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The Main Event: Readings for Writing and Critical Thinking by Andrew Jay Hoffman

For courses in Freshman Composition and English. This reader contains twelve thematic sections, each featuring a Main Event reading and a companion assignment for critical thinking and writing. Each writing assignment covers a different type of writing-both academic and practical. The text discusses various preparation strategies so that students can more effectively and efficiently put their thoughts into words-and their words onto paper. Along with the Main Event reading, each section contains six to seven additional readings on the same theme.

Introduction: Reading Critically. The Basics of Reading Critically. Determining Main Ideas and Supporting Ideas. Summarizing the Reading. Analyzing the Evidence. Establishing the Credibility of the Author. Reading Yourself into an Expert. 1. Film and Television. Main Event Reading: The Stoned Screen by Brian D. Johnson. Main Event Writing Assignment. Preparation Punch List. Main Event Writing Lesson: Basic Essay Form. Thesis. The Essay. Structure of the Essay: The Funnel System. Body Paragraph Development. The Main Event Writing Sample: Disturbing Films. Additional Readings: Go Ahead, Make Her Day by Richard Corliss and Jeanne McDowell. You've Come Which Way, Baby? by Elayne Rapping. Working Women by Tess Ryan-Wilkinson. Fade to Black by George Alexander. Call It 'Kid-Fluence' by Marci McDonald and Marianne Lavelle. The Market for Television Violence by James T. Hamilton. We are Training Our Kids to Kill by Dave Grossman. 2. Democracy in the Classroom. Main Event Reading: Crossing Boundaries by Mike Rose. Main Event Writing Assignment: Preparation Punch List. Main Event Writing Lesson: Using Definition in an Essay. The Main Event Writing Sample: Democracy Promotes Success. Additional Readings: from Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville. Tocqueville on Democratic Intellectual Life by Allan Bloom. The De-Democratization of Schools and Literacy in America by James V. Hoffman. Renewing Democracy in Schools by Nel Noddings. Tests That Fail Democracy by Gregory Shafer. The Good Old Golden Rule Days by William A. Henry, III. 3. Dreams. Main Event Reading: from The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud. Main Event Writing Assignment. Preparation Punch List. Main Event Writing Lesson: Using Summary in an Essay. The Main Event Writing Sample: Wish Fulfillment: A Dream of My Mother. Additional Readings: On the Nature of Dreams by Carl Jung. The Nature of Dreaming by James A. Hall. The Meaning of Dreams by Peter and Elizabeth Fenwick. People in Dreams by Gayle Delaney. Scientists Debate over Dreams Takes a New Twist by Brigid Schulte. The Nature and Uses of Dreaming by Ernest Hartmann. I Have a Dream by Roger L. Welsch. 4. Marriage and Divorce. Main Event Reading: Patterns in Marriage by Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee. Main Event Writing Assignment. Preparation Punch List. Main Event Writing Lesson: An Interview. The Main Event Writing Sample: The Marriage of Serena and Vince. Additional Readings: Blowing Up the Myths: Myth #4 and Myth #5 by Phillip C. McGraw. Love Lessons from a Divorce Lawyer by Robert Stephan Cohen. Marriage and Divorce American Style by E. Mavis Hetherington. Fault or No Fault? by Muller Davis. Warning: Living Together May Ruin Your Relationship by Stephanie Staal. Time, Sex, and Money by Michael G. Lawler and Gail S. Risch. The Marriage Rehearsal from Chatelaine by Peter Carter. 5. American Cities and Towns. Main Event Reading: On the Playing Fields of Suburbia by David Brooks. Main Event Writing Assignment. Preparation Punch List. Main Event Writing Lesson: Audience, Tone, and Purpose. The Main Event Writing Sample: The Myth of Suburbia. Additional Readings: Critical Mass or Incredible Mess? by Bill Manson. Making Cities Civil by Joseph Dolman. The Ecology of Hollywood by Rory Spowers. The Future of New York by Jonathan Alter and Geoffrey Gagnon. In Detroit, A Crusade to Stop Child Killings by Alexandra Marks. Bitterness Taints a Sweet Victory by David Lamb. The Changing Heartland by Dean Foust, Brian Grow, and Aixa M. Pascual. 6. Technology & Society. Main Event Reading: DNA Detectives by Gunjan Sinha. Main Event Writing Assignment. Preparation Punch List. Main Event Writing Lesson: Critique. The Main Event Writing Sample: Critique of 'DNA Detectives'. Additional Readings: Welcome to the Snooper Bowl by Lev Grossman. Narcissus Cloned by John J. Conley. Clear Thinking about Human Cloning by Terence Hines. The Virtualizing of Education by Samuel L. Dunn. Look Out for the Luddite Label by Langdon Winner. Technology as a Magnifier of Good and Evil by Robert D. Kaplan. The Mike Mulligan Moment: Computers May be Dumb, But They're Not Too Dumb to Take Your Job by Robert Wright. 7. Your Body. Main Event Reading: The Pursuit of Beauty: The Enforcement of Aesthetics or a Freely Adopted Lifestyle? by Henri Wijsbek. Main Event Writing Assignment. Preparation Punch List. Main Event Writing Lesson: Causal Analysis. The Main Event Writing Sample: Fad Diets: A Craze You Should Avoid. Additional Readings: Body Envy by Nora Underwood. Does He or Doesn't He? by Pat Haire. Exercise That Fits Your Body by Kimberly Wong. The Answer to Weight Loss is Easy - Doing It is Hard by Marion J. Franz. I Had an Eating Disorder...and Didn't Even Know It! by Lori Gottlieb. The Fattening of America by Barry Sears with Bill Lawren. Sports Supplement Dangers from Consumer Reports. 8. Youth Culture. Main Event Reading: Born in Fire: A Hip-Hop Odyssey. Main Event Writing Assignment. Preparation Punch List. Main Event Writing Lesson: Critical Analysis. Induction. Deduction. Distinguishing Between Facts and Inferences. Logical Fallacies. The Main Event Writing Sample: Fashion as the Symbol of a New Generation. Additional Readings: Rave Fever by Susan Oh and Ruth Atherley. Get Ready for the Net Generation by Mark L. Alch. Understanding Youth, Popular Culture, and the Hip Hop Influence by Patricia Thandi Hicks Harper. The Kids are All Right from The Economist. Going to Extremes by Joan Raymond. Habla English? by Rebecca Gardyn. Youth Shall Be Served by Becky Ebenkamp and Karl Greenberg. 9. Biographies. Main Event Reading: Out West from Inventing Mark Twain by Andrew Jay Hoffman. Main Event Writing Assignment. Preparation Punch List. Main Event Writing Lesson: Historical Analysis. The Main Event Writing Sample: Mark Twain: Samuel Clemens in the Wild West. Additional Readings: It's Going to Happen by James Wallace and Jim Erickson. Prologue by Edmund Morris. Outside the Slaughterhouse by Theodora Kroeber. Portraits of a Marriage by Hayden Herrera. from Shakey: The Neil Young Story by Jimmy McDonough. Politics by Sidney Poitier. Then and Now by Bill Blass. 10. Fairy Tales. Main Event Reading: Cinderella, Or the Little Glass Slipper by Charles Perrault. Main Event Writing Assignment. Preparation Punch List. Main Event Writing Lesson: Literary Analysis. The Main Event Writing Sample: Women in Fairy Tales. Additional Readings: Hansel and Gretel by Jacob and Wilheim Grimm. Rumpelstilzskin by Jacob and Wilheim Grimm. Beauty and the Beast by Marie Le Prince de Beaumont. The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen. from The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim. The Fairy Tale Lady by Claire Whitcomb. From an Ounce of Sorrow by Jan Knappert. 11. The Justice System. Main Event Reading: Reasonable Doubts by Stephen Pomper. Main Event Writing Assignment. Preparation Punch List. Main Event Writing Lesson: The Concession Paragraph. The Main Event Writing Sample: Desperately Needed Prison Reforms. Additional Readings: Death and Texas by JoAnn Wypijewski. Justice on the Cheap by Amy Bach. The Problem with the Chair by Carl M. Cannon. Against Mandatory Minimums by John J. DiIulio, Jr. The Risks Juveniles Face by Jason Ziedenberg and Vincent Schiraldi. Adult Consequences for Young Offenders by Adam Rich. When the Evidence Lies by Belinda Luscombe, et al. 12. Jobs in the 21st Century. Main Event Reading: Expanding Your Comfort Zone by Sandy Anderson. Main Event Writing Assignment. Preparation Punch List. Main Event Writing Lesson: Conducting Research. Main Event Writing Sample: Jobs for the Future. Additional Readings: Where the Job Machine Will Be Cranking by Bill Cheng. Creating a Successful Career by Anthony Stith. Excellence: The Call to Greatness by Lawrence G. Boldt. Suit Yourself: The Secret of Career Satisfaction by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger. Do You Fit the Bill? by Sandra Gurvis. Introduction: Advantages and Disadvantages of Night Owl Jobs by Louise Miller. Appendix 1: MLA Documentation. Appendix 2: APA Documentation.

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The Main Event: Readings for Writing and Critical Thinking by Andrew Jay Hoffman

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Andrew Jay Hoffman

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