Table of Contents

* Acknowledgements* Preface* Chapter 1: What's the Occasion? Genre and Voice* Chapter 2: Hitting the Books: Research and Topic* Chapter 3: Moving Forward: Compiling a Research Notebook* Chapter 4: A Trial Run: Proposals as Research Bids* Chapter 5: Hello, Reader! Rhetorical Moves in Scholarly Introductions* Chapter 6: Hills and Valleys: The Big Country of Core Paragraphs* Chapter 7: Crossing the Finish Line: Rhetorical Moves in Scholarly Conclusions* Chapter 8: Freight-Train Nouns: The Density of Scientific Writing* Chapter 9: A Last Review: Revising and Proofreading* Copyright Acknowledgements

About the Author

Pamela H. den Ouden, a former newspaper editor, is the Coordinator of the International Education Program at Northern Lights College. Steven C. Roe taught English for twenty years and is Dean of Academic and Vocational Programs at Northern Lights College.Steven C. Roe taught English for twenty years and is currently Dean of Academic and Vocational Programs at Northern Lights College. Pamela H. den Ouden, a former newspaper editor, is the current Coordinator of the International Education Program at Northern Lights College.

Reviews

Designs for Disciplines is a lively, accessible text. Informed by recent thinking in rhetoric and composition studies, the book demonstrates in clear terms how students can participate in scholarly communities of practice. It provides countless models of academic writing inspired by popular culture, contemporary media, and questions of social import. The revised edition is rhetorically attuned: it sets out to inspire students to generate their own ideas, provides structures of organization, clarifies the expectations of scholarly readers, and offers invaluable insight into how other students navigate the process. A rich pedagogical resource!"- Tracy Whalen, Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications, University of Winnipeg "Writers, new and experienced, will be inspired by this text, which illuminates the challenges of scholarly writing, with a focus on both the features and the processes involved in the practice. The lively discussion and timely examples taken from across the disciplines make this a welcome addition to any academic classroom."- Jan Duerden, Department of English and Modern Languages, Thompson Rivers University "Designs for Disciplines' Roe and den Ouden address the question of how to write well in a witty and refreshingly modern manner. Roe and den Ouden have done an excellent job of addressing the age old question of what makes good writing great. This text will certainly find its way on to book shelves of both the novice and experienced writer who seek the answers to questions of grammar, rhetoric, and research in an accessible yet informative package." - Viktoria Jovanovic-Krstic, Writing and Rhetoric Program, University of Toronto "Designs for Disciplines will provide students and instructors alike with an engaging, readable, highly usable composition text, which brings the authors' wealth of practical experience to bear on the writing process. One of the most beneficial aspects of the book is that it takes readers incrementally through the writing process, 'stepping' students all the way from planning through to drafting, researching, outlining, revising, and editing. The authors do an excellent job of demystifying and simplifying the demands of academic writing in a clear, easy-to-follow way. In short, readers will find the book to bring a richly-textured approach to the teaching of academic writing." - Monika Rydygier Smith, Department of English, University of Victoria