A Sequence for Academic Writing

Preface for Instructors

Note to the Student



Part One: Structures

Chapter 1-Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation

What Is a Summary?

The Reading Process

How to Write Summaries

Will Your Job Be Exported?-Alan S. Blinder

Summarizing Figures and Tables

Paraphrase

Quotations

Avoiding Plagiarism

The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln-Doris Kearns Goodwin

Chapter 2-Critical Reading and Critique

Critical Reading

The Moon We Left Behind Charles Krauthammer

Critique

Model Critique: A Critique of "The Moon We Left Behind" by Charles Krauthammer-Andrew Harlan

The Common App Fallacy-Damon Beres

Chapter 3-Explanatory Synthesis

What Is a Synthesis?

Explanation: News Article from the New York Times

While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales-Michael Moss

Argument: Op-Ed from the BostonGlobe

Got Too Much Cheese?-Derrick Z. Jackson

How to Write Syntheses

The Explanatory Synthesis

The History of the Space Elevator-P. K. Aravind

Applications of the Space Elevator-Bradley C. Edwards

Going Up-Brad Lemley

Why We Need a Space Elevator-Cathy Swan and Peter Swan

Model Paper: The Space Elevator-Sheldon Kearney

Chapter 4-Argument Synthesis

What Is an Argument Synthesis?

Demonstration: Developing an Argument Synthesis-Balancing Privacy and Safety in the Wake of Virginia Tech

Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech: Report of the Review Panel

Laws Limit Schools Even After Alarms-Jeff Gammage and Stacey Burling

Perilous Privacy at Virginia Tech-Christian Science Monitor

Colleges Are Watching Troubled Students-Jeffrey McMurray

Campus Stabbing Student Sues UC Regents-Larry Gordon

Virginia Tech Massacre Has Altered Campus Mental Health Systems-Associated Press

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Model Argument Synthesis: Balancing Privacy and Safety in the Wake of Virginia Tech-David Harrison

Developing and Organizing the Support for Your Arguments

The Comparison-and-Contrast Synthesis

Model Exam Response: Key Similarities and Differences between World Wars I and II

Summary of Synthesis Chapters

Chapter 5-Analysis

What Is an Analysis?

How to Write Analyses

The Plug-In Drug-Marie Winn

When Your Perspective Guides the Analysis

Model Analysis: The Case of the Missing Kidney Linda Shanker

A Theory of Human Motivation-Abraham H. Maslow

The Appeal of the Democracy of Goods-Roland Marchand

Elements of an Effective Layout-Dorothy Cohen

Part Two: Strategies

Chapter 6-Writing as a Process

Writing as Thinking

Stages of the Writing Process

Stage 1: Understanding the Task

Stage 2: Gathering Data

Stage 3: Invention

Stage 4: Drafting

Stage 5: Revision

Stage 6: Editing

Chapter 7- Locating, Mining, and Citing Sources

Source-Based Papers

Preliminary Research

Focused Research

The Working Bibliography

Arrainging Your Notes: The Outline

Plagiarism, the Internet, and Fair Use

MLA Style: In-text Citations

MLA Style: Citations in the Works Cited List

APA Style: In-text Citations

APA Style: Citations in the References List

Chapter 8- Practicing Academic Writing

The Changing Landscape of Work in the Twenty-first Century

Work and Workers in the Twenty-first Century- Richard Judy and Carol D'Amico

The Untouchables- Thomas Friedman

Will Your Job Be Exporter?- Alan Blinder

Into the Unknown- The Economist

Employment Projections: 2006-2016 Summary- The Bureau of Labor Statistics

Engineering- Victoria Reitz

Business- Tom Peters

Technology and Services- Steve Lohr

Law- Tom McGrath

Medicine- Matt Richtel

Credits

Index