Student's Book of College English

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Supplements for Students and Instructors
Acknowledgments
Thematic Contents
Preface
About the Authors
PART ONE: Getting Started: The Principles of Good Reading and Writing
	1 CRITICAL READING
		Why Read?
		TIPS FOR READING CRITICALLY
		Critical Reading in Action
		Louise Levathes, \"Everything Is Illuminated\"
		Reading Academic Writing
		TIPS FOR READING ACADEMIC COURSE MATERIAL
		Howard Markel, \"When Germs Travel\"
		Reading as Inquiry
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: READING CRITICALLY
		Leon Botstein, \"Curtailing High School: A Radical Proposal\"
		Reading Visual Images
		TIPS FOR READING PHOTOGRAPHS
		TIPS FOR READING ADVERTISEMENTS
		TIPS FOR READING GRAPHS, TABLES, AND CHARTS
		TIPS FOR READING CARTOONS
		TIPS FOR READING AND EVALUATING WEB SITES
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: READING AND EVALUATING WEB SITES
		Critical Reading with Visuals
		Christopher Caldwell, \"Intimate Shopping: Should Everyone Know What You Bought Today?\"
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: READING AND INTERPRETING VISUALS
	2 ACTIVE WRITING
		Choosing a Good Topic
		Determining Your Purpose and Audience
		Writing in the Third Person
		Prewriting
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: PREWRITING
		Writing Drafts
		TIPS FOR WRITING A ROUGH DRAFT
		One Student Writing: First Draft
		First Draft, Mike Boyle, “Too Much Exercise” [Student essay]
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: GETTING STARTED WITH WRITING
	3 FINDING AND SUPPORTING A THESIS
		Identifying the Elements of a Good Thesis
		TIPS FOR EVALUATING A THESIS
		Developing Your Thesis
		TIPS FOR DEVELOPING A THESIS
		Evaluating Thesis Statements: Strong or Weak?
		Supporting Your Thesis with Details
		Student Writing: Thesis and Details
		Joseph Anderson, \"Getting Juiced\" [Student essay]
		Thomas Healey, \"You Must Be Crazy!\" [Annotated student essay]
		Writers and Details
		Lindsay Abrams, \"The Unexpected Ways a Fetus Is Shaped by a Mother\'s Environment\"
		Langston Hughes, \"Salvation\" [Story]
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: STATING AND SUPPORTING A THESIS
	4 PLANNING A PAPER: OUTLINING
		Why Outline?
		Creating a Rough Outline
		TIPS FOR MAKING A ROUGH OUTLINE
		Making a Formal Outline
		One Student Writing: From Prewriting to Essay
		Percy Bysshe Shelley, \"Ozymandias\" [Poem]
		Carla Blake, \"The Mighty Should Despair\" [Student essay]
		Preparing Your Formal Outline
		TIPS FOR WRITING A FORMAL OUTLINE
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: PREPARING A FORMAL OUTLINE
	5 WRITING YOUR PAPER: AN OVERVIEW
		Writing a Strong Introduction
		TIPS FOR WRITING A STRONG INTRODUCTION
		Writing the Body Paragraphs
		One Student Writing: Topic Sentences
		Charles DeMarco, “College Hardships” [Annotated student essay]
		Using Transitions
		Developing Paragraphs: Unity and Coherence
		TIPS FOR ACHIEVING PARAGRAPH UNITY
		TIPS FOR ACHIEVING PARAGRAPH COHERENCE
		Writing a Strong Conclusion
		TIPS FOR WRITING A STRONG CONCLUSION
	6 REVISING, EDITING, AND PROOFREADING YOUR PAPER
		Revising Your First Draft
		Revising the Introduction, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion
		Peer Review: Learning from Other Students
		One Student Writing: Revising and Editing
		Intermediate Draft, Mike Boyle, “Too Much Exercise” [Student essay]
		Editing
		Intermediate Draft, Final Paragraphs With Instructor’s Comments, Mike Boyle, “Too Much Exercise” [Student essay]
		Proofreading
		TIPS FOR CAREFUL PROOFREADING
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: REVISING AND EDITING YOUR DRAFTS
		One Student Writing: Final Draft
		Final Draft, Mike Boyle, “Too Much Exercise” [Student essay]
		A Brief Note on Style
PART TWO: Methods of Development
	7 DESCRIPTION
		Writing Your Descriptive Paper
		TIPS FOR WRITING A DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY
		ASSIGNMENT: DESCRIPTION
		Student Writing: Description
		Enrique Colon, \"Focus. Focus.\" [Annotated student essay]
		Nick Fiscina, \"Dad\'s Disappointment\" [Student essay]
		Description in the World Around You
		Esmeralda Santiago, \"A Blanco Navidad for New Yorikans\" [Annotated professional essay]
		John R. Regan, \"My Room at the Lilac Inn\"
		Roger Angell, \"On the Ball\"
		Joan Didion, \"Marrying Absurd\"
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: WRITING AND REVISING YOUR DESCRIPTIVE PAPER
	8 NARRATION
		Writing Your Narrative Paper
		TIPS FOR WRITING A NARRATIVE ESSAY
		ASSIGNMENT: NARRATION
		Student Writing: Narration
		Pat Melia, \"Saving a Life\" [Student essay]
		Jarrett David Lee Jackson, \"My Father\'s House\" [Student essay]
		Narrative in the World Around You
		Readings for Writing
		Carol K. Littlebrant, \"Death Is a Personal Matter\"
		Tanya Barrientos, \"Se Habla Español\"
		Greg Sarris, \"You Don\'t Look Indian\"
		Kate Chopin, \"The Story of an Hour\" [Story]
		Stephen Crane, \"I Saw a Man Pursuing the Horizon\" [Poem]
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: WRITING AND REVISING YOUR NARRATIVE PAPER
	9 EXAMPLE
		Writing Your Example Paper
		TIPS FOR WRITING AN EXAMPLE ESSAY
		ASSIGNMENT: EXAMPLE
		Student Writing: Example
		Carmen Sepulveda, \"Waiting Tables Is Hard Work\" [Annotated student essay]
		Researched Student Writing: Example
		Lawrence Miller, \"Helping the Environment\" [MLA-style essay]
		Example in the World Around You
		Critical Reading: Example
		Margaret Foster, \"College\'s Raison d\'être: British Literature or Software Engineering?\"
		Readings for Writing
		Barbara Ehrenreich \"What I\'ve Learned from Men\"
		John Grisham \"Boxers, Briefs and Books\"
		Judy Brady \"I Want a Wife\"
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: WRITING AND REVISING YOUR EXAMPLE PAPER
	10 PROCESS
		Writing Your Process Paper
		TIPS FOR WRITING A PROCESS ESSAY
		ASSIGNMENT: PROCESS
		Student Writing: Process
		Michael Wollan, \"Coffee Time\" [Annotated student essay]
		Researched Student Writing: Process
		Omprakash K. Pansara, \"Preparing for the First Day of Classes\" [MLA-style essay]
		Process in the World Around You
		Readings for Writing
		Mildred Armstrong Kalish, \"Wash Day\"
		Scientific American, \"How to Build a Better Plant\"
		Nikki Giovanni, \"Campus Racism 101\"
		Susan Douglas, \"Remote Control: How to Raise a Media Skeptic\"
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: WRITING AND REVISING YOUR PROCESS PAPER
	11 COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
		Writing Your Comparison–Contrast Paper
		TIPS FOR WRITING A COMPARISON–CONTRAST ESSAY
		ASSIGNMENT: COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
		Student Writing: Comparison–Contrast
		Carey Byer, \"In the Swim\" [Annotated student essay]
		Benjamin Simonovich, \"Two Jobs\" [Student essay]
		Comparison and Contrast in the World Around You
		Readings for Writing
		Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens), \"The Professional\"
		Suzanne Britt, \"That Lean and Hungry Look\"
		Rick Nauert, \"On Tween TV, Girls Need to Look Good, Boys Are Brave\"
		Shirley Jackson, \"Charles\"
		Saki (H. H. Munro), \"The Open Window\"
		William Shakespeare, \"Sonnet 29\"
		William Shakespeare, \"Sonnet 130\"
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: WRITING AND REVISING YOUR COMPARISON–CONTRAST PAPER
	12 CLASSIFICATION AND DIVISION
		Classification and Division in Action
		Writing Your Classification Paper
		TIPS FOR WRITING A CLASSIFICATION ESSAY
		ASSIGNMENT: CLASSIFICATION
		Student Writing: Classification
		Nick Halikas, \"Television Watchers\" [Annotated student outline and essay]
		Classification in the World Around You
		Readings for Writing
		Brandon Griggs, \"The 12 Most Annoying Types of Facebookers\"
		Summer Beretsky, \"How Do You Classify or Organize Your Panic Attacks?\"
		John Holt, \"Three Kinds of Discipline\"
		Cass R. Sunstein, \"How Polarizing Is the Internet?\"
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: WRITING AND REVISING YOUR CLASSIFICATION PAPER
	13 CAUSE AND EFFECT
		Writing Your Cause-and-Effect Paper
		TIPS FOR WRITING A CAUSE-AND-EFFECT ESSAY
		ASSIGNMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
		Student Writing: Cause and Effect
		Richard S. Smith, \"Cause for Failure\" [Annotated student outline and essay]
		Researched Student Writing: Cause and Effect
		Richard Yee, \"Banning Same-Sex Marriage: An Attack on the American Institution\" [MLA-style essay]
		Cause and Effect in the World Around You
		Readings for Writing
		James Hamblin, \"Drunk and Drunker\"
		Carll Tucker, \"On Splitting\"
		Thomas Jefferson, \"The Declaration of Independence\"
		Ilana Ross, \"Kids Today: Why Do We Text More Than We Talk?\"
		Reading and Writing About Poetry
		A. E. Housman, \"Is my team ploughing …\" [Poem]
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: WRITING AND REVISING YOUR CAUSE-AND-EFFECT PAPER
	14 DEFINITION
		Writing Your Definition Paper
		TIPS WRITING ONE-SENTENCE DEFINITIONS
		ASSIGNMENT: DEFINITION
		Student Writing: Formal Definition
		Harriet Lim, \"Amnesty\" [Student essay]
		Student Writing: Informal Definition
		Odette-Marie Shamen, \"Beyond Wealth and Prosperity\" [Annotated student essay]
		Definition in the World Around You
		Readings for Writing
		David Owen, \"The Perfect Job\"
		Marjorie Garber, \"What Is \"Genius\"?\"
		American Psychological Association, \"School Bullying is Nothing New, but Psychologists Identify New Ways to Prevent It\"
		Randy Malamud, \"The Lost Art of Passwords: What We Lost When Hackers Conquered the Internet\"
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: WRITING AND REVISING YOUR DEFINITION PAPER
	15 ARGUMENTATION
		Using Logic
		Making Appeals
		Writing Your Argumentation Paper
		TIPS FOR WRITING A FORMAL ARGUMENT
		ASSIGNMENT: ARGUMENTATION
		Student Writing: Argumentation
		Wilson Davis, \"Say No to Drug Testing of School Athletes\" [Annotated student essay]
		Argumentation: Perspectives on Immigrants in America
		President Barack Obama, \"A Nation of Immigrants\"
		U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, \"Fact vs. Fiction\"
		J. B. Handlesman, \"Undocumented Aliens\" [Cartoon]
		Nick Milano, \"Citizenship for Christmas\"
		Quynh Nguyen, \"Being a Recent American\"
		Argumentation: Perspectives on the Death Penalty
		Lauren Heist, \"Capital Punishment: An Example for Criminals\" [Student essay]
		Alex Shalom, \"Abolish the Death Penalty\" [Student essay]
		Death Penalty Information Center, from \"Death Penalty in 2013: Year-End Report\"
		Robert Mankoff, \"Good News\" [Cartoon]
		Argumentation in the World Around You
		Readings for Writing
		James Q. Wilson, \"Just Take Away Their Guns\"
		Meg Greenfield, \"In Defense of the Animals\"
		Emily Zac, \"Tax Payers and Cheap Burgers\"
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: WRITING AND REVISING YOUR ARGUMENTATION PAPER
	16 MIXING METHODS OF DEVELOPMENT
		Developing Your Paper Through Mixed Modes
		TIPS FOR DEVELOPING A MIXED MODES ESSAY
		Mixing Methods: Looking at Possibilities
		ASSIGNMENT: MIXED METHODS OF DEVELOPMENT
		Student Writing: Mixing Methods in Developing Your Essay
		Brian Jarvis, \"Against the Great Divide\" [Student essay]
		Critical Reading: Mixed Methods of Development
		Timothy K. Beal, \"Bibles du Jour\"
		Readings for Writing
		Herbert J. Gans, \"Fitting the Poor into the Economy\"
		Reshma Memon Yaqub, \"You People Did This\"
		Amy Crawford, \"Hush!\"
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: WRITING AND REVISING YOUR MIXED MODES PAPER
PART THREE: Special Writing
	17 LITERARY ANALYSIS
		Reading Literature for Analysis
		TIPS FOR READING LITERATURE FOR ANALYSIS
		TIPS FOR AVOIDING TRAPS INVOLVING SYMBOLS
		Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Literary Analysis
		TIPS FOR AVOIDING COMMON PITFALLS IN LITERARY ANALYSIS
		Student Writing: Literary Analysis
		Shirley Hawkins, \"The Pains of Frontier Life\" [Student essay]
		Readings for Writing
		Willa Cather, \"A Wagner Matinee\" [Story]
		Edgar Allan Poe, \"The Tell-Tale Heart\" [Story]
		O. Henry, \"The Cop and the Anthem\" [Story]
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: WRITING AND REVISING YOUR LITERARY ANALYSIS PAPER
	18 WRITING ESSAY EXAMS
		Preparing for the Exam
		Evaluating the Question
		Planning and Writing Your Essay
		TIPS FOR PLANNING AND WRITING YOUR ESSAY
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: TAKING AN ESSAY EXAM
	19 BUSINESS WRITING: AN OVERVIEW
		Distinguishing Inquiry and Complaint Letters
		Writing and Formatting a Letter
		TIPS FOR WRITING AND FORMATTING A LETTER
		Writing a Letter to Apply for a Job
		Preparing Your Résumé
		TIPS FOR PREPARING A RÉSUMÉ
		Writing E-mails
		TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL E-MAILS
PART FOUR: Research
	20 DOING RESEARCH
		Choosing Your Topic
		Doing Preliminary Reading
		TIPS FOR EVALUATING WEB SITES USED IN YOUR RESEARCH
		Preparing Your Preliminary Outline
		Taking Advantage of Libraries
		Limiting Your Research Topic
		Determining a Research Question
		Finding Sources and Developing a Working References List
		Taking Notes
		TIPS FOR EVALUATING YOUR SOURCES
		Developing Your Thesis
		Preparing Your Formal Outline
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: DOING RESEARCH
	21 WRITING YOUR RESEARCH PAPER
		Writing Your Research Paper: An Overview
		Quoting and Paraphrasing Your Sources
		Integrating Quotes into Your Own Writing
		TIPS FOR USING SOURCES WITHIN YOUR OWN SENTENCES
		Avoiding Plagiarism
		Documenting Sources in the Humanities: MLA Style
		TIPS FOR PREPARING THE WORKS CITED LIST
		Documenting Sources in the Social Sciences: APA Style
		TIPS FOR PREPARING AN APA REFERENCES LIST
		Preparing Your Manuscript
		TIPS FOR PREPARING THE FINAL COPY
		STRATEGY CHECKLIST: WRITING YOUR RESEARCH PAPER
		Frequently Asked Questions about Writing Research Papers
		Sample MLA-Style Research Paper
		Barbara Gorski, \"Video Game Violence and Violent Behavior\' [MLA-style essay]
PART FIVE: Style
	22 PROPER WORDS iN PROPER PLACES
		Identifying Denotation and Connotation in Words
		Using Concrete Language
	23 EFFECTIVE SENTENCES
		Eliminating Wordiness
		Recognizing Passive and Active Verbs
		Correcting Faulty Parallelism
		Avoiding Faulty Subordination in Sentence Combining
		Improving Sentence Variety
	24 ADDITIONAL STYLE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
		Avoiding Triteness
		Avoiding Euphemisms
		Recognizing Effective and Undesirable Repetition
		Avoiding Slang
		Recognizing Fancy Writing
		Avoiding Sexist Language
		TIPS FOR AVOIDING SEXIST LANGUAGE
		Distinguishing Special Features of College Writing
		TIPS FOR WRITING IN AN ACADEMIC STYLE
PART SIX: Handbook, Glossary, and ESL Pointers
	HANDBOOK
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		Verbs and Helping Verbs, Including Modals
		Phrasal Verbs
		Nouns: Countable and Uncountable
		Prepositions
Credits
Index
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Correction Symbols and Abbreviations
Guide to the Handbook and Glossary