College Writer's Guide

Composition and Critical Thinking in Action
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-7924-8259-5
Verlag: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Paperback

College Writer's Guide: Composition and Critical Thinking is a tool to help you communicate effectively and become fluent in reading, writing, speaking and listening to Standard English. Good communication is key to success in our academic, personal and professional lives. Integrating the strategies of process writing, graphic organizers, thinking maps and workbook elements, this text will guide you through the skills you need to be successful. It is a step by step guide to academic skill development and communication strategies. This edition includes Modern Language Association (MLA) style instruction and practice where you can learn to provide documentation and write in any discipline. Ultimately, through the use of this text, you will strengthen your communication skills, understand language, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and mechanics. The College Writer's Guide is meant to be a resource you can return to perfect communication skills.

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Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- INTRODUCTION
- Introduction to College Composition and Critical Thinking
- Composition and Critical Thinking: An Overview
- Student Learning Outcomes
- MODULE I Composition—College Writing and Critical Thinking
- College Writing
- All about You
- Low/High Culture
- Semiotic Method
- Who Are You?
- Introduction Exercise
- Educational Background
- Writer's Workshop
- Peer Review
- Peer Review Responses
- Educational Background–Final Draft
- MODULE II The Writing Process
- Writing is Thinking
- Thinking in Print
- Being in the Know
- What is Research?
- The Writing Process
- Writing and Rhetorical Situations
- Write to Connect
- Rhetoric
- Rhetorical Situations
- College Composition
- Other Elements to Consider
- Step I: Pre-Writing
- Thesis
- Organization
- Step II: First Draft
- Journal #1
- Writing Paragraphs
- Paragraph Length
- Step III: Editing
- Step IV: Revising
- Writing Process Worksheet
- MODULE III MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION (MLA) Format
- "Argumentation is Everything"
- MLA Examples
- In-Text Citations
- Critical Analysis
- MODULE IV Critical Thinking
- Advertisement
- Pre-Writing
- Questioning
- Quickwrite
- Thesis
- First Draft
- Final Draft
- Summary
- Journal #2
- Module Appendix: Writing Process Worksheet
- MODULE V Research
- Sources
- Internet Searching
- Do it Yourself
- Sources
- Synthesis
- Avoiding Plagiarism
- Writing a Longer Research Project (Midterm)
- Organization and Drafting
- MLA Quick Review
- MODULE VI ORGANIZATION
- World-Class Worldwide
- Global Scholarship
- Practice
- Evidence
- Journal #3—Review
- Punctuation and Mechanics
- MODULE VII Writing Tips and Miscellany
- Argumentation
- Parts of Speech
- Organization Review
- Journal #4—Reflection