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| Introduction: Using Seeing the Pattern to Improve Your Writing | |
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| Skills for Success in Reading and Writing | |
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| A Guide to Active Reading | |
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| Changing Some Misconceptionsabout Reading | |
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| How to Read Actively | |
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| Strategies for Reading | |
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| Etta Kralovec, No More Pep Rallies! | |
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| Understanding Difficult Text and Visuals | |
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| How to Use a Graphic Organizer | |
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| Using a Summary to Check Your Understanding | |
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| How to Read Visuals | |
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| Expanding Your Vocabulary through Reading | |
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| Four Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary | |
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| Pay Attention to Allusions and Other Language Features | |
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| Planning Your Essay | |
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| Prewriting to Start the Assignment | |
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| How to Choose and Narrow a Topic | |
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| Keeping a Journal | |
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| What You Need to Know about Purpose, Audience, and Point of View | |
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| Six Ways to Find Ideas to Write About | |
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| Developing and Supporting Your Thesis Statement | |
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| What Is a Thesis Statement? | |
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| How to Develop Your Thesis Statement | |
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| How to Support Your Thesis Statement with Evidence | |
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| Students Write | |
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| Julie Bohet, Sample Questioning and Freewriting | |
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| Drafting Your Essay | |
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| The Structure of an Essay | |
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| Organizing Your Supporting Details | |
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| How to Select a Method of Organization | |
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| How to Prepare an Outline or Graphic Organizer | |
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| Writing Effective Paragraphs | |
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| What Well-Focused Topic Sentences Must Do | |
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| How to Achieve Unity and Provide Specific Supporting Details | |
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| How to Connect Supporting Details with Transitions and Repetition | |
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| Writing Your Introduction, Conclusion, and Title | |
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| Writing a Strong Introduction | |
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| Writing an Effective Conclusion | |
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| How to Write a Good Title | |
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| Students Write | |
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| Julie Bohet, The Language of Music: First Draft | |
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| Revising and Editing Your Essay | |
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| Revising Content and Organization | |
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| Guidelines for Making Revision Easier | |
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| Determining What to Revise | |
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| How to Work with Classmates as You Revise | |
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| Editing and Proofreading | |
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| How to Improve Your Sentences and Word Choice | |
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| Seven Common Errors to Avoid | |
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| Proofreading Your Essay | |
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| Students Write | |
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| Julie Bohet, The Language of Music: Revised Essay | |
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| Readings for Writers | |
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| Narration: Recounting Events | |
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| What Is Narration? | |
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| Alton Fitzgerald White, Right Place, Wrong Face | |
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| Characteristics of Narrative Essays | |
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| Visualizing a Narrative Essay | |
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| Writing a Narrative Essay | |
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| Planning a Narrative Essay | |
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| Drafting a Narrative Essay | |
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| Analyzing and Revising | |
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| Editing Tips and Troublespots | |
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| Students Write | |
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| Aphonetip Vasavong, You Can Count on Miracles (student essay) | |
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| Reading a Narrative Essay | |
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| What to Look for, Highlight, and Annotate | |
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| How to Find Ideas to Write About | |
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| Readings | |
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| Sherry Amatenstein, Talking a Stranger through the Night | |
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| Amy Tan, Fish Cheeks | |
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| Langston Hughes, Salvation | |
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| Cherokee Paul McDonald, A View from the Bridge | |
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| Toni Cade Bambara, The Lesson (short story) | |
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| Description: Portraying People, Places, and Things | |
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| What Is Description? | |
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| Jeremy MacClancy, Eating Chilli Peppers | |
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| Characteristics of Descriptive Essays | |
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| Visualizing a Descriptive Essay | |
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| Writing a Descriptive Essay | |
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| Planning a Descriptive Essay | |
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| Drafting a Descriptive Essay | |
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| Analyzing and Revising | |
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| Editing Tips and Troublespots | |
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| Students Write | |
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| Danielle Cruz, I Survived theBlackout of 2003 (student essay) | |
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| Reading a Descriptive Essay | |
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| What to Look for, Highlight, and Annotate | |
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| How to Find Ideas to Write About | |
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| Readings | |
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| Richard Selzer, The Discus Thrower | |
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| Mary Brave Bird, The Sweat Bath Ritual | |
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| Eric Liu, Po-Po in Chinatown | |
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| Gary Soto, Piedra | |
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| Maya Angelou, Sister Flowers | |
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| Illustration: Explaining withExamples | |
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| What Is Illustration? | |
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| Bill Bryson, Snoopers at Work | |
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| Characteristics of Illustration Essays | |
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| Visualizing an Illustration Essay | |
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| Writing an Illustration Essay | |
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| Planning an Illustration Essay | |
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| Drafting an Illustration Essay | |
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| Analyzing and Revising | |
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| Editing Tips and Troublespots | |
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| Students Write | |
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| Melissa Parker, Internet Hoaxes: A Multiplying Problem (student essay) | |
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| Reading an Illustration Essay | |
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| What to Look for, Highlight, and Annotate | |
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| How to Find Ideas to Write About | |
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| Readings | |
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| Brent Staples, Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space | |
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| Rita Kempley, Abs and the Adolescent | |
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| Geeta Kothari, If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I? | |
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| Nell Bernstein, Goin' Gangsta, Choosin' Cholita: Claiming Identity | |
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| Dorianne Laux, What I Wouldn't Do [poem] | |
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| Process Analysis: Explaining How Something Works or Is Done | |
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| What Is Process Analysis? | |
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| Melissa Russell-Ausley and Tom Harris, How the Oscars Work | |
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| Characteristics of Process Analysis Essays | |
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| Visualizing a Process Analysis Essay | |
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| Writing a Process Analysis Essay | |
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| Planning a Process Analysis Essay | |
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| Drafting a Process Analysis Essay | |
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| Analyzing and Revising | |
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| Editing Tips and Troublespots | |
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| Students Write | |
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| Kyle Mares, Creating Your Own Web Site (student essay) | |
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| Reading a Process Analysis Essay | |
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| What to Look for, Highlight, and Annotate | |
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| How to Find Ideas to Write About | |
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| Readings | |
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| Matthew Gilbert, You and Improved | |
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| Nikki Giovanni, Campus Racism 101 | |
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| Cindy Chupack, Dater's Remorse | |
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| David Feige, How to Defend Someone You Know Is Guilty | |
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| Tom and Ray Magliozzi, Inside the Engine | |
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| Comparison and Contrast: Showing Similarities andDifferences | |
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| What Are Comparison and Contrast? | |
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| Joseph Sobran, Patriotism or Nationalism? | |
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| Characteristics of Comparison and Contrast Essays | |
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| Visualizing a Comparison and Contrast Essay | |
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| Writing a Comparison and Contrast Essay | |
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| Planning a Comparison and Contrast Essay | |
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| Drafting a Comparison and Contrast Essay | |
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| Analyzing and Revising | |
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| Editing Tips and Troublespots | |
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| Students Write | |
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| Heather Gianakos, Border Bites (student essay) | |
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| Reading a Comparison and Contrast Essay | |
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| What to Look for, Highlight, and Annotate | |
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| How to Find Ideas to Write About | |
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| Readings | |
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| Dave Barry, We've Got the Dirt on Guy Brains | |
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| Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, A Taste of Snow | |
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| Sharon Begley, East vs. West: One Sees the Big Picture, the Other Is Focused | |
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| Patricia Raybon, A Case of "Severe Bias" | |
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| Deborah Tannen, Sex, Lies, and Conversation | |
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| Classification and Division: Explaining Categories and Parts | |
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| What Are Classification and Division? | |
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| Judith Viorst, Friends, Good Friends - Such Good Friends | |
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| Characteristics of Classification and Division Essays | |
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| Visualizing a Classification or Division Essay | |
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| Writing a Classification or Division Essay | |
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| Planning a Classification or Division Essay | |
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| Drafting a Classification or Division Essay | |
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| Analyzing and Revising | |
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| Editing Tips and Troublespots | |
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| Students Write | |
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| Ryan Porter, Motor Heads (student essay) | |
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| Reading a Classification or Division Essay | |
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| What to Look for, Highlight, and Annotate | |
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| How to Find Ideas to Write About | |
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| Readings | |
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| David Bodanis, A Brush with Reality: Surprises in the Tube | |
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| Elizabeth Wray, The Seven Ages of Walking | |
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| Scott Russell Sanders, The Men We Carry in Our Minds | |
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| Martin Luther King Jr., The Ways of Meeting Oppression | |
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| Cindy C. Combs, Profile of a Terrorist | |
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| Definition: Explaining What You Mean | |
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| What Is Definition? | |
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| Mary Pipher, Cultural Brokers | |
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| Characteristics of Definition Essays | |
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| Visualizing a Definition Essay | |
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| Writing a Definition Essay | |
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| Planning a Definition Essay | |
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| Drafting a Definition Essay | |
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| Analyzing and Revising | |
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| Editing Tips and Troublespots | |
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| Students Write | |
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| Geneva Lamberth, Eating Disorders: Serious and Legitimate Illnesses (student essay) | |
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| Reading a Definition Essay | |
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| What to Look for, Highlight, and Annotate | |
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| How to Find Ideas to Write About | |
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| Readings | |
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| Janice Castro, Dan Cook, Christina Garcia, Spanglish | |
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| Shelly Branch, One Term Says It All: "Shut Up!" | |
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| William Plasencia, Web Logs Get Personal | |
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| Gloria Naylor, The Meanings of a Word | |
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| Gina Kolata, Spinning | |
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| Cause and Effect: Using Reasons and Results to Explain | |
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| What Are Causes and Effects? | |
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| Deb Aronson, How Nature Heals Us | |
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| Characteristics of Cause and Effect Essays | |
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| Visualizing a Cause and Effect Essay | |
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| Writing a Cause and Effect Essay | |
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| Planning a Cause and Effect Essay | |
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| Drafting a Cause and Effect Essay | |
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| Analyzing and Revising | |
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| Editing Tips and Troublespots | |
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| Students Write | |
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| Nathan Nugyen, Gambling on Our Future (student essay) | |
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| Reading a Cause and Effect Essay | |
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| What to Look for, Highlight, and Annotate | |
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| How to Find Ideas to Write About | |
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| Readings | |
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| Clive Thompson, The Honesty Virus | |
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| Susan Warren and Melanie Trottman, When Plug Is Pulled on the Digital Age, the Basics Black Out | |
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| Ruth Russell, The Wounds That Can't Be Stitched Up | |
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| Tom Rosenberg, Changing My Name after Sixty Years | |
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| Terry Tempest Williams, The Clan of One-Breasted Women | |
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| Argumentation: Supporting a Claim | |
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| What Is an Argument? | |
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| Wilbert Rideau, Why Prisons Don't Work | |
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| Characteristics of Argument Essays | |
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| Visualizing an Argument Essay | |
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| Writing an Argument Essay | |
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| Planning an Argument Essay | |
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| Drafting an Argument Essay | |
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| Analyzing and Revising | |
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| Editing Tips and Troublespots | |
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| Students Write | |
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| Rudy De La Torre, Ethnic Definitions Hinder Society's Enlightenment (student essay) | |
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| Reading an Argument Essay | |
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| What to Look for, Highlight, and Annotate | |
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| How to Find Ideas to Write About | |
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| Readings | |
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| Carol Bernstein Ferry, A Good Death | |
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| Frank DeFord, Athletics 101: A Change in Eligibility Rules Is Long Overdue | |
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| Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream | |
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| Organ Donation: Should People Be Allowed to Sell Their Organs? | |
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| Bruce Gottlieb, How Much Is That Kidney in the Window? | |
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| Gilbert Meilaender, "Strip-Mining" the Dead: When Human Organs Are for Sale | |
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| The Effect of Media on Children: Is Violent Media Harmful? | |
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| Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano, It's Important to Feel Something When You Kill | |
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| Gerard Jones, Violent Media Is Good for Kids | |
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| Civil Liberties: Does the Patriot Act Go Too Far? | |
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| Zara Gelsey, Who's Reading over Your Shoulder? | |
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| Ramesh Ponnuru, Fears about the Patriot Act Are Misguided | |
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| Combining Patterns: Using Variety to Achieve Your Purposes | |
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| What Is Combining Patterns? | |
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| Anna Quindlen, We Are Here for Andrea | |
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| Characteristics of Essays That Combine Patterns | |
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| Visualizing an Essay That Combines Patterns | |
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| Writing an Essay That Combines Patterns | |
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| Planning an Essay That Combines Patterns | |
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| Drafting an Essay That Combines Patterns | |
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| Analyzing and Revising | |
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| Editing Tips and Troublespots | |
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| Students Write | |
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| Robin Ferguson, The Value of Volunteering (student essay) | |
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| Reading an Essay That Combines Patterns | |
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| What to Look for, Highlight, and Annotate | |
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| How to Find Ideas to Write About | |
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| Readings | |
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| Lars Eighner, On Dumpster Diving | |
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| John Leo, The Good-News Generation | |
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| Chitra Divakaruni, Houseguest Hell | |
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| Jeffrey Rosen, Naked Terror | |
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| Shirley Jackson, The Lottery (short story) | |
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| Student Resource Guide | |
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| Finding and Using Sources | |
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| When Should You Use Sources? | |
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| How to Locate Sources | |
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| Locating Useful Library Sources | |
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| Conducting Research on the Internet | |
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| How to Choose and Evaluate Sources | |
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| Choosing Relevant Sources | |
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| Choosing Reliable Sources | |
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| Evaluating Internet Sources | |
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| Taking Notes and Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Extracting Information through Note-Taking | |
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| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Documenting Your Sources: MLA Style | |
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| In-Text Citations | |
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| Works Cited List | |
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| Students Write | |
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| Nicholas Destino, Do Animals Have Emotions? (student essay) | |
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| Keys to Academic Success | |
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| Developing Skills for Success | |
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| Plan Your Valuable Time | |
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| Use Your Course Syllabus | |
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| Discover College Services | |
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| Present Yourself as a Successful Student | |
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| Participate in Class | |
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| Communicate with Your Instructors | |
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| Take Effective Class Notes and Use Them Well | |
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| Organizing and Managing Your Life | |
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| Organize a Writing-Study Area | |
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| Stay Focused and "Study Smarter" | |
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| Manage Stress | |
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| Glossary of Terms | |
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| Index | |