Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing. Vol. 2

366 Pages·2016·17.09 MB·English

by  Lowe C.

Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing
Series Editors, Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky
Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing
Series Editors, Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky
Volumes in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing offer multiple perspec-
tives on a wide-range of topics about writing. In each chapter, authors
present their unique views, insights, and strategies for writing by ad-
dressing the undergraduate reader directly. Drawing on their own ex-
periences, these teachers-as-writers invite students to join in the larger
conversation about the craft of writing. Consequently, each essay func-
tions as a standalone text that can easily complement other selected
readings in writing or writing-intensive courses across the disciplines
at any level.
Writing Spaces
Readings on Writing
Volume 2
Edited by
Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Writing spaces : readings on writing. Volume 1 / edited by Charles Lowe
and Pavel Zemliansky.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-60235-184-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-60235-185-1
(adobe ebook)
1. College readers. 2. English language--Rhetoric. I. Lowe, Charles,
1965- II. Zemliansky, Pavel.
PE1417.W735 2010
808’.0427--dc22
2010019487
Cover design by Colin Charlton.
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Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Ten Ways To Think About Writing: Metaphoric
Musings for College Writing Students 3
E. Shelley Reid
Composition as a Write of Passage 24
Nathalie Singh-Corcoran
Critical Thinking in College Writing: From
the Personal to the Academic 37
Gita DasBender
Looking for Trouble: Finding Your Way into
a Writing Assignment 52
Catherine Savini
How to Read Like a Writer 71
Mike Bunn
Murder! (Rhetorically Speaking) 87
Janet Boyd
The Complexity of Simplicity: Invention
Potentials for Writing Students 102
Colin Charlton
Writing “Eyeball To Eyeball”: Building A
Successful Collaboration 122
Rebecca Ingalls
On the Other Hand: The Role of Antithetical Writing
in First Year Composition Courses 141
Steven D. Krause
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Introduction to Primary Research: Observations,
Surveys, and Interviews 153
Dana Lynn Driscoll
Putting Ethnographic Writing in Context 175
Seth Kahn
Walk, Talk, Cook, Eat: A Guide to Using Sources 193
Cynthia R. Haller
Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources 210
Karen Rosenberg
Googlepedia: Turning Information Behaviors
into Research Skills 221
Randall McClure
Annoying Ways People Use Sources 242
Kyle D. Stedman
Everything Changes, or Why MLA Isn’t (Always) Right 257
Janice R. Walker
Storytelling, Narration, and the “Who I Am” Story 270
Catherine Ramsdell
The Sixth Paragraph: A Re-Vision of the Essay 286
Paul Lynch
Why Blog? Searching for Writing on the Web 302
Alex Reid
A Student’s Guide to Collaborative Writing Technologies 320
Matt Barton and Karl Klint
Beyond Black on White: Document Design and
Formatting in the Writing Classroom 333
Michael J. Klein and Kristi L. Shackelford
Contributors 351
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank a lot of people who contributed to this project.
First of all, we are very grateful to all the contributors for their hard
work, their willingness to listen, and their ability to work with our
reviewers who suggested numerous changes to their drafts. Without
the enthusiasm and expertise of our contributors, this project would
not exist.
Next, we would like to thank the members of our editorial board
who also served as chapter reviewers. No doubt, you have put countless
hours into the job of helping the authors make their chapters better.
We know that the contributors have really enjoyed the collaborative
and supportive review environment which you created.
We also want to acknowledge the immense amount of work of the
editorial staff. Matt Barton, Colin Charlton, Craig Hulst, Terra Wil-
liams, and Elizabeth Woodworth—you did everything from copyedit-
ing chapters to graphic design and visual editing, to editing and proof
reading contributors’ bios and chapter descriptions. Your contribu-
tions have been vital to this second volume of Writing Spaces, and it
would not have been possible without you.
Finally, a thanks to our partners at Parlor Press and the WAC
Clearinghouse for their continued support of this open textbook series
for first year composition.
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