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Longman Reader, The: Brief Edition

ISBN: 9780321112958 | 0321112954
Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2003

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SummaryTable of Contents
Featuring the same superior teaching apparatus and thought-provoking selections as its widely-praised parent text, The Longman Reader, Brief Edition is an all new, shorter, more portable alternative to the best-selling, rhetorically-organized original, The Longman Reader (formerly titled The Macmillan Reader ).
Thematic Contentsxiii
Prefacexviii
The Reading Process
1(12)
Get an Overview of the Selection
... MORE(1)
Deepen Your Sense of the Selection
3(1)
Evaluate the Selection
4(2)
Family Counterculture
6(7)
Ellen Goodman
The Writing Process
13(68)
Prewrite
14(17)
Identify the Thesis
31(5)
Support the Thesis With Evidence
36(9)
Organize the Evidence
45(8)
Write the First Draft
53(15)
Revise the Essay
68(6)
Student Essay
74(2)
Commentary
76(5)
Description
81(46)
What Is Description?
81(1)
How Description Fits Your Purpose and Audience
82(2)
Suggestions for Using Description in an Essay
84(4)
Student Essay
88(2)
Commentary
90(4)
Activities: Description
94(2)
Flavio's Home
96(10)
Gordon Parks
Sister Flowers
106(9)
Maya Angelou
Once More to the Lake
115(12)
E. B. White
Additional Writing Topics
124(3)
Narration
127(34)
What Is Narration?
127(1)
How Narration Fits Your Purpose and Audience
128(1)
Suggestions for Using Narration in an Essay
128(7)
Student Essay
135(2)
Commentary
137(3)
Activities: Narration
140(2)
The Chase
142(6)
Annie Dillard
Salvation
148(5)
Langston Hughes
So Tsi-Fai
153(8)
Sophronia Liu
Additional Writing Topics
159(2)
Exemplification
161(44)
What Is Exemplification?
161(1)
How Exemplification Fits Your Purpose and Audience
162(3)
Suggestions for Using Exemplification in an Essay
165(5)
Student Essay
170(2)
Commentary
172(4)
Activities: Exemplification
176(2)
The ``Values'' Wasteland
178(11)
Charles Sykes
Bombs Bursting in Air
189(7)
Beth Johnson
What I've Learned from Men
196(9)
Barbara Ehrenreich
Additional Writing Topics
203(2)
Division-Classification
205(48)
What Is Division-Classification?
205(2)
How Division-Classification Fits Your Purpose and Audience
207(2)
Suggestions for Using Division-Classification in an Essay
209(5)
Student Essay
214(4)
Commentary
218(3)
Activities: Division-Classification
221(3)
Doublespeak
224(8)
William Lutz
Propaganda Techniques in Today's Advertising
232(9)
Ann McClintock
But What Do You Mean?
241(12)
Deborah Tannen
Additional Writing Topics
251(2)
Process Analysis
253(42)
What Is Process Analysis?
253(1)
How Process Analysis Fits Your Purpose and Audience
254(2)
Suggestions for Using Process Analysis in an Essay
256(6)
Student Essay
262(3)
Commentary
265(3)
Activities: Process Analysis
268(3)
Your New Computer
271(7)
Bill Bryson
Campus Racism 101
278(7)
Nikki Giovanni
The Fine Art of Complaining
285(10)
Caroline Rego
Additional Writing Topics
292(3)
Comparison-Contrast
295(36)
What Is Comparison-Contrast?
295(1)
How Comparison-Contrast Fits Your Purpose and Audience
296(1)
Suggestions for Using Comparison-Contrast in an Essay
297(6)
Student Essay
303(2)
Commentary
305(4)
Activities: Comparison-Contrast
309(2)
A Fable for Tomorrow
311(4)
Rachel Carson
Workers
315(8)
Richard Rodriguez
The Ugly Truth About Beauty
323(8)
Dave Barry
Additional Writing Topics
328(3)
Cause-Effect
331(36)
What Is Cause-Effect?
331(1)
How Cause-Effect Fits Your Purpose and Audience
332(1)
Suggestions for Using Cause-Effect in an Essay
333(7)
Student Essay
340(3)
Commentary
343(4)
Activities: Cause-Effect
347(2)
Why We Crave Horror Movies
349(5)
Stephen King
The Lie Detector
354(5)
Lewis Thomas
Is Technology Making Us Intimate Strangers?
359(8)
Jonathan Coleman
Additional Writing Topics
364(3)
Definition
367(34)
What Is Definition?
367(1)
How Definition Fits Your Purpose and Audience
368(1)
Suggestions for Using Definition in an Essay
369(4)
Student Essay
373(3)
Commentary
376(3)
Activities: Definition
379(2)
Entropy
381(6)
K. C. Cole
Life as Type A
387(7)
James Gleick
The Handicap of Definition
394(7)
William Raspberry
Additional Writing Topics
399(2)
Argumentation-Persuasion
401(84)
What Is Argumentation-Persuasion?
401(1)
How Argumentation-Persuasion Fits Your Purpose and Audience
402(5)
Suggestions for Using Argumentation-Persuasion in an Essay
407(19)
Student Essay
426(7)
Commentary
433(4)
Activities: Argumentation-Persuasion
437(3)
In Praise of the ``F'' Word
440(5)
Mary Sherry
Let's Tell The Story of All America's Cultures
445(6)
Yuh Ji-Yeon
Examining an Issue: Date Rape
Rape: A Bigger Danger Than Feminists Know
451(7)
Camille Paglia
Common Decency
458(6)
Susan Jacoby
Examining an Issue: Affirmative Action
Racism Has Its Privileges
464(11)
Roger Wilkins
Affirmative Action: The Price of Preference
475(10)
Shelby Steel
Additional Writing Topics
483(2)
Combining The Patterns
485(20)
The Patterns in Action: During the Writing Process
485(1)
The Patterns in Action: In an Essay
486(2)
The Death of the Moth
488(7)
Virginia Woolf
Where Do We Go From Here: Community Or Chaos?
495(5)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Santa Ana
500(5)
Joan Didion
APPENDIX: A CONCISE GUIDE TO FINDING AND DOCUMENTING SOURCES505(28)
Using the Library to Find Books on Your Subject
505(3)
Using the Library to Find Reference Works on Your Subject
508(1)
Using the Library to Find Articles on Your Subject
509(4)
Using the Internet to Research Your Subject
513(6)
Documenting Sources
519(1)
What to Document
520(1)
How to Document
520(5)
List of Works Cited
525(8)
Glossary533(17)
Acknowledgments550(3)
Index553

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