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Strategy and Structure : Short Readings for Composition

by: Kelly, William J.

Strategy and Structure : Short Readings for Composition

by: Kelly, William J.

ISBN 13:
9780205286027
ISBN 10:
020528602X
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 09/01/1998
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
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Rhetoncally arranged reader with short readings -- only 4-5 pp. in length. Includes a chapter on critical reading and a chapter on "Working through the Writing Process". New: "The Practical Application" section in each chapter which provides real-world situations offers student examples in response to the assignment (memo, position paper, etc.).

Thematic Contents

(6)

Preface

xxi

1 Writer as Reader

(12)

Developing Your Abilities

(4)

The Writer's Purpose

(1)

Active Reading

(2)

The Writer's Approach

(1)

LYN METIVIER

The Process Illustrated The Reading Disorder Metivier's love of reading sometimes seems to complicate her life as much as it enriches it.

(6)

Exercises

(2)

2 Working through the Writing Process

(38)

Examining the Writing Process

(33)

Prewriting

(3)

Maintaining a Journal

(2)

Composing: Developing and Effective Draft

(12)

Revising

(15)

The Relationship between Your Purpose and the Rhetorical Modes

(2)

Exercises

(3)

3 Narration

(30)

The Technique

(4)

The Proper Sequence

(1)

Effective Point of View

(2)

A Thorough Presentation

(1)

LANGSTON HUGHES

An Annotated Example Salvation In this look back to his childhood, salvation awaits young Langston. All he has to do is see Jesus -- or claim to.

(5)

PAUL F. FLETCHER

Nightwatch Paul A. Fletcher recounts an episode of prejudice and police brutality that occurred under the cover of darkness in a small, coastal New England town.

(5)

HELEN KELLER

Everything Has a Name After years in her "tangible white darkness," Helen Keller, blind and deaf, experiences a moment of understanding that changes her world forever.

(6)

KEN WEBER

He Understands. He Always Did. Weber has one final opportunity to tell his father the words that express what has always been understood between them.

(7)

Other Possibilities for Using Narration

(1)

Practical Application: Narration

(2)

4 Description

(32)

The Technique

(3)

Sensory Details

(1)

Objective and Subjective Description

(1)

Spatial Order

(1)

SULLIVAN BALLOU

An Annotated Example My Dearest Sarah From his encampment on the evening before a Civil War battle, Major Sullivan Ballou, fearing he might not return, expresses his love in a letter to his wife.

(5)

RICHARD SELZER

The Discus Thrower As he makes his hospital rounds, Selzer observes the behavior of one dying patient who communicates frustration, isolation, and despair in an unusual way.

(6)

JOAN DIDION

In Bed With a lifetime of migraine agony to draw from, Didion opens a window into the physical and psychological pain that migraine sufferers endure.

(7)

JOHN STEINBECK

From The Grapes of Wrath In this passage from his epic novel The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck describes what happens in an agricultural system that places profits ahead of people.

102

(7)

Other Possibilities for Using Description

109

(1)

Practical Application: Description

110

(3)

5 Example

113

(84)

The Technique

113

(3)

Specific and Relevant Examples

113

(1)

Multiple Examples

114

(1)

An Effective Arrangement

115

(1)

BETTY FRIEDAN

An Annotated Example The Problem that Has No Name Friedan relates the stories of women across the nation who share a deep sense of unhappiness and lack of fulfillment, which the rest of society doesn't seem to notice.

116

(6)

STEVEN A. HOLMES

It's Terrible News! And It's Not True.... Steven A. Holmes points out that not all the stories of tragedy or threats to our safety reported in the news are accurate.

122

(7)

PERRI KLASS

She's Your Basic L.O.L. in N.A.D. As a physician-in-training, Klass examines the real meaning and motivation behind the cryptic way in which doctors discuss patients and illness.

129

(7)

MICHAEL DEMAREST

The Fine Art of Putting Things Off As Demarest sees it, procrastination is too common an activity, with too long and celebrated a history, to be as bad as others claim it is.

136

(6)

Other Possibilities for Using Example

142

(1)

Practical Application: Example

143

(4)

6 Process

147

(38)

The Technique

147

(4)

Clarity and Directness

148

(1)

Simple, Logical Steps

148

(2)

Linear Order

150

(1)

DIANE ACKERMAN

An Annotated Example Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall A complex process of nature, explains Diane Ackerman, produces fall's brilliant colors.

151

(8)

BETTY EDWARDS

Drawing Realistically through Pure Contour Drawing As Edwards shows, drawing more accurately is a matter of unleashing the power of the creative side of your brain.

159

(8)

GARY LARSON

Cow Tools Larson, the creator of the popular feature The Far Side, explains why just about everybody missed the joke in one of his cartoons and what happened as a result.

167

(6)

CAROLYN BEARD WHITLOW

A Poem Is Sculpture Beard Whitlow draws the creative curtain aside and walks her reader through the steps and stages she follows as she creates a poem.

173

(8)

Other Possibilities for Using Process

181

(1)

Practical Application: Process

182

(3)

7 Definition

185

(30)

The Technique

185

(4)

The Elements of an Effective Definition

185

(1)

Denotation, Connotation, and Etymology

186

(1)

Limited and Extended Definition and Negation

187

(2)

ELLEN GOODMAN

An Annotated Example The Workaholic Goodman tells the story of Phil, the ultimate company man who, in devoting his life to his job, lost everything else.

189

(4)

FRANCINE PROSE

Gossip As Prose explains it, gossiping -- which we all engage in "but hardly anyone will admit to or defend" -- doesn't deserve its negative reputation.

193

(6)

ROGER ROSENBLATT

The Man in the Water The sacrifices made by one survivor of a Washington, D.C. plane crash lead Rosenblatt to ponder the nature of heroism.

199

(6)

ANNA QUINDLEN

Homeless As Anna Quindlen shows, being homeless is much more than lacking creature comforts.

205

(6)

Other Possibilities for Using Definition

211

(1)

Practical Application: Definition

212

(3)

8 Comparison and Contrast

215

(36)

The Technique

215

(5)

A Clear Basis for Comparison

216

(1)

A Thorough and Specific Presentation

217

(1)

An Effective Arrangement

218

(2)

S.I. HAYAKAWA

An Annotated Example Snarl-Words and Purr-Words Sometimes, Hayakawa suggests, what we say has less to do with what we mean than how we feel when we say it.

220

(4)

STEVEN DOLOFF

The Opposite Sex When Steven Doloff asked several of his classes to write about the lives they envisioned the opposite sex lived, the results said a great deal about perceived gender roles.

224

(5)

PATRICE GAINES-CARTER

Is My "Post-Integration" Daughter Black Enough? In a letter to her daughter, Gaines-Carter expresses fears that her daughter and her daughter's generation will become complacent about the struggle for equality.

229

(8)

RICHARD RODRIGUEZ

Aria For young Rodriguez, mixing in the English-speaking world was made more difficult by the comfort he found in his Spanish-speaking world.

237

(10)

Other Possibilities for Using Comparison and Contrast

247

(1)

Practical Application: Comparison and Contrast

248

(3)

9 Cause and Effect

251

(40)

The Technique

251

(6)

Direct and Related Causes and Effects

252

(1)

Multiple Cause-and-Effect Situations

253

(1)

An Appropriate Focus

254

(2)

An Effective Arrangement

256

(1)

SUSAN JACOBY

An Annotated Example When Bright Girls Decide that Math Is "A Waste of Time" When girls accept the math-is-for-males stereotype and forego higher mathematics, they are setting themselves up for a lifetime of second-class status.

257

(7)

RICHARD WRIGHT

The Ethics of Living Jim Crow Physical threats and humiliation are Wright's rewards when he asks his white coworkers at the optical plant for the training his boss had promised him.

264

(7)

ADRIENNE RICH

The Anger of a Child For Rich, coming to terms with her mother means exploring how Rich herself was reared.

271

(7)

FREDERICK DOUGLASS

The Right to Write Long before he was able to free his body from the horrors of slavery, Douglass found a way to free his mind from the imprisonment of illiteracy.

278

(9)

Other Possibilities for Using Cause and Effect

287

(1)

Practical Application: Cause And Effect

288

(3)

10 Division and Classification

291

(34)

The Technique

291

(6)

A Logical Method of Analysis

292

(1)

A Consistent Presentation

293

(1)

Distinct and Complete Elements of Analysis

294

(1)

An Effective Arrangement

295

(2)

JONATHAN WALTERS

An Annotated Example Throwing As Walters humorously observes, even a common, simple activity like throwing can lend itself to close analysis.

297

(5)

JUDY BRADY

I Want a Wife Brady makes it clear that for many women, marriage is far from an equitable affair.

302

(5)

ISABEL BRIGGS MYERS

Taking Type into Account in Education According to Briggs Myers, to make sure they meet the needs of their students, schools must recognize and address differences in personality types

307

(9)

DIANE RIVA

Exposed Toes As Diane Riva sees it, the shoes we choose are much more than merely fashion statements.

316

(5)

Other Possibilities for Using Division and Classification

321

(1)

Practical Application: Division and Classification

322

(3)

11 Argument

325

(36)

The Approach: Understanding Argument

325

(2)

The Modes in Combination

325

(1)

Types of Appeals

326

(1)

The Development of Your Paper

327

(6)

A Clear Stance on the Issue

327

(1)

Sufficient Valid Support

328

(1)

Tone

329

(1)

Errors in Logic

330

(2)

An Effective Arrangement

332

(1)

ARTHUR ASHE

An Annotated Example Getting Serious about Academic Standards and Cutting Out Free Rides In Ashe's view, athletic scholarships should be awarded only to those who can handle the academic challenges of college.

333

(6)

FRANK RICH

The Sad Sitcom of TV Ratings As Frank Rich sees it, there is much more involved in the debate over television ratings than merely which rating systems should be used.

339

(5)

BARBARA MUJICA

Bilingualism's Goal Schools should concentrate on teaching children to function in the mainstream English-speaking society, declares Mujica, and leave matters of ethnic or cultural education to parents.

344

(5)

THOMAS SOWELL

Ability and Biology Ability or talent of any type is not automatically shared by any one ethnic or racial group, says Thomas Sowell, but is rather a matter of an individual's heredity and environment.

349

(6)

Other Possibilities for Argument Essays

355

(1)

Practical Application: Argument

356

(5)

Glossary

361

(22)

Index of Authors and Titles

383

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