Invention and Craft: A Guide to College Writing, First Edition by Ronda Leathers Dively -- Table of Contents Part 1: Creating Contexts for Understanding Composition 1. Composition and Creativity Some Straight Talk about Composition Courses The Search for Creativity in Expository Writing Expository Writing and Other Creative Activities Creativity and Self-Awareness The Transfer of Composing Knowledge Conditions for Knowledge Transfer Routes for Knowledge Transfer in Composition Processes Involved in Knowledge Transfer Negative Transfer and Composing Myths An Invitation to Create in Your Composition Course 2. Composing Processes and Creative Processes A Composing Model Invention Drafting Revision Editing Expository Writing as a Creative Act The Creative Process Model First Insight Preparation Incubation Insight Verification The Creative Process Model and Expository Writing Reflection and Your Development as a Writer 3. Rhetorical Situations Overlaps between Creative and Expository Writing Creativity and the Rhetorical Situation Rhetoric and Constructive Constraints Elements of the Rhetorical Situation Audience and Forum Topic Genre Author''s Purpose Author''s Role Rhetorical Appeals Ethos Pathos Logos Rhetoric and Creative Drive 4. Invention Strategies Prewriting Techniques Unstructured Prewriting Techniques Structured Prewriting Techniques Invention beyond the Composition Class 5. Research Strategies Research Methods Primary Research Secondary Research Strategies for Managing Secondary Research Research, Invention, and Knowledge Transfer Part 2: Creating Texts That Inform 6. Introduction to Texts That Inform Purposes and Strategies for Informing Application in College and the Workplace 7. Memoir Distinguishing Features of a Memoir Processes for Composing a Memoir Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS "One Writer''s Beginnings," by Eudora Welty "The Workers," by Richard Rodriguez 8.
Profile Distinguishing Features of a Profile Processes for Composing a Profile Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS "From a Dream to Reality," by Erin Anderson, a First-Year Composition Student "Reinventing Rio," by Alan Riding 9. Report Distinguishing Features of a Report Processes for Composing a Report Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS "Mirror, Mirror on My Facebook Wall: Effects of Exposure to Facebook on Self-Esteem," by Amy L. Gonzales and Jeffrey T. Hancock "The History and Psychology of Clowns Being Scary," by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie 10. Annotated Bibliography Distinguishing Features of an Annotated Bibliography Processes for Composing an Annotated Bibliography Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS "Teen Dating Violence: A Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography," by Priscilla Offenhauer and Alice Buchalter "Design and the Social Sector: An Annotated Bibliography," by Courtney Drake and Deirdre Cerminaro with William Drenttel Part 3: Creating Texts That Analyze 11. Introduction to Texts That Analyze Purposes and Strategies for Analyzing Application in College and the Workplace 12. Writing-Process Analysis Distinguishing Features of a Writing-Process Analysis Processes for Composing a Writing-Process Analysis Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS "The Watcher at the Gates," by Gail Godwin "A Way of Writing," by William Stafford 13. Visual Analysis Distinguishing Features of a Visual Analysis Processes for Composing a Visual Analysis Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS "Is Team USA''s Militaristic Uniform a Problem?" by Paul Achter "The Heritage of Berlin Street Art and Graffiti Scene," by Simon Arms 14.
Rhetorical Analysis Distinguishing Features of a Rhetorical Analysis Processes for Composing a Rhetorical Analysis Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS "A More Perfect Union," delivered by Senator Barack Obama on March 18, 2008 "Why It Worked: A Rhetorical Analysis of Obama''s Speech on Race," by Roy Peter Clark 15. Literary Analysis Distinguishing Features of a Literary Analysis Processes for Composing a Literary Analysis Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS "''Neither Can Live While the Other Survives'': The Driving Force of Revenge in Harry Potter, " by Heidi Nielson "Untold Story: The Lying Narrator in ''The Black Cat,''" by Susan Amper Part 4: Creating Texts That Argue 16. Introduction to Texts That Argue Purposes of and Strategies for Arguing Tone Structure Logical Fallacies Application in College and the Workplace 17. Research Proposal Distinguishing Features of a Research Proposal Introduction Statement of Purpose Projected Contributions Literature Review Research Methods Conclusion Works Cited or References The Parts as a Whole Processes for Composing a Research Proposal Invention toward First Insight Preparation through Research Invention toward More Focused Insight Strategies for Drafting Revision and Editing Transfer to Other Writing Situations READINGS "Exploring and Developing Stage Combat Methodologies," by WhitneyElmore, an Undergraduate Student "The Evolution of Ethics," by Matt Warren, an UndergraduateStudent 18. Review Distinguishing Features of a Review 310 Processes for Composing a Review 314