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The Methods Of Development |
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Overviews Of Reading, Writing, And Research |
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Reading Questions And Writing Prompts |
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| Part One Academic Reading And Writing |
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1 Critical Reading: Learning From Other Writers |
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Disability (Annotated Essay) |
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A Writer With Multiple Sclerosis Thinks She Knows Why The Media Carry So Few Images Of People Like Herself With Disabilities: Viewers Might Conclude, Correctly, That "There Is Something Ordinary About Disability Itself." |
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Developing An Understanding |
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Checklist For Critical Reading |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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Questions For Analyzing A Written Work |
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19 | (3) |
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22 | (1) |
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Questions For Examining An Image |
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Visual Image: Man Fishing By A Power Plant, Photograph By Robin Nelson |
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2 The Writing Process: Discovery And Drafting |
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Assessing The Writing Situation |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (3) |
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Exploring The Methods Of Development |
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33 | (5) |
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Shaping The Introduction And Conclusion |
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A Student Essay-In-Progress |
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3 The Writing Process: Reviewing And Revising |
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41 | (14) |
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41 | (1) |
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Questions For Peer Review And Revision |
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42 | (3) |
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45 | (5) |
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Summarizing, Paraphrasing, And Quoting |
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A Student Essay-In-Progress |
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Peer Responses To First Draft |
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Journal Notes On Peer Review |
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4 The Writing Process: Editing |
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55 | (10) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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Crafting Clear And Engaging Sentences |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (2) |
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Run-On Sentences And Comma Splices |
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Misplaced And Dangling Modifiers |
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A Student Essay-In-Progress |
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61 | (1) |
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Mental Illness On Television (Annotated Student Essay) |
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Inspired By Reading Nancy Mairs's "Disability" (Chap. 1), A Student Writer Argues That Television Should "Portray Psychological Disability As A Part Of Everyday Life, Not A Crime." |
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5 Narration: Telling A Story |
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67 | (50) |
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Visual Image: Proposal, Drawing By Demetri Martin |
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68 | (1) |
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68 | (3) |
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The Narrator In The Story |
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71 | (2) |
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How To Organize A Narrative |
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73 | (1) |
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Checklist For Reviewing And Revising A Narrative |
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74 | (1) |
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Student Case Study: A Police Log |
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74 | (1) |
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Scott Beltran From Ride-Along Report (Annotated Student Writing) |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (10) |
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77 | (1) |
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The Writer Recalls Her Teenage Angst When The Minister And His Cute Blond Son Attended Her Family's Christmas Eve Dinner, An Elaborate Chinese Feast. |
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81 | (1) |
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Newly Arrived In San Antonio, A Pair Of Friends Thought They Were Visiting An Art Exhibit. Their Mistake Was Nothing Short Of Mortifying. |
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Naomi Shihab Nye On Writing |
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85 | (2) |
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Code Three (Student Essay) |
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87 | (4) |
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An Emergency Medical Technician Responds To A 911 Call, And A Stand-Off Ensues. |
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91 | (6) |
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Looking Back On The Time He Bluffed His Way Through A University Job, This Actor And Comedian Regrets Not Befriending His Boss. |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (4) |
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She Didn't Dare Ring Up A Sale While That Epic Battle Was On. A Noted Black Writer Remembers From Her Childhood The Night A People's Fate Hung On A Pair Of Boxing Gloves. |
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102 | (2) |
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The Lottery (Short Story) |
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104 | (9) |
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Tension Builds Imperceptibly In This Classic Short Story As Folks Gather For Their Town's Annual Lottery. "It Isn't Fair, It Isn't Right," Exclaims The Winner. |
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Shirley Jackson On Writing |
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113 | (2) |
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Additional Writing Topics |
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115 | (2) |
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6 Description: Writing With Your Senses |
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117 | (44) |
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Visual Image: Under The Passaic Falls, Photograph By Todd R. Darling |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (2) |
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Dominant Impression And Thesis |
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How To Organize A Description |
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121 | (1) |
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Focus On Specific And Concrete Language |
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122 | (1) |
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Checklist For Reviewing And Revising A Description |
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123 | (1) |
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Student Case Study: A Field Observation |
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123 | (2) |
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From Teaching Methodologies At Child's Play Preschool (Annotated Student Writing) |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (15) |
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Arm Wrestling With My Father (Student Essay) |
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125 | (1) |
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In The Time It Takes For A Strong Arm To Fall, A College Student Learns That Becoming An Adult Has Changed The Way He Feels About His Father And Their Physical Competition. |
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131 | (2) |
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Impatiently Waiting For The Horror Of Death |
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133 | (1) |
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"'I Don't Want To Fight With You,' He Tells Me. 'I Don't Have Much Time Left.'" Increasingly Preoccupied With His Inevitable Demise, An Aging Father Frustrates His Daughter. |
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138 | (2) |
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My Summer Of Scooping Ice Cream |
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140 | (4) |
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A Minimum-Wage Job At Baskin-Robbins Taught This Television Producer And Writer Perseverance, Responsibility, And A Distaste For Ice Cream. |
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The Way To Rainy Mountain |
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On A Trek To His Grandmother's Grave, A Kiowa Writer Revisits The Landscapes Of His Ancestry. |
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N. Scott Momaday On Writing |
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151 | (1) |
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Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, 1942 (Poem) |
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152 | (4) |
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This Poem Animates The People In Edward Hopper's Famous Painting Nighthawks, Imagining From What Can Be Seen What Might Be Occurring. |
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Visual Image: Nighthawks, Painting By Edward Hopper |
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Joyce Carol Oates On Writing |
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156 | (3) |
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Additional Writing Topics |
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159 | (2) |
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7 Example: Pointing To Instances |
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161 | (42) |
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Visual Image: Costumes To Scare Millennials, Cartoon By Sarah Andersen |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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The Generalization And The Thesis |
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Focus On Sentence Variety |
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164 | (2) |
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166 | (1) |
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Checklist For Reviewing And Revising An Example Essay |
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166 | (1) |
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Student Case Study: A Job-Application Letter |
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167 | (2) |
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E-Mail To Exeter Hospital (Annotated Student Writing) |
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167 | (2) |
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169 | (12) |
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Black Men And Public Space |
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169 | (1) |
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In Near-Deserted Streets At Night, An African American Writer Finds That Women Flee From Him. Relating Case Histories, He Tells What He Has Discovered About His "Ability To Alter Public Space." |
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173 | (3) |
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176 | (1) |
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A Popular Television And Web Producer Recounts Some Unsettling Situations Of Being "Not Black Enough" For Anybody, Including Herself. |
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181 | (3) |
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A Journalist Who Confesses An Aversion For "Looking At The Big Picture, Taking The Global View," Insists On Seeing Homelessness As An Individual Crisis. |
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184 | (2) |
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Looking Back (Student Essay) |
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186 | (5) |
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Cataloging Hints Throughout Childhood That Pointed To His "Not Fitting Into The Role Of A Typical Female," A Transgender Student Shows How Social Norms Can Obscure Truths That Seem Obvious In Hindsight. |
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191 | (1) |
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Three Basketball Stories (Short Story) |
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192 | (7) |
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Three Tall Tales From Three Major Cities Go In Surprising Directions To Subvert Stereotypes And Build Community. |
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199 | (2) |
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Additional Writing Topics |
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201 | (2) |
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8 Comparison And Contrast: Setting Things Side By Side |
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203 | (50) |
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Visual Image: Excerpt From Fun Home, Graphic Memoir By Alison Bechdel |
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204 | (1) |
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Uses Of Comparison And Contrast |
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205 | (3) |
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Basis For Comparison And Thesis |
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How To Organize A Comparison-And-Contrast Essay |
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208 | (1) |
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Checklist For Reviewing And Revising A Comparison-And-Contrast Essay |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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Student Case Study: A Review |
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210 | (1) |
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From Beyonce Knowles: Soloist (Annotated Student Writing) |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (12) |
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212 | (1) |
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Drawing Striking Parallels Between Spawning Salmon And Underserved Youth, A Naturalist Ponders The Mismatched Reactions To A Label Applied To Both Animals And People. |
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Jourdan Imani Keith On Writing |
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216 | (1) |
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The Great Silence (Short Story) |
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217 | (1) |
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Instead Of Searching For Nonhuman Intelligence In The Depths Of Space, Why Not Look In The Rainforests Of Puerto Rico? Taking On The Voice Of A Parrot, An Acclaimed Science Fiction Writer Asks Probing Questions About The Nature Of Language And Communication. |
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Visual Images: From The Great Silence, Video Installation By Al Lora & Calzadilla |
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Neat People Vs. Sloppy People |
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224 | (3) |
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"Neat People Are Lazier And Meaner Than Sloppy People," Asserts The Writer. As She Compares And Contrasts, She Takes Up A Cudgel And Chooses Sides. |
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227 | (2) |
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So Enid And Dorothy From West Covina Can Hear You (Student Essay) |
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229 | (4) |
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A Trained Actor Dips Her Toe Into The Film Industry And Finds The Experience Profoundly Different From Performing On Stage. |
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Caitlin McDougall On Writing |
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233 | (2) |
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Remembering My Childhood On The Continent Of Africa |
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235 | (6) |
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This Beloved Essayist Complains About His "Unspeakably Dull" Childhood, When He Might Have Grown Up Like His Partner, Hugh, Amid Monkeys And Machete-Wielding Guards. |
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241 | (3) |
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Size 6: The Western Women's Harem |
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244 | (7) |
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Trying To Buy A Skirt In A Us Department Store Leads The Author, A Moroccan Muslim, To Compare The Relative Disadvantages Of Women In Western And Muslim Countries. Who's Actually Worse Off? |
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Additional Writing Topics |
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251 | (2) |
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9 Process Analysis: Explaining Step By Step |
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253 | (50) |
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Visual Image: Workers Making Dolls, Photograph By Wally McNamee |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (2) |
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How To Organize A Process Analysis |
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257 | (1) |
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Checklist For Reviewing And Revising A Process Analysis |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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Student Case Study: A Lab Report |
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260 | (1) |
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Victor Khoury From DNA Extraction (Annotated Student Writing) |
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260 | (2) |
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262 | (13) |
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262 | (1) |
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For Those Who Struggle With Writer's Block, This Writer Recommends Quieting Their Inner Voices And Just Getting Some Words Down, No Matter How Terrible The Effort. |
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How To Write An A Paper (Student Essay) |
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268 | (1) |
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"Be Nebulous. Scratch That, Be Amphibological." With Tongue Firmly In Cheek, A College Student Offers Writing Tips For His Peers. |
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273 | (2) |
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Sweet, Sour, And Resentful |
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275 | (4) |
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A Well-Known Humorist Tries To Understand Why Her Mother Endured "The Same Draining Routine Week After Week" To Prepare Traditional Iranian Menus For Dozens Of Houseguests She Barely Knew. |
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Firoozeh Dumas On Writing |
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279 | (2) |
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Orientation (Short Story) |
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281 | (6) |
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You're A New Employee In This Short Story, Learning The Intricacies Of The Supply Cabinet, The Romances Between Coworkers, And The Mysteries And Dangers Lurking Within Cubicles. |
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287 | (2) |
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Behind The Formaldehyde Curtain |
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289 | (10) |
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With Sardonic Wit The Writer, Dubbed "Queen Of The Muckrakers" By Time, Details The Stages Through Which A Sallow Corpse Becomes A Masterwork Of Mortuary Art. |
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Jessica Mitford On Writing |
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299 | (2) |
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Additional Writing Topics |
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301 | (2) |
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10 Division Or Analysis: Slicing Into Parts |
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303 | (50) |
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Visual Image: Deconstructing Lunch, Cartoon By Roz Chast |
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304 | (1) |
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Kinds Of Division Or Analysis |
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Analysis And Critical Thinking |
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305 | (2) |
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Principle Of Analysis And Thesis |
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How To Organize A Division Or Analysis Essay |
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307 | (1) |
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Focus On Paragraph Coherence |
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308 | (1) |
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Checklist For Reviewing And Revising A Division Or Analysis Essay |
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309 | (1) |
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Student Case Study: A Critical Reading |
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309 | (1) |
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From A Question Of Fairness: "The Lottery" As Social Commentary (Annotated Student Writing) |
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309 | (3) |
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312 | (15) |
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312 | (1) |
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"Football's A Religion Here" Is No Mere Cliche Or Exaggeration When It Comes To The University Of Alabama And Its Champion Team, Observes A Travel Writer. "Roll, Tide, Roll!" |
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318 | (1) |
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319 | (1) |
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A Writer Picks Apart An Insipid Phrase From An Ad Taking Up An Entire Wall Across From Her Apartment To Explore How Its Sentiment Is "Pure Manhattan." |
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Visual Image: Find Your Beach, Advertisement By Corona |
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326 | (1) |
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The Elements Of San Joaquin (Poem) |
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327 | (7) |
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Considering The Suffering Endured By Farm Workers, A Revolutionary Mexican American Poet Offers A Stinging Critique Of Industrial Agriculture. |
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334 | (2) |
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336 | (4) |
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To Model Critical Analysis For Her Writing Students, A College Teacher Examines The Classic Essay "Black Men And Public Space" By Brent Staples (Chap. 7)-and Finds A Striking Resonance For Contemporary Readers. |
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Barbara B. Parsons On Writing |
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340 | (2) |
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The Capricious Camera (Documented Student Essay) |
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342 | (9) |
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A German Photograph From The Time Of World War II Prompts A Student Writer To Connect The Subject's Story To The Larger Narrative Of Nazi Racial Experiments. |
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Visual Image: Mounted Nazi Troops On The Lookout For Likely Polish Children, Photograph |
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Additional Writing Topics |
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351 | (2) |
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11 Classification: Sorting Into Kinds |
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353 | (46) |
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Visual Image: How The Poor, The Middle Class, And The Rich Spend Their Money, Table By National Public Radio |
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354 | (1) |
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Subjects And Reasons For Classification |
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355 | (1) |
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Focus On Paragraph Development |
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356 | (2) |
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How To Organize A Classification |
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358 | (1) |
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Checklist For Reviewing And Revising A Classification |
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359 | (1) |
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Student Case Study: A Resume |
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359 | (1) |
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Susan Churchill Resume (Annotated Student Writing) |
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360 | (1) |
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And Some More (Short Story) |
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361 | (4) |
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From An Idle Afternoon's Attempt To Identify "At Least Ten" Kinds Of Clouds, A Group Of Girls In A Close-Knit Chicago Neighborhood Get Into An Angry Bout Of Name Calling. |
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Sandra Cisneros On Writing |
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365 | (2) |
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Where Our Monsters Come From |
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367 | (5) |
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The Fictional Horrors That Capture The Public's Imagination May Change Over Time, But They Also Stay The Same, Says This Professor. Four Primary Types, He Explains, Each Embody A Specific Set Of Human Fears. |
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Stars Of Life (Documented Student Essay) |
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372 | (5) |
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Could There Be Life On Other Planets? A Student Writer Investigates The Possibilities For Colonizing Space. |
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377 | (1) |
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Sometimes An Apology Is Not An Apology, Observes An Expert On Communication. Men And Women Would Get Along Better, She Says, If They Understood Each Other's Codes Of Speech. |
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Deborah Tannen On Writing |
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385 | (2) |
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387 | (1) |
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"Pavement Deficiencies" (Potholes) And "A Career Alternative Placement Program" (A Layoff Of Workers) Are But Two Expressions That Conceal Unpleasant Truths. An Expert In Such Doublespeak Explains The Types And Their Effects. |
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395 | (2) |
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Additional Writing Topics |
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397 | (2) |
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12 Cause And Effect: Asking Why |
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399 | (52) |
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Visual Image: Wild Weather, Bar Graph By National Geographic The Method |
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400 | (1) |
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401 | (2) |
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How To Organize A Cause-And-Effect Analysis |
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403 | (2) |
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Focus On Clarity And Conciseness |
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405 | (1) |
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Checklist For Reviewing And Revising A Cause-And-Effect Essay |
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406 | (1) |
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Student Case Study: A Letter To The Editor |
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406 | (1) |
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Kate Krueger Letter To The Weekly (Annotated Student Writing) |
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407 | (1) |
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408 | (3) |
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"What Happens To A Dream Deferred?" One Of The Most Influential Leaders Of The Harlem Renaissance Imagines The Possibilities. |
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411 | (4) |
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Talking Behind Someone's Back Is Bad. Or Is It? A Columnist Brings In Researchers And Psychologists To Refute A Common Assumption. |
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415 | (10) |
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A Specialist In Economics And Culture Examines The Delicate Balance Between Familiarity And Novelty That Influences Consumers To "Like What They Like." |
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Visual Image: Raymond Loewy, Illustration By Mark Weaver, With Photographs By Bernard Hoffman, Jack Garofalo, And Sherman Oaks Antique Mall |
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Little Fish In A Big Pond |
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A Respected Journalist Draws On Scholarly Research To Explain Why Going To The "Best" College Or University Might Not Be The Best Choice, Especially For Students Who Intend To Study Science, Technology, Or Math. |
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Malcolm Gladwell On Writing |
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436 | (1) |
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437 | (16) |
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437 | (1) |
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Forcing Developing Countries To Stop Child Labor Might Not Be The Cure-All It Seems. The Children Themselves, Asserts This Writer, Could Suffer Fates Worse Than Working. |
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Chitra Divakaruni On Writing |
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441 | (1) |
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Plata O Plomo: Silver Or Lead (Documented Student Essay) |
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442 | (1) |
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Americans Who Use Illegal Drugs Harm More Than Just Themselves, Argues A Student Writer In This Carefully Researched Essay. Consider The Plight Of Miguel, A South American Boy Victimized By The Drug Trade. |
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447 | (2) |
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Additional Writing Topics |
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449 | (2) |
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13 Definition: Tracing Boundaries |
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451 | (40) |
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Visual Image: This Expedition Called Life, Advertisement By Outward Bound The Method |
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452 | (1) |
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453 | (2) |
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How To Organize A Definition |
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455 | (2) |
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457 | (1) |
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Checklist For Reviewing And Revising A Definition |
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458 | (1) |
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Student Case Study: An Essay Exam |
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458 | (1) |
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Martin Ward Civil Liberties (Annotated Student Writing) |
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458 | (2) |
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460 | (14) |
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Checking My Privilege (Student Essay) |
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460 | (1) |
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Despite Pressure From Classmates To Consider His Advantages, An Ivy League Freshman Refuses "To Feel Personally Apologetic Because White Males Seem To Pull Most Of The Strings In The World." |
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465 | (2) |
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467 | (1) |
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A Cultural Critic-who Also Happens To Be "A Woman, A Person Of Color, And The Child Of Immigrants"-takes Note Of Her Own Privileges And Admonishes Readers To Do The Same. |
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472 | (2) |
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"Hope" Is The Thing With Feathers (Poem) |
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474 | (3) |
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In Twelve Short Lines, A Revered American Poet Creates A Memorable Impression. |
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Emily Dickinson On Writing |
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477 | (1) |
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478 | (4) |
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With Affecting Sensitivity, This Fiction Writer And Essayist Finds Joy In The Smallest Details Of A Mexican American Community. |
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How To Identify Love By Knowing What It's Not |
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482 | (7) |
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A Memoirist Turned Self-Help Writer Makes An Impassioned Plea To Those Caught In The Grip Of Romance. |
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Additional Writing Topics |
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489 | (2) |
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14 Argument And Persuasion: Stating Opinions And Proposals |
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491 | (76) |
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Visual Image: Corporate America Flag, Image From Adbusters Media Foundation |
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492 | (4) |
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Audience And Common Ground |
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496 | (5) |
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501 | (1) |
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How To Organize An Argument |
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502 | (1) |
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Checklist For Reviewing And Revising An Argument |
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503 | (1) |
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Student Case Study: A Proposal |
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504 | (1) |
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From Bullying Law Proposal (Annotated Student Writing) |
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504 | (2) |
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Supporting Family Values (Annotated Essay) |
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506 | (4) |
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A Political Activist Argues That Immigrants Have A Positive Influence On The United States-whether They're In The Country Legally Or Not. |
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510 | (2) |
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Have Politics Ruined Comic Books? |
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512 | (14) |
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How Liberalism Became Kryptonite For Superman |
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512 | (1) |
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A Team Of Conservative Comics Creators Blame Liberals For Causing Even Our Fictional Heroes To Reject The "Wonderfully American" Values They Once Stood For. |
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Visual Image: Sink The Japanazis With Bonds And Stamps, Cover Illustration For World's Finest Comics |
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Superhuman Error: What Dixon And Rivoche Get Wrong |
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518 | (1) |
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Nonsense, Says A Liberal Comic-Book Editor, As She Rhetorically Analyzes Dixon And Rivoche's Argument And Scornfully Counters Each Of Their Claims In Turn. |
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Is Capital Punishment Morally Defensible? |
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How The Death Penalty Saves Lives |
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526 | (1) |
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Earl Ringo, Jr., Committed Horrific Crimes, But Does That Justify His Execution? A Policymaker Insists That It Does, And Explains Why He Thinks So. |
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What I Learned From Executing Two Men |
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530 | (1) |
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Relating His Experience Overseeing Two Lethal Injections In The Space Of One Year, A Former Prison Superintendent Explains His Shift In Opinion From Supporting The Death Penalty To Opposing It. |
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From The Exonerated (Documentary Play) |
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535 | (1) |
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Jessica Blank And Erik Jensen |
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Excerpts From An Award-Winning Play Give Vivid First-Hand Accounts Of Several Innocent Prisoners Sentenced To Death Row And Eventually Released. |
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Visual Image: The Exonerated, Poster For The Secret Theater |
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Jessica Blank And Erik Jensen On Writing |
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545 | (3) |
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Should Colleges Offer Safe Spaces For Students? |
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548 | (26) |
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548 | (1) |
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A Poet And Professor Asserts That It Is The Obligation Of Colleges And Universities To Protect Students Of Color From "Race Trauma." All Too Often, She Says, These Institutions Wrongfully Put The Onus On Students To Protect Themselves. |
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Dawn Lundy Martin On Writing |
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551 | (2) |
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553 | (1) |
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Thomas Chatterton Williams |
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After Experiencing A "Microaggression" Himself, A Writer Grapples With The Complex Question Of Whether Safe Spaces On Campus Really "Alter The Status Quo" Or Are Simply "Symbolic Shelters" That Do More Harm Than Good. |
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Thomas Chatterton Williams On Writing |
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556 | (2) |
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What Happened To Free Speech On College Campuses? (Documented Student Essay) |
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558 | (1) |
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A College Student Laments The Increase Of "Anti-Speech Policies" On Campus, Arguing That Such "Coddling" Creates Poorly Educated Citizens Who Are Ill-Prepared For The Real World. |
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Sarah Hemphill On Writing |
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564 | (2) |
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Additional Writing Topics |
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566 | (1) |
| Part Three Mixing The Methods |
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567 | (80) |
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Earthquakes (Annotated Essay) |
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569 | (7) |
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With A Sharp Eye And Ear, A Famous Californian Observes How She And Others Respond To A Series Of Seismic Events. Could This Be "The Big One"? |
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574 | (2) |
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576 | (11) |
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In This Affecting Tale By A Master Storyteller, A Deeply Angry Contractor Determines To Convert His Uncle's Treasured Farmland Into An Upscale Subdivision-even As His Marriage Collapses. |
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Louise Erdrich On Writing |
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587 | (1) |
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588 | (13) |
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An Adulterous Woman Is Driven To Suicide By Her Unforgiving Family And Village In China. A Generation Later, Her American-Born Niece Seeks To Understand The Story Of Someone Whose Name She Has Never Dared To Ask. |
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Maxine Hong Kingston On Writing |
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601 | (1) |
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602 | (8) |
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Through The Lens Of A Tent Encampment In San Francisco, An Accomplished Writer Looks At The Government Policies And Technological Advances That Have Turned Homelessness Into A Stubborn Problem For American Cities. |
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Visual Images: From Division Street, Photographs By Robert Gumpert |
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610 | (10) |
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The Rich Devour The Poor-so Why Not Commercialize Cannibalism? With Scathing Irony, The Supreme English Satirist States His Views In A Fit Of Bitter Indignation. |
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620 | (28) |
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620 | (8) |
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"Simplify, Simplify!" In This Excerpt From Walden, The Influential Poet-Philosopher Explains His Rejection Of Consumer Culture And The New Technologies That Came With It. |
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Henry David Thoreau On Writing |
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628 | (3) |
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631 | (6) |
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Giddy With Anticipation, A Mexican American Writer Takes A Commuter Train To Visit Thoreau's Cabin And Is Alternately Disappointed And Overcome With Transcendental Bliss. |
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Luis Alberto Urrea On Writing |
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637 | (2) |
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639 | (38) |
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A Father Takes His Young Son On A Pilgrimage To A Favorite Summertime Scene From His Own Childhood, A Lake In Maine. There He Arrives At A Chilling Revelation. |
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| Appendix: Research And Documentation |
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647 | (46) |
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648 | (1) |
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Preparing An Annotated Bibliography |
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Questions For Evaluating Sources |
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649 | (3) |
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652 | (4) |
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Integrating Source Material |
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Synthesizing Multiple Sources |
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Source Citation Using MLA Style |
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656 | (15) |
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MLA Parenthetical Citations |
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A Sample Research Paper In MLA Style |
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Eating Green (Annotated Student Essay) |
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671 | (6) |
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After Giving Up Meat And Dairy, A Student Finds From Her Research That "A Vegetarian Diet Could Be 'Just What The Doctor Ordered' For Our Global Health." |
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Source Citation Using APA Style |
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677 | (10) |
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APA Parenthetical Citations |
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A Sample Research Paper In APA Style |
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The Brain That Changes (Annotated Student Essay) |
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687 | (6) |
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For A Writing Seminar, A Premed Student Investigates Some "Startling" Discoveries In Neuroscience-and Is Deeply Encouraged By What He Learns. |
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| Glossary Of Useful Terms |
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693 | (15) |
| Directory To The Writers On Writing |
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708 | (15) |
| Index |
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