Background
Winterowd, Walter Ross was born on January 24, 1930 in Salt Lake City. Son of Harold Ross and Henrietta Ethel (Fike) Winterowd.
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Recent books have sounded the alarm about the ever-growing problem of illiteracy in the United States, and others have suggested ways to reverse the trend. Here W. Ross Winterowd, the author of a dozen books on composition and language, offers the most comprehensive account to date of the development, politics, and cultural significance of literacy. What is literacy? Is it the ability to read a prescription bottle, or is it the ability to critically evaluate the substance of a newspaper article? Winterowd points out that literacy is the key to political access to society--a powerful tool that many of us may take for granted. But as the book makes clear, there are millions of Americans left on the periphery of culture and politics, unable to pursue the American promise of bettering oneself through education. For these people, the inability to read and write means never being able to participate fully in society. It is therefore important, especially considering the magnitude of the literacy problem in the U.S. today, to understand just how people acquire these skills, how they affect an individual's ability to think, and how literacy changes society, culturally and economically. Winterowd details the history and politics of literacy and explains how the withholding of these skills has been used as a means of social control. He gives a fascinating explanation of how people actually learn to read and write (and why some don't), highlighting his discussion with examples from student papers and a variety of published material. He concludes with a critical discussion of the various educational methods currently in use, and suggests how they can be improved. For the parent whose child is struggling with reading and writing, The Culture and Politics of Literacy helps explain this widespread problem and suggests what can be done to solve it. For anyone concerned with educational policy at the local, state, or national level, it provides the background necessary to make informed decisions; and for those preparing to be educators, the book offers a theoretical background for understanding reading and writing that will be an invaluable aid in teaching. Finally, anyone who wants to find out how written language works as a means of communication and an instrument of thought will find this book enlightening. No other book deals with as many aspects of literacy as this one, or reveals as clearly the social and political contexts that affect it. The Culture and Politics of Literacy offers a wealth of information on and insight into a timely and important subject.
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This reader/rhetoric offers students a variety of clear and powerful approaches to critical reading, thinking, and writing—including the research paper. The text provides students with more than sixty readings to explore the connections between critical reading and writing.
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In this second edition of THE USES OF GRAMMAR, Judith Rodby and W. Ross Winterowd develop their successful first edition with new examples, more discussion questions and exercises, and clear explanations of the grammatical principles that teach students to understand grammar conceptually and deeply. The first edition has been completely redesigned visually to enhance learning and retention. Rodby and Winterowd's THE USES OF GRAMMAR 2E is an accessible approach grounded in deep understanding of language acquisition, structure, and even the rhetoric of everyday use. THE USES OF GRAMMAR 2E integrates traditional, structural, and functional concepts with ideas from contemporary linguistics and grammatical study. Rather than simply partition the study of grammar from the bottom up-from the parts to the whole-Rodby and Winterowd employ a unique structure based on the differentiation of FORM and FUNCTION. This structure is framed around three questions: What are the forms in the grammar of American English? How do those forms function in that grammar? How are they used in real-life speaking and writing to achieve specific purposes? Students may learn, for example, how a variety of FORMS (including nouns, pronouns, verbals, and clauses) can all FUNCTION as nominals. This form/function approach ensures that students learn the uses of grammar as both an object of study and as the living text of social interaction. | THE USES OF GRAMMAR thus uses living language to illustrate the practical applications of grammar in our lives. These examples are drawn from a wide variety of sources-newspapers, magazines, books, and the writings of undergraduate students--and from such writers and speakers as Ronald Reagan, Shirley Chisholm, Groucho Marx, Mark Twain, and Jane Addams. Class-tested and refined to be student- and instructor-friendly, THE USES OF GRAMMAR 2E also features "For Discussion" sections that enhance students' understanding of the principles covered in the text and encourage classroom discussion. "Using Grammar" sections show students how to think about grammar's function in social relations. "Language Learning" sections summarize critical concepts. Chapter Previews and Chapter Reviews help students anticipate the new principles, rules, and concepts to follow and reinforce learning. Exercises ask students to rehearse new learning, and Challengers ask them to apply this learning to broader issues or more complex problems. | JUDITH RODBY joined the faculty at California State University, Chico in 1989 after finishing her PhD in the rhetoric, linguistics, and literature program at the University of Southern California. She has been the composition coordinator, writing center director, and coordinator of basic writing. She is currently working primarily in the field of English education and is coordinator for the National Writing Project's National Reading Initiative. She has published in composition, ESL, youth development, and English education. | W. Ross Winterowd was the Bruce R. McElderry Professor Emeritus, University of Southern California, where he founded its PhD program in Rhetoric, Linguistics, and Literature. He authored, coauthored, or edited many essays, reviews, poems, and books, including SEARCHING FOR FAITH: A SKEPTIC'S JOURNEY (2004, Parlor Press), SENIOR CITIZENS WRITING (2007, Parlor Press), THE CULTURE AND POLITICS OF LITERACY (1989, Oxford), and ATTITUDES: SELECTED PROSE AND POETRY (2010, Parlor Press). In 2010, he received the field's highest honor, the Exemplar Award, from the Conference on College Composition and Communication. He passed away in January, 2011, shortly after completing work on THE USES OF GRAMMAR.
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The author of this study asserts that, to understand the history of English, one must understand how literary studies, composition-rhetoric studies and influential textbooks interrelate. Stressing this interrelationship, Winterowd presents a history of university English since the Enlightenment.
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Winterowd, Walter Ross was born on January 24, 1930 in Salt Lake City. Son of Harold Ross and Henrietta Ethel (Fike) Winterowd.
Bachelor of Science, Utah State University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Utah, 1962.
Assistant professor, U. Montana, Missoula, 1962-1966; associate professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1966-1971; Professor of English, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1971-1979; McElderry Professor of English, University of Southern California, 1979-1997; professor emeritus, University of Southern California, since 1997.
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Served with United States Army, 1953-1955. Member National Council Teachers English, American Association of University Professors.
Married Norma Graham, August 2, 1952. Children: Geoffrey Ross, Anthony Gordon.