Title:
Reading rhetorically : a reader for writers
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Publication Information:
New York : Longman, 2002
ISBN:
9780205308859
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Table of Contents
| I Reading Rhetorically |
| 1 Your Life as a Reader |
| An Overview of This Textbook |
| Exploring Your Reading Life |
| Taking Stock of Why You Read |
| Summary |
| Scenes Of Reading |
| A Brief Writing Project Three Samples to Read |
| 2 The Special Demands of Academic Reading |
| Reading as Conversation |
| Challenges Presented by Academic Reading |
| Rhetorical Reading as An Academic Strategy |
| Questions that Rhetorical Readers Ask |
| Writers' Purposes Versus Readers' Purposes |
| A Further Look at Writers' Purposes |
| Expressing and Reflecting (Chapter Nine) |
| Inquiring and Exploring (Chapter Ten) |
| Informing and Explaining (Chapter Eleven) |
| Analyzing and Interpreting (Chapter Twelve) |
| Taking a Stand (Chapter Thirteen) |
| Evaluating and Judging (Chapter Fourteen) |
| Proposing Solutions (Chapter Fifteen) |
| Seeking Common Ground (Chapter Sixteen) |
| Summary |
| Notes |
| 3 Strategies for Reading Rhetorically |
| Reading and Writing Are Acts of Composing |
| Thomas Lux, ldquo;The Voice You Hear When You Read Silently.rdquo; For Writing and Discussion |
| Authors Adapt Texts to Their Rhetorical Context |
| An Extended Example: Articles about Teenagers' Sleep Habits |
| For Writing and Discussion |
| Learning from the Practices of Experienced Readers |
| Building a Context for Reading |
| For Writing and Discussion |
| Matching Strategies with the Text's Genre |
| Matching Strategies with Purpose for Reading |
| Taking Stock of How You Read |
| For Writing and Discussion |
| Summary |
| Sources of the Article Excerpts about Teenagers' Sleep Patterns |
| Notes |
| II Reading and Responding to Texts |
| 4 Listening to a Text |
| Overview of Part Two |
| Writing as You Read |
| Preparing to Read |
| Identifying Your Purpose |
| Recalling Background Knowledge |
| Reconstructing Rhetorical Context |
| Spot Reading |
| For Writing and Discussion |
| Listening as You Read Initially |
| Noting Organizational Signals |
| Marking Unfamiliar Terms and References |
| Identifying Points of Difficulty |
| Annotating |
| For Writing and Discussion |
| Listening as You Reread |
| Mapping the Idea Structure |
| Descriptive Outlining |
| For Writing and Discussion |
| Summarizing |
| Writing a Rhetorical Preacute;cis |
| Summary |
| Brief Writing Assignment |
| Larissa MacFarquhar, ldquo;Who Cares If Johnny Can't Read?rdquo; |
| Notes |
| 5 Questioning a Text |
| What It Means to Question a Text |
| Strategies for Questioning a Text |
| Examining a Writer's Credibility |
| For Writing and Discussion |
| Examining a Writer's Appeals to Reason |
| Examining a Writer's Strategies for Engaging Readers |
| For Writing and Discussion |
| Examining a Writer's Language |
| For Writing and Discussion |
| Examining a Text's Ideology |
| For Writing and Discussion |
| Exploring Your Responses to a Text |
| Before/After Reflections |
| For Writing and Discussion |
| The Believing and Doubting Game |
| Interviewing the Author |
| Applying Rhetorical Reading Strategies: An Example |
| Jenny's Assignment to Examine Rhetorical Strategies |
| Jenny's Paper: ldquo;Who Cares If the Value of Books is Overstated?rdquo; For Writing and Discussion |
| Summary |
| Notes |
| III The Rhetorical Reader As Writer |
| 6 Writing About Reading: The Special Demands of Academic Writing |
| Overview of Part Three |
| Typical Reading-Based Writing Assignments Across the Curriculum |
