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Composing Ourselves and our World

This textbook is meant for first year English Composition Courses and covers the essentials of composition and rhetoric in a recursive manner and introduces research skills. Regardless of your field of study, honing your writing skills—and your reading and critical-thinking skills—gives you a more solid academic foundation.

CompositionHumanities
Author
Elizabeth Burrows, Angela Fowler, Heath Fowler, and Amy Locklear
Publisher
Auburn University at Montgomery
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
English
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Contents· 70 sections
  1. 01: Part I- The Composition Process
  2. 01: The Composing Process
  3. 1.01: Writing for College
  4. 1.02: What is Academic Writing
  5. 1.03: Your Role as a Learner
  6. 02: Critical Concepts
  7. 2.01: Rhetoric Rhetorical
  8. 03: Defining the Composing Process
  9. 3.01: Invention As Process
  10. 3.02: Brainstorming Techniques
  11. 04: Rhetorical Invention and Planning
  12. 4.01: Reading To Write- What Models and Reading Strategies Can Offer
  13. 4.02: The Rhetorical Situation- Analyzing and Composing
  14. 05: Composing Strategies
  15. 5.01: Assessing Your Rhetorical Situation
  16. 5.02: Thesis Purpose Statements
  17. 5.03: Organizing an Essay
  18. 5.04: MLA Formatting Conventions
  19. 5.05: Introductions and Conclusions
  20. 06: Revising and Recomposing
  21. 6.01: Revising vs. Proofreading
  22. 6.02: Matters of Grammar Mechanics and Style
  23. 6.03: The Readers Role
  24. 07: Publishing Circulation- Media Matters
  25. 7.01: Composing in Digital Spaces- Things To Consider
  26. 08: ePortfolio
  27. 8.01: ePortfolio
  28. 09: Narrative
  29. 9.01: The Literacy Narrative Assignment
  30. 10: Analysis and Evaluation
  31. 10.01: The Analysis and Evaluation Assignment
  32. 11: Argument
  33. 11.01: The Argument Assignment
  34. 02: Part II- Research Writing
  35. 12: Research Proposal
  36. 12.01: The Topic Proposal Assignment
  37. 13: Annotated Bibliography
  38. 13.01: The Annotated Bibliography Assignment
  39. 14: Research Paper and Presentation
  40. 14.01: The Research Paper and Presentation Assignment
  41. 14.02: Alternate Ways to Present Research
  42. 15: Entering the Discourse Community
  43. 15.01: Identifying a Conversation
  44. 15.02: What is a Research Paper
  45. 15.03: Identifying and Understanding Your Audience and Purpose
  46. 15.04: Research Writing in the Academic Disciplines
  47. 15.05: Develop a Research Proposal
  48. 15.06: Topic Thesis and Research Proposal
  49. 15.07: Mapping Your Topic
  50. 16: Researching- How What When Where and Why
  51. 16.01: What are Sources
  52. 16.02: Finding Your Sources
  53. 16.03: Recording and Organizing Your Research
  54. 17: Reviewing and Analyzing Your Sources
  55. 17.01: Critical Reading
  56. 17.02: Evaluating Your Sources
  57. 17.03: Developing an Annotated Bibliography
  58. 18: Writing the Research Paper
  59. 18.01: Creating Your Argument
  60. 18.02: Synthesis
  61. 18.03: Drafting
  62. 18.04: Using Sources Creatively
  63. 19: Citing Your Sources
  64. 19.01: In-text Citation
  65. 19.02: Works Cited Entries
  66. 19.03: Standard Style and Documentation Systems
  67. 20: Revising Your Research Project
  68. 20.01: Revising Your Research Paper
  69. 21: Planning Your Presentation
  70. 21.01: Turning Your Paper into an Oral Presentation