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A Reader for College Writers, 6/e

Santi V. Buscemi, Middlesex County College

*An asterisk indicates each of the 22 new selections. Getting Started Part 1: How to Use This Book Part 2: Using the Writing Process: A Tool for Discovery The Writing Process: An Overview Prewriting Determining Your Audience, Purpose, and Style Gathering Information Listing Focused Freewriting Clustering Drawing a Subject Tree Brainstorming Interviewing Summarizing Outlining Writing a Scratch Outline Writing a Formal Outline Writing Other Kinds of Outlines for Special Purposes Drafting and Revising Editing and Proofreading Part 3: The Making of a Student Essay: From Prewriting to Proofreading Prewriting to Gather Information Making a Scratch Outline Writing a Working Draft Revising the Working Draft Editing the Final Draft Part 4: Becoming an Active College Reader Preparing to Read: Survey Reading and Taking Notes: Engage the Text Writing an Informal Outline: Strengthen Your Grasp of the Text Conversing with the Text: Read it Again Summarizing: Make What You Have Read Your Own Responding and Critiquing: Evaluate What You Have Read Synthesizing: Bring Ideas Together in a New Statement Section One: Organization and Development Chapter 1: The Central Idea Identifying the Central Idea Writing a Preliminary Topic Sentence or Thesis Statement Controlling Unity and Development Revising the Central Idea Practicing Writing Central Ideas Four Paragraphs for Analysis The Girls of Gen X by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead The Example of Jackie Robinson by Stephen Fox. Sawdust by Ernest Albrecht The Way We Were by Lewis Lord Each selection in A Reader for College Writers is supported by: Preparing to Read Vocabulary Read More on the Web Questions for Discussion Thinking Critically Suggestions for Journal Entries Suffering by Siu Chan (Student Essay) Three Passions I Have Lived For by Bertrand Russell *In Africa, AIDS Has a Woman's Face by Kofi A. Annan Echoes by Maria Cirilli (Student Essay) Each chapter in A Reader for College Writers concludes with: Suggestions for Sustained Writing Writing to Learn: A Group Activity Chapter 2: Unity and Coherence Creating Unity Maintaining Coherence Use Transitional Devices Make Reference to Material That Has Come Before Visualizing Unity and Coherence Revising to Improve Unity and Coherence Practicing Unity and Coherence *I Don't Know What God Wants by Bay Fang Writing and Its Rewards by Richard Marius Study Calculus! by William J. Bennett Oma: Portrait of a Heroine by Maria Scamacca (Student Essay) Chapter 3: Development Determining How Much a Paragraph or Essay Should Contain Choosing the Best Method of Development Deciding How to Arrange the Ideas and Details in a Paragraph Visualizing Paragraph Development Revising to Improve Development Practicing Methods of Development The Last Safe Haven by Joannie M. Schrof' Exile and Return by James Keller (Student Essay) Burger Queen by Erin Sharp (Student Essay) A Brother's Dreams by Paul Aronowitz Chapter 4: Introductions and Conclusions Writing Introductions Use a Startling Remark or Statistic Ask a Question or Present a Problem Challenge a Widely Held Assumption or Opinion Use a Comparison, Contrast, or Analogy Tell an Anecdote or Describe a Scene Use a Quotation Define an Important Term or Concept Address Your Readers Directly Open with a Paradox Writing Conclusions Rephrase or Make Reference to Your Thesis Summarize or Rephrase Your Main Points Offer Advice: Make a Call to Action Look to the Future Explain How a Problem Was Resolved Ask a Rhetorical Question Close with a Statement or Quotation Readers Will Remember Respond to a Question in Your Introduction Visualizing Ways to Write Introductions and Conclusions Revising Introductions and Conclusions Practicing Writing Introductions I Was Just Wondering by Robert Fulghum A Prayer for the Days of Awe by Elie Wiesel Code of Denial by Tena Moyer The Transformation of Maria Fernandez by Anita DiPasquale (Student Essay) Section Two: Word Choice and Sentence Patterns Chapter 5: Word Choice: Using Concrete, Specific, and Vivid Language Making Your Writing Concrete Use Your Five Senses or Recall an Experience Create a Concrete Image Use Examples Making Your Writing Specific Making Your Writing Vivid Visualizing Concrete Specific and Vivid Details Revising to Include Concrete, Specific, and Vivid Language Practicing Using Concrete, Specific, and Vivid Language Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden Jeffrey Dahmer, Cannibal by Angie Cannon *The Haunting Final Words: "It Doesn't Look Good, Babe” by James Glanz The Mentally Ill and Human Experimentation: Perfect Together by Nancy J. Mundie (Student Essay) Chapter 6: Word Choice: Using Figurative Language Simile Metaphor Personification Visualizing Figurative Language Revising to Include Figurative Language Practicing Creating Simile, Metaphor and Personification What the Gossips Saw by Leo Romero Music by Louis Gonzalez (Student Essay) *Uncommon Valor by Ken Ringle Back from the Brink by Daniel Zanoza Chapter 7: Sentence Structure: Creating Emphasis and Variety Emphasis Create Emphasis Through Coordination Create Emphasis Through Subordination Create Emphasis by Using Periodic Sentences Create Emphasis by Using a Colon Create Emphasis by Using the Active or Passive Voice Create Emphasis by Repeating Key Words and Phrases Create Emphasis Through Parallelism Variety Create Variety by Changing Sentence Length Create Variety by Changing Sentence Patterns Create Variety by Using a Colon Create Variety by Using Parentheses Create Variety by Using a Dash Visualizing Sentence Structure Revising to Create Variety and Emphasis Practicing Combining Sentences *Macho Girls and Vanishing Males by Suzanne Fields A Longing by Alice Wnorowski (Student Essay) The Buried Sound of Children Crying by Harrison Rainie Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln Section Three: Description and Narration Knowing Your Subject Using Language That Shows Being Objective or Subjective Chapter 8: Description Techniques for Describing Places and Things Using Proper Nouns Using Effective Verbs Including Action and People in the Description of a Place Techniques for Describing People Describing Your Subject’s Appearance and Speech Revealing What You Know about Your Subject Revealing What Others Say about Your Subject Visualizing Details that Describe Places and Things Visualizing Details that Describe People Revising Descriptive Essays Practicing Techniques That Describe Watching the Reapers by Po Chu-i Flavio's Home by Gordon Parks If at First You Do Not See… by Jesse Sullivan (Student Essay) *Josephine Baker: The Daring Diva by Samantha Levine Two Gentlemen of the Pines by John McPhee Charisma Fortified by ‘Chutzpah’ by Barry Shlachter Joe DiMaggio: The Silent Superstar by Paul Simon Chapter 9: Narration Determining Purpose and Theme Finding the Meaning in Your Story Deciding What to Include Showing the Passage of Time Describing Setting and Developing Characters Making Your Stories Lively, Interesting, and Believable Writing About Ourselves and About Others: Point of View Visualizing Narrative Elements Revising Narrative Essays Practicing Narrative Skills Mid-Term Break by Seamus Heaney The Day I Was Fat by Lois Diaz-Talty (Student Essay) Child of the Romans by Carl Sandburg The Colossus in the Kitchen by Adrienne Schwartz (Student Essay) Frederick Douglass: the Path to Freedom by Carl Sagan Faith of the Father by Sam Pickering Section Four: Exposition Explaining Through Illustration Explaining Through Comparison and Contrast Explaining Through Process Analysis Chapter 10: Illustration Specific Facts, Instances, and Occurrences Statistics Specific People, Places, or Things Anecdotes Visualizing Examples Revising Illustration Essays Practicing Illustration Wolf by Grace Lukawska (Student Essay) Growing Up in Rumania by Irina Groza (Student Essay) The Death of Common Sense by Philip K. Howard *Names by Jonathan Kozol *Covert Force by Robert F. Howe Chapter 11: Comparison and Contrast Organizing Comparison/Contrast Papers Visualizing Methods of Comparison The Point-by-Point Method The Subject-by-Subject Method Revising Comparison/Contrast Papers Practicing Comparison/Contrast “The Road from Ixopo” by Alan Paton “New Blood for Old Cities” by Stephen Moore “Temptations of Old Age” by Malcolm Cowley *”High Anxiety: It Never Ends” by Nancy Terranova (Student Essay) Chapter 12: Process Analysis How to Fight a Duel by Adam Goodheart The Measure of Eratosthenes by Carl Sagan *Florida’s Fire Ants Headed for Trouble by Dave Barry How I Came Out to My Parents by Kenneth Kohler (Student Essay) Section Five: Argumentation and Persuasion Establishing Purpose: Choosing to Argue or Persuade Appealing to Your Audience Choosing a Thesis (Claim) That Is Debatable, Supportable, and Focused Gathering Evidence to Support Your Thesis Determining Tone and Content Expressing a Voice Being Fair, Accurate, and Logical Read More on the Web Chapter 13: Argumentation Mastering Deduction and Induction Reasoning Through the Use of Claims and Warrants Developing Ides in an Argument Establishing Your Authority Anticipating and Addressing Opposing Opinions Visualizing Strategies for Argument Revising Argument Papers Practicing Strategies for Argument The Right to Be Let Alone by Barry Glazer (Student Essay) *”A Cool and Logical Analysis of the Bicycle Menace” by P.J. O’Rourke “Free Speech on Campus” by Nat Hentoff Bilingual Education: Opposing Views “Desperate to Learn English” by Alice Callaghan “Melting Pot or Tossed Salad?” by Dudley Barlow Exporting Democracy: Opposing Views *"Republic or Empire?" by Joseph Wilson *"Freedom: Our Best Export" by Lou Dobbs Chapter 14: Persuasion Appealing to the Reader's Values and Pride Appealing to the Reader's Emotions Appealing to the Reader's Self-Interest Anticipating and Addressing Opposing Opinions Establishing Your Authority Visualizing Strategies for Persuasion Considering Visuals That Persuade *Some Presentations You Don’t Want Messed With. (ad for Adobe Acrobat) *HELP (editorial cartoon) *Prevent Child Abuse America (public service announcement) *Which one really needs a heart? (editorial cartoon) *We always wanted to have a neighbor just like you. (editorial cartoon) Revising Persuasion Papers Practicing Strategies for Persuasion “Education Is the Priority” by Nicole Palmieri (Student Essay) “I Have a Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Government Reparations for Slavery: Opposing Views *"US Needs to Pay Reparations for Slavery" by David A. Love *"Reparations for Slavery?" by Walter Williams Farming and Wearing Fur: Opposing Views *"Fur Is Dead" by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) *"Fur Is Natural and Environmentally Sound" by Mark Schumacher Appendix: Writing a Research Paper Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Style Complete with Annotated Student Research Paper Glossary

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