TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dietsch, Betty Mattix
TI  - Reasoning & writing well: a rhetoric, research guide, reader and handbook 
SN  - 0072947780
U1  - 808.042 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Boston
PB  - McGrwa-Hill
KW  - English language
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Handbooks, manuals
KW  - Grammar
KW  - College readers
KW  - Reasoning
KW  - Report writing
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; •	Writing in context
•	Different voices for different occasions and audiences
•	Prewriting: discovering ideas
•	Drafting: exploring ideas
•	Revising, editing, and proofreading: an overview
•	Revision and accuracy: beginning to think critically
•	Revising paragraphs
•	Narrowing a topic sentence
•	Editing: styling sentences
•	Editing; improving word choice
•	Narration: recounting events
•	Description: conveying impressions
•	Process analysis: explaining how
•	Illustration: showing with examples
•	Classification: grouping and dividing
•	Comparison and contrast: explaining likeness and difference
•	Definition: identifying basic characteristics
•	Cause and effect: explaining why
•	Problem solving
•	Shaping an effective argument
•	Detecting fallacies
•	Preliminary considerations for research 
•	Primary research: observation, interviews, and surveys
•	Secondary research: locating print and electronic sources
•	Documenting sources
•	Using sources and writing a research paper
•	Reading and responding to essays
•	Reading and responding to short stories, novels, and plays
•	Reading and responding to poetry
•	Writing effective essay exams
•	Employment writing for the twenty-first
•	Oral presentations
•	The reader


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