This rhetorically organized, student-friendly reader includes short essays on a range of topics. Each selection is supported by exceptionally thorough and thoughtfully designed editorial apparatus that integrates reading, writing, and critical thinking.
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Including short essays on a range of topics, this work is supported by an editorial apparatus that integrates reading, writing, and critical thinking.
*New to this edition 1. ON WRITING *Pat Mora, "A Latina in Kentucky" Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., "How to Write with Style" William Zinsser, "Simplicity" Amy Tan, "Mother Tongue" (Mixing Patterns) Summing Up: Chapter 1 From Seeing to Writing 2. ON READING Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Volar" Malcolm X, "Prison Studies" Ellen Tashie Frisina, "'See Spot Run': Teaching my Grandmother to Read" *Richard Rodriguez, "Open the Doors of Your Mind with Books" (Mixing Patterns) Summing Up: Chapter 2 From Seeing to Writing 3. DESCRIPTION Annie Dillard, "In the Jungle" Maxine Hong Kingston, "Catfish in the Bathtub" *Suzanne Berne, "My Ticket to the Disaster" Virginia Wolff, "The Death of the Moth" (Mixing Patterns) Summing Up: Chapter 3 From Seeing to Writing 4. NARRATION Elizabeth Wong, "The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl" Langston Hughes, "Salvation" *David Sedaris, "Let It Snow" George Orwell, "A Hanging" (Mixing Patterns) Summing Up: Chapter 4 From Seeing to Writing 5. ILLUSTRATION Brent Staples, "Night Walker" Barbara Ehrenreich, "What I've Learned from Men" *U.S. Department of Defense, "Apocalypse Now" Amartya Sen, "A World Not Neatly Divided" (Mixing Patterns) Summing Up: Chapter 5 From Seeing to Writing 6. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST Rachel Carson, "A Fable for Tomorrow" *Dave Barry, "Punch and Judy" Michele Ingrassia, "The Body of the Beholder" Katha Pollitt, "Why Boys Don't Play with Dolls" (Mixing Patterns) Summing Up: Chapter 6 From Seeing to Writing 7. DEFINITION *Dagoberto Gilb, "Pride" Suzanne Britt Jordan, "Fun, Oh Boy, Fun. You Could Die from It". Gloria Naylor, "A Word's Meaning" David Brooks, "The Organization Kid" (Mixing Patterns) Summing Up: Chapter 7 From Seeing to Writing 8. CLASSIFICATION Judith Viorst, "Friends, Good Friends--And Such Good Friends" *Scott Russell Sanders, "The Men We Carry in Our Minds" Rashup, "The American Dream for Sale: Ethnic Images in Magazines" James T. Baker, "How Do We Find the Student in a World of Academic Gymnasts and Worker Ants?" (Mixing Patterns) Summing Up: Chapter 8 From Seeing to Writing 9. PROCESS ANALYSIS *Bill Bryson, "Your New Computer" Ernest Hemingway, "Camping Out" Bruce Jay Friedman, "Eating Alone in Restaurants." Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "In the Kitchen" (Mixing Patterns) Summing Up: Chapter 9 From Seeing to Writing 10. CAUSE-AND-EFFECT ANALYSIS Stephen King, "Why We Crave Horror Movies" *Elie Wiesel, "The America I Love" Harry Crews, "Why I Live Where I Live" *Gina Barreca, "Why Women Laugh" (Mixing Patterns) Summing Up: Chapter 10 From Seeing to Writing 11. ARGUMENTATION AND PERSUASION ARGUMENTS PRO AND CON: REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY Manning Marable, "An Idea Whose Time Has Come..." (Mixing Patterns) Shelby Steele, "... Or A Childish Illusion of Justice" THE FEDERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT *William Kristol, "For the Marriage Amendment" *Andrew Sullivan, "A Call to Arms" MAJOR ISSUES IN TODAY'S WORLD PERSPECTIVES ON IDENTITY Jonathan Kozol, "Are the Homeless Crazy?" (Mixing Patterns) Ronald Takaki, "The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority" (Mixing Patterns) Anna Quindlen, "Women Are Just Better" (Mixing Patterns) PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL RIGHTS Molly Ivins, "Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns" Julie Bosman, "The (No) Free Speech Movement" Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream" PERSPECTIVES ON THE AIDS EPIDEMIC *Lynsey J. Proctor, "Sex Education Can Learn from Bananas" *Richard Holbrooke and Richard Furman, "A Global Battle's Missing Weapon" *Brent Staples, "Avoiding the Truth of What's Needed to Fight AIDS: Needle Programs" Summing Up: Chapter 11 From Seeing to Writing APPENDIX: A GUIDE TO RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION What Are Research and Documentation? The Research Process Phase I: Choosing and Limiting a Topic Phase II: Gathering and Organizing Material Phase III: Writing the Paper Phase IV: Documenting Sources Sample Student Research Paper
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780073210391
Publisert
2005-08-01
Utgave
11. utgave
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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628 gr
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203 mm
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127 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
05, U
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Engelsk
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