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Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide

by: Kirszner, Laurie G.; Kirszner, Laurie G.; Mandell, Stephen R.

Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide

by: Kirszner, Laurie G.; Kirszner, Laurie G.; Mandell, Stephen R.

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9780312247362
ISBN 10:
0312247362
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 08/01/2000
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
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Summary

Engaging, accessible readings and thorough rhetorical instruction have made Patterns for College Writing the best-selling reader available. Patterns focuses students on the kinds of writing they will be asked to do throughout their college careers.

Preface

vii

Thematic Guide to the Contents

xxix

Introduction: Reading to Write

(1)

Reading Critically

(1)

Reading Actively

(1)

Before You Read

(1)

As You Read

(1)

Checklist: Reading Actively

(1)

Highlighting and Annotating

(1)

Reading the Selections in this Book

(1)

``What's in a Name?''

(2)

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Responding to Reading Selections

(6)

Part One: The Writing Process

(54)

Invention

(22)

Understanding the Assignment

(1)

Setting Limits

(5)

Length

(1)

Purpose

(1)

Audience

(1)

Occasion

(1)

Knowledge

(1)

Checklist: Setting Limits

(1)

Moving From Subject to Topic

(4)

Questions for Probing

(3)

Freewriting

Checklist: Questions for Probing

(3)

A Student Writer: Freewriting

(1)

Finding Something to Say

(3)

Brainstorming

(1)

A Student Writer: Brainstorming

(1)

Journal Writing

(2)

A Student Writer: Journal Writing

(1)

Grouping Ideas

(2)

Clustering

(1)

A Student Writer: Clustering

(1)

Making an Informal Outline

(1)

A Student Writer: Making an Informal Outline

(1)

Understanding Thesis and Support

(1)

Formulating a Thesis

(7)

Defining the Thesis Statement

(1)

Deciding on a Thesis

(1)

Stating Your Thesis

(1)

Implying a Thesis

(1)

A Student Writer: Formulating a Thesis

(4)

Arrangement

(12)

Recognizing a Pattern

(1)

Checklist: Recognizing a Pattern

(1)

Understanding the Parts of the Essay

(8)

The Introduction

(1)

The Body Paragraphs

(4)

The Conclusion

(2)

Constructing a Formal Outline

(3)

Checklist: Constructing a Formal Outline

(1)

A Student Writer: Constructing a Formal Outline

(2)

Drafting and Revising

(18)

Writing Your First Draft

(7)

Checklist: Drafting

(1)

A Student Writer: Writing a First Draft

(1)

Revising Your Essay

(1)

Revising with a Checklist

(1)

Checklist: Revision

(1)

Revising with an Outline

(1)

Revising with a Peer Critique

(1)

Checklist: Guidelines for Peer Critiques

(1)

A Student Writer: Revising a First Draft

(2)

Points for Special Attention: First Draft

(3)

The Introduction

(1)

The Body Paragraphs

(1)

The Conclusion

(1)

A Student Writer: Revising a Second Draft

(1)

Points for Special Attention: Second Draft

(5)

The Title

(1)

The Introduction

(1)

The Body Paragraphs

(1)

The Conclusion

(1)

A Student Writer: Preparing a Final Draft

(1)

Sample Student Essay: Laura Bobnak, The Price of Silence

(3)

A Note on Editing

(3)

Checklist: Editing

(2)

Part Two: Readings for Writers

(604)

Narration

(50)

What is Narration?

(1)

Using Narration

(1)

Planning a Narrative Essay

(2)

Including Enough Detail

(1)

Varying Sentence Structure

(1)

Maintaining Clear Narrative Order

(1)

Structuring a Narrative Essay

(47)

Checklist: Narration

(1)

A Student Writer: Narration

(1)

Sample Student Essay: Tiffany Forte, My Field of Dreams

(3)

Points for Special Attention

(1)

Focus on Revision

(2)

Homeward Bound

(4)

Janet Wu

Only Daughter

(5)

Sandra Cisneros

Finishing School

(6)

Maya Angelou

My Mother Never Worked

(5)

Donna Smith-Yackel

Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police

(5)

Martin Gansberg

Shooting an Elephant

104

(9)

George Orwell

The Open Window

113

(4)

Saki (H.H. Munro)

Writing Assignments for Narration

117

(1)

Collaborative Activity for Narration

118

(1)

Internet Assignment for Narration

118

(1)

Description

119

(50)

What Is Description?

120

(1)

Using Description

120

(4)

Understanding Objective and Subjective Description

120

(2)

Using Objective and Subjective Language

122

(1)

Selecting Details

123

(1)

Planning a Descriptive Essay

124

(1)

Structuring a Descriptive Essay

124

(45)

Checklist: Description

125

(1)

Student Writers: Description

126

(1)

Sample Student Essay: Joseph Tessari, The Light Microscope

126

(2)

Points for Special Attention

128

(1)

Focus on Revision

129

(1)

Sample Student Essay: Mary Lim, The Valley of Windmills

129

(2)

Points for Special Attention

131

(1)

Focus on Revision

132

(1)

Words Left Unspoken

133

(5)

Leah Hager Cohen

Reading the River

138

(4)

Mark Twain

More Than Just a Shrine: Paying Homage to the Ghosts of Ellis Island

142

(6)

Mary Gordon

The Way to Rainy Mountain

148

(6)

N. Scott Momaday

Once More to the Lake

154

(7)

E. B. White

The Grave

161

(6)

Katherine Anne Porter

Writing Assignments for Description

167

(1)

Collaborative Activity for Description

167

(1)

Internet Assignment for Description

168

(1)

Exemplification

169

(48)

What is Exemplification?

169

(1)

Using Exemplification

169

(3)

Using Examples to Explain and Clarify

170

(1)

Using Examples to Add Interest

170

(1)

Using Examples to Persuade

171

(1)

Using Examples to Test Your Thesis

171

(1)

Planning an Exemplification Essay

172

(1)

Providing Enough Examples

172

(1)

Choosing Representative Examples

172

(1)

Structuring an Exemplification Essay

173

(44)

Checklist: Exemplification

174

(1)

Student Writers: Exemplification

174

(1)

Sample Student Essay: Elizabeth Bensley, Job Application Letter

175

(1)

Points for Special Attention

176

(1)

Focus on Revision

177

(1)

Sample Student Essay: Grace Ku, Midnight

177

(2)

Points for Special Attention

179

(1)

Focus on Revision

180

(1)

The Peter Principle

181

(7)

Laurence J. Peter

Raymond Hull

The Great Campus Goof-Off Machine

188

(4)

Nate Stulman

English Is a Crazy Language

192

(5)

Richard Lederer

Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space

197

(6)

Brent Staples

The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society

203

(9)

Jonathan Kozol

Samuel

212

(3)

Grace Paley

Writing Assignments for Exemplification

215

(1)

Collaborative Activity for Exemplification

215

(1)

Internet Assignment for Exemplification

216

(1)

Process

217

(48)

What is Process?

217

(1)

Understanding Instructions

218

(1)

Understanding Process Explanations

218

(1)

Using Process

218

(1)

Planning a Process Essay

219

(1)

Structuring a Process Essay

220

(45)

Checklist: Process

221

(1)

Student Writers: Process

221

(1)

Sample Student Essay: Joseph Miksitz, Pumping Iron

221

(2)

Points for Special Attention

223

(1)

Focus on Revision

223

(1)

Sample Student Essay: Melany Hunt, Medium Ash Brown

224

(2)

Points for Special Attention

226

(1)

Focus on Revision

227

(1)

My First Conk

228

(5)

Malcom X

Anatomy of a Joke

233

(5)

Garry Trudeau

Smile

238

(5)

Alan Lightman

On Fire

243

(5)

Larry Brown

The Embalming of Mr Jones

248

(7)

Jessica Mitford

The Lottery

255

(8)

Shirley Jackson

Writing Assignments for Process

263

(1)

Collaborative Activity for Process

263

(1)

Internet Assignment for Process

264

(1)

Cause and Effect

265

(56)

What is Cause and Effect?

265

(1)

Using Cause and Effect

266

(5)

Understanding Main and Contributory Causes

267

(1)

Understanding Immediate and Remote Causes

268

(1)

Understanding Causal Chains

268

(1)

Avoiding Post Hoc Reasoning

269

(2)

Planning a Cause-and-Effect Essay

271

(1)

Structuring a Cause-and-Effect Essay

272

(49)

Finding Causes

272

(1)

Describing or Predicting Effects

273

(1)

Checklist: Cause and Effect

274

(1)

A Student Writer: Cause and Effect

274

(1)

Sample Student Essay: Evelyn Pellicane, The Irish Famine, 1845-1849

274

(3)

Points for Special Attention

277

(1)

Focus on Revision

278

(1)

Who Killed Benny Paret?

279

(4)

Norman Cousins

Television: The Plug-In Drug

283

(11)

Marie Winn

The ``Black Table'' Is Still There

294

(4)

Lawrence Otis Graham

A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun

298

(6)

Linda M. Hasselstrom

It's Just Too Late

304

(11)

Calvin Trillin

Suicide Note

315

(3)

Janice Mirikitani

Writing Assignments for Cause and Effect

318

(1)

Collaborative Activity for Cause and Effect

319

(1)

Internet Assignment for Cause and Effect

319

(2)

Comparison and Contrast

321

(58)

What is Comparison and Contrast?

321

(1)

Using Comparison and Contrast

322

(1)

Planning a Comparison-and-Contrast Essay

322

(3)

Recognizing Comparison-and-Contrast Assignments

323

(1)

Establishing a Basis for Comparison

323

(1)

Selecting Points for Discussion

324

(1)

Formulating a Thesis Statement

324

(1)

Structuring a Comparison-and-Contrast Essay

325

(54)

Using Subject-by-Subject Comparison

325

(1)

Using Point-by-Point Comparison

326

(1)

Supplying Clear Transitions

327

(1)

Checklist: Comparison and Contrast

327

(1)

Student Writers: Comparison and Contrast

328

(1)

Sample Student Essay: Mark Cotharn, Brains versus Brawn

328

(4)

Points for Special Attention

332

(1)

Focus on Revision

333

(1)

Sample Student Essay: Margaret Depner, The Big Move

334

(4)

Points for Special Attention

338

(1)

Focus on Revision

339

(1)

Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts

340

(5)

Bruce Catton

Never Do That to a Book

345

(6)

Anne Fadiman

The Victorian Internet

351

(6)

Tom Standage

Two Ways to Belong in America

357

(5)

Bharati Mukherjee

How the Lawyers Stole Winter

362

(5)

Christopher B. Daly

Sex, Lies, and Conversation

367

(7)

Deborah Tannen

Ex-Basketball Player

374

(2)

John Updike

Writing Assignments for Comparison and Contrast

376

(1)

Collaborative Activity for Comparison and Contrast

376

(1)

Internet Assignment for Comparison and Contrast

377

(2)

Classification and Division

379

(76)

What is Classification and Division?

379

(1)

Understanding Classification

380

(1)

Understanding Division

380

(1)

Using Classification and Division

380

(1)

Planning a Classification-and-Division Essay

381

(1)

Selecting and Arranging Categories

382

(1)

Formulating a Thesis Statement

382

(1)

Structuring a Classification-and-Division Essay

382

(73)

Checklist: Classification and Division

384

(1)

A Student Writer: Classification and Division

384

(1)

Sample Student Essay: Roger Bauer, The Western: More Than Just ``Popular'' Literature

385

(3)

Points for Special Attention

388

(1)

Focus on Revision

389

(1)

College Pressures

390

(9)

William Zinsser

The Men We Carry in Our Minds

399

(6)

Scott Russell Sanders

Mother Tongue

405

(8)

Amy Tan

Sexism in English: Embodiment and Language

413

(13)

Alleen Pace Nilsen

The Ways We Lie

426

(10)

Stephanie Ericsson

Revelation

436

(17)

Flannery O'Connor

Writing Assignments for Classification and Division

453

(1)

Collaborative Activity for Classification and Division

453

(1)

Internet Assignment for Classification and Division

454

(1)

Definition

455

(38)

What is Definition?

455

(1)

Understanding Formal Definitions

455

(1)

Understanding Extended Definitions

456

(1)

Using Definition

456

(1)

Planning a Definition Essay

457

(2)

Using Patterns of Development

457

(2)

Using Other Strategies

459

(1)

Structuring a Definition Essay

459

(34)

Checklist: Definition

460

(1)

A Student Writer: Definition

461

(1)

Sample Student Essay: Ajoy Mahtab, The Untouchable

461

(3)

Points for Special Attention

464

(1)

Focus on Revision

465

(1)

Burdens

466

(4)

John Kenneth Galbraith

Tortillas

470

(4)

Jose Antonio Burciaga

I Want a Wife

474

(4)

Judy Brady

The Company Man

478

(4)

Ellen Goodman

Does America Still Exist?

482

(6)

Richard Rodriguez

The Secretary Chant

488

(2)

Marge Piercy

Writing Assignments for Definition

490

(1)

Collaborative Activity for Definition

491

(1)

Internet Assignment for Definition

491

(2)

Argumentation

493

(132)

What is Argumentation?

493

(1)

Understanding Argumentation and Persuasion

494

(1)

Planning an Argumentative Essay

495

(6)

Choosing a Topic

495

(1)

Taking a Stand

495

(1)

Analyzing Your Audience

496

(1)

Gathering and Documenting Evidence

496

(3)

Dealing with the Opposition

499

(1)

Understanding Rogerian Argument

500

(1)

Checklist: Guidelines for Using Rogerian Argument

500

(1)

Using Deductive and Inductive Arguments

501

(7)

Using Deductive Arguments

501

(2)

Using Inductive Arguments

503

(1)

Using Toulmin Logic

504

(1)

Recognizing Fallacies

505

(3)

Structuring an Argumentative Essay

508

(117)

Checklist: Argumentation

509

(1)

A Student Writer: Argumentation

510

(1)

Sample Student Essay: Matt Daniels, An Argument against the Anna Todd Jennings Scholarship

510

(3)

Points for Special Attention

513

(1)

Focus on Revision

514

(2)

The Declaration of Independence

516

(6)

Thomas Jefferson

Letter from Birmingham Jail

522

(15)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Debate: Is Date Rape Really Rape?

537

(1)

It's a Jungle Out There

538

(6)

Camille Paglia

Common Decency

544

(5)

Susan Jacoby

Debate: Should We Live Together or Apart?

549

(2)

Why Special Housing for Ethnic Students Makes Sense

551

(7)

Rebecca Lee Parker

College Housing Policies Should Avoid Ethnic and Religious Balkanization

558

(6)

Dena S. Davis

Debate Casebook: Does Media Violence Cause Societal Violence?

564

(2)

Unnatural Killers

566

(10)

John Grisham

Memo to John Grisham: What's Next --- ``A Movie Made Me Do It''?

576

(5)

Oliver Stone

Violent Films Cry ``Fire'' in Crowded Theaters

581

(6)

Michael Zimecki

Games as a Scapegoat

587

(5)

Steve Bauman

Debate Casebook: Is the Internet Good for Society?

592

(2)

Bards of the Internet

594

(5)

Philip Elmer-DeWitt

One Internet, Two Nations

599

(5)

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

The End of Serendipity

604

(6)

Ted Gup

How the Web Destroys the Quality of Students' Research Papers

610

(5)

David Rothenberg

An Age of Optimism

615

(5)

Nicholas Negroponte

Writing Assignments for Argumentation

620

(1)

Collaborative Activity for Argumentation

620

(1)

Internet Assignments for Argumentation

621

(4)

Combining the Patterns

625

(46)

Structuring an Essay by Combining the Patterns

625

(46)

A Student Writer: Combining the Patterns

626

(1)

Sample Student Essay: Michael Huu Truong, The Park

626

(4)

Points for Special Attention

630

(1)

Focus on Revision

631

(1)

On Dumpster Diving

632

(16)

Lars Eighner

A Modest Proposal

648

(10)

Jonathan Swift

In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens

658

(11)

Alice Walker

Writing Assignments for Combining the Patterns

669

(1)

Collaborative Activity for Combining the Patterns

669

(1)

Internet Assignment for Combining the Patterns

669

(2)

APPENDIX: WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER

671

(20)

STEP 1: Choosing a Topic

671

(1)

STEP 2: Looking for Sources

672

(1)

STEP 3: Narrowing Your Topic

672

(1)

STEP 4: Doing Research

672

(1)

STEP 5: Taking Notes

673

(1)

STEP 6: Watching Out for Plagiarism

674

(3)

STEP 7: Drafting a Thesis Statement

677

(1)

STEP 8: Making an Outline

677

(1)

STEP 9: Writing Your Paper

678

(1)

STEP 10: Documenting Your Sources

679

(6)

Sample Student Research Paper in MLA Style

685

(6)

Sample Student Essay: Allison Rogers, Violence in the Media

686

(5)

Glossary

691

(10)

Index of Terms, Authors, and Titles

701

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