College writing for dummies / Joseph J Giampalmi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giampalmi, Joseph J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative writing.

Authorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, [2022]

Summary:

Transform your next college essay into an A+ masterpiece Taking a 100-level English composition course? Just doing your best to get ready for the rigors of college-level writing? Then it's probably time you picked up College Writing For Dummies , the single greatest roadmap to writing high-quality essays, reports, and more! This book is the ideal companion for any introductory college writing course and tracks the curriculum of a typical English Composition, College Writing, English 101, or Writing & Rhetoric course. You'll learn composition techniques, style, language, and grammar tips, and discover how to plan, write, and revise your material. You'll also get: Ten can't-miss resources for improving your college writing Strategies for revising and repairing inadequate essays on your own Techniques to help non-native English speakers master the challenging world of English essay writing Full of real-world examples, lessons in essay structure, grammar, and everything in between, this book is a must-read for every incoming college freshman looking for a head start in one of the most important skills you'll need over the next few years. Grab a copy of College Writing For Dummies today.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond This Book

Where to Go from Here

Part 1 Getting Started with College Writing

Chapter 1 Transitioning to Greater Expectations: College Writing

Full Steam Ahead - Entering College

Understanding What to Expect in Your College Writing Course

Realizing you're not in your high school English class anymore

Recognizing that college professors are nonnegotiable

Debunking Writing Myths

Myth No. 1: My professor doesn't like my writing style

Myth No. 2: Writing is just too darn hard

Myth No. 3: Only problem writers need feedback

Myth No. 4: I suffer from the block

Myth No. 5: I can revise in ten minutes

Myth No. 6: Writers are born

Eyeing the Prize - Your Degree

Becoming a 33.3 percenter

Adjusting to college life

Chapter 2 Sailing into Safe Waters: First-Year Writing Success

Understanding the Essay and College Writing

Time-honored rite of passage

Comparing the five-paragraph and college essay

Expanding the five-paragraph format

Showing is knowing

Grasping the essay role in college writing

Talking the Talk

Translating academic-speak

Decoding your essay syllabus

Discovering New Partnerships

Reading and writing connection

Reading and lifetime learning

Writing and career success

Chapter 3 Previewing a College Writing 101 Course: Getting Schooled

Making First Impressions: First-Year-Writing Classroom

The professor's way - the only way

Just accept it and do it

Looking closer at a typical college comp course

Reading and more reading

Living a day in the life of a comp class

Identifying the Variety of Writing You'll Do

Writing drafts, drafts, and more drafts.

Research papers, reports, and more, oh my

Writing to discover

Checking Out the Skills You'll Learn and Use Forevermore

Writing with a purpose

Addressing new audiences

Saying more with less

Giving credit to earn credit

Engaging with sources

Valuing evidence and logic

Writing with style

Thinking and reading critically

Budgeting your writing time

Collaborating with other students

Writing resiliency

Respecting College Genre: What College Writing Isn't

Providing personal commentary

Outlining

Summarizing sources

Reacting to sources

Writing only one draft - not

Challenging Yourself: College Writing's Higher Expectations

Performance earns points

Say goodbye personality points

Courses are islands

Uncover some life and school balance

Sail unchartered waters

Chapter 4 Tasting Higher Steaks: Essay Portfolio Requirements

Understanding What's It All about: Essay Portfolio Requirements

Identifying the ins and outs of portfolios

Eyeing the advantages and challenges of portfolios

The Power of One - Planning Your Portfolio

Checking the list

Scheduling dates

Meeting Goals: Department, College, and University

Fill 'Er Up: Portfolio Requirements

Being clear about essay specifications

Including cover letters

Showing off your revisions - Multi drafts

Reflecting on improvements - Journals

Focusing on organization - Presentation

Preparing your e-portfolio

Part 2 Establishing Essentials: Elements of Composing

Chapter 5 Planning Your Essay Success: Organization and Structure

Getting Organized: Your Mindset

Structuring Your Essay's Framework

Narrative writing - Telling a story

Descriptive writing - Detailing experiences

Expository writing - Explaining a process

Persuasive - Convincing beliefs.

Comparison and contrast - Identifying likes and differences

Cause and effect - Justifying reasons and results

Analytical - Evaluating and concluding

Body Building: Heavyweight Middle Paragraphs

Getting a hold of their purpose

Utilizing tools to perform their duties

Creating First Impressions - Openings

Standing out

Including an anecdote

Using additional openings strategies

Steering clear of these types of openings

Focusing on the first sentences

Writing a title to highlight your essay

Leaving a Lasting Impression - Closings

Creating a closing in five steps

Avoiding crash endings - Closing don'ts

Chapter 6 Determining Your Reasons for Writing: Audience and Purpose

Identifying Who: Audience

Figuring out who your audience is

Recognizing what the college audience expects and doesn't expect of you

Differentiating among audiences

Matching tense and tone to your audience

Justifying Why: Purpose

Figuring out your writing purpose

Considering person

Making Your Point: Thesis Statement

Understanding what a thesis is

Recognizing what a thesis isn't

Writing a successful thesis: The how-to

Determining how: Writing forms

Chapter 7 Showing Evidence: Thesis Support

Search and Rescue: Sourcing Your Argument

Discovering a couple of search strategies

Tapping into required sources

Using extended sources

Laying Groundwork: Noting Sources

Figuring out whether sources are acceptable to use

Finding sources for your essay

Using the sources wisely

Recognizing the Different Ways You Can Use Sources

Quoting

Paraphrasing

Summarizing

Synthesizing

Extracting What You Need from Sources

Selecting sources

Organizing sources

Synthesizing sources

Vetting Your Sources in Greater Detail

Putting together the evidence.

Refuting evidence as easy as 1, 2, 3

Building Your Compelling Argument in Five Easy-to-Follow Steps

Step 1: Write your thesis statement

Step 2: Identify major supporting points

Step 3: Synthesize data from multiple sources

Step 4: Refute counterarguments

Step 5: Form conclusions

Giving Due Credit: Citing Sources

Formal source references

Informal source references

Finalizing Recognition: References

Getting Real: Avoiding Logical Fallacies

Part 3 Writing with Style, Language, and Grammar

Chapter 8 Establishing Structure: Sentences and Paragraphs

Variety Packs: Sentence Organization

Identifying parts of speech

Recognizing important grammar terms

Focusing on sentence structures

Addressing sentence purpose

Inspecting sentence formations

Avoiding (Unintended) Incompletes: Fragments and Run-ons

Cutting a thought short: Fragments

Erroring with punctuation: Run-ons

Indenturing Sentences: Paragraph Structure

Focusing on topic sentences

Developing paragraphs

Flowing Smoothly: Coherence

Being consistent: Transitional strategies

Eyeing relationships: Transitional words

Chapter 9 Scoring Personality Points: Stars of Style

Knowing Who's Doing What: Active Verbs and Specific Nouns

Heart of speech: Verbs

Never nameless: Nouns

Using specific nouns and action verbs

Pacing Makers: Varying Patterns

Recognizing sentence rhythms

Identifying punctuation rhythms

Noting word rhythms

Making the Right Word Choices

Implementing sensory words

Employing compact words

Using familiar words

Feeling Risky: Styling with Figures of Speech

Comparing and contrasting

Repeating

Adding surprise

Eyeing additional style builders

Avoiding Tragedy: Sabotaging Your Style

Overrepeating words

Self-referencing

Writing (exactly) like you talk.

Overexplaining

Stacking adjectives

Extending quotations

Chapter 10 Showing Sensitivity: Language That Builds Better Societies

Raising Standards: General Guidelines for Respectful Language

Referencing Race and Ethnicity

Using preferred racial and ethnic terminology

Spelling and capitalizing racial and ethnic names

Making Age References

Making Disabilities References

Writing about disabilities

Showing respect through words

Showing inclusion

Being Inclusive with Gender and Sexual Orientation

Using gender inclusiveness

Making sexual orientation references

Considering Socioeconomic References

Chapter 11 Scrutinizing Your Paper for Sneaky Grammar Errors

Making Pronouns Agree

Recognizing the types of pronouns

Tackling problem pronouns

Positioning Prepositional Phrases

Connecting Conjunctions

Understanding what conjuctions are

Noticing conjunction problems

Following Parallel Structure

Placing Description

Remembering Verb Forms

Correctly using regular verbs

Being familiar with irregular verb forms

Making friends with the past participle

Comparing Incompletely

Confusing Adjectives and Adverbs

Profiting with Punctuation: Common Punctuation Errors

Commas: Taking a short break

Colons and semicolons: Taking a deep breath

Dashes and slashes: Politely interrupting

Ellipses, parentheses, and brackets: Adding afterthought

End punctuation and spacing: Finalizing thoughts

Quotation marks: Calling out the word

Proper nouns, titles, and headings: Avoiding capital offenses

Italics, abbreviations, and numbers: Punctuating words

Apostrophes and possessives: Owning up

Hyphenation: Making connections

Locating, Locating, Locating: Common Usage Errors

Sounding Smart: Similar-Sounding Words

Improving Page Accuracy.

Plurals: Making it more than one.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Giampalmi, Joe College Writing for Dummies

ISBN:

9781119895091