The Anti-Textbook of Writing

by Sybil Priebe

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Since writing is subjective, the rules aren’t always black and white. What can we do, if writing is subjective and doesn’t have PERFECT rules then? We just practice the genres we know. We give it our best shot. We just practice.

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Publisher
North Dakota State College of Science
Subjects
Humanities, Composition
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Licensing
  7. Open License
  8. Prologue
  9. 1: Hello Humans
  10. 1.1: Love Letter
  11. 2: Introduction
  12. 2.1: You Are A Writer.
  13. 2.1.1: First Batch of Exercises\(^{14}\)
  14. 2.2: Red Pens and Elbow Patches
  15. 2.3: Writing is Subjective
  16. 2.4: The "White People" Language
  17. 2.5: Your Voice
  18. 2.6: Audience
  19. 2.6.1: Second Batch of Exercises
  20. 2.7: It's Okay to Fail
  21. 2.8: There Are No Rules
  22. 2.9: Yes, There Are No Rules
  23. 2.10: You Are Also A Reader
  24. 2.10.1: Third Batch of Exercises
  25. 2.11: Helpers
  26. 2.12: Hurdles
  27. 2.12.1: Last Batch of Exercises
  28. 2.12.2: Activities
  29. 3: The Writing Process
  30. 3.1: Writing is Thinking On Paper
  31. 3.2: Brainstorming and Prewriting
  32. 3.2.1: Exercise- Opening Sentences
  33. 3.3: Drafting
  34. 3.4: Revising
  35. 3.5: Editing
  36. 3.6: Proofreading
  37. 4: Practice
  38. 4.1: The Rhetorical Situation
  39. 4.2: Experimentation
  40. 4.3: Genres to Practice
  41. 4.4: Large Projects
  42. 4.5: Seventeen Prompts
  43. 4.6: Thirty Writing and Reading Activities
  44. 4.7: Workplace Exercises
  45. 4.8: Effs
  46. 4.9: Individuality
  47. 5: Genres
  48. 5.1: Pop Quiz on Genres
  49. 5.2: Annotated Bibliography
  50. 5.3: Blog
  51. 5.4: Business Plan
  52. 5.5: Commentary
  53. 5.6: Email
  54. 5.7: Essay
  55. 5.8: How-To Guide
  56. 5.9: Letter
  57. 5.10: List Essay
  58. 5.11: Manifesto
  59. 5.12: Meme
  60. 5.13: Memo
  61. 5.14: Memoir
  62. 5.15: Multi-Genre
  63. 5.16: Obituary
  64. 5.17: Poetry
  65. 5.18: Profile
  66. 5.19: Proposal
  67. 5.20: Report
  68. 5.21: Resume
  69. 5.22: Review
  70. 5.23: Text Message
  71. 5.24: Tweet
  72. 6: Strategies
  73. 6.1: Argument
  74. 7: Research
  75. 7.1: Exercise - Snopes
  76. 7.2: Fake Research
  77. 8: NERD
  78. 8.1: Style
  79. 8.2: Figurative Language
  80. 8.2.1: Figurative Language Exercises
  81. 9: Bonus Features
  82. 9.1: Popular Culture + Literacy
  83. 9.2: Assumptions
  84. 10: Bonus Features
  85. 10.1: More on the Writing Process
  86. 10.2: Thesis and Topic Sentences
  87. 10.3: Revision, Version 1
  88. 10.4: ANOTHER Feedback Strategy- Questions
  89. 11: Bonus Features
  90. 11.1: Social Media
  91. 12: Bonus Features
  92. 12.1: Description
  93. 12.2: Humor
  94. 12.3: Illustration
  95. 12.4: Narration
  96. 12.4.1: More Strategies and Modes
  97. 13: Super Nerd
  98. 13.1: Grammar and Mechanics
  99. 13.1.1: Exercises on Grammar and Mechanics
  100. 14: What's Next?
  101. 14.1: End On A Silly Note
  102. Back Matter
  103. Index
  104. Appendix
  105. Detailed Licensing