subject: Expletive
157
Expl Overused Expletives
158
The Passive
159
Pass Inappropriate Passive
162
For Study and Writing
163
8.
Combining Sentence Patterns:
Coordination and Subordination
166
Coordinating Sentences and Clauses
167
Coordinating Lesser Sentence Elements
168
Parallelism and Coordination
169
Paral
Faulty Parallelism
175
Adequate Subordination: Modification
175
Sub Inadequate Subordination
179
Adjective and Adverb
180
Adj,
Adv
Misuse of Adjective or Adverb
182
Modifiers and Word Order
182
Mod Misplaced or Dangling Modifier
188
Degrees of Modification
189
Degree Inappropriate Degree of Modifier
190
For Study and Reference
191
9.
Coherence in Sentences:
Function Words, Reference, Agreement
196
Using Function Words
196
Conjunctions and Conjunctives
198
Con) Misuse of Conjunction
200
Prepositions
201
Prep Misuse of Preposition
202
Contents
vii
Pronoun Reference
203
Ref
Unclear Pronoun Reference
206
Word Reference
207
WRef Unclear Word Reference
209
Agreement
209
Agr
Faulty Agreement
215
For Study and Writing
216
LANGUAGE, USAGE, STYLE
10.
Language and What to Know about It
219
The Indo-European Family
220
Indo-European Becomes English
222
Borrowing and the Word-Hoard
222
Building a Vocabulary
226
What Dictionaries Are For
230
How a Dictionary is Made
231
What a Dictionary is Good For
232
For Study arid Writing
233
11.
Word Choice: usage
235
Native Words and Borrowed Words
236
Accurate Word Choice
236
W
Inaccurate Word Choice
237
How Words Mean
238
Figurative Language: Metaphor
244
Economy in Diction
246
Wordy Wordiness
248
Direction in Meaning
249
Trite Expressions:
Clichés
250
Trite Trite Expressions:
Clichés
250
Dialect, Usage, and Correctness
251
Usage Inappropriate Usage
255
For Study and Writing
256
12.
Style
260
Characteristics of Style
261
Sentence Length and Variety
262
Sound and Rhythm in Sentences
264
Cumulative and Periodic Sentences
265
viii Contents
Style and Parody
268
Fitting Style to the Occasion
270
Developing a Style: Reading
273
Developing a Natural Style
273
For Study and Writing
275
SOME SPECIAL TYPES OF WRITING
13.
Argument, Persuasion, Reasoned Writing
279
The Appeals
280
Persuasion and Ethics
280
The Basis of Argument and Persuasion: The Proposition
281
Strategies for Argument and Persuasion
282
Induction: Generalization and Evidence
287
Deduction
292
For Study and Writing
298
14.
Discussion, Examinations, Impromptu Writing,
Business Letters, the Resume
303
Discussion
304
The Examination Paper
305
Writing Examinations and Impromptu Essays
309
Letter Form and Conventions
312
Letter of Application
315
The Resume
316
For Study and Writing
319
15.
Writing About Literature
321
Meaning: Theme
323
Voice: Point of View and Tone
325
Characterization
325
Conflict ancj Plot
327
Form and Technique
327
Style Analysis
328
Figurative Language and Literature
329
Comparison and Contrast
331
A Personal Response to Literature
332
Research for Writing on Literature
333
Mechanics for Writing about Literature
334
For Study and Writing
335
Contents ix
16.
The Investigative Paper
338
Choosing and Limiting a Subject
339
Using Sources
340
The Interview
340
The Library: The Card Catalog
341
Computer Searches
342
Periodical and Newspaper Indexes
342
Specialized Indexes
343
Reference Books
344
Bulletins and Pamphlets
346
The Working Bibliography
346
Taking and Preserving Notes
349
Avoiding Plagiarism
354
Writing and Revising the Paper
357
Style in the Investigative Paper
358
Incorporating Research in the Paper
359
Documentation
361
Works of Literature
364
Endnotes 364
Works Cited
365
Sample Entries
367
A Sample Paper
370
Abbreviations and Conventions
385
For Study and Writing
386
HANDLING CONVENTIONS
17.
Punctuation
389
Uses of Punctuation
390
End Punctuation: Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark
390
PI End Punctuation
392
The Semicolon: Punctuation Between Independent Clauses, Fused or
Run-on Sentences, Comma Fault or Comma Splice
393
P2 Run-on, CF Semicolon: Run-on Sentences
395
Commas After Introductory Modifiers
396
P3 Commas After Introductory Modifiers
397
Commas with Nonrestrictive or Parenthetical Modifiers
397
P4 Commas and Nonrestrictive Modifiers
400
Commas: Punctuation in a Series
401
P5 Punctuation in Series
402
Commas for Clarity
403
P6 Commas for Clarity
404
χ
Contents
Commas Separating Statistical Details
404
P7 Commas and Statistical Details
405
Inappropriate or Excessive Commas
406
P8 No
Ρ
Unnecessary Commas
407
The Colon
407
P9 The Colon
409
The Dash
409
PIO
Dash Using Dashes
410
Parentheses and Brackets
411
Pil Parens
Parentheses and Brackets
412
Quotation Marks: Punctuation with Quotations
412
P12 Punctuation With Quotations
415
For Study and Writing
416
18.
The Writing System: Mechanics and Spelling
420
Manuscript Form
421
Spelling and Spellers
421
Sp Spelling
426
Capitals
427
Cap,
к
Capitalization
429
Compounds, Hyphens
430
Ну
Compounds, Hyphens
431
Plurals
432
PI Plurals
433
Numbers
434
Num
Numbers
434
Apostrophes:
Possessives,
Contractions
435
Apos, Poss
Possessives
and Contractions
436
Italics
437
Ital
Italics
438
Abbreviations
439
Ab
Abbreviations
440
Titles
440
Titles Improper Form for a Title
441
Word Division
441
Div
Word Division
442
For Study and Writing
443
Appendix A
Glossary of usage
450
Appendix
В
Revising an Essay using the Guides to Revision
473
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