Writing from sources
Helping you to read critically and analyze well, Writing from Sources provides detailed, step-by-step coverage of every aspect of the research and writing process. The book equips you with the skills you need to integrate source materials into your own writing, preparing you to produce confident, college-level work.
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- Full title :Writing from sources / Brenda Spatt.
Summary
Helping you to read critically and analyze well, Writing from Sources provides detailed, step-by-step coverage of every aspect of the research and writing process. The book equips you with the skills you need to integrate source materials into your own writing, preparing you to produce confident, college-level work.
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- Publication Date:©2011.
- Edition:8th ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Bedford/St. Martin's
- Place of Publication:Boston
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxvii, 545 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780312602901, 0312602901
- oclc:ocn690022322
- LC Classification:PE1478
- Dewey Decimal:808.042
Table of Contents
I. Making sources your own : Reading for understanding : Underlining ; Annotating : Annotating: land of desire ; Annotating: "a question of degree". Asking questions : Asking questions: "a question of degree". Questioning the author : Thesis vs. topic ; Intention ; Bias ; Tone ; Audience ; Questioning the author: "the kindness of strangers". Using evidence and reasoning : Evidence. Interpreting evidence : Statements ; Implications ; Inferences ; Unsupported inferences. Using logical reasoning : Deductive reasoning ; Inductive reasoning ; Using logic to establish common ground with the reader ; Logical flaws and fallacies -- II. Presenting sources to others : Summarizing sources : Summarizing a paragraph ; Summarizing an article ; Summarizing a complex essay -- Quoting sources : Reasons for quoting : Quoting for support ; Quoting vivid or technical language ; Quoting another writer to comment on the quotation ; Quoting to gain distance. Using quotations : Direct quotation: separating quotations from your own writing ; Direct quotation: integrating quotations into your sentences ; Indirect quotation ; The historical present tense ; Punctuating direct quotations: opening the quotatio…
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