Table of Contents

Introduction: Is Everyone an Author?

Part I. THE NEED FOR RHETORIC AND WRITING

1. Thinking Rhetorically

2. Engaging Productively with Others

3. Rhetorical Situations

* 4. Language, Power, and Rhetoric

5. Understanding College Expectations

Part II. READING PROCESSES

6. Reading Rhetorically

7. Annotating, Summarizing, Responding

8. Distinguishing Facts from Misinformation

Part III. WRITING PROCESSES

9. Managing the Writing Process

* 10. Reflecting on Your Writing

* annaya baynes, Becoming the Writer I Am

11. The Need for Collaboration

Part IV. GENRES OF WRITING

12. Choosing Genres

13. Arguing a Position

russel honoré, Work Is a Blessing

* nicole lynn lewis, How Colleges Tell Student-Parents They Don’t Belong

katherine spriggs, On Buying Local

14. Writing a Narrative

raya elfadel kheirbek, At the VA, Healing the Doctor-Patient Relationship

* paloma garcia, First Day of School

* charlotte clymer, They Called Me a Girl before Anyone Else Did

larry lehna, The Look

15. Writing Analytically

* shaan sachdev, The Key to Beyoncé’s Lasting Success

* frankie de la cretaz, Williams’s Tennis Outfits Defy the Norms

johna paolino, Google Home vs. Alexa

melissa rubin, Advertisements R Us

16. Reporting Information

wikipedia, Gender

bill laitner, Heart and Sole: Detroiter Walks 21 Miles to Work

* tate ryan-mosley, How Digital Beauty Filters Perpetuate Colorism

ryan joy, The Right to Preach on a College Campus

17. Writing a Review

tim alamenciak, Monopoly

* k. austin collins, Respect: Aretha’s Music Carries This Biopic

manisha ummadi, Indie Gem Expertly Captures Mental Illness

18. Making a Proposal

* emily burack, The Olympics Need a Permanent Location

david pasini, The Economic Impact of Investing in Sport Franchises

* mary king, Guaranteed Income Can Solve U.S. Poverty

* jonathan holloway, To Unite a Divided America, Make People Work for It

Part V. THE CENTRALITY OF ARGUMENT

19. Analyzing and Constructing Arguments

20. Strategies for Supporting an Argument

Part VI. RESEARCH

21. Starting Your Research

22. Finding Sources

* 23. Conducting Research in the Field

24. Keeping Track

25. Evaluating Sources

26. Annotating a Bibliography

27. Synthesizing Ideas

28. Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing

29. Giving Credit, Avoiding Plagiarism

30. MLA Style

31. APA Style

Part VII. STYLE

32. What’s Your Style?

33. Mixing Languages and Dialects

34. How to Craft Powerful Sentences

35. Polishing and Editing Your Writing

Part VIII. DESIGN AND DELIVERY

36. Designing What You Write

37. Composing and Remixing across Media

38. Making Presentations

* 39. Writing for a Public Audience

Bonus Ebook Chapters

A. Writing and Rhetoric in the Workplace

B. Assembling a Portfolio

C. Publishing Your Writing

Readings (Version with Readings only)

* richard alba, morris levy, and dowell myers, The Myth of a Majority-Minority America

dennis baron, What’s Your Pronoun?

lynda barry, The Sanctuary of School

alison bechdel, Fun Home

dana canedy, The Talk: After Ferguson...

barbara ehrenreich, Serving in Florida

* huma farid, Period Equity: Why Does It Matter?

* anna glavee, Black Enough: Protecting Linguistic Identity in the Writing Center

* annette gordon-reed, Origin Stories

* robin wall kimmerer, Learning the Grammar of Animacy

ryan kohls, Clean Sweep

* fortesa latifi, Young People Figured Out Their Identities during the Pandemic

john maeda, On Meaningful Observation

* clyde mcgrady, The Strange Journey of “Cancel”

* tressie mcmillan cottom, New Money

judith newman, To Siri, with Love

* nadra nittle, Why Did It Take So Long for Food Companies to Rebrand?

geoffrey pullum, Emoji Are Ruining Grasp of English, Says Dumbest Language Story of the Week

mike rose, Blue-Collar Brilliance

jia tolentino, “Coco,” a Story about Borders and Love

josh trujillo and levi hastings, It’s 2018, and Gay Men Still Can’t Give Blood in America

zeynep tufekci, Why the Post Office Makes America Great

jose antonio vargas, My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant

taté walker, The (Native) American Dream

* missy watson, Contesting Standardized English

jessica wildfire, The Internet Is Not Ruining Grammar

* carrie jade williams, Writing with Huntington’s Disease

Author / Title Index

Glossary / Index