Helping you learn the research process while you are improving your writing skills, WRITING, READING, AND RESEARCH thoroughly covers the essentials for developing a research paper: analytical reading, synthesizing, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Presenting the process of research in a practical sequence, from simpler to more complex tasks, the authors illustrate each stage of the process with examples of student and professional writing. Using a flexible and goal-oriented approach, the authors have created a text that blends the best features of a theoretically informed rhetoric, an interdisciplinary reading anthology, and a research guide. WRITING, READING, AND RESEARCH, Ninth Edition, provides helpful and engaging exercises, frequent opportunities to write, and many occasions for discussion and critical response.
Author(s): Richard Veit, Christopher Gould, Kathleen Gould
Edition: 9
Publisher: Cengage
Year: 2014
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF
Pages: 641
Tags: English Language: Rhetoric; Research: Methodology; Academic Writing
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Half Title
Title
Statement
Copyright
Brief Contents
Contents
To the Instructor
Part I: Writing, Reading, and Research
Ch 1: Introduction to Writing
Introduction
Writing
Reading Selection
Additional Readings
About the Rest of This Book
Ch 2: Introduction to Reading
Introduction
Reading Habits and Strategies
Interpreting Texts
Responding to Reading
Reading Response Groups
Reading Selection
Additional Reading
Ch 3: Strategies for Reading
Introduction
Inferences
Context
Strategies for Understanding
Reading Selections
Additional Reading
Ch 4: Reading for the Main Idea
Introduction
General and Specific Categories
Deductive and Inductive Organization
Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences
Restating the Main Idea
A Further Comment on Paragraphs
Reading Selection
Additional Reading
Ch 5: Paraphrasing
Introduction
Paraphrase as a Reading Strategy
Using Paraphrase in Writing
Reading Selection
Additional Reading
Ch 6: Summarizing
Introduction
Summary and Paraphrase
Writing Summaries
Uses of Summary
Reading Selection
Additional Reading
Ch 7: Synthesizing
Introduction
A Brief Summary Report
The Obligation of Acknowledging Sources
Reading Selection
Additional Reading
Ch 8: Analyzing Texts
Introduction
Analyzing the Parts
Writing a Brief Reading Analysis
Reading Selection
Additional Readings
Ch 9: Beginning a Research Project
Introduction
The Research Paper
Primary and Secondary Research
Benefits of Doing Research
The Research Process
A Research Assignment
The Finished Product
Your Research Schedule: Planning in Advance
A Research Notebook
Your Research Topic
Generating Ideas
Ch 10: Finding Library Sources
Beginning Your Research
Your Campus Library
Electronic Resources
Using Your Library’s Research Tools
Finding Articles: Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers
Using Electronic Databases
Finding Government Documents
Internet Resources
The Reference Librarian—The Most Resourceful Resource
The Annotated Bibliography
Writing the Annotations
Ch 11: Finding Sources Outside the Library: Interviews, Letters, and Surveys
Interviewing Sources
Writing for Information
Conducting Surveys, Questionnaires, and Assessment
Still Other Sources
Ch 12: Putting Your Sources to Work
A Research Prospectus
The Working Bibliography
Using Your Sources
Avoiding Plagiarism
Ch 13: Using Sources in Research Writing
Introduction
The Conventions of Reporting
Options for Presenting Sources
Acknowledging Sources
Relying on Experts
Paraphrasing Sources
Quoting Sources
When to Quote and When to Paraphrase
A Further Note on Plagiarism
Practice with Using Sources
Ch 14: Writing and Revising the Research Paper
Getting Organized
Writing the First Good Draft
Editing and Revising
Typing and Proofreading Your Polished Draft
Ch 15: Argument: Reading, Writing, and Research
Introduction
Emotional Persuasion
Logical Argument
An Informal Analysis of an Argument
A Critique of an Argument
An Argumentative Research Essay
A Sample Argumentative Essay
Part II: Research Paper Reference Handbook
Ch A: List of Works Cited (MLA Format)
Introduction
Bibliographic Formats
General Guidelines—MLA Format
Model Entries—MLA Format
Ch B: Parenthetical Notes (MLA Format)
Introduction
Types of Notes
Parenthetical Notes
Informational Footnotes
Ch C: Research Paper Format (MLA Style)
Format for Your Polished Draft
A Formal Outline
Ch D: APA Format
Formats Other than MLA
APA Style
Ch E: Format Featuring Numbered References
Introduction
Credits
Index
IBC
