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| Communicating is Language at Work | |
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| Tips on Becoming an Active Reader | |
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| Toni Morrison, Writers Together (annotated) | |
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| Responding to Readings: Constructing Paragraphs and Essays | |
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| Generating Ideas and Establishing a Focus | |
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| Peter Elbow, Freewriting | |
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| Structuring Essays | |
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| Point of View: Position of Authority | |
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| Appropriate Use of Point of View | |
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| Lead-ins and Concluding Sentences | |
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| Transitions | |
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| Revising and Editing | |
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| Marriage: The Changing Institution | |
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| Internet Connection: Joanne Jaime, Modern Marriages | |
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| Special Writing Activities: The Individual and Group Response | |
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| Journals, Reading/Writing Logs, and Thesis Notebooks | |
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| Response and Summary | |
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| Group Activities and Collaborative Writing | |
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| Summation | |
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| Why I Am a Writer | |
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| The Joy of Writing | |
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| My Mother''s English | |
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| Narration | |
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| Common Elements of Narration | |
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| Creating Chronological Order | |
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| Developing Character | |
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| Establishing Mood and Tone | |
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| Tips on Writing Narrative Essays | |
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| Maxine Hong Kingston, Ghosts | |
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| The Offering of the Pipe as told to John G | |
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| Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow) | |
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| Journey to Nine Miles | |
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| Internet Connection: Alice Walker, Pilgrimages | |
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| Saigon, April 1975 | |
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| Leaps of Faith | |
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| The Star | |
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| Internet Connection: Arthur C. Clarke, Crisis of Faith/Science | |
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| Additional Topics and Issues for Narrative Essays | |
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| Description | |
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| Details: Appealing to the Five Senses | |
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| Figurative Language: Appealing to the Imagination | |
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| Dialogue: Revealing Characters Through Speech | |
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| Actions: Describing People by What They Do | |
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| Tips on Writing Descriptive Essays | |
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| Langston Hughes, Salvation | |
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| Internet Connection: Langston Hughes,Testimonies/Beliefs | |
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| Champion of the World from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | |
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| Internet Connection: Maya Angelou, Colloquialisms, Jargon, Slang | |
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| Old Before Her Time | |
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| Internet Connection: Katherine Barrett, Role-Playing | |
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| from The Way to Rainy Mountain | |
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| Confessions of a Quit Addict | |
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| The Snake | |
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| Additional Topics and Issues for Descriptive Essays | |
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| Illustration and Example | |
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| Developing Your Thesis | |
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| Creating Vivid Examples | |
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| Tips on Writing Illustration and Example Essays | |
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| Now That''s Reality TV | |
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| My Own Style | |
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| The Myth of the Model Minority | |
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| Internet Connection: Philip Chiu, Model Minorities | |
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| Where Have All the Flowers Gone: Is the Human Race Its Own Worst Enemy? Internet Connection: Ann Scheid, Ecology | |
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| Notes from a Son to His Father | |
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| The Ways We Lie | |
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| Additional Topics and Issues for Illustration and Example Essays | |
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| Definition | |
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| Definition by Example | |
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| Definition by History | |
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| Definition by Comparison or Contrast | |
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| Definition by Negation | |
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| Tips on Writing Definition Essays | |
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| What Is Intelligence, Anyway? Jo Goodwin Parker, What Is Poverty? Internet Connection: Jo Goodwin Parker, Poverty in the United States | |
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| Guillermo G=mez-Pe�a, Documented / Undocumented | |
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| Does America Still Exist? Sravani Banerjee, Pizza, Pakora, and Pancit+The Importance of Global Education | |
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| What Is This Thing Called Family? Internet Connection: Lee Herrick, Adoption/Family | |
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| Additional Topics and Issues for Definition Essays | |
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| Process Analysis | |
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| [Chapter not yet received from author.Unable to add Internet Connections.] Directive Process Papers: How to Do Something | |
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| Informative Process Papers: How Something Is/Was Done | |
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| Tips on Writing Process Analysis Essays | |
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| Interviews: Stories That Make a Difference | |
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| Freedom | |
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| Community Re-discovered | |
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| A Homemade Education from The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Luis M. Valdez, Perspectives on "Borders" | |
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| Christine Ng, Bringing Out the Flirt in You | |
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| Additional Topics and Issues for Process Analysis Essays | |
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| Comparison and Contrast | |
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| Developing Essays Using Comparison and Contrast | |
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| Irony and Voice | |
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| Tips on Writing Com | |