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The Transition to College Writing

Second Edition| ©2009 Keith Hjortshoj

This brief rhetoric introduces the essential reading and writing strategies students need to succeed in courses across the curriculum. Taking the transition from high school to college as his starting point, Hjortshoj speaks directly and honestly to students, offering them practical strategies to sh...
This brief rhetoric introduces the essential reading and writing strategies students need to succeed in courses across the curriculum. Taking the transition from high school to college as his starting point, Hjortshoj speaks directly and honestly to students, offering them practical strategies to shed ineffective habits and move toward a more mature, flexible understanding of how to respond to academic challenges. Distilling information about writing assignments from across the curriculum, Hjortshoj shows students how to decode these assignments and approach them effectively.

The second edition offers more advice on how to meet the difficult challenge of synthesizing and integrating sources, and the text has been streamlined to be a better reference.
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An academic survival guide for new college writers

This brief rhetoric introduces the essential reading and writing strategies students need to succeed in courses across the curriculum. Taking the transition from high school to college as his starting point, Hjortshoj speaks directly and honestly to students, offering them practical strategies to shed ineffective habits and move toward a more mature, flexible understanding of how to respond to academic challenges. Distilling information about writing assignments from across the curriculum, Hjortshoj shows students how to decode these assignments and approach them effectively.

The second edition offers more advice on how to meet the difficult challenge of synthesizing and integrating sources, and the text has been streamlined to be a better reference.

Features

Offers first year students inside information about the academic expectations they will confront, and clear advice about how to read critically and write analytically to meet those expectations.

Distills information about writing assignments from across the curriculum. In addition to explaining general standards for academic writing, Hjortshoj distinguishes the most common forms and purposes of writing assignments in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Using realistic models of these assignments, Hjortshoj gives students practical advice on how to approach each type.

Unique chapter on "predatory" reading guides students from passive absorption of information to the active reading strategies they will need to grasp academic material quickly and thoroughly.

Demystifies research writing
and includes essential guidance on developing research strategies for particular assignments, synthesizing and integrating sources, and avoiding plagiarism.

New to This Edition

Streamlined and designed for easier reference. Clear and concise advice is now offered in boxed tips and more bulleted lists throughout, and new Guidelines sections at the end of each chapter summarize core principles cross-referenced to clear examples.

New chapter on synthesizing and integrating sources deftly addresses how students can gain authority in working with sources and maintain their own voice in academic writing and research.

New section on the use of electronic sources in research offers advice about smart search techniques that will save time and yield better sources.

More grammar help, including a new section for ESL students, includes practical advice on how to use a handbook, how to decipher instructors’ comments, and how to find resources for extra help.
"Hjortshoj unpacks and analyzes extremely difficult aspects of the writing process in a way that’s very accessible. He finds clear ways to illustrate the recursive nature of the writing process."
— Glenn H. McKnight, Drake University

"When I use this text in my peer tutoring seminar, in which most of the students are juniors and seniors, they always say they wished they had seen this when they were first-year students. It is clear, concise, and to the point."
— Caroline L. Eisner, University of Michigan

"After having taught freshman seminars for ten years, I had given up on finding a first-year seminar text that effectively addressed the key elements that prevent many students from achieving their academic goals. But The Transition to College Writing presents information that clearly characterizes the challenges students face as they make the adjustment to university-level coursework."
— Mary F. Engel, The University of Scranton

"It engages some of the most vexing and perplexing issues in grammar, composition, and pedagogy yet neither oversimplifies nor confuses. Students should find it both useful and refreshing, especially in conjunction with sound classroom instruction."
— Mark Meritt, University of San Francisco
The Transition to College Writing by Keith Hjortshoj - Second Edition, 2009 from Macmillan Student Store

The Transition to College Writing

Second Edition| ©2009

Keith Hjortshoj

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The Transition to College Writing by Keith Hjortshoj - Second Edition, 2009 from Macmillan Student Store

The Transition to College Writing

Second Edition| 2009

Keith Hjortshoj

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Orientation

Are You Prepared for College?

Eduardo and Marie

Mythical Colleges, Mythical High Schools

Some Basic Differences between High School and College

Take Charge of Your Own Transition to College, as Active Learners

Guidelines

2. Language and Learning

The Vital Connections between Language and Learning

Consider Note Taking

Forms and Functions of a College Writing Class

Guidelines

3. Reading: How to Stay on Top of It

Amanda’s Question

Becoming a Predatory Reader

Reading and Memory

Ways of Reading

        Passive, Linear Reading

        Reading with Two Minds

        Highlighting

        Notes, Outlines, and Summaries

        Hard Reading

        Some Other Ways of Reading

        Reference

        Selective Reading

        Analytical Scanning

        Close Reading

Overcoming Resistance to Strategic Reading

Guidelines

4. How Good Writing Gets Written

Patterns of Discontent

Process and Product

        Prewriting or Planning

        Composing

        Revising or Rewriting
       
        Editing or Proofreading

        Release

The Choices Student Writers Make

Cost/Benefit Analysis

Alternatives

Guidelines

5. Rules and Errors

What are the Correct Rules for Writing?

Two Kinds of Rules and Knowledge

Proofreading by Ear

False Rules

How to Use a Handbook

A Note to Nonnative Speakers of English

        What You Can (and Can’t) Expect from Teachers

        Special Resources for Nonnative Speakers of English

Guidelines

6. Footstools and Furniture: Variations of Form and Flow in College Writing

What’s Wrong with the Footstool Essay?

What Remains True of Good Writing Workshop

Figuring Out What Assignments Are Asking You to Do

Structuring Comparisons and Arguments

        Organizational Options for Comparison

        The Academic Meanings of Argument

The Form and Flow of a Scientific Report

        The Form of a Scientific Report

        Narrative Flow through Categorical Sections

        The Broader Uses of Scientific Narration

        Variations and Preferences

A Brief Summary

Guidelines

7. Writing in Reference to Others

A Bubble of Solitude, Abuzz with Conversation

The Familiar Principles of Referring to Others

Misconceptions of Reference and Documentation

Integrating References: the Importance of Voice

Why and How We Use Documentation Systems

        Why Doesn’t Everyone Use the Same System?

        When Should You Use a Documentation Format?

        Which Format Should You Use?

                MLA Format

                APA Format

                CMS Format

        Where Can You Find These Formats?

How and When to Cite Electronic Sources

Guidelines

8. Research Papers

What Is a Research Paper?

The Standard Method (and Why It Rarely Works)

Revising and Adapting Your Strategies

        Choose a Topic

        Locate Sources of Information on the Topic

        Read Sources and Take Notes

        Construct an Outline

        Write the Paper, Incorporating Source Material

        Document References and Add a Bibliography

        Check for Errors and Typos, and Turn It In

Theft, Fraud, and the Loss of Voice
       
        Theft and Fraud

        Unauthorized Assistance and Collaboration

        Lazy Citation and Paraphrase

        Loss of Voice

Guidelines

Conclusion: The Whole Point of Writing

Works Cited

Index

The Transition to College Writing by Keith Hjortshoj - Second Edition, 2009 from Macmillan Student Store

The Transition to College Writing

Second Edition| 2009

Keith Hjortshoj

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Keith Hjortshoj

Keith Hjortshoj (Cornell University) is the Director of Writing in the Majors in the Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines at Cornell University. He is also a senior lecturer in the Writing Workshop, which offers courses and services for students who encounter difficulty with writing and reading, especially in the first year of college. He has worked extensively with faculty development and teacher training across the curriculum. Currently, Hjortshoj is developing courses, workshops, and a book on writing for graduate students.

The Transition to College Writing by Keith Hjortshoj - Second Edition, 2009 from Macmillan Student Store

The Transition to College Writing

Second Edition| 2009

Keith Hjortshoj

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