Strategies for successful writing : a rhetoric, research guide, reader, and handbook / James A. Reinking, Andrew W. Hart, and Robert von der Osten.

CONTENTS

--RHETORIC--

WRITING : A FIRST LOOK
The purpose of writing
The audience for your writing
E.tc

PLANNING AND DRAFTING YOUR PAPER
Understanding the assignment
Zeroing in on a topic
E.tc

REVISING AND EDITING YOUR PAPER
Preparing to revise
Considering the whole essay
E.tc

NARRATION: RELATING EVENTS
Purpose
Action
Conflict
E.tc

DESCRIPTION: PRESENTING IMPRESSIONS
Purpose
Sensory impressions
E.tc

PROCESS ANALYSIS: EXPLAINING HOW
Kinds of process analysis papers
Writing a process analysis
E.tc

ILLUSTRATION: MAKING YOURSELF CLEAR
Selecting appropriate examples
Number of examples
E.tc

CLASSIFICATION: GROUPING INTO CATEGORIES
Selecting categories
Number of categories
E.tc

COMPARISON: SHOWING RELATIONSHIPS
Selecting items for comparison
Developing a comparison
E.tc

CAUSE AND EFFECT: EXPLAINING WHY
Patters in causal analysis
Reasoning errors in causal analysis
E.tc

DEFINTION : ESTABLISHING BOUNDARIES
Types of definitions
Writing an extended definition
E.tc

ARGUMENT: CONVINCING OTHERS
MIXING THE WRITING STRATEGIES
PARAGRAPHS
EFFECTIVE SENTENCES
DICTION, TONE, STYLE
THE ESSAY EXAMINATION
WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE
BUSINESS LETTERS AND RESUMES

--RESEARCH GUIDE--

THE LIBRARY RESEARCH PAPER
DOCUMENTING SOURCES
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH STRATEGIES: INTERVIES, QUESTIONNAIRES, DIRECT OBSERVATIONS

--READER--

STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL READING

ETC

Includes bibliographical references and indexes p. 669-682