The Norton Sampler

The Norton Sampler 9e
	Also by Thomas Cooley
	Title Page
	Copyright
	Contents
CONTENTS BY THEME
PREFACE
1.
READING AS A WRITER
	Some Strategies for Reading as a Writer
	Identifying Common Patterns
	E. B. White | Once More to the Lake
	How E. B. White Uses Common Patterns
	Using the Study Questions to Focus Your Reading
2.
ELEMENTS OF THE ESSAY
	Topic
	Thesis
	Coherence
	Tone and Style
	Putting It All Together
3.
THE WRITING PROCESS
	Planning
	Generating Ideas
	Organizing and Drafting
	Revising
	Editing and Proofreading
4.
WRITING PARAGRAPHS
	Supporting the Main Point
	Developing Paragraphs
	Introductory Paragraphs
	Concluding Paragraphs
5.
DESCRIPTION
	A BRIEF GUIDE TO WRITING A DESCRIPTION
	Everyday Description • A Cheesy Label
	Joseph Krivda | The Wall
	Sam Quinones | Dreamland
	Cherokeekee Paul McDonald | A View from the Bridge
	Alice Steinbach | The Miss Dennis School of Writing
	Ann Hodgman | No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch
	Judith Ortiz Cofer | More Room
6.
NARRATIVE
	A BRIEF GUIDE TO WRITING A NARRATIVE
	Everyday Narrative • A Book Cover
	Melissa Unbankes | The King and I
	Steve Hendrix | F-16
Pilot Was Ready to Give Her Life on Sept. 11
	Junot Díaz | The Money
	Yiyun Li | Orange Crush
	Mary
Mebane | The Back of the Bus
	Lynda Barry | The Sanctuary of School
7.
EXAMPLE
	A BRIEF GUIDE TO WRITING AN ESSAY BASED ON EXAMPLES
	Everyday Example • A Lighted Billboard
	Monica Wunderlich | My Technologically Challenged Life
	The Onion | All Seven Deadly Sins Committed at Church Bake Sale
	Janet Wu | Homeward Bound
	Richard Lederer | English Is a Crazy Language
	Matthew
Desmond | Cold City
	Ann Hood | Long Beautiful Hair
8.
CLASSIFICATION
	A BRIEF GUIDE TO WRITING A CLASSIFICATION ESSAY
	Everyday Classification • Potato Proverb
	Eric A. Watts | The Color of Success
	Amy Tan | Mother Tongue
	Jack Hitt | The Dollar-Store
Economy
	Warren Buffett | Stop Coddling the Super-Rich
	Julio M. Ottino and Gary Saul Morson | Building a Bridge between Engineering and the Humanities
	Robert Wald Sussman | The Myth of Race
9.
PROCESS ANALYSIS
	A BRIEF GUIDE TO WRITING A PROCESS ANALYSIS
	Everyday Process Analysis • How to Use a Deck-Fastening Tool
	Pegah Moradi | Splitting Hairs
	Edward O. Wilson | First Passion, Then Training
	Jon Katz | How Boys Become Men
	Allegra Goodman | So, You Want to Be a Writer? Here’s How.
	Philip Weiss | How to Get Out of a Locked Trunk
	David Brooks | What Suffering Does
10.
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
	A BRIEF GUIDE TO WRITING A COMPARISON-AND-CONTRAST ESSAY
	Everyday Comparison • Buses, Bikes, and Cars
	Dan Treadway | Football vs. Asian Studies
	Jeff Jacoby
| Watching Oprah from Behind the Veil
	Jennine Capó Crucet | Taking My Parents to College
	Bruce Catton | Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts
	Gary Soto | Like Mexicans
	Deborah Tannen | Gender in the Classroom
11.
DEFINITION
	A BRIEF GUIDE TO WRITING A DEFINITION ESSAY
	Everyday Definition • Social Media Explained
	Matt Treacy | She
	Dave Barry | Guys vs. Men
	Tanya Maria Barrientos | Se Habla Español
	Geeta Kothari | If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I?
	Jack Horner
| The Extraordinary Characteristics of Dyslexia
	Mike Rose | Blue-Collar Brilliance
12.
CAUSE AND EFFECT
	A BRIEF GUIDE TO WRITING A CAUSE-AND-EFFECT
ESSAY
	Everyday Cause and Effect • Polar Bear Blues
	Elisa Gonzales | Family History
	Tim Wendel | King, Kennedy, and the Power of Words
	Marissa Nuñez | Climbing the Golden Arches
	Myriam Márquez | Why and When We Speak Spanish in Public
	Molly Ivins | Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns
	Sonia Sotomayor | My Beloved World
13.
ARGUMENT
	A BRIEF GUIDE TO WRITING AN ARGUMENT
	Everyday Argument • Mysterious Warning Signs
	Liz Addison | Two Years Are Better Than Four
	Mark D. White and
Robert Arp | Should Batman Kill the Joker?
	Diane Guerrero | My Parents Were Deported
	John McWhorter | Why “Redskins” Is a Bad Word
	MIND AND MEDIA: HOW IS TECHNOLOGY INFLUENCING OUR MINDS—AND
OUR HEARTS?
	Jane McGonigal | Be a Gamer, Save the World
	Sherry Turkle | Romance: Where Are You? Who Are You? Wait, What Just Happened?
	Andrea Lunsford | Our Semi-Literate
Youth? Not So Fast
	MONEYBALL: ARE COLLEGE SPORTS WORTH THE PRICE?
	Michael Rosenberg | Let Stars Get Paid
	Joe Posnanski | College Athletes Should Not Be Paid
	Laura Pappano | How Big-Time
Sports Ate College Life
14.
CLASSIC ESSAYS AND SPEECHES
	Jonathan
Swift | A Modest Proposal
	Thomas Jefferson | The Declaration of Independence
	Sojourner Truth | Ain’t I a Woman?
	Abraham Lincoln | Second Inaugural Address
	Zora
Neale Hurston | How It Feels to Be Colored Me
	Martin Luther King Jr. | I Have a Dream
APPENDIX: USING SOURCES IN YOUR WRITING
	Finding and Evaluating Sources
	Incorporating Source Materials into Your Text
	Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
	Documentation
	MLA In-Text Documentation
	MLA List of Works Cited
	Sample Research Paper
PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
GLOSSARY/INDEX