Includes index

Contents: Purpose -- Audience -- Genre --Stance -- Media/Design --Writing a literacy narrative -- Analyzing a text -- Reporting information -- Arguing a position -- Abstracts-- Annotated bibliographies -- ........... -- Literary analyses -- Memoirs -- Profiles -- Proposals -- Reflections -- Resumes and job letters -- Mixing genres -- Writing as inquiry --Collaborating -- Generating ideas and text -- Drafting -- Assessing your own writing - Getting response and revising -- Editing and proofreading -- Compiling a portfolio -- Beginning and ending --Guiding your reader -- Analyzing causes and effects -- Arguing -- Classifying and dividing -- Comparing and contrasting -- Defining -- .............Narrating -- Reading strategies -- Taking essay exams -- Developing a research plan -- Finding sources -- Evaluating sources -- Synthesizing ideas -- Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing -- Acknowledging sources, avoiding plagiarism -- Documentation -- MLA style -- APA style -- Print text -- Spoken text -- Electronic text -- Handbook: Sentences -- Words -- Punctuation/Mechanics --