02230nam a22002177a 4500 120730t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0072947780 PE1408.D5437 Dietsch, Betty Mattix Reasoning and writing well: A rhetoric, research guide, reader, and handbook. / Betty Mattrix Dietsch 3rd ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2003. xlvii,732 p.: ill.; 24cm. Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: Rhetoric and research writing guide: The Writing situation and early stages of writing process: Writing in context -- Different voices for different occasions and audiences -- Prewriting: Discovering ideas -- Drafting: Exploring ideas -- Revision workshop: Later stages of the writing process: Revising, editing, and and proofreading: An overview -- Revision and acccuracy: Begining to think critically -- Revising paragraphs -- Editing: Styling sentences -- Editing: Improving word choice -- Options for organization: Narration: Recounting events -- Description: Conveying impressions -- Process analysis: Explaining how -- Illustration: Showing with examples -- Classification: Grouping and dividing -- Comparison and contrast: Explaining likeness and difference -- Definition: Identifying basic characteristics -- Cause and effect: Explaining why -- Critical thinking, evaluation, and argument: Problem solving -- Shaping an effective argument -- Detecting falacies -- Research writing: Preliminary considerations for research -- Primary research: Observation, interviews, and surveys -- Secondary resaerch: Locating print and electronic sources -- Documenting sources -- Using sources and writing a research paper -- Reading and responding to essays -- Reading and responding to short stories, novels, and plays -- Reading and responding to poetry -- Essay exams, employment writing, and oral presentations: Writing effective essay exams -- Employment writing for the twenty-fisrt century -- Oral presentations. English language -- Rhetoric. English language -- Grammar Handbooks, manuals, etc. College readers. lcc BK 1873 9373 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-07-30 0 PE1408.D5437 4337/12 2012-07-30 00:00:00 1 2012-07-30 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-07-30 0 PE1408.D54371 4338/12 2012-07-30 00:00:00 2 2012-07-30 BK