To become good writers, students must learn more than a writing process: they must develop a writers mindsetthe rhetorical skills to read critically, analyze and synthesize sources, and write with their audiences in mind. How can we help students with the challenges involved in thinking like a writer? By using incremental steps that move from literal thinking to analytical and critical understanding, The Writers Mindset 1e makes the development of college-level writing capabilities possible for all students, whatever their level of preparedness.
The Writers Mindset provides students with tools to transform the way they approach reading, writing, and arguing through five key pillars:
Rhetorical Focus Incremental Approach Embedded Support Student Appeal Instructor Support
The breadth of coverage allows the text to be used in both semesters of Composition, including Composition sections tied to a Co-Requisite or ALP course, which makes this an excellent choice for 2-year schools. It also includes MLA 9e updates. Target opportunities using Everyones an Author, Everythings an Argument, or Writing in the Works.
PART 1 DEVELOPING A WRITERS MINDSET
1 What Is a Writers Mindset?
2 Reading with a Writers Mindset
3 Composing with a Writers Mindset
4 Using Rhetorical Patterns as Tools
PART 2 WRITING PURPOSES
5 Writing to Reflect
6 Writing to Inform
7 Writing to Analyze
8 Writing to Evaluate
9 Writing to Persuade
PART 3 RESEARCH STRATEGIES
10 Conducting Research
11 Using Sources Accurately and Ethically
12 Documenting Sources in MLA and APA Style
PART 4 ARGUMENTS IN DEPTH
13 Recognizing Arguments
14 Analyzing an Arguments Elements
15 Understanding an Arguments Appeals
16 Recognizing Fallacies
17 Writing a Rhetorical Analysis
18 Classical, Rogerian, and Visual Arguments
PART 5 WRITING A RESEARCHED ARGUMENT
19 Planning an Argument
20 Selecting Evidence and Drafting Reasons
21 Drafting Counterarguments, Intro¬ductions, and Conclusions
22 Revising and Finishing Your Argument
PART 6 AN ANTHOLOGY OF READINGS
PART 7 HANDBOOK OF READING AND WRITING SKILLS
1 Improving Your Reading Skills
2 Improving Your Writing Skills
Lisa Hoeffner earned a Ph.D. in English with a specialization in rhetoric from the University of Houston. Since 1998, Dr. Hoeffner has served as both professor of English and professor of reading at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas. In addition to her teaching roles, Dr. Hoeffner focuses on curricular redesign in developmental education. She serves as grant director for a Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board grant awarded for work on improvement and innovation in developmental education. With the advent of integrated reading and writing in Texas, Dr. Hoeffner has provided leadership for colleges across the state that are creating integrated reading and writing (INRW) programs and has provided leadership to public school districts implementing INRW programs as college preparatory classes.
