Title:
The composition of everyday life : a guide to writing
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Boston, MA : Wadsworth Publishing, 2007
Physical Description:
xlii, 822 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9781413018493
General Note:
Accompanied by study guides : (PE1408 M383 2007)
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Summary
Summary
Showing students that the act of writing is connected to everyday living, THE COMPOSITION OF EVERYDAY LIFE makes invention the primary component of your writing course and helps students re-discover concepts, uncover meaning, and re-think the world around them.
Table of Contents
| Introduction |
| 1 Remembering Who You Were |
| Chapter Readings |
| How I Lost the Junior Miss PageantCindy Bosley |
| Beat EducationLen Kress |
| The Aloha Spirit: A ReminiscenceAunty D |
| The Thrill of VictoryJennifer Schwind-Pawlak |
| The Agony of Parents |
| The Grapes ofMrs. Rath Steve Mockensturm |
| Outside Reading |
| Invention |
| Point of Contact |
| Analysis |
| Public Resonance |
| Delivery |
| Rhetorical Tools |
| Considering Your Thesis |
| Narration |
| Scenarios |
| Allusion |
| Dialogue |
| Organizational Strategies |
| What Details Should I Include? How Should I Begin? How Should I Conclude? Writer''s Voice |
| Using Figurative Language |
| Choosing Details |
| Using Slang |
| Choosing Allusions |
| Revision Strategies |
| Peer Revision |
| Global Revision |
| Considering Consequences |
| Everyday Rhetoric |
| 2 Explaining Relationships |
| Chapter Readings |
| The Ring of Truth: My Child is Growing UpJessie Thuma |
| Americans and the LandJohn Steinbeck |
| What the Honey MeantCindy Bosley |
| Dog TiedDavid Hawes |
| Friend or FoeDean Meek |
| Outside Reading |
| Invention |
| Point of Contact |
| Analysis |
| Public Resonance |
| Delivery |
| Rhetorical Tools |
| Considering Your Thesis |
| Using Narration |
| Using Description |
| Using Figurative Language |
| Organizational Strategies |
| How Should I Begin? |
| Where Should My Thesis or Main Point Go? |
| What Should I Conclude? |
| When Should I Change Paragraphs? |
| How Should I Make Transitions? |
| How Should I Conclude? |
| Writer''s Voice |
| Writing Whispers |
| Writing Yells |
| Writing Pace |
| Revision Strategies |
| Peer Review |
| Global Revision Questions |
| Considering Consequences |
| Everyday Rhetoric |
| 3 Observing |
| Chapter Readings |
| Annie Dillard, Living Like Weasels |
| Edward Abbey, Planting a Tree |
| Jane Goodall, Gombe |
| Chester McCovey, The Front Porch |
| Dean Meek, A Building of Mailboxes |
| Outside Reading |
| Invention |
| Point of Contact: Finding a Subject to Observe |
| Analysis: What Meaning Can I Discover? |
| Public Resonance: How Does This Matter to Others? |
| Delivery |
| Rhetorical Tools: Focusing and Developing the Idea |
| Articulating Your Thesis |
| Using Details |
| Using Narrative |
| Using Allusions |
| Using Simile/Metaphor |
| Organizational Strategies: Addressing Common Concerns |
| How Should I Deal with Public Resonance? |
| How Should I Arrange Details? |
| When Should I Change Paragraphs? |
| Writer''s Voice: Exploring Options |
| The Present "I" |
| The Invisible "I" |
| Level of Formality |
| Projecting Wonder |
| Revision Strategies |
| Peer Review |
| Global Revision |
| Considering Consequences |
| The Consequences of Your Essay |
| The Consequences of the Chapter Readings |
| The Consequences of Everyday Observations |
| Everyday Rhetoric |
| Writing, Speech, and Action Exploring Visual Rhetoric |
| 4 Analyzing Concepts |
| Chapter Readings |
| Pico Iyer, In Praise of the Humble Comma |
| What it Means to be CreativeS.I. Hayakawa |
| College: What''s in it for Me?Simon Benlow |
| Have It Your WaySteven M. Richardson |
| Why We No Longer Use the ''H'' WordDan Wilkins |
| Outside Reading |
| Invention |
| Point of Contact: Finding a Topic in Everyday Life |
| Analysis: What Does It Mean? Public Resonance: How Does It Matter to Others? Delivery |
| Rhetorical Tools: Developing Your Ideas |
| Considering Your Thesis |
| Developing Support |
| Using Definitions |
| Using Outside Sources |
| Organizational Strategies: Addressing Common Concerns |
| How Should I Begin? |
| When Should I Begin Paragraphs? |
| Where Should My Thesis Go? |
| How Should I Conclude? Writer''s Voice: Exploring Options |
| Using Metaphor |
| Using Allusions |
| Promoting Curiosity |
| Revision Strategies |
| Peer Review |
| Global Revision Questions |
| Considering Consequences |
| The Consequences of the Chapter Readings |
| The Consequences of Everyday Writing |
| Everyday Rhetoric |
| Writing, Speech, and Action Exploring Visual Rhetoric |
| 5 Making Arguments |
| Chapter Readings |
| Ward Churchill, Crimes Against Humanity |
| Why a Great Books Education is the Most PracticalDavid Crabtree |
| Cruelty, Civility, and Other Weighty MattersAnn Marie Paulin |
| Don''t Make Me a Has-Bean! Therese Cherry, Beware of Drug SalesJennifer Schwind-Pawlak |
| Outside Reading |
| Invention |
| Point of Contact |
| Analysis |
| Pu |
