Today's academic world involves rhetoric in all its dimensions: oral, visual, and written. Writing in Three Dimensions helps students approach their writing through attention to its oral and visual elements. Linda Woodson and Margaret Batschelet lead students through eight purposes for writing -- reflecting, reporting, instructing, proposing, evaluating, explaining, and arguing. While absorbing these writing skills, students are given specific guidance for making oral activities (i.e., peer work, interviewing) more successfully a part of their writing process and for designing visual elements to enhance their written communication.

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Introduction to Instructors. Organization. Text Organization. Chapter Organization. Assignments and Exercises. Readings. 1. Writing in Three Dimensions. Introduction: Writing in Three Dimensions The Oral Dimension of Writing. The Visual Dimension of Writing. The Act of Writing. Identifying a Purpose • Identifying an Audience • Generating Ideas • Planning • Drafting • Revising • Editing. Integrating the Oral, Written, and Visual Dimensions of Writing. Reading 1: Jesus Loves You, Mary Grace Vasquez. Reading 2: Mr. McFarland, Mike Rose. Writing Assignment. Alternate Assignments. Getting Started: Prewriting. A Student Writer Prewrites. Planning. Drafting. A Student Writer Drafts. Revising. A Student Writer Revises. Editing. Summary. Student Paper: The Joanna Thompson Story, Toney Matthes. 2. Writing to Reflect. Introduction: Reflecting. Reading 1: Dexter, Howard Hall. Reading 2. Lost Lives of Women, Amy Tan. Writing Assignment. Alternative Assignments. Generating Ideas for Writing. Freewriting • Brainstorming • Heuristics • Cubing • Mapping • Outlining. Prewriting. Journals. A Student Writer's Process. Reviewing and Being Reviewed. Being Reviewed • Being a Reviewer. Planning. Identifying Your Purpose • Planning Your Organization. A Student Writer's Planning. Drafting. A Student Writer's Draft. Revising. Revising Your Thesis • Revising Your Development • Revising Your Organization • A Student Writer Revises. Editing. A Student Writer Edits • Visual Editing • Placing Your Photograph • Peer Editing. Summary. Student Paper: Brownie, Naoko Okamoto. 3. Writing to Report. Introduction: Reporting. Purpose. Point of View. Audience. Reading 1: Type A Behavior, Competitive Achievement-Striving, and Cheating among College Students. Reading 2: The Classroom as Curriculum. Writing Assignment. Alternate Assignments. Finding a Topic. A Student Writer Begins. Identifying Your Audience. A Student Writer Identifies an Audience. Prewriting. The Journalist's Questions. Conducting a Successful Interview. Setting Up the Interview • Planning the Interview • A Student Writer's Interview. Planning. Identifying Your Purpose • Choosing Your Perspective • Defining • Classifying • Visual Planning: Writing Heads and Subheads • A Student Writer's Visual Planning. Writing a Summary. Using Lists. Drafting. A Student Writer Drafts. Revising. A Student Writer Revises. Editing. General Editing • Visual Editing. Summary. Student Paper: Student Health Services, Michael Martinez. 4. Writing to Instruct. Introduction: Instructing. Instructions and Collaborative Writing. The Instruction-Writing Process. Identifying Your Purpose • Identifying Your Audience. Reading 1: Bookbinding, Reader's Digest Fix-It Yourself Manual. Reading 2: Body Language, Martin Yate. Writing Assignment. Alternate Assignments. Collaboration. Being a Good Team Member • Handling Collaborative Conflicts. Prewriting: Finding a Topic. A Student Writing Group Begins. Analyzing Your Audience. A Student Writing Group's Audience Analysis. Prewriting: Finding Information. A Student Writing Group Observes. Planning. Developing Background • Writing Definitions • Describing Tools and Materials • Developing Warnings and Cautions. Visual Planning. Using Diagrams • Making Your Drawing • Making Your Drawing Part of Your Instructions • A Student Writing Group Plans Visuals. Drafting: Writing and Formatting Your Instructions. Writing Your Instructions • Formatting Your Instructions • Drafting in a Group • A Student Writing Group Drafts. Revising: Language and Format. Revision Checklist • A Student Writing Group Revises. Revising for Usability. Working with a “Naive User” • A Student Writing Group Observes. Editing. Summary. Student Paper: Carving Cake, Amanda Lewanski. 5. Writing to Propose. Introduction: Proposing. Purpose • Audience. Reading 1: Overcoming Racism in Environmental Decision-Making, Robert D. Bullard. Reading 2: Really Reinventing Government, Peter F. Drucker. Writing Assignment. Alternative Assignments. Prewriting. Finding a Topic • Using the Problem-Solving Process • A Student Writer Prewrites. Identifying Your Audience. A Student Writer's Audience Analysis. Planning. Doing Library Research • Using Surveys and Questionnaires • Compiling Your Results • A Student Writer's Survey. Visual Planning: Statistical Graphics. Deciding to Use a Graphic • Deciding Which Graphic to Use • Drawing a Statistical Graphic on a Computer • Making Your Graphic Part of Your Text A Student Writer's Visual Planning. Drafting. Organizing Your Material • Forecasting • A Student Writer Drafts. Revising. Making an Oral Presentation • A Student Writer Revises • Evaluating a Presentation. Editing. Summary. Student Paper: Serving Healthful Foods at UTSA's Cafeteria and Providing Nutrition Facts on the Foods Served, Alexis De Sela. 6. Writing to Evaluate. Introduction: Evaluating. Criteria • Supporting Evidence • Reading 1: A Matter of Image, Kinney Littlefield • Evaluating Texts • Reading 2: From Backlash, Susan Faludi • Comparative Evaluation • Reading 3: Cross- Country Conferences, Richard O'Reilly. Writing Assignment. Alternate Assignments. Prewriting. A Student Writer Begins • A Student Writer Prewrites. Analyzing. Analyzing Visuals • A Student Writer Analyzes Visuals • Analyzing Text • A Student Writer Analyzes Text. Planning. Identifying Your Purpose • Identifying Your Audience • Developing Your Criteria • A Student Writer Plans • Visual Planning. Placing Your Advertisement. Labeling Your Advertisements. Drafting. Revising. A Student Writer Revises. Editing. Summary. Student Paper: The “Virtues” of Cereal, Karla C. Bolton. 7. Writing to Explain. Introduction: Explaining. Purpose. Audience. Reading 1. Understanding AIDS. Reading 2: Living with Wildlife in Bear Country. Writing Assignment. Alternate Assignments. Prewriting. Finding a Topic • A Student Writer Prewrites. Brochures. Evaluating Brochures. Planning. Gathering Information • A Student Writer Gathers Information • Getting Feedback • Planning Your Design • Using Graphics • A Student Writer Plans Graphics • Using Grids • Designing the Brochure. Drafting. Choosing the Type Elements • Deciding How Much Text to Use • Ordering Your Information • A Student Writer Creates His Design • Assembling a Draft • Student Writer Assembles His Draft. Revising. A Student Writer Revises. Editing. Summary. Student Paper: We're Their Only Hope, Jennifer De Ruyck. 8. Writing to Argue. Introduction: Arguing For or Against. Evidence for Arguments • Reading Others' Arguments • Annotating an Argument. Reading 1: Kate Roiphe, Is Dating Dangerous? Reading 2: Naomi Wolf, Harassment and Date Rape: Collapsing the Spectrum. Writing Assignment. Alternate Assignments. Prewriting. Finding Your Topic for Argument • Doing Exploratory Writing • A Student Writer Prewrites. Planning. Identifying Your Purpose • Identifying Your Audience • A Student Writer's Profile. Using the Means of Appeal. Appealing to Your Audience's Emotions • Creating Ethos • Building a Logical Argument • Using Toulmin Argument • A Student Writer Plans. Drafting Your Argument. Using the Traditional Pattern of Argument • Using Rogerian Argument • Refuting Opposing Arguments • Recognizing Logical Fallacies • Recognizing Visual Fallacies • A Student Writer Drafts. Revising. Revising Your Introduction • Revising Your Background • Revising Your Thesis or Position Statement • Revising Your Proof • Revising Your Refutation • Revising Your Conclusion • A Student Writer Revises. Editing. Summary. Student Paper: Fighting for Our Forests, Kimberly Chapman.