Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing
ISBN: 9781428211599 | 1428211594
Edition: 7thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 1/15/2009
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Combining the broadest selection of readings with time-proven and class-tested instruction, LITERATURE: READING, REACTING, WRITING, Seventh Edition, remains the most useful and student-friendly introduction to literature text available. The text includes a comprehensive guide to writing about literature, with full coverage of critical thinking, argument, and the writing process. Teachers themselves, authors Kirszner and Mandell take students through each step of the research and writing process, helping them to craft literary analyses and arguments and to understand that writing about literature is a process of discovery, examination, and debate.
| Preface | |
| A Guide To Writing About Literature | |
| Understanding Literature | |
| Imaginative Literature | |
| Conventional Themes | |
| The Literary Canon | |
| Luisa Valenzuela, All about Suicide | |
| Wole Soyinka, Telephone Conversation | |
| Interpreting Literature | |
| Evaluating Literature | |
| The Function of Literary ... MORE | |
| Checklist: Evaluating Literary Criticism | |
| Reading and Writing about Literature | |
| Reading Literature | |
| Previewing | |
| Highlighting | |
| Checklist: Using Highlighting Symbols | |
| Maya Angelou, My Arkansas | |
| Annotating | |
| Writing about Literature | |
| Planning an Essay | |
| Drafting an Essay | |
| Revising and Editing an Essay | |
| Checklist: Using Sources | |
| Checklist: Conventions of Writing about Literature | |
| Exercise: Two Student Papers | |
| Student Paper: Initiation into Adulthood | |
| Student Paper: Hard Choices | |
| Writing Special Kinds of Papers | |
| Writing a Response Paper | |
| Checklist: Writing a Response Paper | |
| Responding to a Short Story | |
| Student Paper: Response Paper on Tim O+Brien+s "The Things They Carried" | |
| Responding to a Poem | |
| Student Paper: Response Paper on John Donne+s "Death Be Not Proud" | |
| Writing a Comparison-Contrast | |
| Checklist: Writing a Comparison-Contrast | |
| Comparing Two Fictional Characters | |
| Student Paper: The Dangerous Consequences of Societal Limbo | |
| Comparing a Story and a Film | |
| Student Paper: Two Cathedrals | |
| Writing an Explication | |
| Checklist: Writing an Explication | |
| Explicating a Poem | |
| Student Paper: A Lingering Doubt | |
| Explicating a Graphic Story | |
| Student Paper: Tough Questions | |
| Writing a Character Analysis | |
| Checklist: Writing a Character Analysis | |
| Analyzing a Character in a Play | |
| Student Paper: Linda Loman: Breaking the Mold | |
| Analyzing a Character in a Short Story | |
| Student Paper: A Change of Seasons | |
| Writing about a Work+s Cultural Context | |
| Checklist: Writing about a Work+s Cultural Context | |
| Writing about a Poem+s Cultural Context | |
| Student Paper: Dreaming of Home | |
| Writing about a Story+s Cultural Context | |
| Student Paper: "A&P": A Class Act | |
| Thinking Critically about Your Writing | |
| Distinguishing Fact from Opinion | |
| Evaluating Supporting Evidence | |
| Detecting Bias in Your Writing | |
| Checklist: Detecting Bias | |
| Understanding Logic | |
| Inductive Reasoning | |
| Deductive Reasoning | |
| Toulmin Logic | |
| Recognizing Logical Fallacies | |
| Writing Literary Arguments | |
| Planning a Literary Argument | |
| Choosing a Debatable Topic | |
| Developing an Argumentative Thesis | |
| Checklist: Developing an Argumentative Thesis | |
| Defining Your Terms | |
| Considering Your Audience | |
| Refuting Opposing Arguments | |
| Using Evidence Effectively | |
| Supporting Your Literary Argument | |
| Establishing Credibility | |
| Being Fair | |
| Checklist: Being Fair | |
| Using Visuals as Evidence | |
| Organizing a Literary Argument | |
| Writing a Literary Argument | |
| Student Paper: The Politics of "Everyday Use" | |
| Using Sources in Your Writing | |
| Choosing a Topic | |
| Doing Exploratory Research | |
| Narrowing Your Topic | |
| Doing Focused Research | |
| Library Research | |
| Checklist: Evaluating Library Sources | |
| Internet Research | |
| Checklist: Evaluating Web Sites | |
| Taking Notes | |
| Integrating Sources | |
| Exercise: Integrating Quotations | |
| Drafting a Thesis Statement | |
| Making an Outline | |
| Drafting Your Paper | |
| Sample Literature Paper with MLA Documentation | |
| Student Paper: And Again She Makes the Journey: Character and Act in Eudora Welty+s "A Worn Path" | |
| Documenting Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| Document All Material That Requires Documentation | |
| Enclose Borrowed Words in Quotation Marks | |
| Do Not Imitate a Source+s Syntax and Phrasing | |
| Differentiate Your Words from Those of Your Source | |
| Checklist: Plagiarism and Internet Sources | |
| Documenting Sources | |
| Parenthetical References in the Text | |
| Checklist: Guidelines for Punctuating Parenthetical References | |
| The Works-Cited List | |
| Content Notes | |
| Writing Essay Exams about Literature | |
| Planning an Essay Exam Answer | |
| Review Your Material | |
| Consider Your Audience and Purpose | |
| Read through the Entire Exam | |
| Read Each Question Carefully | |
| Brainstorm to Find Ideas | |
| Shaping an Essay Exam Answer | |
| State Your Thesis | |
| Make a | |
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