1. Writer/Thinker/Maker
English 131 Textbook

2. Organization Part 1 (Chapters 1-4): Outcome 1
Defines rhetoric and rhetorical situations
Offers variety of tools for analyzing rhetorical situation
Resources for understanding and adapting writing for different audiences
Supports genre awareness and provides tools for genre analysis
Part 2 (Chapters 5-9): Outcome 2
Focuses on reading and research skills that help students generate their own writing
Offers strategies for reading and conducting rhetorical analyses
Tools for reading and composing multimodal texts
Strategies for finding, evaluating, and documenting sources
Offers tools for putting ideas and sources in conversation with each other and then joining the conversation

3. Organization, cont. Part 3 (Chapters 10-14): Outcome 3
Introduces skills in argumentation, making claims, conducting research, and supporting inquiries
Covers different forms of argument
Strategies for formulating, developing, and supporting lines of inquiry and argument
Creating complex claims
Resources for analyzing arguments
Part 4 (Chapters 15-16): Outcome 4
Suggests flexible strategies for planning, drafting, revising writing at various stages of production
Offers suggestions for style and grammar

4. Organization, cont. Part 5 (Ch. 17): The Portfolio
Provides rationale behind EWP portfolio
Offers guidelines and resources for creating the portfolio
Part 6 (Ch. 18): The Reader
Includes materials carefully selected for a range of audience, genre, audience, context, and type of argument