Preface Thematic Guide to the Contents
1 Reading to Write: How to Use This Book
Reading Critically
Reading Actively
Highlighting and Annotating
Reading the Essays in this Book
Henry Louis Gates Jr., "What's in a Name?"
Responding to an Essay
Part I: The Writing Process
2 Invention
Understanding the Assignment
Setting Limits
Moving from Subject to Topic
Finding Something to Say
Grouping Ideas
Understanding Thesis and Support
Developing A Thesis
3 Arrangement
Recognizing a Pattern
Understanding the Parts of the Essay
Constructing a Formal Outline
4 Drafting and Revising
Writing Your First Draft
Revising Your Essay
Points for Special Attention: First Draft
Points for Special Attention: Second Draft
5 Editing and Proofreading
Editing for Grammar
Editing for Punctuation
Editing for Sentence Style and Word Choice
Proofreading your Paper
Manuscript Format
Part II. Readings for Writers
6 Narration
What is Narration?
Using Narration
Planning a Narrative Essay
Structuring a Narrative Essay
Revising a Narrative Essay
Editing a Narrative Essay
*Visual Text: Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis 2
Sandra Cisneros, Only Daughter
*Gary Shteyngart, Sixty-Nine Cents
Maya Angelou, Finishing School
Bonnie Smith-Yackel, My Mother Never Worked
Martin Gansberg, Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didnt Call the Police
George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant
Sherman Alexie, Indian Education (Fiction)
7 Description
What is Description?
Using Description
Planning a Descriptive Essay
Structuring a Descriptive Essay
Revising a Descriptive Essay
*Visual Text: C. M. Coolidge, Dogs Playing Poker
*Dorothy Allison, Panacea
Suzanne Berne, Ground Zero
Leah Hager Cohen, Words Left Unspoken
*Heather Rogers, The Hidden Life of Garbage
E. B. White, Once More to the Lake
Kate Chopin, The Storm (Fiction)
8 Exemplification
What is Exemplification?
Using Exemplification
Planning an Exemplification Essay
Structuring an Exemplification Essay
Revising an Exemplification Essay
Editing an Exemplification Essay
Visual Texts: Four Tattoos (Photos): Alex Williams, "Lisa Karen," Joel Gordon, "Rose," Bob Daemmrich, "Jiminy Cricket," Charles Gatewood, "Body Art"
Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull, The Peter Principle
David J. Birnbaum, The Catbird Seat
*Maggie Gallagher, Why Marriage Is Good for You
Brent Staples, Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space
*Cullen Murphy, Fatwa City
Jonathan Kozol, The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society
Grace Paley, Samuel (Fiction)
9 Process
What is Process?
Using Process
Planning a Process Essay
Structuring a Process Essay
Revising a Process Essay
Editing a Process Essay
Visual Text: Nigel Holmes, How to Change a Tire (Illustration)
Malcolm X, My First Conk
*Stanley Fish, Getting Coffee Is Hard to Do
Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht, and Jennifer Worick, How to Escape from a Bad Date
Arthur Miller, Get it Right: Privatize Executions
Jessica Mitford, The Embalming of Mr. Jones
Shirley Jackson, The Lottery (Fiction)
10 Cause and Effect
What is Cause and Effect?
Using Cause and Effect
Planning a Cause-and-Effect Essay
Structuring a Cause-and-Effect Essay
Revising a Cause-and-Effect Essay
Editing a Cause-and-Effect Essay
Visual Text: Louis Requena, Major League Baseball Brawl (Photo)
Norman Cousins, Who Killed Benny Paret?
Lawrence Otis Graham, The "Black Table" Is Still There
*Lillian B. Rubin, Guns and Grief
Linda M. Hasselstrom, A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun
Robin Lakoff, The Power of Words in Wartime
* Alan Weisman, Earth without People
Janice Mirikitani, Suicide Note (Poetry)
11 Comparison and Contrast
What is Comparison and Contrast?
Using Comparison and Contrast
Planning a Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
Structuring a Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
Revising a Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
Editing a Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
Visual Texts: Auguste Rodin, The Kiss and Robert Indiana, LOVE (Sculptures)
Bruce Catton, Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts
Bharati Mukherjee, Two Ways to Belong in America
*Ellen Laird, Im Your Teacher, Not Your Internet Service Provider
John De Graaf, David Wann and Thomas H. Naylor, Swollen Expectations
*Alex Wright, Friending, Ancient or Otherwise
Deborah Tannen, Sex, Lies, and Conversation
Gwendolyn Brooks, Sadie and Maud (Poetry)
12 Classification and Division
What is Classification and Division?
Using Classification and Division
Planning a Classification-and-Division Essay
Structuring a Classification-and-Division Essay
Revising a Classification-and-Division Essay
Editing a Classification-and-Division Essay
Visual Texts: Ellis Island Immigration Museum/NPS, Key to Chalk Marks Designating Medical Conditions of Immigrants, Ellis Island (Chart)
William Zinsser, College Pressures
Carolyn Foster Segal, The Dog Ate my Disk, and Other Tales of Woe
Amy Tan, Mother Tongue
Stephanie Ericsson, The Ways We Lie
*Jonathan Koppell, On the Internet Theres No Place to Hide
Edwin Brock, Five Ways to Kill a Man (Poetry)
13 Definition
What is Definition?
Using Definition
Planning a Definition Essay
Structuring a Definition Essay
Revising a Definition Essay
Editing a Definition Essay
Visual Text: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Census form (Questionnaire)
José Antonio Burciaga, Tortillas
*Meghan Daum, Fame-iness
Judy Brady, Why I Want a Wife
Gayle Rosenwald Smith, The Wife-Beater
*Roberto Santiago, Black and Latino
Phillip Levine, What Work Is (Poetry)
14 Argumentation
What is Argumentation?
Understanding Argumentation and Persuasion
Planning an Argumentative Essay
Using Deductive and Inductive Arguments
Structuring an Argumentative Essay
Revising an Argumentative Essay
Editing an Argumentative Essay
Visual Text: American Civil Liberties Union, Thanks to Modern Science (Ad)
Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail
*Debate: What Is a Hate Crime?
*George Curry, Calling Nooses What They Are--Terrorism
*Ellis Cose, Ignore the Noose Makers
*Debate: How Big a Threat Is Global Warming?
*Al Gore, The Time to Act Is Now
*Daniel Botkin, Global Warming Delusion
Debate: Is Wal-Mart good for America?
Karen De Coster and Brad Edmonds, The Case for Wal-Mart
Liza Featherstone, Down and Out in Discount America
*Casebook: How Open Should Our Borders Be?
*Linda Chavez, American Dreams, Foreign Flags
*Dianne Feinstein, Statement in Support of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
* Herbert Meyer, Why Americans Hate This "Immigration" Debate
* Patrick Buchanan, To Reunite a Nation
*Casebook: Is There a Case for Torture?
* Michael Levin, The Case for Torture
* Alan M. Dershowitz, The Case for Torture Warrants
* Cathy Young, How Much Torture Is OK?
* John McCain, Tortures Terrible Toll
15 Combining the Patterns
Structuring an Essay by Combining the Patterns
Combining the Patterns: Revising and Editing
Lars Eighner, On Dumpster Diving
*Judith Ortiz Cofer, The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria
*David Kirby, Inked Well
Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal
Appendix: Using Research in your writing
Step 1: Choosing A Topic
Step 2: Testing Your Topic
Step 3: Doing Research
Step 4: Taking Notes
Step 5: Watching Out for Plagiarism
Step 6: Drafting a Thesis Statement
Step 7: Making an Outline
Step 8: Writing Your Paper
Step 9: Documenting Your Sources
Sample Student Research Essay in MLA Style:
Phillip Lau, The Limitations of Wikipedia
Glossary
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