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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�� | |