The Brief Bedford Reader
ISBN: 9780312613389 | 0312613385
Edition: 11thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Pub. Date: 2/10/2011
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A compact version of one of the most popular composition readers on the market -- at a significant savings to students -- The Brief Bedford Readerprovides 49 compelling readings by excellent writers and all the practical instructional material of the full-length book. The unique "Writers on Writing" feature for 40 of the selections illustrates the many ways writers create meaning from what they read and experience. More coverage of revising and editing, discussion examples of academic genres, and coverage of academic language guides students th... MORE
| Preface for Instructors | |
| Thematic Table of Contents | |
| Introduction | |
| Reading, Writing, and Research | |
| Critical Reading | |
| Reading an Essay | |
| Nancy Mairs, Disability | |
| Thinking Critically about Visual Images | |
| Visual Image: A Deployed Soldier and His Daughter, photograph by Erik S. Lesser | |
| The Writing Process | ... MORE |
| Analyzing the Writing Situation | |
| Discovering Ideas | |
| Focusing on the Thesis and the Thesis Statement | |
| Drafting | |
| Revising | |
| Editing | |
| Collaborating | |
| An Essay-in-Progress | |
| Rosie Anaya, Mental Illness on Television | |
| Academic Writing | |
| Responding to a Text | |
| Integrating Source Material | |
| Writing from Research | |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| Source Citation Using MLA Style | |
| Sample Research Paper | |
| Rosie Anaya, The Best Kept Secret On Campus | |
| The Methods | |
| Narration: Telling a Story | |
| Visual Image: How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame, advertisement for | |
| Charles Atlas | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Narration in Paragraphs | |
| Narration in a Case Study | |
| Paired Selections: Difference | |
| Maya Angelou, Champion of the World | |
| Maya Angelou on Writing | |
| Amy Tan, Fish Cheeks | |
| Amy Tan on Writing | |
| Annie Dillard, The Chase | |
| Annie Dillard on Writing | |
| Howard Markel, Mary Ellen's Story | |
| Description: Writing with Your Senses | |
| Visual Image: Doug and Mizan's House, East River, photograph by Margaret Morton | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Description in Paragraphs | |
| Description in a Field Observation | |
| Paired Selections: Fathers | |
| Brad Manning, Arm Wrestling with My Father | |
| Brad Manning on Writing | |
| Sarah Vowell, Shooting Dad | |
| Sarah Vowell on Writing | |
| Elizabeth Gilbert, The Best Pizza in the World | |
| Elizabeth Gilbert on Writing | |
| William Least Heat-Moon, Dance of the Hobs | |
| William Least Heat-Moon on Writing | |
| Example: Pointing to Instances | |
| Visual Image: Low-Energy Drinks, cartoon by Glen LeLievre | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Example in Paragraphs | |
| Example in a Job Application Letter | |
| Paired Selections: Homelessness | |
| Barbara Lazear Ascher, On Compassion | |
| Barbara Lazear Ascher on Writing | |
| Anna Quindlen, Homeless | |
| Anna Quindlen on Writing | |
| Brent Staples, Black Men and Public Space | |
| Brent Staples on Writing | |
| David Foster Wallace, This Is Water | |
| David Foster Wallace on Writing | |
| Comparison and Contrast: Setting Things Side by Side | |
| Visual Image: American Gothic, painting by Grant Wood; Rural Rehabilitation Client, photograph by Ben Shahn | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Comparison and Contrast in Paragraphs | |
| Comparison and Contrast in a Review | |
| Paired Selections: Personalities | |
| Suzanne Britt, Neat People vs. Sloppy People | |
| Suzanne Britt on Writing | |
| Dave Barry, Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out | |
| Dave Barry on Writing | |
| Bruce Catton, Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts | |
| Bruce Catton on Writing | |
| David Sedaris, Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa | |
| David Sedaris on Writing | |
| Process Analysis: Explaining Step by Step | |
| Visual Image: Workers Making Dolls, photograph by Wally McNamee | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Process Analysis in Paragraphs | |
| Process Analysis in a Lab Report | |
| Paired Selections: The Environment | |
| Linnea Saukko, How to Poison the Earth | |
| Linnea Saukko on Writing | |
| Gretel Ehrlich, Chronicles of Ice | |
| Gretel Ehrlich on Writing | |
| Jessica Mitford, Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain | |
| Jessica Mitford on Writing | |
| Michael Pollan, Corn Walking | |
| Michael Pollan on Writing | |
| Division or Analysis: Slicing into Parts | |
| Visual Image: Deconstructing Lunch, cartoon by Roz Chast | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Division or Analysis in Paragraphs | |
| Division or Analysis in an Annotated Bibliography | |
| Paired Selections: Women and Men | |
| Judy Brady, I Want a Wife | |
| Judy Brady on Writing | |
| Christina Hoff Sommers, Men-It's in Their Nature | |
| Christina Hoff Sommers on Writing | |
| Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, Vampires Never Die | |
| Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan on Writing | |
| Bella DePaulo, The Myth of Doomed Kids | |
| Bella DePaulo on Writing | |
| Classification: Sorting into Kinds | |
| Visual Image: Maple Ridge Curbside Recycling, illustrated chart by Ridge Meadows Recycling Society | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Classification in Paragraphs | |
| Classification in a Résumé | |
| Paired Selections: Telling Lies | |
| Stephanie Ericsson, The Ways We Lie | |
| Stephanie Ericsson on Writing | |
| William Lutz, The World of Doublespeak | |
| William Lutz on Writing | |
| Russell Baker, The Plot Against People | |
| Russell Baker on Writing | |
| Dacher Keltner, A Vocabulary of Smiles | |
| Cause and Effect: Asking Why | |
| Visual Image: Im txtng while drvng, cartoon by Mike Luckovich | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Cause and Effect in Paragraphs | |
| Cause and Effect in a Letter to the Editor | |
| Paired Selections: Globalization | |
| Chitra Divakaruni, Live Free and Starve | |
| Chitra Divakaruni on Writing | |
| Marie Javdani, Plato o Plomo: Silver or Lead | |
| Marie Javdani on Writing | |
| Charles Fishman, The Squeeze | |
| Charles Fishman on Writing | |
| Chris Anderson, The Rise and Fall of the Hit | |
| Chris Anderson on Writing | |
| Definition: Tracing Boundaries | |
| Visual Image: Army Strong, advertisement for the U.S. Army | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Definition in Paragraphs | |
| Definition in an Essay Exam | |
| Paired Selections: Hurtful Words | |
| Gloria Naylor, The Meanings of a Word | |
| Gloria Naylor on Writing | |
| Christine Leong, Being a Chink | |
| Christine Leong on Writing | |
| Thomas Sowell, âÇ£Needs | |
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X. J. KENNEDY is an acclaimed poet, children's writer, college teacher, and textbook author. He has taught freshman composition at the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Tufts University. Since 1966, more than two million students have treasured his introductory literature texts and The Bedford Guide for College Writers, Eighth Edition (2009), coauthored with Dorothy M. Kennedy and Marcia F. Muth. DOROTHY M. KENNEDY is a writer and editor whose articles and reviews have appeared in both professional and academic journals. She has taught composition at the University of Michigan and Ohio University and, with X. J. Kennedy, is the recipient of the NCTE Teacher's Choice Award for Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry. JANE E. AARON is a writer and editor who has taught composition at New York University and New School University. She is the author of four popular composition handbooks, and, for Bedford/St. Martin's, she is the editor of The Compact Reader, Eighth Edition, and 40 Model Essays: A Portable Anthology.
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