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"The most flexible rhetoric for a first-year writing course-and every writing student. The Norton Field Guide lets instructors teach the way they want to teach, and helps students write in the way that works best for them. In the Sixth Edition, new coauthor Deborah Bertsch shows students how to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bullock, Richard H. (Richard Harvey) (Author), Bertsch, Deborah (Author), Goggin, Maureen Daly (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2022]
Edition:Sixth edition.
Subjects:
English language > Rhetoric > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language > Grammar > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Report writing > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
College readers.
Anglais (Langue) > Rhétorique > Guides, manuels, etc.
Rapports > Rédaction > Guides, manuels, etc.
Anglais (Langue) > Lectures et morceaux choisis (Enseignement supérieur)
College readers
English language > Grammar
English language > Rhetoric
Report writing
Handbooks and manuals
Table of Contents:
  • Writing in academic contexts
  • Reading in academic contexts
  • Summarizing and responding: where reading meets writing
  • Developing academic habits of mind
  • Purpose
  • Audience
  • Genre
  • Stance
  • Media/design
  • Writing a literacy narrative
  • Analyzing texts
  • Reporting information
  • Arguing a position
  • Abstracts
  • Annotated bibliographies and reviews of scholarly literature
  • Evaluations
  • Literary analyses
  • Memoirs
  • Profiles
  • Proposals
  • Explorations
  • Remixes
  • Fields of study
  • Reading across fields of study
  • Writing in academic fields of study
  • Processes of writing
  • Writing as inquiry
  • Generating ideas and text
  • Organizing your writing, guiding your readers
  • Drafting
  • Assessing your own writing
  • Getting response and revising
  • Editing and proofreading
  • Compiling a portfolio
  • Reflecting on your writing
  • Analyzing causes and effects
  • Arguing
  • Classifying and dividing
  • Comparing and contrasting
  • Defining
  • Describing
  • Using dialogue
  • Explaining processes
  • Narrating
  • Taking essay exams
  • Getting a start on research
  • Finding sources
  • Evaluating sources
  • Synthesizing ideas
  • Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing
  • Acknowledging sources, avoiding plagiarism
  • Documentation
  • MLA style
  • APA style
  • Choosing media
  • Designing text
  • Using visuals, incorporating sound
  • Writing and learning online
  • Giving presentations
  • Literacy narratives
  • Textual analyses
  • Reports
  • Arguments
  • Evaluations
  • Literary analyses
  • Memoirs
  • Profiles
  • Proposals
  • Explorations
  • Remixes.