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are organized around four general writing goals:

1. To demonstrate rhetorical knowledge
2. To practice critical thinking, reading, and writing
3. To work through writing processes
4. To follow conventions

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all conclude with a guided self-assessment that will help you gauge how effectively your writing meets your goals.

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THE McGraw-Hill

FOURTH EDITION

Duane Roen

Arizona State University

Gregory R. Glau

Northern Arizona University

Barry M. Maid

Arizona State University

THE MCGRAW-HILL GUIDE: WRITING FOR COLLEGE, WRITING FOR LIFE, FOURTH EDITION

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When I think about setting my goals, I think about my audience, my purpose, the rhetorical situation, my voice and tone, and the context, medium, and genre.

Eckendorffs Initial Thoughts/Questions

Tracy Eckendorffs First Draft

Student Comments on Eckendorffs First Draft

Responding to Readers Comments

Jessica Hemauers Listing

Jessica Hemauers Organization

Parts of Complete Draft

Excerpts from Jessica Hemauers First Draft

Student Comments on Jessica Hemauers Draft

Responding to Readers Comments

Elle Caminantes Freewriting and Clustering

Elle Caminantes Research

Elle Caminantes First Draft: Starving Artists

Student Comments on Caminantes First Draft

Responding to Readers Comments

Craig Broadbents Brainstorming

Craig Broadbents Research

Craig Broadbents Review of His Research

Craig Broadbents Organization

Craig Broadbents First Draft

Student Comments on Craig Broadbents Draft

Responding to Readers Comments

Sarah Washingtons Interviewing

Sarah Washingtons Research

Sarah Washingtons First Draft

Student Comments on Sarah Washingtons First Draft

Responding to Readers Comments

Zack Peachs Answers to the Reporters Questions

Zack Peachs Freewriting

Student Example: An Excerpt from Zack Peachs Research

Zack Peachs First Draft

Student Comments on Peachs First Draft

Notes on Zack Peachs First Draft, from a Conference with His Instructor

Responding to Readers Comments

Annlee Lawrences Clustering

Annlee Lawrences Criteria

Annlee Lawrences Research Strategy

Annlee Lawrences First Draft

Student Comments on Annlee Lawrences First Draft

Responding to Readers Comments

Hanna Lakes Research and Brainstorming

Hanna Lakes Freewriting: A Letter to Her Grandfather

An Excerpt from Hanna Lakes Early Draft