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| Rhetorical Contents | |
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| To the Student | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Process of Good Writing | |
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| Invention | |
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| Writing | |
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| Revision | |
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| Other Elements of Good Writing | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Reading to Write | |
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| Be an Active Reader | |
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| Read to Understand | |
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| Expand Your Vocabulary through Reading | |
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| College Reading Strategies | |
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| Mechanics and Grammar: Correction Symbols | |
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| Self-Examination | |
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| Ewa Zadrynska, "A Bracelet, an Odd Earring, Cracked Teacups" | |
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| Langston Hughes, "Salvation" | |
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| Caroline Hwang, "The Good Daughter" | |
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| Deborah Work, "What's in a Name?" | |
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| Jennifer Crispin, "No Place like Home" | |
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| Writing Suggestions | |
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| In-Sight | |
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| Peer Critique | |
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| Mechanics and Grammar: The Parts of Speech | |
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| Family | |
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| Amy Tan, "Two Kinds" | |
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| Jamaica Kincaid, "Girl" | |
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| Craig Swanson, "The Turning Point" | |
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| Michael Dorris, "Father's Day" | |
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| Bonnie Smith-Yackel, "My Mother Never Worked" | |
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| Writing Suggestions | |
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| In-Sight | |
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| Peer Critique | |
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| Mechanics and Grammar: Verbs | |
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| People and Places | |
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| Marc Santora, "Burgers for the Health Professional" | |
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| Shirley Geok-lin Lim, "Pomegranates and English Education" | |
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| Richard Wright, "Black Boy" | |
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| Serena Nanda, "Arranging a Marriage in India" | |
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| Denise Gonsales, "I'm Afraid to Look, Afraid to Turn Away" | |
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| Writing Suggestions | |
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| In-Sight | |
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| Peer Critique | |
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| Mechanics and Grammar: Commonly Confused Words | |
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| Heroes | |
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| Leslie Kaufman, 'Just a Normal Girl' | |
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| Italo Calvino, "The Canary Prince" | |
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| Natalie Angier, "On Altruism, Heroism, and Evolution's Gifts" | |
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| Josh Tyrangiel, "Andy Was Right" | |
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| Irma Sonnenberg Menkel, "I Saw Anne Frank Die" | |
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| Writing Suggestions | |
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| In-Sight | |
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| Peer Critique | |
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| Mechanics and Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement | |
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| Popular Culture | |
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| Andrew Sullivan, "The 'M Word': Why It Matters to Me" | |
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| Lola Ogunnaike, "'Yours Truly' the E-Variations" | |
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| Deborah Netburn, "Young, Carefree and Hooked on Sunlamps" | |
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| Marie Winn Miller, "Family Life" | |
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| Katha Pollitt, "Why Boys Don't Play with Dolls" | |
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| Stephanie Ericsson, "The Ways We Lie" | |
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| Writing Suggestions | |
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| In-Sight | |
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| Peer Critique | |
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| Mechanics and Grammar: Spelling | |
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| The Great Outdoors | |
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| William Blake, "The Tyger" | |
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| Rafe Martin, "The Brave Little Parrot" | |
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| Jerry Adler, "Vanity, Thy Name Is ..." | |
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| Robert Frost, "The Road Not Taken" | |
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| Jeanie French, "To Everything There Is a Season" | |
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| Ian Frazier, "Trust Me. In These Parts, Hot Dogs Actually Repel Bears" | |
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| Writing Suggestions | |
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| In-Sight | |
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| Peer Critique | |
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| Mechanics and Grammar: The Mysterious Comma and Semicolon | |
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| Issues and Controversies | |
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| Barbara Mujica, "No Comprendo" | |
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| Thomas Jefferson, "The Declaration of Independence" | |
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| Patricia Dalton, "Have Today's Schools Failed Male Students?" | |
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| Margaret Atwood, "The Female Body" | |
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| Linda M. Hasselstrom, "Why One Peaceful Woman Carries a Pistol" | |
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| Writing Suggestions | |
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| In-Sight | |
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| Peer Critique | |
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| Mechanics and Style: Using and Acknowledging Sources | |
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| Kerri Mertz, "Wayward Cells" | |
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| Documentation in the Humanities: Mla Style | |
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| A Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Index | |