Backpack Writing

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Backpack Writing, Fourth Edition presents writing, reading, and research processes dynamically, using a variety of visuals to illustrate how readers interact with texts and how writers compose. One of the first textbook authors to focus on multimedia composing, Lester Faigley employs his own advice to engage students in every step of the writing process – for both college composition and everyday life – and pulls back the curtain on how writers work.

Aligned with the learning goals for a first-year college writing course identified in the 2014 Outcomes Statement from the Council of Writing Program Administrators, Backpack Writing gives students the support they need to succeed in first-year composition, in their other courses, and in their careers. In the Fourth Edition, students can also practice and explore what they’ve learned chapter-by-chapter with interactive MyWritingLab tools, assignments, and projects.  

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For college courses in Composition and Rhetoric.
Backpack Writing, Fourth Edition presents writing, reading, and research processes dynamically, using a variety of visuals to illustrate how readers interact with texts and how writers compose. One of the first textbook authors to focus on multimedia composing, Lester Faigley employs his own advice to engage students in every step of the writing process for both college composition and everyday life and pulls back the curtain on how writers work.
Aligned with the learning goals for a first-year college writing course identified in the 2014 Outcomes Statement from the Council of Writing Program Administrators, Backpack Writing gives students the support they need to succeed in first-year composition, in their other courses, and in their careers. In the Fourth Edition, students can also practice and explore what they ve learned chapter-by-chapter with interactive MyWritingLab tools, assignments, and projects.

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PART 1: THE ACADEMIC WRITER

1 Thinking as an Academic Writer

Explore Through Writing                    

Understand the Process of Writing

Understand the Rhetorical Situation

Analyze Your Assignment

Think About Your Genre

Think About Your Medium

Think About Your Topic

Think About What Your Readers Expect

Think About Your Credibility

2    Reading as an Academic Writer

Become a Critical Reader                    

Become a Critical Viewer

Annotate Academic Readings

Recognize Fallacies

Write a Summary

Write a Paraphrase

Move from Reading to Invention

Start an Annotated Bibliography

Synthesize Readings and Visuals

3    Planning    

Move from a General Topic to a Writing Plan        

Narrow Your Topic

Write a Thesis

Make a Plan

4    Drafting        

Draft with Strategies in Mind                

Write a Zero Draft

Draft from a Working Outline

Start Fast with an Engaging Title and Opening Paragraph

Develop Paragraphs

Conclude with Strength

Link Within and Across Paragraphs

5    Revising        

Revising and Editing                    

Evaluate Your Draft

Respond to Others

Pay Attention to Details Last

Revise Using your Instructor’s Comments

PART 2: THE PERSUASIVE WRITER

Writing to Reflect

6    Reflections    

Writing a Reflection                    

What Makes a Good Reflection?

Reflections About Visuals

REFLECTIONS

Sue Kunitomi Embrey, Some Lines for a Younger Brother . . .

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, My Hips, My Caceras  

Amy Tan, Mother Tongue

How to Write a Reflection

STUDENT EXAMPLE (MLA Style)

Janine Carter, The Miracle Quilt

Projects

Writing to Inform

7    Informative Essays and Visuals    

Reporting Information                    

What Makes Good Informative Writing?

Informative Visuals

INFORMATIVE ESSAYS AND VISUALS

Katherine Mangan, Is Faster Always Better?

Shane D. Johnson, Aiden Sitebottom, and Adam Thorpe, Bicycle Theft 

How to Write to Inform

STUDENT EXAMPLE (MLA Style)

Lakshmi Kotra, The Life Cycle of Stars

Projects

Writing to Analyze    

8    Rhetorical and Visual Analyses

Writing an Analysis                        

Writing a Rhetorical Analysis

Writing a Visual Analysis

RHETORICAL AND VISUAL ANALYSES

Tim Collins, Straight from the Heart  

Frank Gehry, The Ray and Maria Stata Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

How to Write an Analysis

STUDENT EXAMPLE (MLA Style)

Chris Gonzalez, Russell Lee’s Pie Town Photographs

Writing Arguments        

9    Causal Arguments     

Writing a Causal Argument                        

What Makes a Good Causal Argument?

Visual Causal Arguments

CAUSAL ARGUMENTS

Laura Fraser, The French Paradox  

Tom Vanderbilt, Why I Became a Late Merger (and Why You Should Too)

How to Write a Causal Argument

STUDENT EXAMPLE (MLA Style)

Armandi Tansel, Modern Warfare: Video Games’ Link to Real-World Violence

Projects

10    Evaluation Arguments    

Writing an Evaluation Argument                        

What Makes a Good Evaluation Argument?

Visual Evaluations

EVALUATION ARGUMENTS

Bill McKibben, The Only Way to Have a Cow  

Rachel Laudan, In Praise of Fast Food

How to Write an Evaluation

STUDENT EXAMPLE (MLA Style)

Jenna Picchi, Organic Foods Should Come Clean

Projects

11    Position Arguments    

Writing a Position Argument                         

What Makes a Good Position Argument?

Visual Position Arguments

POSITION ARGUMENTS

Ted Koppel, Take My Privacy, Please!

Michael Pollan, Eat Food, Food Defined 

How to Write a Position Argument

STUDENT EXAMPLE (MLA Style)

Patrice Conley, Flagrant Foul: The NCAA’s Definition of Student Athletes as Amateurs

Projects

12    Proposal Arguments     

Writing a Proposal Argument        

What Makes a Good Proposal Argument?

Visual Proposals

PROPOSAL ARGUMENTS

Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence  

Glenn Loury, A Nation of Jailers 

How to Write a Proposal Argument

STUDENT EXAMPLE (MLA Style)

Kim Lee, Let’s Make It a Real Melting Pot with Presidential Hopes for All

PART 3: THE MULTIMEDIA WRITER

13    Composing in Multimedia                 

Understand the Process of Composing in Multimedia

Take Pictures That Aren’t Boring

Create Graphics

Create Audio

Create Video

Create a Photo Essay

14    Designing for Print and Digital Readers                     

Start With Your Readers

Use Headings and Subheadings Effectively

Design Pages

Understand Typography

Evaluate Your Design

PART 4: THE WRITER AS RESEARCHER

   

    Guide to Research

15    Planning Research                                     

Analyze the Research Task

Ask a Question

Draft a Working Thesis

16    Finding Sources                                     

Identify the Kinds of Sources That You Need

Search Using Keywords

Find Sources in Databases

Find Sources on the Web

Find Multimedia Sources

Find Print Sources

Create a Working Bibliography

17    Evaluating Sources                                     

Determine the Relevance and Quality of Sources

Determine the Kind of Source

Determine If a Source Is Trustworthy

18    Writing the Research Project                             

Write a Draft

Avoid Plagiarism

Quote Sources Without Plagiarizing

Summarize and Paraphrase Sources Without Plagiarizing

Incorporate Quotations

Incorporate Visuals

Review Your Research Project

19    MLA Documentation                                 

Elements of MLA Documentation

Entries in the Works-cited List

In-text Citations in MLA Style

Books in MLA-Style Works Cited

Web Sources in MLA-Style Works Cited

Other Sources in MLA-Style Works Cited

Visual Sources in MLA-Style Works Cited

Sample MLA Paper

George Abukar

It’s Time to Shut Down the Identity Theft Racket