The Allyn & Bacon guide to writing / John D. Ramage, John C. Bean, [and] June Johnson.

Includes index.

Detailed Contents -- Writing Projects -- Thematic Contents – Preface -- PART ONE A Rhetoric for College Writers -- CHAPTER 1 Posing Problems: The Demands of College Writing -- CHAPTER 2 Exploring Problems, Making Claims -- CHAPTER 3 Thinking Rhetorically about Purpose, Audience, and Genre -- CHAPTER 4 Thinking Rhetorically about How Messages Persuade -- PART TWO Writing Projects -- WRITING TO LEARN -- CHAPTER 5 Seeing Rhetorically: The Writer as Observer -- CHAPTER 6 Reading Rhetorically: The Writer as Strong Reader -- WRITING TO EXPRESS -- CHAPTER 7 Writing an Autobiographical Narrative -- WRITING TO EXPLORE -- CHAPTER 8 Writing an Exploratory Essay -- WRITING TO INFORM -- CHAPTER 9 Writing an Informative (and Surprising) Essay -- WRITING TO ANALYZE AND SYNTHESIZE -- CHAPTER 10 Analyzing Field Research Data from Observation, Interviews, or Questionnaires -- CHAPTER 11 Analyzing Images -- CHAPTER 12 Analyzing a Short Story -- CHAPTER 13 Analyzing and Synthesizing Ideas -- WRITING TO PERSUADE -- CHAPTER 14 Writing a Classical Argument -- CHAPTER 15 Making an Evaluation -- CHAPTER 16 Proposing a Solution 475 -- PART THREE -- A Guide to Composing and Revising -- CHAPTER 17 Writing as a Problem-Solving Process -- CHAPTER 18 Composing and Revising Closed-Form Prose -- CHAPTER 19 Composing and Revising Open-Form Prose -- PART FOUR A Rhetorical Guide to Research -- CHAPTER 20 An Introduction to Research -- CHAPTER 21 Finding and Evaluating Sources -- CHAPTER 22 Using, Citing, and Documenting Sources -- PART FIVE A Guide to Special Writing and Speaking Occasions -- CHAPTER 23 Oral Communication: Working in Groups and Giving Speeches -- CHAPTER 24 Essay Examinations: Writing Well Under Pressure -- CHAPTER 25 Assembling a Portfolio and Writing a Reflective Self-Evaluation -- PART SIX A Guide to Editing -- HANDBOOK 1 Improving Your Editing Skills -- HANDBOOK 2 Understanding Sentence Structure -- HANDBOOK 3 Punctuating Boundaries of Sentences, Clauses, and Phrases -- HANDBOOK 4 Editing for Standard English Usage -- HANDBOOK 5 Editing for Style -- HANDBOOK 6 Editing for Punctuation and Mechanics -- Acknowledgments – Index.

"The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing will help you acquire the critical thinking, writing, and research skills you'll need to do well in your composition course. You will learn key concepts in Part 1, explore specific strategies in Part 2, and practice essential skills in Parts 3 and 4 that will improve your writing practice, help you succeed with your papers, and strengthen skills you'll use in the future.
Writing projects focus on a particular type of assignment and include exploratory activities, in-class work, and guidance on the writing process tailored to a particular genre. In addition, student and pro- fessional papers will help you see how other writers have responded to similar opportunities and chal- lenges. Writing projects range from academic genres (e.g., annotated bibliography or synthesis essay) that will prepare you for your other courses to "real world" genres (e.g., a set of instructions, an argu- ment, or a speech with visual aids) that you'll use on the job or in civic life.
KEY MATERIAL AVAILABLE ONLY IN THIS EDITION
• New "Strategies" boxes detail ways of breaking down large writing assignments into manageable, productive tasks.
• Part 1 has been reorganized to highlight twelve key takeaway concepts, helping you quickly locate essential material and readily understand critical content.
• New annotated "Framework" charts present an at-a-glance summary of the typical structures of many kinds of writing projects to help you better organize the papers you write."-- Back cover.