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| Preface for Instructors | |
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| Thematic Table of Contents | |
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| Introduction | |
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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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| Nancy Mairs, 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 | |
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| Editing | |
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| Collaborating | |
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| An Essay-in-Progress | |
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| Rosie Anaya, 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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| Rosie Anaya, 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 | |
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| 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 a Case Study | |
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| Paired Selections: Difference | |
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| Maya Angelou, Champion of the World | |
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| Maya Angelou on Writing | |
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| Amy Tan, Fish Cheeks | |
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| Amy Tan on Writing | |
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| Annie Dillard, The Chase | |
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| Annie Dillard on Writing | |
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| Howard Markel, Mary Ellen's Story | |
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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 a Field Observation | |
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| Paired Selections: Fathers | |
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| Brad Manning, Arm Wrestling with My Father | |
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| Brad Manning on Writing | |
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| Sarah Vowell, Shooting Dad | |
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| Sarah Vowell on Writing | |
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| Elizabeth Gilbert, The Best Pizza in the World | |
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| Elizabeth Gilbert on Writing | |
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| William Least Heat-Moon, Dance of the Hobs | |
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| William Least Heat-Moon on Writing | |
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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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| Example in Paragraphs | |
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| Example in a Job Application Letter | |
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| Paired Selections: Homelessness | |
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| Barbara Lazear Ascher, On Compassion | |
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| Barbara Lazear Ascher on Writing | |
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| Anna Quindlen, Homeless | |
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| Anna Quindlen on Writing | |
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| Brent Staples, Black Men and Public Space | |
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| Brent Staples on Writing | |
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| David Foster Wallace, This Is Water | |
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| David Foster Wallace on Writing | |
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| Comparison and Contrast: Setting Things Side by Side | |
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| Visual Image: 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 a Review | |
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| Paired Selections: Personalities | |
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| Suzanne Britt, Neat People vs. Sloppy People | |
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| Suzanne Britt on Writing | |
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| Dave Barry, Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out | |
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| Dave Barry on Writing | |
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| Bruce Catton, Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts | |
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| Bruce Catton on Writing | |
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| David Sedaris, Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa | |
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| David Sedaris on Writing | |
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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 a Lab Report | |
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| Paired Selections: The Environment | |
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| Linnea Saukko, How to Poison the Earth | |
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| Linnea Saukko on Writing | |
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| Gretel Ehrlich, Chronicles of Ice | |
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| Gretel Ehrlich on Writing | |
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| Jessica Mitford, Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain | |
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| Jessica Mitford on Writing | |
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| Michael Pollan, Corn Walking | |
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| Michael Pollan on Writing | |
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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 an Annotated Bibliography | |
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| Paired Selections: Women and Men | |
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| Judy Brady, I Want a Wife | |
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| Judy Brady on Writing | |
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| Christina Hoff Sommers, Men-It's in Their Nature | |
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| Christina Hoff Sommers on Writing | |
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| Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, Vampires Never Die | |
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| Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan on Writing | |
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| Bella DePaulo, The Myth of Doomed Kids | |
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| Bella DePaulo on Writing | |
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| Classification: Sorting into Kinds | |
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| Visual Image: Maple Ridge Curbside Recycling, illustrated chart by Ridge Meadows Recycling Society | |
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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 a R�sum� | |
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| Paired Selections: Telling Lies | |
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| Stephanie Ericsson, The Ways We Lie | |
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| Stephanie Ericsson on Writing | |
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| William Lutz, The World of Doublespeak | |
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| William Lutz on Writing | |
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| Russell Baker, The Plot Against People | |
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| Russell Baker on Writing | |
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| Dacher Keltner, A Vocabulary of Smiles | |
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| Cause and Effect: Asking Why | |
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| Visual Image: Im txtng while drvng, cartoon by Mike Luckovich | |
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| The Method | |
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| The Process | |
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| Cause and Effect in Paragraphs | |
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| Cause and Effect in a Letter to the Editor | |
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| Paired Selections: Globalization | |
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| Chitra Divakaruni, Live Free and Starve | |
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| Chitra Divakaruni on Writing | |
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| Marie Javdani, Plato o Plomo: Silver or Lead | |
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| Marie Javdani on Writing | |
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| Charles Fishman, The Squeeze | |
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| Charles Fishman on Writing | |
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| Chris Anderson, The Rise and Fall of the Hit | |
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| Chris Anderson on Writing | |
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| Definition: Tracing Boundaries | |
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| Visual Image: Army Strong, advertisement for the U.S. Army | |
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| The Method | |
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| The Process | |
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| Definition in Paragraphs | |
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| Definition in an Essay Exam | |
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| Paired Selections: Hurtful Words | |
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| Gloria Naylor, The Meanings of a Word | |
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| Gloria Naylor on Writing | |
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| Christine Leong, Being a Chink | |
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| Christine Leong on Writing | |
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| Thomas Sowell, �ǣNeeds | |