Patterns for a purpose : a rhetorical reader / Barbara Fine Clouse.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 READING CRITICALLY
Critical Reading
Strategies for Critical Reading
Summarizing
Synthesizing
Strategies for Critical Reading of Visual Material, etc.

CHAPTER 2 PLANNING AN ESSAY AND USING THE PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT
Considering your Writing Context
Generating Ideas
Developing A Thesis
Ordering Ideas
Using The Patterns of Development, etc.

CHAPTER 3 WRITING AND REWRITING
Writing Your First Draft
Essay Structure
Visualizing An Essay
Revising Your Draft
Editing Your Draft, etc.

CHAPTER 4 DESCRIPTION
The Pattern
Using Description for a Purpose
Deciding on a Dominant Impression
Supporting Details
Organizing Details, etc.

CHAPTER 5 NARRATION
The Pattern
Using Narration for a Purpose
Supporting Details
Organizing Details
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Writing Narration, etc.

CHAPTER 6 EXEMPLIFICATION
The Pattern
Using Exemplification for a Purpose
Supporting Details
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Writing Exemplification
Checklist for Revising Exemplification, etc.

CHAPTER 7 PROCESS ANALYSIS
The Pattern
Using Process Analysis for a Purpose
Supporting Details
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Writing a Process Analysis
Checklist for Revising a Process Analysis, etc

CHAPTER 8 COMPARISON-CONTRAST
The Pattern
Using Comparison-Contrast for a Purpose
Choosing Subjects
Supporting Details
Organizing Details
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Writing Comparison-Contrast, etc.

CHAPTER 9 CAUSE-AND-EFFECT ANALYSIS
The Pattern
Using Cause-and-Effect Analysis for a Purpose
Supporting Details
Organizing Details
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Writing Cause-and-Effect Analysis, etc.

CHAPTER 10 CLASSIFICATION AND DIVISION
The Pattern
Using Classification and Division for a Purpose
The Ordering Principle for Classification and Division
Supporting Details
Organizing Details
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Writing Classification and Division, etc.

CHAPTER 11 DEFINITION
The Pattern
Using Definition for a Purpose
Supporting Details
Organizing Details
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Writing Definition, etc.

CHAPTER 12 THE LAW AND SOCIETY: A CASEBOOK FOR ARGUMENTATION-PERSUASION
The Difference Between Argumentation and Persuasion
Purpose and Audience
Supporting Details
Raising and Countering Objections
The Toulmin Model, etc.

CHAPTER 13 COMBING PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT
Pattern for a Purpose
Using The Patterns of Development in Your Writing
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Combining Patterns
Annotated Student Essay
Augustinian Influences, etc.

CHAPTER 14 LOCATING, EVALUATING, AND DRAWING ON SOURCES
Using Sources
Locating Sources
Evaluating print and Internet Sources
Drawing on Sources: Paraphrasing and Quoting
Integrating Paraphrases and Quotations, etc.

Includes index : p. I.1-I.15