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Prepare students for writing in any discipline.
Writing teachers know that the expectations for good writing change from one academic context to the next. The only book to dedicate chapters to writing in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and applied fields respectively, An Insider's Guide to Academic Writing gives students the rhetorical tools they need for success in writing assignments across the disciplines. Rather than aiming to teach students every genre they may encounter, the guide offers students practice in analyzing the rhetorical situation and understanding the scholarly values informing writing conventions in these different fields. Available for the first time with An Insider’s Guide, our new online course space, Achieve, features the full e-book, writing tools that support feedback, peer review, revision, and reflection, along with assessment and practice opportunities that facilitate student engagement.
Features
A two-in-one rhetoric and reader that prepares students for the challenges of academic and disciplinary writing. Based on the class-tested best practices of a first-year composition program with a writing-in-the-disciplines approach, An Insider’s Guide to Academic Writing offers two books in one: an innovative rhetoric of academic writing, and a thematic reader that foregrounds real readings from the disciplines.
The rhetoric takes students inside the world of higher education, academic writing, and disciplinary writing. Part One introduces the core rhetorical skills students will need to develop college level arguments. Part Two introduces a practical, transferable three-part framework (“SLR” = “structure/ language/ reference”) for producing key genres of writing within the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and applied fields. Throughout, model readings—annotated to highlight the writer’s moves—allow students the opportunity to reflect on, respond to, and practice academic writing.
The following “Insider” features enliven and illuminate academic and disciplinary writing practices:
- Unique “Insider’s View” boxes feature academics from across the curriculum talking about their own writing and research. These boxes put a face on an academic world that may be new and mysterious to students.
- “Connect” activities and Writing Projects help students read, reflect on, and practice moves and genres of academic writing, from rhetorical analysis, argumentation and research papers to textual interpretation (humanities), literature review and theory response (social sciences) , research proposal and formal observation papers (sciences) to applied projects (including lesson plan, business plan, legal brief).
- Marginal annotations help students “get inside” the readings, calling out important rhetorical and genre features that connect to the instruction.
- Summary “Tip Sheets” at the end of chapters offer practical, easy-to-reference advice for students.
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- Achieve with An Insider’s Guide to Academic Writing puts student writing at the center of your course and keeps revision at the core, with a dedicated composition space that guides students through drafting, peer review, source check, reflection, and revision. Developed to support best practices in commenting on student drafts, Achieve is a flexible, integrated suite of tools for designing and facilitating writing assignments, paired with actionable insights that make students’ progress toward outcomes clear and measurable — all in a single powerful, easy-to-use platform that works for face-to-face, remote, and hybrid learning scenarios. Achieve with An Insider’s Guide to Academic Writing includes the complete e-book (with integrated Insider’s View videos), fully editable prebuilt writing assignments that support the book, reading comprehension quizzes, and interactive assessments and activities to promote active learning and engagement.
- Readings, boxes, examples, and photos have been revised so that students with a diverse range of identities and experiences can see that they too belong as “insiders” in academic communities.
- New Insider Examples give students models for every writing project in the book. The new examples include an argument analysis; an annotated bibliography; a genre analysis; a poster presentation; a PowerPoint presentation; an IT paper; and a genre analysis in the applied fields. All of the Insider Examples are now annotated to highlight the writer’s rhetorical moves.
- Added coverage of multimodal writing can be found in new discussions and examples of poster presentations (Chapter 8) and PowerPoint slides (Chapter 10).
I love that the Insider's Guide contains the voices of specific individuals who are currently reading and writing and conducting research in academia; these voices add credibility to the text and to my classroom.
– Travis Price, North Carolina State UniversityAn Insider's Guide to Academic Writing is a terrific source for any student beginning their college career because it helps them to not only understand what academic reading and writing is, but because it also explains to students the types of academic writing they will come across in college. . . . and beyond.
– Tim Oldakowski, Slippery Rock University

An Insider's Guide to Academic Writing: A Brief Rhetoric
Third Edition| ©2022
Susan Miller-Cochran; Roy Stamper; Stacey Cochran
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An Insider's Guide to Academic Writing: A Brief Rhetoric
Third Edition| 2022
Susan Miller-Cochran; Roy Stamper; Stacey Cochran
Table of Contents
New selections are indicated with an asterisk (*).
PART ONE. A Guide to College and College Writing
Chapter 1. An Introduction to Academic Writing
Your Goals and Your School’s Mission
Writing within Academic Disciplines
Entering Academic Conversations
Learning to Write in New Contexts
Writing Project: Profile of a Writer
Insider Example: Student Profile of a Business Professional
Chapter 1 Tip Sheet
Chapter 2. Writing: Process and Reflection
Developing Your Writing Process
Flexible Strategies
Multiple Drafts
Giving and Acting on Feedback
Giving Productive Peer Review Feedback: A Sample Draft with Comments
Responding to Peer Review Feedback
Reflection and Writing
Reflecting throughout the Writing Process
Reflecting on Your Story as a Writer
Characteristics of a Literacy Narrative
Writing Project: Literacy Narrative
Insider Example: Student Literacy Narrative
Chapter 2 Tip Sheet
Chapter 3. Reading and Writing Rhetorically
Understanding Rhetorical Context
Understanding Genres
Writing Rhetorically
Reading Rhetorically
Questions for Rhetorical Reading
Reading Visuals
Analyzing the Rhetorical Context: A Sample Annotated Text
Writing Project: Rhetorical Analysis
*Insider Example: Student Rhetorical Analysis
Chapter 3 Tip Sheet
Chapter 4. Developing Arguments
Understanding Proofs and Appeals
Making Claims
Thesis Statements
Thesis versus Hypothesis
Developing Reasons
Supporting Reasons with Evidence
Understanding Assumptions
Anticipating Counterarguments
Analyzing an Argument: A Sample Annotated Text
Writing Project: Rhetorical Analysis of an Argument
Insider Example: Student Analysis of an Argument
Chapter 4 Tip Sheet
Chapter 5. Academic Research
Developing a Research Question
Choosing Your Sources
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Searching for Sources
Search Terms and Search Engines
Journal Databases
Evaluating Sources: Scholarly versus Popular Works
Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting from Sources
Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Quoting
Avoiding Plagiarism
Understanding Documentation Systems
Modern Language Association (MLA)
American Psychological Association (APA)
Council of Science Editors (CSE)
Annotated Bibliographies
Writing Project: Annotated Bibliography
*Insider Example: Student Annotated Bibliography
Writing Project: A Supported Argument on a Controversial Issue
Insider Example: Student Argument on a Controversial Issue
Chapter 5 Tip Sheet
PART TWO. Inside Academic Writing
Chapter 6. Reading and Writing in Academic Disciplines
Using Rhetorical Context to Analyze Academic Writing
Analyzing Academic Writing: A Sample Annotated Text
Recognizing Academic Genres
Using Structure, Language, and Reference (SLR) to Analyze Genre Conventions
Defining SLR
Analyzing Genre Conventions: A Sample Annotated Text
Writing Project: Genre Analysis
*Insider Example: Student Comparative Genre Analysis
Writing Project: Translating a Scholarly Article for a Public Audience
Insider Example: Student Translation of a Scholarly Article
Chapter 6 Tip Sheet
Chapter 7. Reading and Writing in the Humanities
Research in the Humanities
Observation and Interpretation
The Role of Theory in the Humanities
Engaging with Theory: A Sample Annotated Text
Strategies for Close Reading
Notetaking Steps
Close Reading: Sample Annotations and Content/Form-Response Grids
Close Reading Practice: Analyzing a Short Story
Structural Conventions in the Humanities
Using Research Questions to Develop a Thesis
Developing Effective Thesis Statements
Thesis-Driven Structural Templates
Language Conventions in the Humanities
Descriptive and Rhetorical Language
Active Voice
Hedging
Reference Conventions in the Humanities
Values Reflected in Citations
Documentation Styles: MLA and CMS
Genres: Textual Interpretation
What Is the Rhetorical Context for This Genre?
Strategies for Writing a Textual Interpretation
Writing Project: Textual Interpretation/Analysis
Insider Example, Student Interpretation of a Literary Text
Chapter 7 Tip Sheet
Chapter 8. Reading and Writing in the Social Sciences
Research in the Social Sciences
The Role of Theory in the Social Sciences
Research Questions and Hypotheses
Methods
The IRB Process and Use of Human Subjects
Structural Conventions in the Social Sciences
IMRaD Format
Abstracts and Other Structural Conventions
Language Conventions in the Social Sciences
Active and Passive Voice
Hedging
Reference Conventions in the Social Sciences
Genres: Literature Review
What Is the Rhetorical Context for This Genre?
Strategies for Writing a Literature Review
Writing Project: Literature Review
Insider Example: Student Literature Review
Genres: Theory Response Essay
What Is the Rhetorical Context for This Genre?
Strategies for Writing a Theory Response Essay
Writing Project: Theory Response Essay
Insider Example: Student Theory Response Paper
Genres: Poster Presentation
What Is the Rhetorical Context for This Genre?
Strategies for Composing a Poster Presentation
Writing Project: Poster Presentation
*Insider Example: Professional Poster Presentation
Chapter 8 Tip Sheet
Chapter 9. Reading and Writing in the Natural Sciences
Research in the Natural Sciences
Observation and Description
From Description to Speculation
From Speculation to Research Questions and Hypothesis
Research Study Design
The IRB Process and Use of Human Subjects
Values Underlying Writing in the Natural Sciences
Objectivity
Replicability
Recency
Cooperation and Collaboration
Structural Conventions in the Natural Sciences
IMRaD Format
Other Structural Conventions
Language Conventions in the Natural Sciences
Jargon
Numbers and Other Details
Active and Passive Voice
Reference Conventions in the Natural Sciences
Genres: Observation Logbook
What Is the Rhetorical Context for This Genre?
Strategies for Working with an Observation Logbook
Writing Project: Observation Logbook
Insider Example: Student Observation Logbook
Genres: Research Proposal
What Is the Rhetorical Context for This Genre?
Strategies for Writing a Research Proposal
Writing Project: Research Proposal
Insider Example: Professional Research Proposal
Genres: Lab Report
What Is the Rhetorical Context for This Genre?
Strategies for Composing a Lab Report
Writing Project: Lab Report
Insider Example: Student Lab Report
Chapter 9 Tip Sheet
Chapter 10. Reading and Writing in the Applied Fields
Rhetoric and the Applied Fields
Health Fields
Insider Example: Discharge Instructions
Education
Insider Example: Student Lesson Plan
Business
Insider Example: Student Memorandum
Criminal Justice and Law
Insider Example: E-Mail Correspondence from Attorney
Engineering
*Insider Example: PowerPoint Slides
Information Technology
Insider Example: Student Summary of Shift Operations
Writing Project: Genre Analysis of Writing in an Applied Field
*Insider Example: Student Genre Analysis of Electrical and Computer Engineering Standards
Chapter 10 Tip Sheet
Appendix: Introduction to Documentation Styles
Glossary
Index

An Insider's Guide to Academic Writing: A Brief Rhetoric
Third Edition| 2022
Susan Miller-Cochran; Roy Stamper; Stacey Cochran
Authors

Susan Miller-Cochran
Susan Miller-Cochran is the Executive Director of General Education at the University of Arizona, where she is also a Professor of English. Her research focuses on higher education administration and academic labor (especially in writing programs), instructional technology, curricular design, and multilingual writing. She formerly served as Director of the Writing Program at UA (2015-2019), Director of First-Year Writing at North Carolina State University (2007-2015), and a faculty member in English/ESL at Mesa Community College (AZ, 2000-2006). She has also served as a past president of the Council of Writing Program Administrators and a member of the Executive Committee of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Her work has appeared in over 40 journal articles and book chapters, and she is a co-editor of Composition, Rhetoric, and Disciplinarity (Utah State, 2018); Rhetorically Rethinking Usability (Hampton, 2009); and Strategies for Teaching First-Year Composition (NCTE, 2002).

Roy Stamper
Roy Stamper is a Senior Lecturer in English and Associate Director of the First-Year Writing Program in the Department of English at North Carolina State University, where he teaches courses in composition and rhetoric. He is also academic advisor to the department’s Language, Writing, and Rhetoric majors. He has been recognized as an Outstanding Lecturer as well as an Outstanding Faculty Advisor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and is a recipient of NC State's New Advisor Award. Prior to his current appointment, he worked as a high school English teacher. He has presented papers at a number of local, regional, and national conferences, including the Conference of the Council of Writing Program Administrators and the Conference on College Composition and Communication.

Stacey Cochran
Stacey Cochran is an Assistant Professor researching innovative teaching practices centered on writing and well-being at the University of Arizona, with dual appointments in English and the office of Student Success and Retention Innovation. He has also served as the Coordinator of Student Success and Wellness in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. His bestselling novel Eddie & Sunny was adapted as a major motion picture in 2021 by Paradox Studios US and Iervolino Entertainment. He was a finalist for the 1998 Dell Magazines Award, a finalist for the 2004 St. Martin's Press/PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Contest, and finalist for the 2011 James Hurst Prize for fiction.

An Insider's Guide to Academic Writing: A Brief Rhetoric
Third Edition| 2022
Susan Miller-Cochran; Roy Stamper; Stacey Cochran
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