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Introduction to First Year Composition
How to Use This Book
Contributors & Acknowledgments
1. Genre
2. Narration, Exposition, Description, Reflection, Persuasion
3. Organization
4. Application: Writing an Autobiographical Essay
5. Research
6. Annotation & Reference
7. Synthesis
8. Citation & Bibliography
9. Application: Writing an Annotated Bibliography
10. Rhetoric
11. Analysis
12. Structure
13. Application: Writing a Rhetorical Analysis Essay
14. College Course Basics
15. Critical Reading & Thinking
16. The Art of Rhetoric
17. Syntax & Style
18. Grammar
19. Citation Style Guides
20. Examining Biases
21. Annotating Sources
22. Avoiding Plagiarism
23. Wrapping Up
24. Application: Start Finding Sources
25. What is style in academic writing and why is it necessary?
26. Diction
27. Active Voice
28. Imagery
29. Eye-Catching Titles
30. Grammar
31. Telling a Story: From Fragments to Sentences
32. To Run or Not to Run: Comma Splices & Run-On Sentences
33. Wrapping Up
34. Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay
35. Organically Structured Essays
36. Paragraphs
37. Key Sentences
38. Transitions
39. Concluding Sentences
40. Arranging Paragraphs
41. Introductions
42. Conclusions
43. Finding Flow
44. Smoothing Your Writing
45. Wrapping Up
46. Application: Synthesis Tables
47. What is the Writing Process?
48. Understanding the Assignment
49. Prewriting
50. Planning
51. Reverse Outlining
52. Reading Aloud
53. Peer Review
54. Understanding Feedback
55. Revising
56. Reflections and Cover Letters
57. Wrapping Up
58. Application: Blending Prewriting Strategies
59. Active Reading
60. Narrative: "A Mother’s Love"
61. Narrative: "An Inanimate Object"
62. Narrative: “Disconnectivity”
63. Profile of a Place: "The Baker Hotel"
64. Profile of a Place: "Curiosity Killed the Cadillacs"
65. Profile of a Place: "Old Main Building - TWU"
66. Profile: “Danza Bufalo: A Discourse Community
67. Art Analysis: "The Beauty in Chaos"
68. Commercial Analysis: "The Chevrolet Commercial"
69. Think Piece: "Are Women Overprepared For Pregnancy and Underprepared for Postpartum Recovery?"
70. Think Piece: "Chronic Loneliness or COVID-19: Which is Worse for Elders?"
71. Think Piece: "Why We Must Fight for Medicare for All"
72. Think Piece: “It’s Time to Trash the Puzzle Piece: A Story of Autism and Symbolism”
73. Think Piece: “We Need to Stop Celebrating ‘Diversity’”
74. Annotated Bibliography: "Summary"
75. Annotated Bibliography: "Immigration Reform"
76. Research Essay: "Displacement between Powers"
77. Academic Research: “True Crime: Causing True Harm?”
78. Remix: "The Baker Hotel"
79. Remix: "Encapturing Nature"
80. Remix: "Welcome to the Cadillac Ranch"
81. Remix: “The Monkey Bars Are Burning”
82. Remix: “Life Creates Art”
83. Want to Learn More? Handbook Section
84. Punctuation
85. Words and Language
86. Point of View
87. Verbs
88. Pronouns
89. Mechanics
90. MLA Style and Format
91. APA Style and Format
92. Chicago Style and Format
93. Why Create a Learning Journey Journal?
94. How to Take Notes
95. Understanding Your Assignment
96. Understanding Inquiry
97. Writing Beyond Five Paragraphs
98. Inquiry via Other Modes
99. Writing as Process and Community
100. Writing to Research
101. Wrapping Up
102. Writing in Style
103. Application: Question Trees
104. Wrapping Up
105. Application: Your Writing Inventory
106. Greetings Testing
107. For Instructors: How to Take Notes
108. For Instructors: Learning Journey Journal
109. For Instructors: Understanding the Assignment
110. For Instructors: Active Reading Lesson Plan
111. For Instructors: Creating Evidence Based Claims Activities
112. For Instructors: Finding & Composing Thesis Statements
113. For Instructors: Comma Splices & Run-On Sentences
114. For Instructors: From Fragments to Sentences
115. For Instructors: Diagnostic Essay
116. For Instructors: Rhetorical Precis Lesson Plan
117. For Instructors: Purpose & Choice in the Remix Project
118. For Instructors: “The Yellow Wallpaper”
119. For Instructors: Maggie a Girl of the Streets
120. For Instructors: My Antonia
121. Question: Stasis Theory
122. College Writing: Expectations
123. College Writing: Annotation
124. Genres
125. Rhetoric
126. Organization
127. Style: Diction: Vocabulary Practice
128. Style: Quiz: Grammar, Sentence, and Punctuation
129. Style: Quiz: Punctuation and Sentences
130. Style: Quiz: Sentence Problems
131. Identifying Genre Expectations
132. Defining Audience and Purpose
133. Analyzing vs. Composing in Genres
134. Understanding Corollary Genres
135. Summary
136. Analysis
137. Synthesis
138. Multimodality
139. Narrative
140. Literacy Narrative
141. Report
142. Profile of a Place
143. Review
144. Academic Research Essay
145. Rhetorical Analysis
146. Diagnostic Essay
147. Annotated Bibliography
148. Purpose & Choice in the Remix Project
149. Wrapping Up
150. Application: PAID Genre Analysis
151. Exploratory
152. Works Cited
153. What is Argumentation?
154. What does it mean to argue?
155. Composing Strong Thesis Statements
156. What’s the Point: Finding Thesis Statements
157. Developing an Argumentative Style
158. Analyzing Claims (i.e., Toulmin Method)
159. Analytical Writing
160. Writing with the Appeals
161. Alternative or Cultural Methods and Approaches
162. Creating Evidence-Based Claims
163. Wrapping Up
164. Rhetoric is Cultural
165. Rhetoric is Political, but not Politics
166. Rhetoric is Different from Argument
167. The Rhetorical Situation
168. Author
169. Audience
170. Setting and Context
171. Purpose
172. Medium
173. Positionality and Identification
174. Rhetorical Fallacies
175. Visual Rhetoric
176. Breaking Down the Rhetorical Précis
177. Wrapping Up
178. Application: Positionality Analysis
An exploratory essay will:
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