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The Longman Reader, Brief Edition

ISBN: 9780321236418 | 0321236416
Edition: 7th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2005

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SummaryTable of Contents
The Seventh Edition offers fresh examples of professional essays that range widely in subject matter and approach, from the humorous to the informative, from personal meditation to argument. Each selection captures students' interest and clearly illustrates a specific pattern of development. The text also includes separate chapters on reading and writing, detailed introductions to the patterns of development, "before and after" student essays for each pattern, and more activities and assignments than any comparable reader.
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Thematic Contentsxvi
Prefacexxi
The Reading Process
1(11)
Stage 1: Get an Overview of the Selection
2(1)
First Reading: A Checklist
2(1)
Stage 2: Deepen Your Sense of the Selection
3(1)
Second Reading: A Checklist
3(1)
Stage 3: Evaluate the Selection
4(1)
Evaluating a Selection: A Checklist
4(2)
Family Counterculture
6(6)
Ellen Goodman
The Writing Process
12(58)
Stage 1: Prewrite
13(4)
Analyzing Your Audience: A Checklist
17(10)
Stage 2: Identify the Thesis
27(4)
Stage 3: Support the Thesis with Evidence
31(7)
Stage 4: Organize the Evidence
38(4)
Outlining: A Checklist
42(4)
Stage 5: Write the First Draft
46(1)
Turning Outline Into First Draft: A Checklist
46(13)
Stage 6: Revise the Essay
59(5)
Student Essay
64(3)
Commentary
67(3)
Description
70(35)
What Is Description?
70(1)
How Description Fits Your Purpose and Audience
70(2)
Suggestions for Using Description in an Essay
72(4)
Revision Strategies
76(1)
Description: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist
76(1)
Student Essay
77(1)
Commentary
78(3)
Activities: Description
81(2)
Flavio's Home
83(8)
Gordon Parks
The Jacket
91(5)
Gary Soto
Sister Flowers
96(7)
Maya Angelou
Additional Writing Topics
103(2)
Narration
105(33)
What Is Narration?
105(1)
How Narration Fits Your Purpose and Audience
106(1)
Suggestions for Using Narration in an Essay
106(6)
Revision Strategies
112(1)
Narration: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist
112(1)
Student Essay
113(1)
Commentary
114(3)
Activities: Narration
117(1)
The Chase
118(6)
Annie Dillard
Salvation
124(4)
Langston Hughes
The Price We Pay
128(8)
Adam Mayblum
Additional Writing Topics
136(2)
Exemplification
138(36)
What Is Exemplification?
138(1)
How Exemplification Fits Your Purpose and Audience
138(3)
Suggestions for Using Exemplification in an Essay
141(4)
Revision Strategies
145(1)
Exemplification: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist
145(1)
Student Essay
146(2)
Commentary
148(3)
Activities: Exemplification
151(2)
Tweens: Ten Going on Sixteen
153(7)
Kay S. Hymowitz
Bombs Bursting in Air
160(6)
Beth Johnson
What I've Learned From Men
166(6)
Barbara Ehrenreich
Additional Writing Topics
172(2)
Division-Classification
174(43)
What Is Division-Classification?
174(1)
How Division-Classification Fits Your Purpose and Audience
175(2)
Suggestions for Using Division-Classification in an Essay
177(4)
Revision Strategies
181(1)
Division-Classification: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist
181(1)
Student Essay
182(3)
Commentary
185(3)
Activities: Division-Classification
188(2)
The Ways We Lie
190(10)
Stephanie Ericsson
Doublespeak
200(7)
William Lutz
Propaganda Techniques in Today's Advertising
207(8)
Ann McClintock
Additional Writing Topics
215(2)
Process Analysis
217(36)
What Is Process Analysis
217(1)
How Process Analysis Fits Your Purpose and Audience
218(1)
Suggestions for Using Process Analysis in an Essay
219(5)
Revision Strategies
224(1)
Process Analysis: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist
224(1)
Student Essay
225(3)
Commentary
228(2)
Activities: Process Analysis
230(3)
Your New Computer
233(6)
Bill Bryson
Cyberschool
239(6)
Clifford Stoll
The Fine Art of Complaining
245(6)
Caroline Rego
Additional Writing Topics
251(2)
Comparison-Contrast
253(30)
What Is Comparison-Contrast?
253(1)
How Comparison-Contrast Fits Your Purpose and Audience
254(1)
Suggestions for Using Comparison-Contrast in an Essay
255(4)
Revision Strategies
259(1)
Comparison-Contrast: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist
260(1)
Student Essay
260(2)
Commentary
262(3)
Activities: Comparison-Contrast
265(2)
A Fable for Tomorrow
267(4)
Rachel Carson
And Then I Went To School
271(6)
Joseph H. Suina
The Ugly Truth About Beauty
277(4)
Dave Barry
Additional Writing Topics
281(2)
Cause-Effect
283(36)
What Is Cause-Effect?
283(1)
How Cause-Effect Fits Your Purpose and Audience
283(2)
Suggestions for Using Cause-Effect in an Essay
285(6)
Revision Strategies
291(1)
Cause-Effect: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist
291(1)
Student Essay
292(2)
Commentary
294(3)
Activities: Cause-Effect
297(2)
Why We Crave Horror Movies
299(5)
Who should know more about our appetite for horror than Stephen King? This maestro of the macabre shares his thoughts on why moviegoers eagerly pay to be terrified.
Why People Don't Help in a Crisis
304(7)
John M. Darley
Bibb Latane
Our Schedules, Our Selves
311(6)
Jay Walljasper
Additional Writing Topics
317(2)
Definition
319(32)
What Is Definition?
319(1)
How Definition Fits Your Purpose and Audience
320(1)
Suggestions for Using Definition in an Essay
321(3)
Revision Strategies
324(1)
Definition: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist
324(1)
Student Essay
325(2)
Commentary
327(3)
Activities: Definition
330(2)
Entropy
332(5)
K. C. Cole
What Is the Quarterlife Crisis?
337(8)
Alexandra Robbins
Abby Wilner
The Handicap of Definition
345(4)
William Raspberry
Additional Writing Topics
349(2)
Argumentation-Persuasion
351(74)
What Is Argumentation-Persuasion?
351(1)
How Argumentation-Persuasion Fits Your Purpose and Audience
352(4)
Suggestions for Using Argumentation-Persuasion in an Essay
356(16)
Revision Strategies
372(1)
Argumentation-Persuasion: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist
372(1)
Student Essay
373(6)
Commentary
379(4)
Activities: Argumentation-Persuasion
383(2)
Let's Tell the Story of all America's Cultures
385(5)
Yuh Ji-Yeon
Can You Be Educated From a Distance?
390(5)
James Barszcz
Examining an Issue: Date Rape
Rape: a Bigger Danger Than Feminists Know
395(6)
Camille Paglia
Common Decency
401(5)
Susan Jacoby
Examining an Issue: Affirmative Action
Racism Has Its Privileges
406(10)
Roger Wilkins
Affirmative Action: The Price of Preference
416(7)
Shelby Steele
Additional Writing Topics
423(2)
Combining the Patterns
425(20)
The Patterns in Action: During the Writing Process
425(1)
The Patterns in Action: In an Essay
426(1)
Student Essay
427(6)
The Death of the Moth
433(5)
Virginia Woolf
Where Do We Go From Here: Community or Chaos?
438(4)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Marrying Absurd
442(3)
Joan Didion
APPENDIX A: A CONCISE GUIDE TO FINDING AND DOCUMENTING SOURCES
445(27)
Using the Library to Find Books on Your Subject
445(2)
Using the Library to Find Reference Works on Your Subject
447(1)
Using the Library to Find Articles on Your Subject
448(3)
Using the Internet to Research Your Subject
451(5)
Focusing a Web Search: A Checklist
456(1)
Evaluating Internet Materials: A Checklist
457(1)
Documenting Sources
458(1)
What to Document
458(1)
How to Document
459(3)
Citing Sources: A Checklist
462(2)
List of Works Cited
464(8)
APPENDIX B: AVOIDING TEN COMMON WRITING ERRORS
472(13)
Fragments
473(1)
Comma Splices and Run-ons
473(1)
Faulty Subject-Verb Agreement
474(2)
Faulty Pronoun Agreement
476(1)
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
477(1)
Faulty Parallelism
478(1)
Comma Misuse
479(2)
Apostrophe Misuse
481(1)
Confusing Homonyms
482(1)
Misuse of Italics and Underlining
483(2)
Glossary485(14)
Acknowledgments499(4)
Index503

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