The Call to Write, Brief International Edition

PART I: WRITING AND THE RHETORICAL SITUATION. 1. What Is Writing Today? Analyzing Literacy Events and Practices. 2. The Choices Writers Make: Writing a Rhetorical Analysis. 3. Persuasion and Responsibility: Writing a Position Paper. 4. The Rhetorical Work of the Essay: How Form Embodies Purpose. PART II: GENRES OF WRITING. 5. Memoirs. 6. Letters. 7. Profiles. 8. Reports. 9. Commentary. 10. Proposals. 11. Reviews. 12. Multigenre Writing: Publicity, Advocacy Campaigns, and Social Movements. PART III: WRITING AND RESEARCH PROJECTS. 13. Doing Research: Critical Essays, Research Papers, and Magazine Articles. 14. Working with Sources. 15. A Guide to Print, Electronic, and Other Sources. 16. Fieldwork and the Research Report. PART IV: DELIVERY: PRESENTING YOUR WORK. 17. Visual Design. 18. Web Design. 19. Oral Presentations and PowerPoint. PART V: WRITERS AT WORK. 20. Case Study of Composing. 21. Collaborative Writing Projects. 22. Writing Portfolios.

THE CALL TO WRITE, Brief 6E, International Edition continues and expands its creative approach to college composition. Organized by genres, including letters, memoirs, profiles, reports, commentaries, proposals, and reviews, and including new chapters on the essay and on multi-genre writing, this innovative rhetoric gives students the practice they need to write in college and in the public sphere. Timely, provocative readings promote social engagement, encouraging students to become involved, through public writing, in their community and in the greater world around them.