Rhetorical Contexts Readings for Writers

Chapters 4-9 conclude with Images. I. RHETORIC AND THE WRITING PROCESS. 1. Reading Strategies. Reading Speed and Purpose for Reading. Reading Speed and Comprehension. Techniques to Aid Reading: Pre-reading. Techniques to Aid Reading: Annotating. Teresa McCrary, "Getting Off the Welfare Carousel." Re-reading. Your Responsibilities as a Reader.2. Rhetorical Contexts. The Rhetorical Situation.3. The Writing ProcessInvention. Preview. General Overview of the Writing Process. Invention.4. The Writing ProcessArrangement. Preview. Planning. Drafting.5. The Writing ProcessStyle and Delivery. Preview. Effective Presentation of Ideas. Style. How to Revise. How to Edit. Delivery. READING IN CONTEXT. 6. Reporting and Recording. Getting Started. Writing the Essay. Thrills and Chills,Eric Minton. An American in Albania,John Hockenberry. Death Valley,Edward Abbey. Finishing School,Maya Angelou. Introduction to a New America,Diana Eck. Young Love,Ann Rule. Game Plan for DisasterColumbine,Lorraine Adams and Dale Russakoff. The Mozart Effect,Heidi Waleson. Behind the Veil,Camelia Entekhabi-Fard. Images: Women and the Veil.7. Exploring and Reflecting. Getting Started. Writing the Essay. The Value of Children: A Taxonomical Essay,Bernard Berelson. No Kidding,Scott Lehigh. From Outside, In,Barbara Mellix. Paradise Lost and Reclaimed,Cecilia Balli. Taking the Test,David Groff. If You Had to Kill Your Own Hog,Dick Gregory. Slaughterhouse Live,Kimberly French. How to Build a Slaughterhouse,Richard Selzer. And Here's the Pitch,John M. Williams. Images: Disability Issues in Advertising.8. Explaining and Interpreting. Getting Started. Writing the Essay. Compost Apprentice,Jon Rombach. Laughing Matters,Judith Newman. Scaring Up Business,Eric Minton. Parenting Paradox: Animal Adoptims,Sharon Levy. Sugaring,Margery Guest. Edgewalkers,Nina Boyd Krebs. Why Younger Women Are More Conservative,Gloria Steinem. Tunneling Atoms,Nicole Stricker. Nonverbal/Verbal,Leonard Schlain. Images: Planet Earth/Mushroom Cloud.9. Responding Emotionally. Getting Started. Writing the Essay. Who Then Will Speak for the Common Good?Barbara Jordan. Address to the Fourth UN World Conference on Women,Hilary Rodham Clinton. Address to the Nation in Mourning for Seven Astronauts Killed in Space,Ronald Reagan. Farewell to Fitness,Mike Royko. A Solution to Housework,Dave Barry. The Blobs,Patricia Barry. Which Stooge Are You?Ron Geraci. I Really Think You Should Lose Some Weight,Camryn Manheim. Daddy Tucked the Blanket,Randall Williams. Images: Roadside Memorial and Maria and Sonia by the Pool.10. Making Judgments. Getting Started. Writing the Essay. For the Love of Drama,Jennifer Bartlett. The Greatness of Billie,Ralph de Toledano. Hollywood and the Holocaust: Schindler's List,John Gross. A Good Man Is Hard to Find,Lorenzo W. Milam. Plutocracy Is Not Government by a Far Off Planet,Jim Hightower. Science for Sale,Tinker Ready. Heaven is Under Our Feet,Don Henley. Faith in Complexity,Ha Jin. Dreadlocked,Veronica Chambers. Images: American Icon: Iwo Jima.11. Influencing Others. Getting Started. Writing the Essay. The Bullet or the Ballot,Malcolm X. Policy Suspect Policy,Randall KenneWebb, Suzanne S. is the author of 'Rhetorical Contexts Readings for Writers' with ISBN 9780321089908 and ISBN 0321089901.