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Author: ksteffen
Book Description: This textbook was created to address English general education student learning outcomes.
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Introduction
Breaking Down your Prompt
The Writing Process
Prewriting Video- How NOT to Brainstorm
Prewriting Videos- Freewriting
Concepts and Strategies for Revision
Revising and Editing
Drafting and Revising
Revising Your Draft(s)
Editing and Proofreading
Portfolio Reflection: Your Growth as a Writer
Drafting
Working with Peers
Peer Review and Responding to Others’ Drafts
Peer Workshop
Understanding the Writing Assignment
Knowing Your Audience
Audience, Purpose, & Context
Purpose, Audience, Tone, and Content
Flow
Concision
Making Sure Your Voice is Present
Working With Words: Which Word is Right?
Rhetorical Modes Chart
Audience Analysis Worksheet
Definition Argument
Evaluation Argument
Causal Argument
Argument
Constructing the "Three-Story Thesis"
Essay Organization
The Paragraph
Writing Paragraphs
Organizing an Essay
Introductions & Conclusions
Introductions and Conclusions
Writing Thesis Statements
How to Read Rhetorically
Student Argument Essay #1
Student Argument Essay #2
Student Argument Essay #3
The Rhetorical Situation
Learning to Read with a Purpose
The Guiding Idea and Argumentative Thesis
Claims
Evaluation
Compare/Contrast
Patterns of Development (Comparison/Contrast)
Illustration/Example
Exemplification
Cause/Effect
MLA Research and Citations
MLA Format
MLA STYLE
Avoiding Plagiarism
Plagiarism: A Brief Introduction
Integrating Sources and Academic Integrity
Signal Phrases
Using Sources
Supporting Evidence
Determine an Author's Claim- exercise
Sound and Valid Argument
Quoting
Thesis Writing
Matters of Grammar, Mechanics, and Style
Clarity and Concision
Higher and Lower Order Concerns for Editing
Getting the Mechanics Right
Summary versus Analysis Essay
Writing a Summary
Summary Model Text by Student Author
Using Evidence
Paraphrasing and Quoting
Responding to Counterarguments
Identifying Concessions and Counter Arguments
Concessions and Counter Arguments: Practice
The Research Process
Overcoming Writing Anxiety and Writer’s Block
Choosing a Topic
Narrowing and Developing a Topic
Starting Research with Questions
Finding a Research Question
Developing a Research Question
Overview of the Research Process
Identify: Understanding Your Information Need
Developing a Research Strategy
Gathering Evidence
Planning Research
Boolean Searching Basics
Finding Sources
Types of Sources: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
The Associated Press YouTube Archive
Using Wikipedia Effectively
Reading Scholarly Sources
Scope: Knowing What is Available
Source Evaluation
Evaluating Sources
Evaluating Web Sources
Evaluate Research
Using the Right Sources
Breaking Down Academic Articles
The Information Cycle
Thinking Critically about Sources
Why Fact-Checking?
Fact Checking Strategy- The SIFT Method
Secondary Sources
Fact-Checking Images and Memes
Rhetorical Moves in Academic Writing
Visual Rhetoric
What Is Rhetorical Analysis?
Recognizing Claims
Rhetorical Appeals: Logos, Pathos, and Ethos
Pathos: The Place of Emotion in Argument
Ethos: Building Relationships and Authority
Logical Fallacies
Forming a Research-based Argument
Analysis and Synthesis
Informative vs. Argumentative Synthesis
Synthesizing in Your Writing
Listening to Sources, Talking to Sources
Make Connections When Synthesizing in Your Writing
Annotating the Writer's Claims
Quoting, Summarizing, and Paraphrasing
Using Evidence Effectively
Integrating Source Material with Your Ideas
Citation and Documentation
Situations Where a Student Would use MLA
MLA Style Introduction YouTube
Using APA Citations
Citation Generators
Summarizing
Summary and Analysis Assignment
Plagiarism Tutorial
Organizing Your Writing
Methods of Organizing Your Writing
Revision and Peer Review
Basic Structure and Content of Argument
What Makes an Argument?
Logic and Structure
Connecting Purpose with Claims
Warrants
Using Evidence Effectively and Ethically
Good Reasoning
How to Think About Deductive Logic
Understanding and Composing Researched Arguments
Creating a Research Poster
Peer Review
Appendix
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