* New readings and sections are marked with an asterisk.
Rhetorical Contents
Preface
I THE READER
Getting the Most from Your Reading
Active Reading
Thanksgiving, Ellen Goodman
Discussion of Active Reading
Active Reading as Prewriting
Practicing Active Reading
Ch 1 Between Generations
My Son, My Compass, Janna Malamud Smith
The Good Daughter, Caroline Hwang
* The Color of Love, Danzy Senna
Breaking Tradition (poem), Janice Mirikitani
* On Teenagers and Tattoos, Andres Martin
* Under My Skin, Jon Bowen
The Only Child, John Leonard
Are Families Dangerous? Barbara Ehrenreich
* The Lanyard (poem), Billy Collins
Your Place is Empty (fiction), Anne Tyler
Ch 2 Between Genders
* Boy Friend: Between Those Two Words, A Guy Can Get Crushed, Libby Copeland
* Modern Romance, Celeste Biever
Virtual Love, Meghan Daum
Who's Cheap? Adair Lara
Peaches (fiction), Reginald McKnight
Blue Spruce (poem), Stephen Perry
Watching My Back, Jeff Z. Klein
Pigskin, Patriarchy, and Pain, Don Sabo
When a Woman Says No, Ellen Goodman
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? (fiction), Joyce Carol Oates
Ch 3 Between Cultures
Living in Two Worlds, Marcus Mabry
* Conspiracy Against Assimilation, Robert J. Samuelson
* Terra Firma-A Journey from Migrant Farm Labor to Neurosurgery, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
* Race is a Four-Letter Word, Teja Arboleda
An Identity Reduced to a Burka, Semeen Issa & Laila Al-Marayati
* Hidden in Plain Sight, Zaiba Malik
Mr. Z (poem), M. Carl Holman
The Red Convertible (fiction), Louise Erdrich
Los Vendidos (play), Luis Valdez
Ch 4 Between Perceptions
Living Under Circe's Spell, Matthew Soyster
* The Difference Between Pity and Empathy, John A. Vaughn
* The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination, J. K. Rowling
The Myth of the Latin Woman, Judith Ortiz Cofer
* If the Genes Fit, Dan Neil
Black Men and Public Space, Brent Staples
* Who Shot Johnny? Debra Dickerson
* King Curtis's Echo, Max Thayer
Facing It (poem), Yusef Komanyaka
Discrimination at Large, Jennifer A. Coleman
O.K., So I'm Fat, Neil Steinberg
'Diabesity,' a Crisis in an Expanding Country, Jane E. Brody
Bodily Harm, Pamela Erens
* Six Rules for Eating Wisely, Michael Pollan
Ch. 5 Between Points of View
* The Whole World Is Watching, Thomas L. Friedman
* YouTube This! Joe Queenan
* When the Patient Is a Googler, Scott Haig
* Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? Rahul K. Parikh
* Why Reality TV Is Good for Us, James Poniewozik
* When Reality TV Gets Too Real, Jeremy W. Peters
Coke, Philip Dacey
* The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), Andy Warhol
Makes Learning Fun, Clifford Stoll
From Learning as Torture to Learning as Fun, Don Tapscott
In Groups We Shrink, Carol Tavris
Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell
* The Rights of the Born, Anne Lamott
* Tilling a New World, Bill McKibben
Three Ways of Meeting Oppression, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Chapter 6 Between Screens
American Beauty
Transcending the Suburbs, David Denby
Dad's Dead, and He's Still a Funny Guy, Janet Maslin
The Rose's Thorns, Kenneth Turan
Ordinary People
* Ordinary People, Vincent Canby
* Ordinary People, Roger Ebert
* Watching Movies with Denzel Washington: An Eye for Bold Choices, Rick Lyman
Crash
Angry People, David Denby
Crash, Roger Ebert
Bigotry as the Outer Side of Inner Angst, A. O. Scott
An Inconvenient Truth
* Al Gore Warms Up to a Very Hot Topic, Kevin Crust
* Did Al Get the Science Right? Katharine Mieszkowski
* Warning of Calamities and Hoping for a Change, A.O. Scott
Man on Wire
* Walking on Air Between the Towers, A. O. Scott
* Man on Wire, Kenneth Turan
II THE RHETORIC
Chapter 8 Organizing and Drafting an Essay
From Prewriting to Purpose
Discovering the Claim-From General to Specific
Supporting a Thesis
Writing an Outline
Writing a Paragraph
Using Sources for Support
Paraphrasing
Chapter 9 Revising an Essay
Rewriting and Rewriting
Thinking Critically for an Audience
A Checklist for Revising and Editing Papers
Student Example: Final Essay
Dieting Daze: No In-Between by Rachel Krell
Rewriting for Coherence
Writing Titles
Writing Introductions
Final Tips for Revising
Chapter 10 Writing to Persuade
Prevalence of Persuasion
Persuasion as Argument
The Doubting and Believing Games
When to Use Argument
Brainstorming for an Argument
Explicit and Implicit Arguments
An Explicit Arguments
An Implicit Argument
Arguments and Proposals
Sound Reasoning and Critical Thinking
Audience and Argument
Argument Introductions
Organizing and Developing An Argument
Preparing Your Argument
Avoiding Logical Fallacies
Strategies for Writing An Argument Essay
Illustrations from the Text
Conceding and Refuting
Evaluating an Argument
Example: An Argument Essay
My Favorite School Class: Involuntary Servitude: Joe Goodwin
Final Tips for Argument Essays
Chapter 11 Methods for Developing Essays
Combining Multiple Methods
Summary
Organizing and Developing a Summary
Student Example: A Summary
A Summary of Three Ways of Meeting Oppression Chris Thomas
Analyzing the Writer's Strategy
Summary as Part of a Larger Assignment
Practicing Writing a Summary
Final Tips for a Summary
Narration
When to Use Narration
Organizing and Developing a Narrative
Student Example: A Narrative
Through the Cracks Rebekah Hall-Naganuma
Analyzing the Writer's Strategy
Practicing Writing Essays with Narration
Final Tips for a Narrative
Evaluative Response
When to Write an Evaluative Response Essay
Organizing and Developing an Evaluative Response Essay
Student Example: An Evaluative Response Essay
Thanksgiving Beyond the Cleaver Family Marin Kheng
Analyzing the Writer's Strategy
Practicing Writing an Evaluative Response Essay
Final Tips for an Evaluative Response Essay
Definition
When to Use Definition
Organizing and Developing a Definition Essay
Example: An Essay Based on Definition
**You Call That Irony? Jon Winokur
Analyzing the Writer's Strategy
Practicing Writing Definition Essays
Final Tips for a Definition Essay
Cause and Effect
When to Use Cause-and-Effect Development
Organizing and Developing a Cause-and-Effect Essay
Example: A Cause-and-Effect Essay
I Confess Some Envy Robert McKelvey
Analyzing the Writer's Strategy
Practicing Writing Essays about Causes and Effects
Final Tips for Cause-and-Effect Development
Comparison and Contrast
When to Use Comparison-Contrast Development
Organizing and Developing a Comparison-Contrast Essay
Which Method to Use: Block or Point by Point?
Example: A Comparison-Contrast Essay
Reality Check Alex Garcia
Analyzing the Writer's Strategy
Practicing Writing Essays That Use Comparison and Contrast
Final Tips for Comparison and Contrast Essays
Writing an Essay Exam
A Six-Step Strategy
Key Words Used on Exams
Chapter 12 Analysis
Analysis of a Process, Problem, or Subject<
When to Use Analysis
Analysis of a Process
Example: A Process Analysis Essay
**How to Get Better Gas Mileage Katharine Mieszkowski
Analyzing the Writer's Strategy
Practicing Writing a Process Analysis Essay
Final Tips for a Process Analysis Essay
Analysis of a Problem
When to Use Problem Analysis
Organizing and Developing a Problem Analysis Essay
Example: A Problem Analysis Essay
Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgments Robert L. Heilbroner
Analyzing the Writer's Strategy
Practicing Writing a Problem Analysis Essay
Final Tips for a Problem Analysis Essay
Analysis of a Subject
Brainstorming for a Topic
When to Use Subject Analysis
Organizing and Developing a Subject Analysis
Essay Assignments for Subject Analysis
Poetry and Character Analysis
What Is Poetry Analysis?
How to Actively Read a Poem
Active Reading of a Poem
Student Example: Poetry Analysis
Breaking the Ties That Bind Robert Sakatani
Analyzing the Writer's Strategy
Practicing Writing Poetry Analysis
Final Tips for Poetry Analysis
What Is Character Analysis?
Character Analysis: Short Story
Prewriting for a Text-based Character Study
Listing Information from a Short Story
Arranging and Thesis Construction
Student Example: Character Analysis Essay
Who Were You, Connie, and Why Did You Go? Marianela Enriquez
Analyzing the Writer's Strategy
Practicing Writing a Character Analysis
Character Analysis: Biography
Student Example: Biography Essay
The Earhart Appeal by Leselle Norville
Analyzing the Writer's Strategy
Writing the Thesis
Selecting Support to Show Not Tell
Conclusions
Final Tips for Writing a Focused Biography
Chapter 13 Writing the Research Paper
Planning the Research Paper
Gathering Library Material
Beginning an Internet Search-Some Cautions
Refining an Internet Search
Gathering Additional Information: The Interview
Student Example: Research Paper
Documenting the Research Paper: MLA Style
Documenting the Research Paper: APA Style
Part III The Handbook
Chapter 14 Understanding How Sentences Work
Subjects
Objects
Verbs
Adjectives and Adverbs
Phrases
Clauses
Sentence Variation
Chapter 15 Understanding Common Errors
Fragments
Run-on or Fused Sentences
Pronoun Reference Agreement
Pronoun Case
Subject-Verb Agreement
Shifts
Mixed Sentences
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Faulty Parallelism
Chapter 16 Understanding Punctuation
Chapter 17 Understanding Faulty Word Choice
Chapter 18 Understanding Commonly Confused Words
Credits
Author Index
Subject and Title Index
Editing Symbols chart inside back cover
