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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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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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18 | (4) |
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Questions For Analyzing An Essay |
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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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Assessing The Writing Situation |
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32 | (2) |
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Exploring The Methods Of Development |
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Shaping The Introduction And Conclusion |
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42 | (5) |
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Summarizing, Paraphrasing, And Quoting |
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Discovering Ideas And Drafting |
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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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3 Narration: Telling A Story |
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Visual Image: Proposal, Drawing By Demetri Martin The Method |
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64 | (1) |
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64 | (6) |
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The Narrator In The Story |
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69 | (1) |
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Checklist For Revising A Narrative |
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70 | (1) |
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Narration In Academic Writing |
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A Police Log For Criminal Justice |
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Scott Beltran From Ride-Along Report (Annotated Student Writing) |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (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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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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82 | (2) |
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84 | (1) |
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A Proud Son Looks Back On A Stunning Act Of Defiance In The Dominican Republic, The "Brutalized Backbone Of Our World." |
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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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Additional Writing Topics |
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4 Description: Writing With Your Senses |
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102 | (38) |
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Visual Image: Doug And Mizan's House, East River, Photograph By Margaret Morton |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (4) |
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Dominant Impression And Thesis |
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Focus On Specific And Concrete Language |
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108 | (1) |
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Checklist For Revising A Description |
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108 | (1) |
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Description In Academic Writing |
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109 | (2) |
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A Field Observation In Child Development |
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From Teaching Methodologies At Child's Play Preschool (Annotated Student Writing) |
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110 | (1) |
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Arm Wrestling With My Father (Student Essay) |
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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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117 | (2) |
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The Way To Rainy Mountain |
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119 | (1) |
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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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Mixing Wonder And Optimism, A Naturalist Describes The Planet Earth As Seen From Outer Space At Night. |
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Did He Know He Had A Fear Of Heights When He Took A Job As A Housepainter? With Charm And Humility, A Literary Critic Portrays How It Feels To Be Scared Almost To Death. |
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Additional Writing Topics |
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139 | (1) |
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5 Example: Pointing To Instances |
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Visual Image: Low-Energy Drinks, Cartoon By Glen Le Lievre |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (3) |
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The Generalization And The/thesis |
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Focus On Sentence Variety |
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144 | (1) |
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Checklist For Revising An Example Essay |
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145 | (1) |
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Examples In Academic Writing |
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146 | (2) |
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Kharron Reid Letter To E-Line Systems (Annotated Student Writing) |
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147 | (1) |
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Black Men and Public Space |
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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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152 | (3) |
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155 | (1) |
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A comedian and Web producer recounts some unsettling situations of being "not black enough" for anybody, including herself. |
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160 | (1) |
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What do college sports teams have to do with the natural environment? The author's answer may surprise you. |
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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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167 | (2) |
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169 | (1) |
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6 Comparison And Contrast: Setting Things Side By Side |
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170 | (40) |
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Visual Image: Excerpt From Fun Home, Graphic Memoir By Alison Bechdel |
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172 | (1) |
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Uses Of Comparison And Contrast |
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173 | (4) |
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Basis For Comparison And Thesis |
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176 | (1) |
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Checklist For Revising A Comparison-And-Contrast Essay |
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177 | (1) |
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Comparison And Contrast In Academic Writing |
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178 | (2) |
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A Communications Textbook |
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A Review Of Popular Music Charlotte Pak From Beyonce Knowles: Soloist (Annotated Student Writing) |
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179 | (1) |
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Remembering My Childhood On The Continent Of Africa |
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180 | (1) |
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A 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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"We're Not..." (Student Essay) |
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An American-Born Daughter Of Bolivian Immigrants Reflects On The Conflicting Cultures In Which She Was Raised. Both, She Discovers, Shape Her Identity And Fill Her With Pride. |
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191 | (2) |
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Grant And Lee: A Study In Contrasts |
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193 | (1) |
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The Great Civil War Generals Ulysses S. Grant And Robert E. Lee Clearly Personified Their Opposing Traditions. But What They Had In Common Was More Vital By Far. |
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This Popular Philosopher Considers The Uncanny Similarities Between The Tabloid News Of Today And The Greek Dramas Of Ancient History. |
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Visual Images: A Man Drives Into His Family Home To Punish His Wife, Video Still By Bbc News; Medea Kills Her Son To Punish Her Husband, Painted Vase By Unknown Artist |
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Alain De Botton On Writing |
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208 | (1) |
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Additional Writing Topics |
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209 | (1) |
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7 Process Analysis: Explaining Step By Step |
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210 | (42) |
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Visual Image: Workers Making Dolls, Photograph By Wally McNamee |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (4) |
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216 | (1) |
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Checklist For Revising A Process Analysis |
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217 | (1) |
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Process Analysis In Academic Writing |
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217 | (3) |
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Victor Khoury from DNA Extraction (annotated student writing) |
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218 | (2) |
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220 | (1) |
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For Those Who Struggle With Writer's Block, This Writer Recommends Quieting Their Inner Voices And Just Getting Words Down, No Matter How Terrible The Effort. |
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How To Write An A Paper (Student Essay) |
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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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231 | (2) |
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Sweet, Sour, And Resentful |
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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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237 | (2) |
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Behind The Formaldehyde Curtain |
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With Sardonic Wit, The Writer, Whom Time Called "Queen Of The Muckrakers," 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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248 | (2) |
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250 | (2) |
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8 Division Or Analysis: Slicing into Parts |
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252 | (38) |
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Visual Image: Deconstructing Lunch, cartoon by Roz Chast |
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254 | (1) |
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Analysis And Critical Thinking |
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255 | (4) |
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Principle Of Analysis And Thesis |
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Focus On Paragraph Coherence |
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257 | (1) |
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Checklist For Revising A Division Or Analysis Essay |
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258 | (1) |
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Division Or Analysis In Academic Writing |
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259 | (3) |
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A Political Science Textbook |
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A Critical Reading Of Literature |
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Rachel O'Connor From A Question Of Fairness: "The Lottery" As Social Commentary (Annotated Student Writing) |
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260 | (2) |
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262 | (1) |
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Reeling From Loss, A Puerto Rican Native Draws On Academic Theory To Make Sense Of A Strangely Affecting Snapshot. |
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Judith Ortiz Cofer On Writing |
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265 | (2) |
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The Capricious Camera (Documented Student Essay) |
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267 | (1) |
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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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Considering Social Pressures To Compete In Every Aspect Of Life, A Sports Writer Cautions That Athletic Obsession With "Masculinity And Power" Handicaps Us All. |
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282 | (1) |
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What Gives An Ancient Legend The Power To Infiltrate Contemporary Popular Culture? |
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A Filmmaker And A Novelist, Coauthors Of A Best-Selling Vampire Trilogy, Have A Theory. |
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Guillermo Del Toro And Chuck Hogan On Writing |
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287 | (2) |
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289 | (1) |
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9 Classification: Sorting Into Kinds |
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290 | (40) |
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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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292 | (1) |
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Subjects And Reasons For Classification |
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293 | (3) |
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Focus On Paragraph Development |
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295 | (1) |
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Checklist For Revising A Classification |
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296 | (1) |
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Classification In Academic Writing |
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296 | (3) |
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A Computer Science Resume |
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Kharron Reid Resume (Annotated Student Writing) |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (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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307 | (2) |
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309 | (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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317 | (2) |
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319 | (1) |
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The Goal Of Inanimate Objects, Declares This Renowned Humorist, Is Nothing Short Of The Destruction Of The Human Race. |
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Stars Of Life (Documented Student Essay) |
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Could There Be Life On Other Planets? A Student Writer Investigates The Possibilities For Colonizing Space. |
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328 | (2) |
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10 Cause And Effect: Asking Why |
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330 | (36) |
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Visual Image: Wild Weather, Bar Graph From National Geographic |
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332 | (1) |
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333 | (4) |
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Focus On Clarity And Conciseness |
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336 | (1) |
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Checklist For Revising A Cause-And-Effect Essay |
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337 | (1) |
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Cause And Effect In Academic Writing |
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337 | (3) |
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A Letter To The Sports Editor |
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Kate Krueger Letter To The Weekly (Annotated Student Writing) |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (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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344 | (1) |
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Plata O Plomo: Silver Or Lead (Documented Student Essay) |
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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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The Creator Of The Web Comic Xkcd, A Trained Physicist, Gives A Playful Answer To A Reader's Hypothetical Question: "What Would Happen If Everyone On Earth Stood As Close To Each Other As They Could And Jumped, Everybody Landing On The Ground At The Same Instant?" |
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Visual Images: What If, Drawings By Randall Munroe |
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"Serial Killers," Notes This Crime Reporter, "Just Aren't The Sensation They Used To Be." Examining Trends In Murder And Mayhem, He Sets Out To Understand Why. |
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Visual Image: Trends In Serial Killing, Bar Graph By James Alan Fox And Jack Levin |
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364 | (2) |
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11 Definition: Tracing Boundaries |
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366 | (38) |
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Visual Image: It's a Part of Me, Not a Definition of Who I Am, poster for the International Down Syndrome Coalition |
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368 | (1) |
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372 | (1) |
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Checklist For Revising A Definition |
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372 | (1) |
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Definition In Academic Writing |
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373 | (3) |
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Martin Ward Civil Liberties (Annotated Student Writing) |
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374 | (2) |
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Checking My Privilege (Student Essay) |
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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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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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Irritated By Popular Misuse Of A Clinical Term, The Author Spells Out The True Meanings Of Narcissism In American Culture. |
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How To Identify Love By Knowing What It's Not |
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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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402 | (2) |
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12 Argument And Persuasion: Stating Opinions And Proposals |
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Visual Image: Corporate America Flag, Image From Adbusters Media Foundation |
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Audience And Common Ground |
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414 | (3) |
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416 | (1) |
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Checklist For Revising Argument And Persuasion |
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417 | (1) |
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Argument And Persuasion In Academic Writing |
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417 | (9) |
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A Public Relations Textbook |
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From Bullying Law Proposal (Annotated Student Writing) |
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417 | (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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Should Colleges Adopt Trigger Warnings? |
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An Obligation To Prevent Trauma On Campus (Student Essay) |
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In The Interest Of Protecting Vulnerable Students, Asserts The Writer, College Instructors Ought To Include On Their Syllabi Explicit Labels, Or "Trigger Warnings," That Identify Any Potentially Upsetting Course Content. |
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Brianne Richson On Writing |
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429 | (2) |
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Beware The Trigger Warning (Student Essay) |
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Trigger Warnings Stem From Noble Intentions, This Student Concedes, But "They Threaten To Stifle Some Of The Most Important Conversations And Lessons In College" And Therefore Have No Place In The Curriculum. |
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Tracking Is An Assault On Liberty |
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An Expert In Computer Culture Warns That Emerging Technologies For Recording And Analyzing Personal Details Online Pose Hidden Threats To American Freedoms. |
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441 | (2) |
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Web Users Get As Much As They Give |
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443 | (1) |
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Tracking Isn't Hurting Anyone, Retorts This Privacy Specialist. On The Contrary, The Targeted Advertising Enabled By Data Mining Benefits Us All. |
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Loss Of Privacy, Warns This Legal Scholar, Is More Than A Theoretical Issue. The Information Collected About Web Users Is Routinely Used Against Them. |
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This feminist view of marriage focuses on the roles and functions of the wife. What a wonderful boon a wife is! Shouldn't every woman have one of her own? |
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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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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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A group of college friends go on a cross-country road trip for the sake of revising a travel guide, and the experience changes their lives. |
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Colson Whitehead on Writing |
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| Appendix: Finding And Documenting Sources |
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492 | (4) |
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Preparing An Annotated Bibliography |
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Questions For Evaluating Sources |
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493 | (3) |
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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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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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After giving up meat and dairy, a student finds from her research that "a vegetarian diet could he 'just what the doctor ordered' for our global health." |
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Source Citation Using APA Style |
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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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For a writing seminar, a premed student investigates some "startling" recent discoveries in neuroscience-and is deeply encouraged by what he learns. |
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| Glossary Of Useful Terms |
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| Directory To The Writers On Writing |
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