The Resourceful Reader

Rhetorically organized and containing more contemporary selections than other readers, the new edition emphasizes the rhetorical situation and writing about images.

Table of Contents:
1. EXAMPLE. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. *Alice Green, Chick with the Stick. Brent Staples, Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space. *Lara Kate Cohen, High School Confidential. *Sue Halpern, Recipe for Change. *Jack Hitt, The Hidden Life of SUVs. *Julia Cass, The Moses Factor. *Brian Doherty, John Ashcroft''s Power Grab. *Images: Texas Woman''s University (Photograph). Ford Motor Company (Advertisement). 2. NARRATION. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. Roy Fowler, Roadblocks. *Maria Said, Half-Walls Between Us. *John Hockenberry, The Hockenberry File. *Patricia Reynoso, Loving Papi. *Assaf Oron, An Open Letter to American Jews (and Other Friends of Israel). Maya Angelou, Momma, the Dentist, and Me. *Cecilia Ballí, Return to Padre. *Images: Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Marriage (Painting). Chevy Malibu (Advertisement). 3. DESCRIPTION. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. Marta Salazar, Welcome to Wilderness! *Patricia Brady, The Blobs. *Mary Pipher, Excerpt from The Middle of Everywhere. Aaron McCarroll Gallegos, Singing with All the Saints. *Greg Smith, The Body Farm. *Smita Madan Paul and Kiran Desai, Sari Story. Bruce Barcott, Beyond the Valley of the Damned. *Images: Lorenzo Ciniglio, People Run for Their Lives as One of the Twin Towers Collapses (Photograph). *Jennifer Brown, A NYPD Officer Is Treated at a Triage Center Following the Collapse of Both World Trade Center Towers (Photograph). 4. PROCESS. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. *Veronica Ashida, Paper Mountains, Paper Valleys. *Leonard Felder, Developing a Mindful Way of Eating. *Anamary Pelayo, Hot Tempered? Garrison Keillor, How to Write a Personal Letter. Margery Guest, Sugaring. Michael Kernan, Zoo Medicine. *Jane O''Reilly, Click! The Housewife''s Moment of Truth. *Images: Eric Parsons, Jenny, a Search and Rescue Dog, Is Lowered during a Rappelling Drill (Photograph). *Gaseous Diffusion Uranium Enrichment Process (Diagram). 5. CAUSE AND EFFECT. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. *Timothy Davis, World Trade or World Charade? John M. Williams, And Here''s the Pitch. Jack E. White, Growing Up in Black and White. *Susan K. Perry, Right Here, Write Now. *Margo Monteith and Jeffrey Winters, Why We Hate. *Walt Mueller, What''s So Bad About Bullies? *Margaret Talbot, Girls Just Want to Be Mean. Images: eDiets.com (Advertisement). *GlobalWarmingAlert.org (Advertisement). 6. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. Keisha Jackson, The Real Truth about Cats and Dogs. Bruce Catton, Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts. *Robin Morgan, Dispatch from Beijing. *Beth Ann Fennelly, Fruits We''ll Never Taste, Languages We''ll Never Hear: The Need for Needless Complexity. *Richard Rodriguez, The Male God of the Desert. *Paul Goldberger, Requiem. David Morris, Small Is Still Beautiful. *Images: Toyota (Advertisement). Working Assets (Advertisement). 7. CLASSIFICATION AND DIVISION. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. *Joaquin Campos, U.S. Military Actions. Martin Luther King Jr., Three Types of Resistance to Oppression. Desmond Morris, Territorial Behavior. *Ellen McGrath, Recovering from Trauma. *William Saletan, Get It Straight. Jacqueline Berke, The Qualities of Good Writing. Ron Geraci, Which Stooge Are You? *Images: Elliott Erwitt, USA. New York. New Rochelle. 1955. (Photograph). *Laurence Monneret, Elderly Couple Kissing under Umbrella (Photograph). 8. DEFINITION. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. *Tanisha Carter, White-Collar Crime. *Barbara Ehrenreich, A Mystery of Misogyny. *Kimberly Kagan, Hegemony, Not Empire. Ruben Navarrette Jr., Is It Reverse Discrimination? *Lindsy Van Gelder, It''s Not Nice to Mess with Mother Nature. Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron, Land of Identities. Monica Ramirez Basco, The ''Perfect'' Trap. *Images: Peter Paul Rubens, Venus before a Mirror (Painting). *Kevin R. Morris, Karen Woman (Photograph). 9. ARGUMENT. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. *DeVon Freeman, Community College: Not Just for Dumb Kids. Aurora Levins Morales, Liberation Genealogy. *Deborah Stone, Why We Need a Care Movement. *Ralph Nader, Blinded by Power. *Newt Gingrich, Follow the Light. Randall Kennedy, You Can''t Judge a Crook by His Color. *Gregory Stock and Francis Fukuyama, The Clone Wars. *Images: Pablo Picasso, Guernica (Painting). *Our Carelessness, Their Secret Weapon (Poster). 10. FOR FURTHER READING: CLASSIC ESSAYS AND IMAGES. Plato, The Allegory of the Cave. Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal. Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence. Mary Wollstonecraft, The Prevailing Opinion of a Sexual Character Discussed. Henry David Thoreau, Where I Lived, and What I Lived For. Virginia Woolf, The Death of the Moth. *Judy Brady, I Want a Wife. *Images: Leonardo da Vinci, La Gioconda (Mona Lisa) (Painting). *Bob Jackson, Lee Harvey Oswald Being Shot by Jack Ruby (Photograph). *Matty Zimmerman, Marilyn Monroe (Photograph). Coca-Cola (Logo). Literary Credits. Photo Credits. *Denotes new to this edition.

About the Author :
Lou Ann Thompson is Professor of English and Rhetoric at Texas Woman's University, where she teaches British Romanticism, creative writing, and courses in film and visual rhetoric as well as a variety of other rhetoric classes. She has published creative work and scholarly articles on a wide variety of topics related to writing, literature, and film. She has taught at seven different universities, and was an editor for the New Mexico Humanities Review.

Review :
1. EXAMPLE. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. *Alice Green, Chick with the Stick. Brent Staples, Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space. *Lara Kate Cohen, High School Confidential. *Sue Halpern, Recipe for Change. *Jack Hitt, The Hidden Life of SUVs. *Julia Cass, The Moses Factor. *Brian Doherty, John Ashcroft's Power Grab. *Images: Texas Woman's University (Photograph). Ford Motor Company (Advertisement). 2. NARRATION. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. Roy Fowler, Roadblocks. *Maria Said, Half-Walls Between Us. *John Hockenberry, The Hockenberry File. *Patricia Reynoso, Loving Papi. *Assaf Oron, An Open Letter to American Jews (and Other Friends of Israel). Maya Angelou, Momma, the Dentist, and Me. *Cecilia Balli, Return to Padre. *Images: Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Marriage (Painting). Chevy Malibu (Advertisement). 3. DESCRIPTION. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. Marta Salazar, Welcome to Wilderness! *Patricia Brady, The Blobs. *Mary Pipher, Excerpt from The Middle of Everywhere. Aaron McCarroll Gallegos, Singing with All the Saints. *Greg Smith, The Body Farm. *Smita Madan Paul and Kiran Desai, Sari Story. Bruce Barcott, Beyond the Valley of the Damned. *Images: Lorenzo Ciniglio, People Run for Their Lives as One of the Twin Towers Collapses (Photograph). *Jennifer Brown, A NYPD Officer Is Treated at a Triage Center Following the Collapse of Both World Trade Center Towers (Photograph). 4. PROCESS. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. *Veronica Ashida, Paper Mountains, Paper Valleys. *Leonard Felder, Developing a Mindful Way of Eating. *Anamary Pelayo, Hot Tempered? Garrison Keillor, How to Write a Personal Letter. Margery Guest, Sugaring. Michael Kernan, Zoo Medicine. *Jane O'Reilly, Click! The Housewife's Moment of Truth. *Images: Eric Parsons, Jenny, a Search and Rescue Dog, Is Lowered during a Rappelling Drill (Photograph). *Gaseous Diffusion Uranium Enrichment Process (Diagram). 5. CAUSE AND EFFECT. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. *Timothy Davis, World Trade or World Charade? John M. Williams, And Here's the Pitch. Jack E. White, Growing Up in Black and White. *Susan K. Perry, Right Here, Write Now. *Margo Monteith and Jeffrey Winters, Why We Hate. *Walt Mueller, What's So Bad About Bullies? *Margaret Talbot, Girls Just Want to Be Mean. Images: eDiets.com (Advertisement). *GlobalWarmingAlert.org (Advertisement). 6. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. Keisha Jackson, The Real Truth about Cats and Dogs. Bruce Catton, Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts. *Robin Morgan, Dispatch from Beijing. *Beth Ann Fennelly, Fruits We'll Never Taste, Languages We'll Never Hear: The Need for Needless Complexity. *Richard Rodriguez, The Male God of the Desert. *Paul Goldberger, Requiem. David Morris, Small Is Still Beautiful. *Images: Toyota (Advertisement). Working Assets (Advertisement). 7. CLASSIFICATION AND DIVISION. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. *Joaquin Campos, U.S. Military Actions. Martin Luther King Jr., Three Types of Resistance to Oppression. Desmond Morris, Territorial Behavior. *Ellen McGrath, Recovering from Trauma. *William Saletan, Get It Straight. Jacqueline Berke, The Qualities of Good Writing. Ron Geraci, Which Stooge Are You? *Images: Elliott Erwitt, USA. New York. New Rochelle. 1955. (Photograph). *Laurence Monneret, Elderly Couple Kissing under Umbrella (Photograph). 8. DEFINITION. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. *Tanisha Carter, White-Collar Crime. *Barbara Ehrenreich, A Mystery of Misogyny. *Kimberly Kagan, Hegemony, Not Empire. Ruben Navarrette Jr., Is It Reverse Discrimination? *Lindsy Van Gelder, It's Not Nice to Mess with Mother Nature. Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron, Land of Identities. Monica Ramirez Basco, The 'Perfect' Trap. *Images: Peter Paul Rubens, Venus before a Mirror (Painting). *Kevin R. Morris, Karen Woman (Photograph). 9. ARGUMENT. Introduction with Analysis of Student Essay. *DeVon Freeman, Community College: Not Just for Dumb Kids. Aurora Levins Morales, Liberation Genealogy. *Deborah Stone, Why We Need a Care Movement. *Ralph Nader, Blinded by Power. *Newt Gingrich, Follow the Light. Randall Kennedy, You Can't Judge a Crook by His Color. *Gregory Stock and Francis Fukuyama, The Clone Wars. *Images: Pablo Picasso, Guernica (Painting). *Our Carelessness, Their Secret Weapon (Poster). 10. FOR FURTHER READING: CLASSIC ESSAYS AND IMAGES. Plato, The Allegory of the Cave. Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal. Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence. Mary Wollstonecraft, The Prevailing Opinion of a Sexual Character Discussed. Henry David Thoreau, Where I Lived, and What I Lived For. Virginia Woolf, The Death of the Moth. *Judy Brady, I Want a Wife. *Images: Leonardo da Vinci, La Gioconda (Mona Lisa) (Painting). *Bob Jackson, Lee Harvey Oswald Being Shot by Jack Ruby (Photograph). *Matty Zimmerman, Marilyn Monroe (Photograph). Coca-Cola (Logo). Literary Credits. Photo Credits. *Denotes new to this edition.