Rhetoric and Composition

by Becky Rudd

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Welcome to the Rhetoric and Composition text, designed for use as a textbook in first-year college composition programs, written as a practical guide for students struggling to bring their writing up to the level expected of them by their professors and instructors.

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Publisher
Citrus College
Subjects
Humanities
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
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. Licensing
  6. 1: Introduction
  7. 2: Overview- The Writing Process
  8. 2.1: Overview
  9. 2.2: Planning and Prewriting
  10. 2.3: Collaborating
  11. 2.4: Researching
  12. 2.5: Drafting
  13. 2.6: Editing
  14. 2.7: Reviewing
  15. 2.8: Revising
  16. 2.9: Proofreading
  17. 2.10: Publishing
  18. 3: Genres
  19. 3.1: Memoirs
  20. 3.2: Reviews
  21. 3.3: Commentaries
  22. 3.4: Proposals
  23. 4: Writing Applications
  24. 4.1: Overview
  25. 4.2: Analyzing Assignments
  26. 4.3: Description
  27. 4.4: Narration
  28. 4.5: Exposition
  29. 4.6: Evaluation
  30. 4.7: Argument
  31. 5: Advanced Topics
  32. 5.1: Overview
  33. 5.2: Writing in the Humanities
  34. 5.3: Writing in the Sciences
  35. 5.4: Writing in Business
  36. 5.5: Oral Presentations
  37. 5.6: Rhetorical Analysis
  38. 5.7: Annotated Bibliography
  39. 5.8: Writing for the Web
  40. 5.8.1: Formality
  41. 5.8.2: Formatting
  42. 5.8.3: Utility
  43. 5.8.4: Navigation
  44. 5.8.5: Establishing Connections
  45. 5.8.6: Advice for Writing in Various Venues on the Web
  46. 5.8.7: Usability Testing
  47. 5.8.8: Useful Links
  48. 6: Grammar and Mechanics
  49. 6.1: Parts of Speech
  50. 6.2: Parts of the Sentence
  51. 6.3: Types of Sentences
  52. 6.4: Active and Passive Voice
  53. 6.5: Punctuation
  54. 6.6: Commas
  55. 6.7: Semicolons
  56. 6.8: Colons
  57. 6.9: Apostrophes
  58. 6.10: Quotation Marks
  59. 6.11: Hyphens and Dashes
  60. 6.12: Parentheses
  61. 6.13: Capitalization
  62. 6.14: Common Errors
  63. 6.15: Writing Feedback
  64. 6.16: MLA and APA
  65. 6.17: Plagiarism
  66. 7: Teacher's Handbook
  67. 7.1: Teaching with Wikitexts
  68. 7.2: Creating Effective Assignment Sequences
  69. 7.3: Writing as a Process
  70. 7.4: Modes of Writing
  71. 7.4.1: Description
  72. 7.4.2: Narration
  73. 7.4.3: Exposition
  74. 7.4.4: Evaluation
  75. 7.4.5: Argumentation
  76. 7.5: Annotated Bibliography
  77. 7.6: Rhetorical Analysis
  78. 7.7: Sentence Structure
  79. 7.8: Grammar
  80. 7.9: Writing in the Humanities
  81. 7.10: Writing in the Sciences
  82. 7.11: Writing in Business
  83. 7.12: Oral Presentations
  84. 7.13: Writing for the Web
  85. 7.14: Using the Portfolio Method
  86. 7.15: Assignment Sheet Database
  87. 7.16: Handout Database
  88. 8: Appendices
  89. 8.1: Glossary
  90. 8.2: Bibliography and Authors
  91. Back Matter
  92. Index
  93. Glossary
  94. Detailed Licensing