Offering concise yet thorough treatment of academic reading and writing, Reading Rhetorically, 3rd ed., shows the reader how to analyze texts by recognizing rhetorical strategies and genre conventions, and how to incorporate other writers’ texts into their own research-based papers.

Table of Contents:
Preface   1          Reading to Write: Strategies for College Writing What Do We Mean by “Reading Rhetorically” The Demands and Pleasures of Academic Reading Readingand Writing as Conversation     For Writing and Discussion Readingand Writing as Acts of Composing Reading Rhetorically as a Strategy for Academic Writing     The Purposes of the Author Whose Text You Are Reading     Your Own Purposes as a Reader/Writer Who Will Use a Text     An Illustrated Example: Researching the Promise of Biofuels     Questions Rhetorical Readers Ask Typical Reading-Based Writing Assignments Across the Curriculum 15     Writing to Understand Course Content More Fully         In-Class Freewriting         Reading or Learning Logs         Double-Entry Notebooks         One-Page Response Papers or Thought Pieces     Writing to Report Your Understanding of What a Text Says     Writing to Practice the Conventions of a Particular Type of Text     Writing to Make Claims about a Text     Writing to Extend the Conversation Chapter Summary   2          Analyzing Your Reading and Writing Context Analyzing a Text’s Original Rhetorical Context     Analyzing an Author’s Purpose     For Writing and Discussion     Identifying an Author’s Intended Audience     Analyzing a Text’s Genre     For Writing and Discussion     Reconstructing Rhetorical Context:     An Extended Example Analyzing Your Own Rhetorical Context as Reader/Writer     Determining Your Purpose, Audience, and Genre     Matching Your Reading Strategies to Your Purpose as Reader/Writer How Expert Readers Use Rhetorical Knowledge to Read Efficiently     Using Genre Knowledge to Read Efficiently     Using a Text’s Social/Historical Context to Make Predictions and Ask Questions     For Writing and Discussion Chapter Summary     Sarah Kliff, Seven Secrets to a Great Nap   3          Listening to a Text Writing As You Read Preparing to Read     Recalling Background Knowledge     Using Visual Elements to Plan and Predict     For Writing and Discussion     Spot Reading Listening As You Read Initially     Noting Organizational Signals     Marking Unfamiliar Terms and References     Identifying Points of Difficulty     Annotating Connecting the Visual to the Verbal     Visuals That Enhance Verbal Content     Visuals That Support Verbal Content     Visuals That Extend Verbal Content     For Writing and Discussion Listening As You Reread     Mapping the Idea Structure     Describing What Texts Say and Do     For Writing and Discussion     Describing What Visuals Do Writing About How Texts Work: Guidelines and Two Examples     How Summaries Are Used in Academic and Workplace Settings     Guidelines for Writing a Summary     Using Attribute Tags in Summaries         Example Summary of “Seven Secrets to a Great Nap”     Guidelines for Writing a Rhetorical Précis         Example Précis of “Seven Secrets to a Great Nap” Chapter Summary     Anthony Weston, The Need for Environmental Ethics   4          Questioning a Text What It Means to Question a Text Examining a Writer’s Credibility and Appeals to Ethos     For Writing and Discussion Examining a Writer’s Appeals to Reason or Logos     Claims     Reasons     Evidence     Assumptions     For Writing and Discussion Examining a Writer’s Strategies for Engaging Readers, or Pathos     For Writing and Discussion Examining a Writer’s Language     For Writing and Discussion Examining a Text’s Ideology     For Writing and Discussion Examining a Text’s Use of Visual Elements     Visual Elements and Ethical Appeals     Visual Elements and Logical Appeals     Visual Elements and Audience Appeals     Visual Arguments     For Writing and Discussion Exploring Your Responses to a Text     Before/After Reflections     The Believing and Doubting Game     Interviewing the Author Writing a Rhetorical Analysis Paper: Guidelines and an Example     Guidelines for Writing a Rhetorical Analysis         Getting Started         Selecting a Focus for Your Analysis         Drafting Your Paper     An Annotated Rhetorical Analysis of “A Life-Saving Checklist” Chapter Summary     Atul Gawande, “A Lifesaving Checklist”   5          Using Rhetorical Reading to Conduct Research Managing Your Research Process Formulating and Analyzing Questions     Applying Information Literacy Skills to Guide Your Research     Translating Purpose into a Focused Research Question     Analyzing Your Research Question to Plan a Strategy Tips for Planning Your Search for Good Sources     Publication Contexts     Library Databases and Web Search Engines     General Interest and Specialized Periodicals     Scholarly Journals Evaluating Potential Sources     Questions to Ask About Relevance     Questions to Ask About Currency and Scope     Questions to Ask About Authors and Experts     Questions to Ask About Publishers and Sponsors Chapter Summary   6          Making Knowledge: Incorporating Reading into Writing Asserting Your Authority as a Reader and Writer Managing Your Writing Process     Strategies for Getting Started     Strategies for Generating Ideas     Strategies for Writing a First Draft     Strategies for Evaluating Your Draft for Revision     Strategies for Peer Response and Revision     Strategies for Editing and Polishing Your Final Draft Integrating Material from Readings into Your Writing     Using Summary     Using Paraphrase Dialogue from the Online Transcript of a Newshour Video     Using Direct Quotation     For Writing and Discussion Avoiding Plagiarism Using Attributive Tags Using Parenthetical Citations     Understanding Academic Citation Conventions Chapter Summary   Building an MLA Citation Formatting MLA In-Text Citations     Placement of MLA In-Text Citations     Variations on the Basic MLA In-Text Citation Format Setting Up an MLA Works Cited List     The Basics of Setting Up Your List     Process Advice Model MLA Citation Formats     Books     Articles in Periodicals     Internet Sources     MLA Citation Formats for Other Materials and Media   Credits Index