Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric, Research Guide, Reader and Handbook, 12th edition

• Chapter 1. Writing: A First Look
• Chapter 2. Strategies for Successful and Critical Reading
• Chapter 3. Planning and Drafting Your Paper: Exploration
• Chapter 4. Revising and Editing Your Paper: Courageous Transformations
• Chapter 5. Paragraphs
• Chapter 6. Effective Sentences
• Chapter 7. Achieving Effective Style and Tone Through Word Choice
• Chapter 8. Narration: Telling Life’s Stories
• Chapter 9. Description: Capturing Your World
• Chapter 10. Process Analysis: Explaining How
• Chapter 11. Illustration: Showing and Telling
• Chapter 12. Classification: Grouping into Categories
• Chapter 13. Comparison: Showing Relationships
• Chapter 14. Cause and Effect: Explaining Why
• Chapter 15. Definition: Establishing Boundaries
• Chapter 16. Argument: Convincing Others
• Chapter 17. The Essay Examination
• Chapter 18. Writing About Literature, Movies, and Television Shows

EXPLORE, RESEARCH, WRITE GUIDE

• Chapter 19. The Research Paper
• Chapter 20. Documenting Sources: MLA Style
• Chapter 21. Documenting Sources: APA Style
• Chapter 22. Additional Research Strategies: Interviews, Questionnaires, Direct Observations

READER

• Narration
  • “The Perfect Picture” by James Alexander Thom
  • “Aunt Parnetta’s Electric Blisters” by Diane Glancy
  • “The Cigarette” from Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
• Description
  • “When the Full Moon Shines Its Magic over Monument Valley” by John V. Young
  • “Seaside Safari” by Kessler Burnett
  • “What It Feels Like to Lie Face Down and Let a Wildfire Burn Over You” by Brian Mockenhaupt
• Process Analysis
  • “Ground-Source-Heat-Pumps: Mother Earth Will Wrap You in Warmth” by Perfect Home HVAC design.com
  • “Let’s Get Vertical!” by Beth Wald
  • “Julie Mehretu Reaches for New Heights” by Hillary M. Sheets
• Illustration
  • “Accidental Discoveries” by Lexi Krock
  • “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Must I Know, Too?” by Judith Newman
  • “A Pain Pill Among Friends: The Quick and Quiet Way Young People Are Getting Hooked on Opiods” by Elizabeth Millard
• Classification
  • “A Tale of Four Learners” by Bernice McCarthy
  • “7 Types of Employees to Weed Out” by Jeff Schmitt
  • “What Kind of Procrastinator Are You?” by Alina Vrabie
• Comparison
  • “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts” by Bruce Catton
  • “What’s the Key to Turning Around Rust Belt Cities?” by Alana Semuels
  • “Are Video Games Now More Sophisticated than Cinema?” by Jane Graham
• Cause and Effect
  • “For Cops, Citizen Videos Bring Increased Scrutiny. Are Incidents Caught on Tape Hindering Officers?” by Kevin Johnson
  • “Your Addiction to Social Media Is No Accident” by Julian Morgans
  • “Why We Keep Stuff: If You Want to Understand People, Take a Look at What They Hang on To” by Caroline Knapp 
• Definition
  • “The Blended Economy” by Marc Zwelling
  • “Krumping” by Marti Bercaw
  • “From E. B. White to Colin Kaepernick: What Does Democracy Mean Today?” by Rick Hampson
• Argument
  • “Going Nuclear” by Patrick Moore
  • “Ten Reasons Why New Nuclear Was a Mistake–Even Before Fukushima” by Alexis Rowell
  • “Freedom of Speech on Campus Is an Essential Part of College” by Elliot Hirshman
  • “Why Colleges Have a Right to Reject Hateful Speakers Like Ann Coulter” by Aaron R. Hanlon
  • “No One Is Prepared to Stop the Robot Onslaught. So What Will We Do When It Arrives?” by Steve LeVine
  • “Workers Refuse to Rage Against the Machine: Some Employees Embrace Automation, and Keep Their Job” by Nathan Bomey

HANDBOOK

1. Sentence Elements
2. Editing to Correct Sentence Errors
3. Editing to Correct Faulty Punctuation