Reading Rhetorically, 4th Edition
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Offering concise yet thorough treatment of academic reading and writing in college, Reading Rhetorically, 4th.ed., shows students how to analyze texts by recognizing rhetorical strategies and genre conventions, and how to incorporate other writers’ texts into their own research-based papers.
Four important features of this text:
1. Its emphasis on academic writing as a process in which writers engage with other texts
2. Its emphasis on reading as an interactive process of composing meaning
3. Its treatment rhetorical analysis as both an academic genre that sharpens students' reading acuity and as a tool for academic research
4. Its analytical framework for understanding and critiquing how visual texts interact with verbal texts
This brief rhetoric teaches students how to see texts positioned in a conversation with other texts, how to recognize a text's rhetorical aims and persuasive strategies, and how to analyze texts for both content and method.
ISBN
9780321846624
Publication Date
2014
Publisher
Pearson/Longman
City
Boston, MA
Disciplines
English Language and Literature
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Reading to Write: Strategies for College Writing
What Do We Mean by “Reading Rhetorically”?
The Demands and Pleasures of Academic Reading
Reading and Writing as Conversation
Reading and Writing as Acts of Composing
Reading Rhetorically as a Strategy for Academic Writing
Chapter Summary
Chapter 2
Analyzing Your Reading and Writing Context
Rhetorical Context: Purpose, Audience, and Genre
Analyzing Your Own Rhetorical Context as Reader/Writer
How Expert Readers Use Rhetorical Knowledge to Read Efficiently
Typical Reading-Based Writing Assignments Across the Curriculum
Chapter Summary
Chapter 3
Listening to a Text
Writing as You Read
Preparing to Read
Listening As You Read Initially
Connecting the Visual to the Verbal
Listening as You Reread
Writing About How Texts Work: Guidelines and Two Examples
Chapter Summary
Chapter 4
Questioning a Text
What It Means to Question a Text
Examining a Writer’s Credibility and Appeals to Ethos
Examining a Writer’s Appeals to Reason or Logos
Examining a Writer’s Strategies for Engaging Readers, or Pathos
Examining a Writer’s Language
Examining a Text’s Ideology
Examining a Text’s Use of Visual Elements
Exploring Your Responses to a Text
Writing a Rhetorical Analysis Paper: Guidelines and an Example
Chapter Summary
Chapter 5
Using Rhetorical Reading for Researched Writing
Rhetorical Reading and Information Literacy
Formulating and Analyzing Questions
Tips for Finding Reliable Sources
Tips for Evaluating Sources
Chapter Summary
Chapter 6
Making Knowledge: Incorporating Reading into Writing
Asserting Your Authority as a Reader and Writer
Managing Your Writing Process
Integrating Material from Readings into Your Writing
Using Attributive Tags to Frame Sources Rhetorically
Using Parenthetical Citations
Chapter Summary
Incorporating Reading into Writing: An Example in MLA Format
Appendix
Building an MLA Citation
Formatting MLA In-Text Citations
Setting Up an MLA Works Cited List
Model MLA Citation Formats