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This rhetorically organized reader leads beginning student writers from the elements of good writing through the patterns of development, including a range of excellent models throughout and - new in the fifth edition - coverage of the research process.

Table of Contents:
GETTING STARTEDHow to Use This BookMaking the Most of Your ReadingTaking NotesLearning the Writing ProcessWriting an OutlineGathering InformationThe Making of a Student Essay: From Prewriting to Proofreading.SECTION I: ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENTCHAPTER 1: The Central IdeaIdentifying the Central IdeaWriting a Preliminary Topic Sentence or Thesis StatementSome Tips on Writing Topic Sentences and Thesis StatementsControlling Unity and Development Revising the Central IdeaPractice Writing Central IdeasFour Paragraphs for Analysis "Still on the Point" by George Bush "Three Passions I Have Lived For" by Bertrand Russell "Echoes" by Maria Cirilli (Student Essay)CHAPTER 2: Unity and CoherenceCreating UnityMaintaining CoherenceVisualizing Unity and CoherenceRevising to Improve Unity and CoherencePracticing Unity and CoherenceFrom "Waste" by Wendell Berry"Writing and Its Rewards" by Richard Marius"Study Calculus!" by William J. Bennett"Is Justice Served?" by Gina K. Louis-Ferdinand (Student Essay)CHAPTER 3: Development Determining How Much a Paragraph or Essay Should ContainChoosing the Best Method of DevelopmentDeciding How to Arrange the Ideas and Details in a ParagraphVisualizing Paragraph Development"The Last Safe Haven" by Joannie Schrof"Exile and Return" by James Keller (Student Essay)CHAPTER 4: Introductions and ConclusionsWriting Introductions; Writing ConclusionsVisualizing Ways to Write Introduction and ConclusionsRevising Introductions and Conclusions"How to Keep Air Clean" by Sydney Harris"I Was Just Wondering" by Robert Fulghum"A Prayer for the Days of Awe" by Elie Wiesel"The Transformation of Maria Fernandez" by Anita DiPasquale (Student Essay)SECTION II: WORD CHOICE AND SENTENCE PATTERNSCHAPTER 5: Word Choice: Using Concrete, Specific and Vivid LanguageMaking Your Writing ConcreteMaking Your Writing SpecificMaking Your Writing VividVisualizing Concrete, Specific, and Vivid Details Revising to Include Concrete, Specific, and Vivid Language"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden"The San Francisco Earthquake" by Jack London"Of Famine and Green Beer" by John Leo"The Mentally Ill and Human Experimentation: Perfect Together" by Nancy J. Mundie CHAPTER 6: Word Choice: Using Figurative LanguageSimileMetaphorPersonificationVisualizing Figurative LanguageRevising to Include Figurative LanguagePracticing Creating Simile, Metaphor, and Personification"January Wind" by Hal Borland"Joy of an Immigrant, A Thanksgiving" and "Old Man Timochenko" by Emanuel di Pasquale"Back from the Brink" by Daniel Zanoza "The Gift" by Li-Young Lee "Music" by Louis Gonzalez (Student Essay) CHAPTER 7: Sentence Structure: Creating Emphasis and VarietyEmphasisVarietyVisualizing Sentence StructureRevising to Create Variety and EmphasisPracticing Combining Sentences"The Vices of Age" by Malcom Cowley"Why We Celebrate Father's Day: Two Short Essays" by Gary L. Bower and Steve Forbes"A Longing" by Alice Wnorowski (Student Essay)"The Buried Sounds of Children Crying" by Harrison Rainie"The Band from Hell" by Cal ThomasSECTION III: DESCRIPTIONCHAPTER 8: Describing Places and Things Using Proper NounsUsing Effective VerbsIncluding Action and People in the Description of a Place Visualizing Details that Describe Places and ThingsRevising Descriptive EssaysPracticing Techniques that Describe Places and Things"Watching the Reapers" by Po Chu-iFrom "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin"Subway Station" by Gilbert Highet"If at First You Do Not See..." by Jessie Sullivan (Student Essay)"A Deathly Call of the Wild" by Mary Ann GwinnCHAPTER 9: Describing PeopleDescribing Your Subject's Appearance and Speech Revealing What You Know About Your SubjectRevealing What Others Say About Your SubjectVisualizing Details That Describe PeopleRevising Descriptive EssaysPracticing Techniques That Describe People"Photograph of My Father in His Twenty-second Year" by Raymond CarverFrom "Mothers and Fathers" by Phyllis Rose"Two Gentlemen of the Pines" by John McPhee"Oma: Portrait of a Heroine" by Maria Scamacca (Student Essay)"Charisma Fortified by 'Chutzpah'" by Barry ShlachterSECTION IV: NARRATIONCHAPTER 10: Personal Reflection and AutobiographyVisualizing Details and Techniques Important to Personal Reflection and AutobiographyRevising Autobiographical EssaysPracticing Skills of Personal Reflection and Autobiography"Cry: The Story of a Comfort Woman" by Razel Ariz Florento (Student Poem)From "Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters"The Day I Was Fat" by Lois Diaz-Talty (Student Essay)"Death of an Officer" by Gaye Wagner"Wanderlust" by Charles KuraltCHAPTER 11: Reporting EventsVisualizing Narrative ElementsRevising Narrative SkillsPracticing Narrative Skills"Child of the Romans" by Carl Sandburg"What the Gossips Saw" by Leo Romero"The Colossus in the Kitchen" by Adrienne Schwartz (Student Essay)From "Faith of the Father" by Sam Pickering "Frederick Douglass: The Path to Freedom" by Carl SaganCHAPTER 12: The Short StoryVisualizing Narrative Elements in Fiction"House Opposite" by R.K. Narayan"The Hammon and the Beans" by America Paredes"The Son from America" by Isaac Bashevis Singer"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty SECTION V: EXPOSITION AND PERSUASION Explaining Through IllustrationExplaining Through Comparison and ContrastExplaining Through Process AnalysisPersuadingCHAPTER 13: IllustrationSpecific Facts, Instances, or OccurrencesStatisticsSpecific People, Places, or ThingsAnecdotesVisualizing ExamplesRevising Illustration EssaysPracticing Illustration"Why Not Real Awards for Real Achievements?" by Ben Stein"On the Home Front" by Jim Carnes"Wolf" by Grace Lukawaska (Student Essay)"Growing Up in Rumania" by Irina Groza (Student Essay)"The Death of Common Sense" by Philip K. HowardCHAPTER 14: Comparison/ContrastOrganizing Comparison/Contrast PapersVisualizing Methods of ComparisonRevising Comparison/Contrast PapersPracticing Comparison and Contrast"The Road from Ixopo" by Alan Paton"New Blood for Cities" by Stephen Moore"Temptations of Old Age" by Malcolm Cowley"The Militiaman, the Yuppie, and Me" by Carolyn Swalina"Columbus and the Moon" by Tom WolfeCHAPTER 15: Process AnalysisOrganization, Purpose, and ThesisClarity and DirectnessVisualizing Process AnalysisRevising Process Analysis PapersPracticing Process Analysis"Drawing Electricity from Clouds" by Benjamin Franklin"How to Fight a Duel" by Adam Goodheart"The Measure of Eratosthenes" by Carl Sagan"How I Came Out to My Parents" by Kenneth Kohler CHAPTER 16: PersuasionBeginning with an ArgumentDeveloping Ideas in an ArgumentGoing Beyond ArgumentAddressing Opposing ArgumentsVisualizing Strategies for PersuasionRevising Persuasion PapersPracticing Strategies for Persuasion"Desperate to Learn English" by Alice Callaghan"The Right to Be Let Alone" by Barry Glazer "The Media's Image of Arabs" by Jack G. Shaheen"What's Wrong with this Picture" by Gloria SteinemGlossaryIndex

About the Author :
Santi V. Buscemi teaches reading, composition, and literature at Middlesex County College in Edison, New Jersey, where he was chair of the Department of English for twenty-eight years. He is the author of A Reader for College Writers, 75 Readings, and 75 Readings Plus. He has lectured on freshman composition and developmental education at regional and national conferences in the United States and South Africa.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780072432640
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
  • Publisher Imprint: McGraw-Hill Professional
  • Height: 229 mm
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 160 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0072432640
  • Publisher Date: 16 May 2001
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 823 gr


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