ABOUT WRITING - West Virginia University

[Pages:382]BAD IDEAS

ABOUT WRITING

Edited by Cheryl E. Ball & Drew M. Loewe

BAD IDEAS ABOUT WRITING

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BAD IDEAS ABOUT WRITING

Edited by Cheryl E. Ball and Drew M. Loewe

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

1

Cheryl E. Ball and Drew M. Loewe

BAD IDEAS ABOUT WHAT GOOD WRITING IS

Rhetoric is Synonymous with Empty Speech

7

Patricia Roberts-Miller

America is Facing a Literacy Crisis

13

Jacob Babb

First-Year Composition Prepares Students for Academic Writing 18 Tyler Branson

First-Year Composition Should be Skipped

24

Paul G. Cook

You Can Learn to Write in General

30

Elizabeth Wardle

Writing Knowledge Transfers Easily

34

Ellen C. Carillo

Reading and Writing are not Connected

38

Ellen C. Carillo

Reading is Not Essential to Writing Instruction

44

Julie Myatt Barger

BAD IDEAS ABOUT WHO GOOD WRITERS ARE

Writers are Mythical, Magical, and Damaged

53

Teri Holbrook and Melanie Hundley

You Need My Credentials to be a Writer

60

Ronald Clark Brooks

Only Geniuses can be Writers

64

Dustin Edwards and Enrique Paz

Some People are Just Born Good Writers

71

Jill Parrott

Failure is Not an Option

76

Allison D. Carr

There is One Correct Way of Writing and Speaking

82

Anjali Pattanayak

African American Language is not Good English

88

Jennifer M. Cunningham

Official American English is Best

93

Steven Alvarez

Writer's Block Just Happens to People

99

Geoffrey V. Carter

Strong Writing and Writers Don't Need Revision

104

Laura Giovanelli

The More Writing Process, the Better

109

Jimmy Butts

BAD IDEAS ABOUT STYLE, USAGE, AND GRAMMAR

Strunk and White Set the Standard

117

Laura Lisabeth

Good Writers Always Follow My Rules

121

Monique Dufour and Jennifer Ahern-Dodson

Writers Must Develop a Strong, Original Voice

126

Patrick Thomas

Leave Yourself Out of Your Writing

131

Rodrigo Joseph Rodr?guez

Response: Never Use "I"

134

Kimberly N. Parker

The Passive Voice Should be Avoided

139

Collin Gifford Brooke

Teaching Grammar Improves Writing

144

Patricia A. Dunn

Good Writers Must Know Grammatical Terminology

150

Hannah J. Rule

Grammar Should be Taught Separately as Rules to Learn

155

Muriel Harris

BAD IDEAS ABOUT WRITING TECHNIQUES

Formal Outlines are Always Useful

163

Kristin Milligan

Students Should Learn About the Logical Fallacies

168

Daniel V. Bommarito

Logos is Synonymous with Logic

174

Nancy Fox

BAD IDEAS ABOUT GENRES

Excellent Academic Writing Must be Serious

181

Michael Theune

Creative Writing is a Unique Category

187

Cydney Alexis

Popular Culture is Killing Writing

194

Bronwyn T. Williams

Popular Culture is Only Useful as a Text for Criticism

202

Mark D. Pepper

The Five-Paragraph Essay is Rhetorically Sound

209

Quentin Vieregge

The Five-Paragraph Essay Transmits Knowledge

214

Susan Naomi Bernstein and Elizabeth Lowry

The Five-Paragraph Theme Teaches "Beyond the Test"

220

Bruce Bowles, Jr.

Research Starts with Answers

226

Alison C. Witte

Research Starts with a Thesis Statement

231

Emily A. Wierszewski

The Traditional Research Paper is Best

236

Alexandria Lockett

Citing Sources is a Basic Skill Learned Early On

242

Susanmarie Harrington

Plagiarism Deserves to be Punished

247

Jennifer A. Mott-Smith

BAD IDEAS ABOUT ASSESSING WRITING

Grading Has Always Made Writing Better

255

Mitchell R. James

Rubrics Save Time and Make Grading Criteria Visible

259

Anne Leahy

Rubrics Oversimplify the Writing Process

264

Crystal Sands

When Responding to Student Writing, More is Better

268

Muriel Harris

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