Writing and Revising: A Portable Guide / Edition 2

by Marcia Muth, X. Kennedy, Dorothy Kennedy

Overview

Offering strategies and support whether youre writing brief papers or more in-depth essays citing multiple sources, Writing and Revising is a concise and affordable writing guide and reference.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781457682339
Publisher:	Bedford/St. Martin's
Publication date:	10/03/2014
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

X. J. KENNEDY is an acclaimed poet, children's writer, college teacher, and textbook author. He has taught freshman composition at the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Tufts University. Since 1966, more than two million students have treasured his introductory literature texts; The Bedford Guide for College Writers, coauthored with Dorothy M. Kennedy, Marcia F. Muth, and Sylvia A. Holladay, now in its seventh edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005); and The Bedford Reader, coedited with Dorothy M. Kennedy and Jane E. Aaron, now in its eighth edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006).

DOROTHY M. KENNEDY is a writer and editor whose articles and reviews have appeared in both professional and academic journals. She has taught composition at the University of Michigan and Ohio University and, with X. J. Kennedy, is the recipient of the NCTE Teacher's Choice Award for Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry.

MARCIA F. MUTH teaches, writes, and edits. She has taught first-year composition at The Ohio State University and now offers writing workshops through the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Denver. She is the author or coauthor of several composition textbooks and ancillaries, including The Bedford Guide for College Writers, Seventh Edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005), Researching and Writing: A Portable Guide (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006), and Harold D. Lasswell: An Annotated Bibliography. Her various projects as a writer and editor have included many grant proposals, textbooks, reports, and other publications.

Table of Contents

1. Writing Processes
Writing, Reading, and Critical Thinking A Process of Writing A Spotlight on Audience and Purpose Remembering What Matters Most

2. Reading Processes
A Process of Critical Reading Preparing to Read Reading on Literal and Analytical Levels

3. Critical Thinking Processes
A Process of Critical Thinking A Spotlight on Evidence

4. Strategies for Generating Ideas
Discovering Ideas Getting Ready to Write

5. Strategies for Planning
Shaping Your Topic for Your Audience and Your Purpose Stating and Using a Thesis Organizing Your Ideas

6. Strategies for Drafting
Starting and Restarting Paragraphing Writing an Opening Writing a Conclusion Achieving Coherence

7. Strategies for Developing
Giving Examples Providing Details Drawing on Experience Observing a Scene Conversing and Interviewing Defining Reasoning Inductively and Deductively Analyzing a Subject Analyzing a Process Dividing and Classifying Comparing and Contrasting Identifying Causes and Effects Adding Visual Evidence

8. Strategies for Revising
Re-viewing and Revising Working with a Peer Editor Revising for Emphases, Conciseness, and Clarity A Sample Student Revision

9. Strategies for Editing and Proofreading
Editing Proofreading Quick Editing Guide

10. Strategies for Arguing
Developing an Argument Presenting Your Argument

11. Strategies for Integrating Sources
Selecting Supporting Evidence for Your Writing Capturing, Launching, and Citing Source material Citing and Listing Sources in MLA Style Citing andListing Sources in APA Style