Everyone’s an Author 4th Edition by Andrea Lunsford, ISBN-13: 978-1324045106

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Everyone’s an Author 4th Edition by Andrea Lunsford, ISBN-13: 978-1324045106

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• Publisher: ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Fourth edition (July 1, 2023)
• Language: ‎ English
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1324045108
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1324045106

The “can-do” writing guide that helps students harness the power of rhetoric.

Table of Contents:

Cover

Publisher’s Notice

Half-title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

A Note about the Cover

Index of Common Writing Assignments

Brief Contents

InQuizitive for Writers

Preface

Contents

Introduction: Is Everyone an Author?

Part I: The Need for Rhetoric and Writing

Chapter One: Thinking Rhetorically

Chapter Two: Engaging Productively with Others

Chapter Three: Rhetorical Situations

Chapter Four: Language, Power, and Rhetoric

Chapter Five: “It’s Like Learning a New Language” / Understanding College Expectations

Characteristic Features

Part II: Reading Processes

Chapter Six: Reading Rhetorically

Thinking about Your Rhetorical Situation

Becoming an Active, Engaged Reader

Fast—and Slow—Reading

Reading Unfamiliar or Difficult Texts

Reading On-Screen and Off

Reading Across Genres

Reading Across Academic Disciplines

Chapter Seven: Annotating, Summarizing, Responding

Annotating

A Sample Annotated Text

Summarizing

Responding

Summary / Response Essays

YULIYA VAYNER, The Higher Price of Buying Local, An Annotated Example

Chapter Eight: Distinguishing Facts from Misinformation

Part III: Writing Processes

Chapter Nine: Managing the Writing Process

Writing Processes / A Roadmap

Chapter Ten: Reflecting on Your Writing

Writing a Reflection / A Roadmap

ANNAYA BAYNES, Becoming the Writer I Am: A Reflection on My First-Year Composition Class, An Annotated Example

Chapter Eleven: “Here Comes Everybody!” / The Need for Collaboration

Part IV: Genres of Writing

Chapter Twelve: Choosing Genres

Chapter Thirteen: Arguing a Position / “This Is Where I Stand”

Characteristic Features

RUSSEL HONORÉ, Work Is a Blessing, An Annotated Example

Arguing A Position / A Roadmap

NICOLE LYNN LEWIS, How Colleges Tell Student-Parents They Don’t Belong, A Model Argument

KATHERINE SPRIGGS, On Buying Local, A Model Argument

Chapter Fourteen: Writing a Narrative / “Here’s What Happened”

Characteristic Features

RAYA ELFADEL KHEIRBEK, At the VA, Healing the Doctor-Patient Relationship, An Annotated Example

Literacy Narratives

PALOMA GARCIA, First Day of School, An Annotated Example

Writing A Narrative / A Roadmap

CHARLOTTE CLYMER, They Called Me a Girl before Anyone Else Did, A Model Narrative

LARRY LEHNA, The Look, A Model Narrative

Chapter Fifteen: Writing Analytically / “Let’s Take a Closer Look”

Characteristic Features

SHAAN SACHDEV, The Key to Beyoncé’s Lasting Success, An Annotated Example

Visual Analysis

FRANKIE DE LA CRETAZ, Serena Williams’s Tennis Outfits Defy the Norms Female Athletes Face, An Annotated Example

Writing Analytically / A Roadmap

JOHNA PAOLINO, Google Home vs. Alexa: Two Simple User Experience Design Gestures That Delighted a Female User, An Annotated Example

MELISSA RUBIN, Advertisements R Us, An Annotated Example

Chapter Sixteen: Reporting Information / “Just the Facts”

Characteristic Features

WIKIPEDIA, Gender, An Annotated Example

Profiles

BILL LAITNER, Heart and Sole: Detroiter Walks 21 Miles in Work Commute, An Annotated Example

Reporting Information / A Roadmap

TATE RYAN-MOSLEY, How Digital Beauty Filters Perpetuate Colorism, A Model Report

RYAN JOY, The Right to Preach on a College Campus, A Model Report

Chapter Seventeen: Writing a Review / “Two Thumbs Up”

Characteristic Features

TIM ALAMENCIAK, Monopoly: The Scandal Behind the World’s Favorite Board Game, An Annotated Example

Writing A Review / A Roadmap

K. AUSTIN COLLINS, Respect: Aretha’s Music Carries This Biopic, A Model Review

MANISHA UMMADI, Indie Gem Please Knock on My Door Expertly Captures Mental Illness, A Model Review

Chapter Eighteen: Making a Proposal / “Here’s What I Recommend”

Characteristic Features

EMILY BURACK, The Olympics Devastate Host Cities and Need a Permanent Location, An Annotated Example

Project Proposals

DAVID PASINI, The Economic Impact of Investing Public Funds in Sport Franchises, An Annotated Example

Writing A Proposal / A Roadmap

MARY KING, Guaranteed Income Can Solve U.S. Poverty, A Model Review

JONATHAN HOLLOWAY, To Unite a Divided America, Make People Work for It, A Model Review

Part V: The Centrality of Argument

Chapter Nineteen: Those You Read, Those You Write / Analyzing and Constructing Arguments

Where’s the Argument Coming From?

What’s the Claim?

What’s at Stake?

Means of Persuasion: Emotional, Ethical, and Logical Appeals

What About Other Perspectives?

Ways of Structuring Arguments

Matters of Style

Chapter Twenty: Strategies for Supporting an Argument

Part VI: Research

Chapter Twenty-One: Joining the Conversation / Starting Your Research

Chapter Twenty-Two: Online and at the Library / Finding Sources

What Kind of Sources Do You Need?

Types of Sources—and Where to Find Them

Research Sites: On the Internet, in the Library

Running Searches, Narrowing Results

Chapter Twenty-Three: Conducting Research in the Field

Chapter Twenty-Four: Keeping Track / Managing Information Overload

Chapter Twenty-Five: Evaluating Sources

Chapter Twenty-Six: Annotating a Bibliography

A Descriptive Annotated Bibliography

An Evaluative Annotated Bibliography

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Moving from What Your Sources Say to What You Say

Literature Reviews

Literature Review / An Annotated Example

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Giving Credit, Avoiding Plagiarism

Chapter Thirty: MLA Style

In-Text Documentation

Notes

List of Works Cited

Formatting a Research Essay

Sample Research Essay

Chapter Thirty-One: APA Style

In-Text Documentation

Notes

Reference List

Formatting a Research Essay

Sample Research Essay

Part VII: Style

Chapter Thirty-Two: What’s Your Style?

Chapter Thirty-Three: Mixing Languages and Dialects

Chapter Thirty-Four: How to Craft Powerful Sentences

Four Common Sentence Patterns

Ways of Emphasizing the Main Idea in a Sentence

Opening Sentences

Closing Sentences

Varying Your Sentences

Chapter Thirty-Five: Polishing and Editing Your Writing

Editing Sentences

Editing Pronouns

Editing Verbs

Editing Quotations

Editing Commas

Editing Words That Are Often Confused

Part VIII: Design and Delivery

Chapter Thirty-Six: Designing What You Write

Thinking Rhetorically About Design

Choosing Typefaces and Fonts

Adding Headings

Using Color

Using Visuals

Putting It All Together

Getting Responses to Your Design

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Composing and Remixing Across Media

Kinds of Multimodal Projects

Remix Projects

Managing Multimodal and Remix Projects

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Making Presentations

Across Disciplines

A Sample Presentation

Making A Presentation / A Roadmap

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Writing For a Public Audience

Bonus Chapter A: Writing and Rhetoric in the Workplace

Consider Your Rhetorical Situation

Be Professional

Job Search Letters

A Cover Letter

Résumés

A Résumé

References

Writing Samples

Job Interviews

Writing on the Job

Bonus Chapter B: Assembling a Portfolio

What to Include in a Writing Portfolio

Collecting Your Work

Reflecting on Your Writing

A Sample Portfolio Statement

Organizing a Portfolio

Bonus Chapter C: Publishing Your Writing

Credits

About the Authors

About the Alphabet

The Norton Writer’s Prize

Author / Title Index

Glossary / Index

MLA Documentation Directory

APA Documentation Directory

Andrea Lunsford is Emerita Professor of English at Stanford University and is on the faculty at the Bread Loaf School of English. Her scholarly interests include contemporary rhetorical theory, women and the history of rhetoric, collaboration, style, and technologies of writing. She’s received the Braddock and Shaughnessy Awards, and in 1994 she received the CCCC Exemplar Award. She is currently at work on The Norton Anthology of Rhetoric and Writing.

Michal Brody is a linguist, independent scholar, and lecturer. She was a founding faculty member of the Universidad de Oriente in Yucatán, Mexico. She has taught language-related courses in the Departments of English, Communication Studies, and MATESOL at San Francisco State University and Sonoma State University. Her scholarly work centers on language pedagogy and politics in the United States and Mexico. She’s the author (with Keith Walters) of What’s Language Got to Do with It? and coauthor (with Richard Bullock and Francine Weinberg) of The Little Seagull Handbook, and has been a contributor to LetsTalkLibrary, Everyone’s an Author Tumblr site and They Say / I Blog.

Lisa Ede is Emerita Professor of English at Oregon State University, where she directed the Center for Writing and Learning and taught courses in composition, rhetoric, and literacy studies. She’s received the Braddock and Shaughnessy Awards for her research on audience and classical rhetoric. Her recent books include Situating Composition: Composition Studies and the Politics of Location and (with Andrea Lunsford) Writing Together: Essays on Collaboration in Theory and Practice.

Beverly Moss is Associate Professor of English at The Ohio State University, where she teaches in the Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy program, and is on the faculty at the Bread Loaf School of English. Her research and teaching interests focus on community literacy, composition theory and pedagogy, and writing center theories and practices. Her books include Literacy across Communities and A Community Text Arises: A Literate Text and a Literacy Tradition in African American Churches.

Carole Clark Papper recently retired from the Department of Writing Studies and Composition at Hofstra University, where she directed the University Writing Center. Previously, she served for many years as the Director of the Ball State University Writing Program (winner of the CCCC Certificate of Excellence for 2006-2007). Her scholarly interests include visual literacy, composition theory and pedagogy, and writing center theories and practices.

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