TY - BOOK AU - Trimbur,John TI - The call to write. SN - 0321084926 (casebound version) AV - PE1408.T69 U1 - 808/.042 21 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Longman KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Report writing KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - College readers N1 - Includes index; Contents: Writing and reading: The call to write -- What is writing? analyzing literacy events -- Reading strategies: analyzing the rhetorical situation -- Persuasion and responsibility: analyzing arguments -- Writing projects: Genres of writing -- Letters: establishing and maintaining relationships -- Memoirs: recalling personal experience -- Public documents: codifying beliefs and practices -- Profiles: creating a dominant impression -- Fact sheets and FAQS, brochures and web sites: informing and explaining -- Commentary: identifying patterns of meaning -- Proposals: formulating and solving problems -- Reviews: evaluating works and performances -- Writers at work: Managing your writing projects -- Case study of a writing assignment -- Working together: collaborative writing projects -- The form of non fiction prose -- Communicating online: writing int he age of digital literacy -- Guide to research: Doing research -- Research projects: using print and electronic sources -- Field research -- Presenting your work: Communicating with your readers -- Research projects: using MLA and APA styles -- Visual design -- Essay exams -- Writing portfolios -- Guide to editing: Why writers edit -- Working with sentences -- ER -