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| Preface for Instructors | |
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| Thematic Table of Contents | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Why Read? Why Write? Why Not Phone? | |
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| Using the Bedford Reader | |
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| Reading, Writing, and Research | |
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| Critical Reading | |
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| Reading an Essay | |
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| Disability | |
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| Thinking Critically about Visual Images | |
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| Visual Image: A Deployed Soldier and His Daughter, photograph by Erik S. Lesser | |
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| The Writing Process | |
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| Analyzing the Writing Situation | |
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| Discovering Ideas | |
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| Focusing on the Thesis and the Thesis Statement | |
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| Drafting | |
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| Revising and Editing | |
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| Collaboration | |
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| An Essay-in-Progress | |
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| Mental Illness on Television | |
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| Academic Writing | |
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| Responding to A Text | |
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| Integrating Source Material | |
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| Writing from Research | |
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| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Source Citation Using MLA Style | |
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| Sample Research Paper | |
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| The Best Kept Secret on Campus | |
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| The Methods | |
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| Narration: Telling a Story | |
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| Visual Image: How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame, advertisement for Charles Atlas | |
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| The Method | |
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| The Process | |
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| Narration in Paragraphs | |
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| Narration in Practice: Reporting a car accident | |
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| Paired Selections [Angelou and Tan] Difference | |
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| Champion of the World | |
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| Maya Angelou on Writing | |
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| Fish Cheeks | |
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| Amy Tan on Writing | |
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| The Chase | |
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| Annie Dillard on Writing | |
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| Finding Prosperity by Feeding Monkeys | |
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| Additional Writing Topics | |
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| Description: Writing With Your Senses | |
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| Visual Image: Doug and Mizan's House, East River, photograph by Margaret Morton | |
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| The Method | |
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| The Process | |
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| Description in Paragraphs | |
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| Description in Practice: Advertising an apartment for sublet | |
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| Paired Selections [Manning and Vowell] Fathers | |
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| Arm Wrestling with My Father | |
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| Brad Manning on Writing | |
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| Shooting Dad | |
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| Sarah Vowell on Writing | |
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| Orange Crush | |
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| Yiyun Li on Writing | |
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| My Face | |
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| Robert Benchley on Writing | |
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| Additional Writing Topics | |
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| Example: Pointing to Instances | |
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| Visual Image: Low-Energy Drinks, cartoon by Glen LeLievre | |
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| The Method | |
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| The Process | |
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| Examples in Paragraphs | |
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| Examples in Practice: Writing a cover letter for a job application | |
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| Paired Selections [Ascher and Quindlen] Homelessness | |
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| On Compassion | |
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| Barbara Lazear Ascher on Writing | |
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| Homeless | |
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| Anna Quindlen on Writing | |
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| Celebrating the Pity of Brotherly Love | |
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| Andrew Koritz Krull on Writing | |
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| Black Men and Public Space | |
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| Brent Staples on Writing | |
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| Additional Writing Topics | |
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| Comparison and Contrast: Setting Things Side by Side | |
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| Visual Images: American Gothic, painting by Grant Wood; Rural Rehabilitation Client, photograph by Ben Shahn | |
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| The Method | |
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| The Process | |
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| Comparison and Contrast in Paragraphs | |
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| Comparison and Contrast in Practice: Creating a campaign poster | |
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| Paired Selections [Britt and Barry] Personalities | |
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| Neat People vs. Sloppy People | |
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| Suzanne Britt on Writing | |
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| Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out | |
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| Dave Barry on Writing | |
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| Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts | |
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| Bruce Catton on Writing | |
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| Size 6: The Western Women's Harem | |
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| Additional Writing Topics | |
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| Process Analysis: Explaining Step by Step | |
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| Visual Image: Workers Making Dolls, photograph by Wally McNamee | |
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| The Method | |
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| The Process | |
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| Process Analysis in Paragraphs | |
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| Process Analysis in Practice: Explaining a fire-drill procedure | |
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| Paired Selections [Saukko and Ehrlich] The Environment | |
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| How to Poison the Earth | |
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| Linnea Saukko on Writing | |
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| Chronicles of Ice | |
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| Gretel Ehrlich on Writing | |
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| How to Operate a Shower Curtain | |
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| Ian Frazier on Writing | |
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| Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain | |
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| Jessica Mitford on Writing | |
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| Additional Writing Topics | |
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| Division or Analysis: Slicing into Parts | |
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| Visual Image: Deconstructing Lunch, cartoon by Roz Chast | |
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| The Method | |
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| The Process | |
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| Division or Analysis in Paragraphs | |
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| Division or Analysis in Practice: Writing an application essay | |
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| Paired Selections [Brady and Brott] Women and Men | |
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| I Want a Wife | |
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| Not All Men are Sly Foxes | |
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| The Myth of Doomed Kids | |
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| Bella DePaulo on Writing | |
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| The Capricious Camera | |
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| Visual Image: Mounted Nazi Troops on the Lookout for Likely Polish Children, photograph | |
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| Additional Writing Topics | |
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| Classification: Sorting into Kinds | |
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| Visual Image: The More They Learn, the More They Earn, graph from State Farm Bank | |
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| The Method | |
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| The Process | |
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| Classification in Paragraphs | |
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| Classification in Practice: Crafting a r�©sum�� | |