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Writing and Revising with 2009 MLA and 2010 APA Updates

First  Edition©2011  New Edition Available X. J. Kennedy; Dorothy M. Kennedy; Marcia F. Muth

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In response to requests from instructors and students for a concise and affordable writing guide, Writing and Revising offers a true alternative to larger and more expensive texts. Adapted from the successful The Bedford Guide for College Writers, it's flexible enough to be used in a variety of courses, as a classroom text or as a quick reference. Whether students are writing brief papers or more complicated essays drawing on multiple sources, Writing and Revising can help.
 
 

Table of Contents

1. Writing Processes
Writing, Reading, and Critical Thinking
A Process of Writing
A Spotlight on Audience and Purpose
Remembering What Matters Most
 
2. Reading Processes 
A Process of Critical Reading
Preparing to Read
Reading on Literal and Analytical Levels
 
3. Critical Thinking Processes 
A Process of Critical Thinking 
A Spotlight on Evidence
    
4. Strategies for Generating Ideas
Discovering Ideas 
Getting Ready to Write
    
5. Strategies for Planning 
Shaping Your Topic for Your Audience and Your Purpose
Stating and Using a Thesis 
Organizing Your Ideas
 
6. Strategies for Drafting
Starting and Restarting
Paragraphing
Writing an Opening 
Writing a Conclusion
Achieving Coherence
 
7. Strategies for Developing 
Giving Examples
Providing Details
Drawing on Experience
Observing a Scene
Conversing and Interviewing
Defining
Reasoning Inductively and Deductively
Analyzing a Subject
Analyzing a Process
Dividing and Classifying
Comparing and Contrasting
Identifying Causes and Effects
Adding Visual Evidence
 
8. Strategies for Revising
Re-viewing and Revising
Working with a Peer Editor
Revising for Emphases, Conciseness, and Clarity
A Sample Student Revision
   
9. Strategies for Editing and Proofreading
Editing
Proofreading
Quick Editing Guide
  
10. Strategies for Arguing
Developing an Argument
Presenting Your Argument
 
11. Strategies for Integrating Sources
Selecting Supporting Evidence for Your Writing
Capturing, Launching, and Citing Source material
Citing and Listing Sources in MLA Style
Citing and Listing Sources in APA Style

X. J. Kennedy

X. J. Kennedy is an acclaimed poet, children’s author, college teacher, and textbook author. He has taught freshman composition at the University of Michigan; the University of North Carolina, Greensboro; and Tufts University. More than 2 million students have used his introductory literature texts and The Bedford Reader, now in its fourteenth edition.

Dorothy M. Kennedy

Dorothy M. Kennedy was a writer and editor whose articles and reviews have appeared in both professional and academic journals. She taught composition at the University of Michigan and Ohio University and, with X. J. Kennedy, was the recipient of the NCTE Teacher's Choice Award for Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry.

Marcia F. Muth

Marcia F. Muth teaches, writes, and edits.  She has taught first-year writing at The Ohio State University and other introductory courses at St. Peter's College (Englewood Cliffs).  Her many writing workshops have been sponsored by　Fordham University, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, and currently　the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Colorado Denver.  She is the author or coauthor of many composition textbooks and ancillaries, including The Bedford Guide for College Writers, The Concise Bedford Guide for Writers, Writing and Revising: A Portable Guide, Researching and Writing: A Portable Guide, and The St. Martin's Pocket Guide to Research and Documentation (all from Bedford/St. Martin's).  Her projects as a writer and an editor have included Harold D. Lasswell: An Annotated Bibliography as well as many grant proposals, textbooks, ancillaries, reports, and other publications.  She continues to learn how to write clearly and effectively from her students, editors, reviewers, and writing colleagues.