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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Writing Process | |
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| The Writing Process | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Writing Process-A Holistic View | |
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| The Writing Process-A Deconstructed View | |
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| What I Learned | |
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| Applying What I Learned | |
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| Invention/Prewriting Strategies | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Strategies | |
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| Free Writing/Power Writing | |
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| Clustering | |
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| Brainstorming | |
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| Journalistic Questions | |
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| Research | |
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| Interviewing | |
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| Do We Write Now? | |
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| Free Writing/Power Writing | |
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| Clustering | |
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| Brainstorming | |
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| Journalistic Questions | |
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| Research | |
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| What I Learned | |
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| Applying What I Learned | |
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| Working with What I Learned | |
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| Pre-Drafting: Elements to Consider | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Purpose, Mode, and Genre | |
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| To Entertain | |
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| To Reflect/Express-Genres | |
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| Journals | |
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| Personal Narrative | |
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| From "Mama Sarah" | |
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| Fortuna Benudiz Ippoliti | |
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| To Inform-Modes | |
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| Descriptive Writing | |
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| Liquid PLUMR Gel (advertisement) | |
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| Comparison and Contrast | |
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| Cause and Effect | |
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| From "Find Yourself Packing It On? | |
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| Blame Friends" | |
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| Gina Kolata | |
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| Exemplification | |
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| Definition | |
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| Division and Classification | |
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| Process Analysis | |
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| Ghirardelli(tm) Individual Chocolate Lava Cakes (advertisement) | |
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| Research, Exposition, Summary, Analysis | |
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| To Inform-Genres | |
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| Research | |
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| Process Analysis | |
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| Movie Review | |
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| From "Hogwarts Under Siege" | |
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| Purpose-Persuade | |
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| From "Find Yourself Packing It On? Blame Friends" | |
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| Personal Narrative | |
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| From "The Heart of the City" | |
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| Advertisements | |
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| The Starfish Story | |
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| Audience | |
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| Tone | |
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| What I Learned | |
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| Applying What I Learned | |
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| Working with What I Learned | |
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| Drafting the Academic Informative Essay | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Building the Essay | |
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| Step One-Invention | |
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| Step Two-The Thesis | |
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| Step Three-The Introduction | |
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| Step Four-The Body Paragraphs | |
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| Step Five-Transitions | |
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| Step Six-The Conclusion | |
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| Step Seven-The Sources | |
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| Step Eight-The Complete First Draft | |
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| Allison's Fury | |
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| What I Learned | |
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| Applying What I Learned | |
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| Working with What I Learned | |
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| Peer Review and Revision | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Reading-Writing Connection | |
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| Expectations | |
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| The Editing Process | |
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| Editing for Purpose | |
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| Editing for Audience | |
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| Commentary | |
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| The Rubric for Structure, Organization, and Development | |
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| Commentary | |
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| Revision | |
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| How to Use Your Review | |
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| Editing for Audience | |
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| Commentary | |
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| Completing Your Revisions | |
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| What I Learned | |
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| Applying What I Learned | |
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| Working with What I Learned | |
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| Editing and Formatting | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Grammar Phobia | |
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| The Mechanics Profile | |
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| Formatting MLA Style | |
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| What I Learned | |
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| Applying What I Learned | |
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| Working with What I Learned | |
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| Genre Construction | |
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| To Reflect and Express | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Journals | |
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| Personal Reflection Journals | |
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| A Marine at War-Journal Entry-Persian Gulf | |
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| War Narrativ | |
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| Pre-Reading and Reader Response Journals | |
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| Student Examples | |
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| Genre Construction | |
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| Letters | |
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| The Personal Letter | |
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| Making Peace with My Dad | |
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| Making Peace | |
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| With Myself | |
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| Mari Carmen Marin | |
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| The Formal Business Letter | |
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| The Letter of Application | |
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| Genre Construction | |
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| Autobiographical Narratives | |
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| The Closed Form Narrative | |
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| Waste, A County Fair Tale | |
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| Leilani Hall | |
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| The Open Form Narrative | |
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| The Cat Under the Bed: Growing Up | |
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| Survivor | |
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| Spatial or Chronological Organization | |
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| Genre Construction | |
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| Invention | |
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| Pre-Drafting | |
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| Drafting | |
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| Peer Editing | |
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| Editing for Purpose | |
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| Editing for Audience | |
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| Commentary | |
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| Rubric for Structure, Organization, and Development | |
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| Revision | |
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| Editing and Formatting | |
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| Memoir | |
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| From Memory of Walking | |
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| Genre Construction | |
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| To Inform | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Multi-Mode Essay | |
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| Cultural Tyranny | |
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| Genre Construction | |
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| Editing for Purpose | |
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| Editing for Audience | |
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| The Rubric for Structure, Organization, and Development | |
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| Advertisements | |
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| Is This Where Your Teen Goes to Get High? | |
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| Newspaper and Magazine Articles | |
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| Newspaper Articles | |
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| War on Words Heats Up in | |
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| Immigration Debate | |
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| Magazine Articles | |
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| From "Sins of the Fathers" | |
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| From "In the Hot Seat" | |
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| Say 'Yes' to Volunteering | |
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| The Movie Review | |
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| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | |
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| (2007): Hogwarts Under Siege | |
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| Genre Construction | |
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| To Persuade and Convince | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What Is Argument? | |
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| Purpose | |
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| A Debatable Topic and Its Thesis | |
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| Evidence | |
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| Appeals | |
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| Refutation | |
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| Reading Argument | |
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| Suggestions for Reading Argument | |
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| Personal Argument | |
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| I Am a Housewife | |
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| The Traditional Formal Argument | |
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| Time to Lower the Drinking Age | |
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| A Second Reading | |
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| Preparing to Write about an Argument | |
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| Some Things Can Wait | |
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| Reading Other Argumentative Genres | |
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| The Op-Ed Piece | |
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| The Potterparazzi | |
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| Clear Up the Mixed Signals Asian Boys | |
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| Receive Here | |
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| The Editorial and Political Cartoons | |
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| Justice | |
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| Obesity | |
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| Clemens and Steroids | |
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| The Advertisement | |
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| Evaluating Genres | |
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| Writing Argument | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Argument | |
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| The Topic-Invention | |
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| Pre-Drafting | |
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| Appeals and Structure | |
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| Logos | |
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| Rogerian Argument | |
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| Pathos | |
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| Ethos | |
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| Logical Fallacies | |
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| The Either/Or Fallacy, or the False Dilemma | |
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| The False Analogy | |
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| The Red Herring | |
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| The Bandwagon Fallacy | |
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| Generalizations | |
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| Hasty | |
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| Sweeping | |
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| Stereotype | |
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| Drafting | |
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| Peer Editing | |
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| Editing for Purpose | |
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| Editing for Audience | |
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| The Rubric for Structure, Organization, and Development | |
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| Commentary | |
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| Revision | |
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| Formatting and Editing | |
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| Revision Revisited | |
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| The Traditionally Constructed Argumentative Essay | |
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| Structure | |
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| The Writing Process Deferred | |
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| The Prompt for a 90-Minute Argumentative Essay Assignment | |
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| Stronger Standards for Admission | |
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| Evaluating Genres | |
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| Genre Construction | |
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| Readings about Personal Issues | |
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| Identity: How Do I Construct My Identity? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Visual Literacy | |
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| Community College Street Festival (Photograph) | |
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| Paris Wedding (Photograph) | |
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| Traditions? | |
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| Pausing to Consider | |
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| Readings about College and Young Adult Identity | |
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| "Who Shall I Be?" | |
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| The Allure of a Fresh Start | |
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| My Deep Dark Secret? | |
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| I Miss My Family | |
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| The Classroom and the Wider Culture: Identity as a Key to | |
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| Learning English Composition | |
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| Readings about Social/Ethnic Identity | |
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| Over 40 and Unmarried | |
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| "Blaxicans" and Other Reinvented Americans | |
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| A Conversion Unveiled | |
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| Growing Up Asian in America | |
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| Reading about Gender and Sexual Identity | |
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| The Boy's Dream | |
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| Reflections on Identity | |
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| Reflecting to Write | |
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| Body Image and Health: How Do I Construct My Physical Being? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Visual Literacy | |
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| Lost Identity, I (Photograph) | |
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| Guerneville 1980 (Photograph) | |
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| Asian Beauty (Photograph) | |
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| Surviving Beautifully (Photograph) | |
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| Pausing to Consider | |
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| Readings about the Male Body | |
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| Son of a Pretty Boy | |
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| Andrew Brininstool | |
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| Readings about Weight | |
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| The Radius of Beauty | |
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| Fat and Happy: In Defense Acceptance | |
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| Readings about Beauty | |
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| Miss America: More than a Beauty Queen? | |
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| Finding My Eye-dentity | |
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| Reflections on Body Image and Health | |
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| Reflecting to Write | |
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| Education and Work: How Do I Construct My Mind and My Career? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Visual Literacy | |
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| Professional Business Cards | |
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| Real Estate Card | |
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| Veterinarian Card | |
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| Levi Strauss Blue Jeans (Advertisement) | |
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| Lipitor (Advertisement) | |
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| Pausing to Consider | |
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| Readings about Traditional Ways of Education | |
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| Forget the Fads-The Old Ways Work Best | |
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| I Didn't Want to Work that Hard: A Liberal | |
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| Arts Education | |
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| Readings about Different Perspectives in Work and Education | |
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| "Truth Is, I'm the Same Guy I Always Was" | |
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| Help! I'm a Mac Person in a PC World | |
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| Some Lessons from the Assembly Line | |
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| Nopalitos: The Making of Fiction | |
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| Letter to Friends | |
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| When Women Lead: Vera Wang, Fashion Designer | |
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| Reflections on Education and Work | |
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| Reflecting to Write | |
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| Trauma: How Do I Construct Trust? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Visual Literacy | |
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| Little Hearts, Big Hurts (Poster) | |
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| Maybe It's Not Your Child Who Needs a Time-Out | |
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| You Won't Know If You Don't Ask | |
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| Sexual Assault | |
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| Strong & Silent or Ashamed & Alone? | |
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| Pausing to Consider | |
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| Readings about Authority Figures | |
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| Goodbye Rita Hayworth, Hello | |
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| Margarita Cansino | |
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| Linda Rader Overman | |
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| Scouts Molested, Again | |
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| Patrick Boyle and Elizabeth Marchak | |
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| Readings about the Aftermath | |
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| I Want Constantine's Murder to Die | |
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| Still Haunted by What Could Have Happened | |
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| How Would My Rape Shape My Kids' Lives? | |
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| Reflections on Trauma | |
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| Reflecting to Write | |
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| Relationships: How Do I Construct a Life with Others? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Visual Literacy | |
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| Abuelita (Photograph) | |
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| How the West Is Woven (Advertisement) | |
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| The Oscar Party (Photograph) | |
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| The Red Hat Ladies (Photograph) | |
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| Pausing to Consider | |
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| Reading Selection about Marriage and Other Relationships | |
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| Making Room for Dad's New Girlfriend | |
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| Readings about Alternative Parenting | |
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| Stop Setting Alarms on My Biological Clock | |
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| If Our Son Is Happy, What Else Matters? | |
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| We Don't Have AIDS, But We Suffer, Too | |
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| Readings about Getting Along with Others | |
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| The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life | |
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| Becoming "Real" Men at Last | |
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| That's MS. to You, Bub | |
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| Changing My Name after Sixty Years | |
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| Showing What Is Possible | |
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| Reflecting on Relationships | |
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| Reflecting to Write | |
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| Closure: How Will Others Construct Me? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Visual Literacy | |
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| Movies | |
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| Readings about the Media | |
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| When Harry Met Tony | |
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| No More Bikinis & Cowboys | |
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| Sexual Assault, Film at Eleven | |
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| Readings about Our Family and Friends | |
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| The Price of Being Americanized | |
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| You're Going to End Up Like Your Mother Anyway, So Get Over It | |
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| A Father on a Poster Board Just Won't Do | |
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| Readings about Health and Medicine | |
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| Find Yourself Packing It On? Blame Friends | |
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| Fat Comes in on Little Cat Feet | |
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| Blueprint for Life | |
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| Never Quite Male or Female, It's Her Decision Now | |
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| Readings about Education and Growing Up-At Any Age | |
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| Grades not Full Gauge of Talent | |
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| Boy Brains, Girl Brains | |
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| The Teacher Who Changed My Life | |
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| Student Evaluations | |
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| Veterans' Education Plans Aren't Easy to Gauge | |
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| Bringing Up Adultolescents | |
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| Readings about Society's Issues | |
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| My Name Is Margaret | |
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| Dropping the "One Drop" Rule | |
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| Readings about After I've Departed | |
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| The Champion Oak, Glennwood Cemetery (Photograph) | |
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| I'm Still Listening for My Father's Words | |
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| Daisies and Diaries: Death and Defining Self | |
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| My Daddy Was My Hero | |
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| A Lady by Any Standard | |
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| Mourning, Remembering, Celebrating Their Lives | |
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| The Paris Cemetery (Photograph) | |
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| Reflections on Closure | |
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| Reflecting to Write | |
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| Research | |
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| Writing the Research Paper | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What Is a Research Paper? | |
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| The Thesis | |
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| Evidence | |
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| Sources | |
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| Taking Notes | |
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| Academic Honesty | |
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| Writing the Paper | |
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| Using Quotations | |
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| Paraphrasing | |
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| ·MLA Documentation and Sample Paper | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Works Cited Page | |
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| Internal Documentation | |
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| Formatting the Works Cited Page | |
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| Using Internal Documentation | |
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| Sample Student Research Paper | |
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| Stay At Home Moms: The New Choice | |
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| Creating Controversy | |
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| Glossary of Composition Terms | |
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| Permissions | |
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| Index | |