About the Book
This brief version of the best—selling cross—curricular classic retains its hallmark coverage of source—based writing skills combined with five popular readings chapters. This portable version represents a carefully—chosen selection from the original edition, with five (of the original seven) readings chapters included in their entirety. The abbreviated rhetoric section still covers the skills of summary, critique, and synthesis, taking students step—by—step through the process of writing papers based on source material. Students then put these skills to practice on thematically—linked essays on provocative topics in the discipline—specific readings chapters. A stronger focus on argumentation addresses the trend found in today's composition classrooms.
Table of Contents:
Preface.
A Note to the Student.
I. HOW TO WRITE SUMMARIES, CRITIQUES, AND SYNTHESES.
1. Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation.
What Is a Summary?
Can a Summary Be Objective?
Using the Summary.
How to Write Summaries.
Demonstration: Summary.
The Future of Love: Kiss Romance Goodbye, It's Time for the Real Thing, Barbara Graham.
Read, Reread, Highlight.
Divide into Stages of Thought.
Write a One- or Two-Sentence Summary of Each Stage of Thought.
Write a Thesis: A One- or Two-Sentence Summary of the Entire Passage.
Write the First Draft of the Summary.
Summary 1: Combine Thesis Sentence with One-Sentence.
Section Summaries.
Discussion.
Practice Summary.
2. Critical Reading and Critique.
Critical Reading.
Question Category 1: What Is the Author's Purpose in Writing? Does He or She Succeed in This Purpose?
Writing to Inform.
Writing to Persuade.
EXERCISE 2.1: Informative and Persuasive Thesis Statements.
Clearly Defined Key Terms.
Fair Use of Information.
Logical Argumentation: Avoiding Logical Fallacies.
Emotionally Loaded Terms.
Ad Hominem Argument.
Faulty Cause and Effect.
Either/Or Reasoning.
Hasty Generalization.
Faulty Cause and Effect.
Begging the Question.
Non Sequitor.
Oversimplification.
EXERCISE 2.2: Understanding Logical Fallacies.
Writing to Entertain.
Question Category 2: To What Extent Do You Agree or Disagree with the Author?
Identify Points of Agreement and Disagreement.
EXERCISE 2.3: Exploring Your Viewpoints.
Explore the Reasons for Agreement and Disagreement: Evaluate Assumptions.
Critique.
How to Write Critiques.
Preparation for Critique.
What is the Author's Purpose in Writing?
Does He or She Succeed in this Purpose?
To What Extent do You Agree with the Author? Evaluate Assumptions.
Demonstration: Critique.
Model Essay: A Critique of Greg Crister's “Too Much of a Good Thing.”
EXERCISE 2.4: Informal Critique of Sample Essay.
Discussion.
Practice Critique.
3. Synthesis.
What Is a Synthesis?
Purpose.
Using Your Sources.
Types of Syntheses: Explanatory and Argument.
How to Write Syntheses.
The Argument Synthesis.
The Elements of Argument: Claim, Support, Assumption.
EXERCISE 3.1: Practicing Claim, Support, and Assumption.
Demonstration: Developing an Argument Synthesis.
The Wal-Mart Controversy.
Ban the Bargains, Bob Ortega.
Eight Ways to Stop the Store, Albert Norman.
Wal-Mart's War on Main Street, Sarah Anderson.
Who's Really the Villain?, Jo-Ann Johnston.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: Hoover's Handbook of American Business 2002.
Victorious Secret, Albert Norman.
Shopping with the Enemy (Summary), The Economist.
EXERCISE 3.2: Critical Reading for Synthesis.
Consider Your Purpose.
Making a Claim: Formulate a Thesis.
Decide How You Will Use Your Source Material.
Develop an Organizational Plan.
Argument Strategy.
Draft and Revise Your Synthesis.
Model Synthesis: A Vote for Wal-Mart.
Discussion.
Developing and Organizing the Support for Your Arguments.
Summarize, Paraphrase, and Quote Supporting Evidence.
Provide Various Types of Evidence and Motivational Appeals.
Use Climactic Order.
Use Logical or Conventional Order.
Present and Respond to Counterarguments.
Use Concession.
Use Comparison-Contrast.
Organizing Comparison-and-Contrast Syntheses.
Avoid Common Fallacies in Developing and Using Support.
EXERCISE 3.3: Practicing Arguments.
The Explanatory Synthesis.
Practice Explanatory Synthesis.
Summary.
II. AN ANTHOLOGY OF READINGS.
TECHNOLOGY/COMMUNICATION.
4. Cyberspace and Identity: The E-Mail Revolution.
We've Got Mail—Always, Andrew Leonard.
Going Postal, Tony Schwartz.
The A-List E-List, David Brooks.
Journey of an E-Mail, John Dyson.
Not Exactly the Most Reliable Way to Run a War, IMHO, Roy Rivenburg.
A Shared Sadness, Russ Parsons.
Virtual Love, Meghan Daum.
The Anonymous Voice, Esther Dyson.
Cyberspace and Identity, Sherry Turkle.
Boy, You Fight Like a Girl, Alex Pham.
Faking It: The Virtual Lawyer, Michael Lewis.
Synthesis Activities.
Research Activities.
PSYCHOLOGY.
5. Obedience to Authority.
Group Minds, Doris Lessing.
Opinions and Social Pressure, Solomon E. Asch.
The Perils of Obedience, Stanley Milgram.
Review of Stanley Milgram's Experiments on Obedience, Diana Baumrind.
Obedience, Ian Parker.
The Stanford Prison Experiment, Philip K. Zimbardo.
Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem, Erich Fromm.
The Organization Kid, David Brooks.
Synthesis Activities.
Research Activities.
BUSINESS.
6. Business Ethics.
Opening Cases.
“The Sales Rep.”
“The Research Director.”
“The Marketing VP.”
“The CEO.”
“The Better Offer.”
“The Faulty Hood Latch.”
“Third-World Pharmaceuticals.”
“Fashion Jeans.”
“Hello—You're Fired.”
“The Sick Day.”
“The Double Expense Account.”
Principles of Business Ethics.
Thinking Ethics: The Rules of the Game, Robert C. Solomon.
The Case of the Collapsed Mine, Richard T. De George.
Ethics in Business., Gerald F. Cavanagh.
Cases for Analysis and Discussion.
Case 1: “Peter Green's First Day,” Laura L. Nash.
Case 2: “Romance on the Job,” John R. Boatright and Thomas I. White.
Case 3: “Is Family-Friendly Always Fair?,” John R. Boatright.
Case 4: “The Serpent Was There,” Margot Adam Langstaff and Joseph Badaracco, Jr.
Case 5: “Is This the Right Time to Come Out?,” Alistair D. Williamson.
Case 6: “Why Should My Conscience Bother Me?,” Kermit Vandivier.
Synthesis Activities.
Research Activities.
HEALTH SCIENCES.
7. Weight Debate.
Caloric Imbalance and Public Health Policy, Jeffrey P. Koplan and William H. Dietz.
Prevalence of Obesity Among U.S. Adults, by Characteristics and by Region and State, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Gaining on Fat, W. Wayt Gibbs.
Too Much of a Good Thing, Greg Crister.
NAAFA Policy on Dieting and the Diet Industry, National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance.
Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance, Mary Ray Worley.
Too “Close to the Bone:” The Historical Context for Women's Obsession with Slenderness, Roberta Seid.
Fat and Happy?, Hillel Schwartz.
Why the Fries Taste Good, Eric Schlosser.
The Man Who Couldn't Stop Eating, Atul Gawande.
Synthesis Activities.
Research Activities.
FILM.
8: Good Take, Sweet Prince: Hamlet on Film.
Shakespeare, Sylvan Barnet.
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark:A Critical Review, Edward Hubler.
Shakespeare and Nonverbal Expression, Jack Jorgens.
Laurence Olivier's Hamlet.
Cinematic Outline, Jack Jorgens.
An Essay in Hamlet, Sir Laurence Olivier.
Review of Olivier's Hamlet, Margaret Marshall.
Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet.
Cinematic Outline, Editors.
Breaking the Classical Barrier (Interview with John Tibbetts) , Franco Zeffirelli.
Review of Zeffirelli's Hamlet: Monarch Notes, David Denby.
Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet.
Cinematic Outline, Editors.
Making Hamlet, Kenneth Branagh.
Review of Branagh's Hamlet, Roger Ebert.
Rehearsing and Filming Hamlet: A Film Diary, Russell Jackson.
From Play to Screenplay: The Aftermath of Murder.
William Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh.
Michael Almereyda's Hamlet.
Cinematic Outline, Editors.
The Rotten State of Denmark Corp, Michael Almereyda.
Review of Almereyda's Hamlet: The Prince Is Dead, Long Live the Prince, Alexandra Marshall.
Film Glossary, David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson.
Synthesis Activities.
Research Activities.
Credits.
Index of Authors and Titles.
