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Reader's Guide to College Writing
First Edition©2014 John J. Ruszkiewicz
Almost all college courses require reading, and A Reader's Guide to College Writing gives you the inside scoop as to why critical reading especially is essential to success in college. Learn to use this skill while engaging with ideas and transforming into a strong academic writer.
Table of Contents
Chapter 8 Explain and Imply
Examine Evidence: Support a Point Find Meaning: Read between the Lines YOUR TURN Chapter 9 Dispute, Concede, and Rebut Dispute and Challenge: Build Interest Concede and Correct: Build Trust Rebut and Reply: Build Authority YOUR TURN Chapter 10 Summarize, Annotate, and Paraphrase Summarize a Reading Annotate a Bibliography Paraphrase a Selection YOUR TURN Chapter 11 Discuss Write a Response Paper in Your Head Agree or Disagree Identify Strengths and Weaknesses of a Text See Similarities and Differences Point Out Complications Express Any Doubts Get Involved Learn the Right Moves Effective Strategies in Discussions What to Avoid in Discussions YOUR TURNPART THREE: You, the Writer
Chapter 12 Compose
- Manage Assignments Figure Out Audiences Overcome Writer’s Block YOUR TURN
Chapter 13 Make a Point
- Find a Thesis YOUR TURN
Chapter 14 Structure
- Organize a Paper Think in Paragraphs Use Transitions Make Introductions Draw Conclusions Choose Titles YOUR TURN
Chapter 15 Evidence
- Find Sources Library Catalogs and Resources Information Databases and Indexes The Internet Seek Expert Advice YOUR TURN
Chapter 16 Frame Ideas and Quotations
- Use Frames to Give Credit Use Frames to Connect Ideas Use Frames to Synthesize Ideas Use Frames to Join the Conversation Handle Quotations Correctly YOUR TURN
Chapter 17 Style
- High, Middle, and Low Style High Style Middle Style Low Style Inclusive and Culturally Sensitive Style YOUR TURN
Chapter 18 Clarity and Economy
- Thirteen Suggestions to Improve Your Writing YOUR TURN
Appendix A: Style Guides Used in Various Disciplines
John J. Ruszkiewicz
John J. Ruszkiewicz is a professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin where he taught literature, rhetoric, and writing for forty years. A winner of the President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award, he was instrumental in creating the Department of Rhetoric and Writing in 1993 and directed the unit from 2001-05. He has also served as president of the Conference of College Teachers of English (CCTE) of Texas, which gave him its Frances Hernández Teacher—Scholar Award in 2012. For Bedford/St. Martin's, he is coauthor, with Andrea Lunsford, of Everything’s an Argument and the author of How to Write Anything. In retirement, he writes the mystery novels under the pen name J.J. Rusz; the most recent, The Lost Mine Trail, published in 2020 on Amazon.
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