From the Book - Fifth edition.
Preface : the aims of this edition
Introduction : your research and your audience
Asking questions, seeking answers. From topics to questions; From questions to a problem
Sources and resources. Finding and evaluating sources; Engaging sources
Making your argument. Making good arguments : an overview; Making claims; Assembling reasons and evidence; Warrants; Acknowledgements and responses
Delivering your argument. Planning and drafting; Revising and organizing; Incorporating sources; Communicating evidence visually; Introductions and conclusions; Revising style : telling your story clearly; Research presentations
Some last considerations. The ethics of research; Advice for teachers
Appendix : a brief guide to bibliographicand other resources.
Research, Rresearchers, and Readers
Thinking in print: the uses of research, public and private
Connecting with your reader: (re-)creating yourself and your readers
Asking Questions,Finding Answers
Planning your project : an overview
From questions to a problem
Making a Claim and Supporting It
Assembling a research argument
Making good arguments: an overview
Assembling reasons and evidence
Acknowledgments and responses
Planning, Drafting, and Revising
Revising your organization and argument
Communicating evidence visually
Introductions and conclusions
Revising style: telling your story clearly
A postscript for teachers.
Research, researchers, and readers. Prologue : starting a research project
Thinking in print : uses of research, public and private
Connecting with your reader : (re)creating your self and your audience
- Asking questions, finding answers. Prologue : planning your project
From questions to problems
- Making a claim and supporting it. Prologue : pulling together your argument
Making good arguments : an overview
Acknowledgments and responses
- Preparing to draft, drafting, and revising. Prologue : planning again
Revising your organization and argument
Introductions and conclusions
Communicating evidence visually
Revising style : telling your story clearly
- Some last considerations.
Research, researchers, and readers. Starting a research project
Thinking in print: the uses of research, public and private
Connecting with your reader: (re)creating your self and your audience
Asking questions, finding answers. Planning your project
From questions to problems
From questions to sources
Making a claim and supporting it. Arguments, drafting, and conversations
Making good arguments: an overview
Preparing to draft, drafting, and revising. Planning again
Pre-drafting and drafting
Communicating evidence visually
Revising your organization and argument
Revising style: telling your story clearly
Some last considerations. Research and ethics
A postscript for teachers
An appendix on finding sources.
