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The Longman Reader, Brief Edition

by: Nadell, Judith; Langan, John; Comodromos, Eliza A

The Longman Reader, Brief Edition

by: Nadell, Judith; Langan, John; Comodromos, Eliza A

ISBN 13:
9780321236418
ISBN 10:
0321236416
Edition: 7th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2005
Publisher: Longman
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Widely praised for its superior teaching apparatus and thought-provoking readings, "The Longman Reader" remains the most successful rhetorically organized freshman composition reader. Key Benefit: Provides superior teaching apparatus with thought-provoking readings.Key Topics: Reading Process Writing Process. Market: General interest; Improving your writing

Thematic Contents

xvi

Preface

xxi

The Reading Process

(11)

Stage 1: Get an Overview of the Selection

(1)

First Reading: A Checklist

(1)

Stage 2: Deepen Your Sense of the Selection

(1)

Second Reading: A Checklist

(1)

Stage 3: Evaluate the Selection

(1)

Evaluating a Selection: A Checklist

(2)

Family Counterculture

(6)

Ellen Goodman

The Writing Process

(58)

Stage 1: Prewrite

(4)

Analyzing Your Audience: A Checklist

(10)

Stage 2: Identify the Thesis

(4)

Stage 3: Support the Thesis with Evidence

(7)

Stage 4: Organize the Evidence

(4)

Outlining: A Checklist

(4)

Stage 5: Write the First Draft

(1)

Turning Outline Into First Draft: A Checklist

(13)

Stage 6: Revise the Essay

(5)

Student Essay

(3)

Commentary

(3)

Description

(35)

What Is Description?

(1)

How Description Fits Your Purpose and Audience

(2)

Suggestions for Using Description in an Essay

(4)

Revision Strategies

(1)

Description: A Revision/Peer Review Checklist

(1)

Student Essay

(1)

Commentary

(3)

Activities: Description

(2)

Flavio's Home

(8)

Gordon Parks

The Jacket

(5)

Gary Soto

Sister Flowers

(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)

Glossary

485

(14)

Acknowledgments

499

(4)

Index

503

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