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The Practice of Writing | |
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Why Am I Writing Essays? | |
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An Occasion for Writing | |
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Using Your Voice and Finding Your Character | |
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Moving from Evidence to Idea to Essay | |
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Evidence | |
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Idea | |
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Essay | |
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How to Reveal the Discoveries | |
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Analysis | |
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Interpretation | |
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Reflection and Meaning | |
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Making Evidence and Discovery Work Together | |
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An Occasion for Writing: A Student's Process Preparing to Write | |
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Integrating a Visual Text | |
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Moving toward Essay | |
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Creating a Scene | |
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Integrating a Written Text | |
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Writing Thoughtfully | |
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Reflecting (Analysis and Conception) | |
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Rhetorical Considerations for Essays | |
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An Introduction to Visual Understanding | |
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Keeping Your Eyes Open and Learning to See | |
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A Strategy for Visual Understanding | |
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Looking and Responding | |
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Analyzing Images: Categorizing to Make Sense of What You See | |
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Focal Point and Emphasis | |
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Figure-Ground Contrast | |
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Grouping: Proximity & Similarity | |
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Color | |
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Continuation | |
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Line | |
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Closure | |
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Narration or Story | |
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Context | |
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The Whole Composition | |
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Two Annotated Visuals | |
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Chrysler, Drive=Love [Advertisement] | |
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Monumental Posing [Photograph] | |
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Communicating What You See | |
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For Further Reading | |
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A Sample Student Paper | |
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Visible Feelings | |
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Analysis | |
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Defining Analysis | |
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How Analysis Functions | |
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Recognizing Analysis | |
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Using Analysis in Writing | |
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Annotated Paragraph | |
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Points of Departure | |
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Analysis and the Other Patterns of Inquiry | |
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Annotated Reading: The New York Times, Neighborly Vultures | |
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Perspectives on Fear | |
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Forms of Mind: An Occasion for Analysis | |
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Ren? | |
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Magritte, The Importance of Marvels [painting] | |
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Ren? | |
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Magritte, The Treachery of Images [painting] | |
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The Birth of Venus [painting] | |
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Living Like Weasels | |
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The Nature of Consciousness: An Occasion for Analysis | |
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Young Interracial Couple [photograph] | |
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Central Park with Boys in Trees [photograph] | |
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Central Park [photograph] | |
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Youth Holding Kitten [photograph] | |
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The Bird of Paradise: The Hunter and The Poet | |
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poetic Moments: An Occasion for Analysis | |
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Tree of Life [photograph] | |
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Thunderstorm [photograph] | |
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Life Cycle of a Thunderstorm [illustration] | |
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Roland Barthes, Toys | |
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Giving up the Gun | |
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat | |
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The Tell-Tale Heart | |
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Description | |
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Defining Description | |
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How Description Functions | |
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Selecting Details Organizing Details | |
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Recognizing Description | |
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Metaphor | |
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Simile | |
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Using Description in Writing | |
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Annotated Paragraph: Virginia Woolf, from Moments of Being | |
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Description and the Other Patterns of Inquiry | |
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Annotated Reading: Cynthia Ozick, The Seam of the Snail | |
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Love Sick | |
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The Truth of Mind: An Occasion for Description | |
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Parasympathetic and Sympathetic System Diagram [illustration] | |
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Heart in Voh [photograph] | |
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From One Writer's Beginning [essay excerpt] | |
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On not Looking at Pictures | |
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Ways of Seeing (And Not): An Occasion for Description | |
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Las Meninas [painting] | |
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Titian, Entombment [painting] | |
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The Myth of the Latin Woman | |
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Facing Races: An Occasion for Description | |
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Mike Mike, The Face of Tomorrow [poster] | |
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Death of A Moth | |
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Gretel Ehrlich, Islands | |
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The Storm | |
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Narration | |
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Defining Narration | |
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How Narration Functions | |
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Sequence, Causality, and Effect | |
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Choosing Events | |
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Selecting and Ordering Details | |
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Recognizing Narration | |
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First-Person Plural (We) | |
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Second-Person Singular and Plural (You) | |
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Third-Person Singular and Plural (He/She, They) | |
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Other Voices | |
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Using Narration in Writing Annotated Paragraph: Gretel Ehrlich, from A Storm, the Cornfield, and Elk | |
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Narration and the Other Patterns of Inquiry | |
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Annotated Reading: Roy Reed, Wolf Hunt | |
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Once More to The Lake | |
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Time Passes: An Occasion for Narration | |
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Pond's Extract bottles [photograph] | |
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Horse and Buggy [photograph] | |
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Inboard Motor Boat [illustration] | |
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Gretel Erhlich, Spring [essay excerpt] | |
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How To Tell A True War Story | |
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The Legacy Of Memory: An Occasion For Narration | |
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American Soldiers in the Vietnam War [photograph collection] | |
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Margaret Atwood, When Afghanistan Was at Peace | |
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Forces That Shape Us: An Occasion for Narration | |
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From the Opera, The Handmaid's Tale [film still] | |
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Old Dutch Cleanser [photograph] | |
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Woman Wearing Traditional Chador [photograph] | |
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Barbie Doll [photograph] | |
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The Illusion of the Two Cultures | |
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Salvation | |
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A Hanging | |
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A Worn Path | |
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Illustration | |
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Defining Illustration | |
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How Illustration Functions | |
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Selecting Examples | |
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Inductive and Deductive Thinking | |
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Recognizing Illustration | |
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Using Illustration in Writing | |
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Annotated Paragraph: Donald A. Norman, from The Design of Everyday Things | |
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Illustration and the Other Patterns of Inquiry | |
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Annotated Reading: Natalie Goldberg, from Writing Down the Bones | |
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English Is A Crazy Language | |
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Crazy Objects: An Occasion for Illustration | |
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Key for Inaccessible Locks [drawing] | |
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Coffeepot for Masochists [drawing] | |
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Converging Tandem Bicycle (Model for Fianc?s) [drawing] | |
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Brent Staples, Just Walk On By | |
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Pre-Judging Public Space: An Occasion for Illustration | |
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Collection of Hotel Signs [illustration & photograph collection] | |
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Uncertainty | |
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The Uses of Uncertainty: An Occasion for Illustration | |
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Collection of Optical Illusions [Illustrations] | |
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Barbara Ehrenreich, What I've Learned From Men | |
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Go Ahead, Make Her Day | |
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Learning To Be Silent | |
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Classification | |
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Defining Classification | |
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How Classification Functions | |
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Recognizing Classification | |
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Using Classification in Writing | |
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Annotated Paragraph | |
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from The Gift of Good Land | |
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Classification and the Other Patterns of Inquiry | |
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Annotated Reading | |
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The Best of Enemies? | |
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What Secrets Tell | |
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The Class of Memory: An Occasion for Classification | |
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Washington, D.C. Memorials and Monuments [photograph collection] | |
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Mother Tongue | |
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Other Tongues: An Occasion For Classification | |
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Unwanted [advertisement] | |
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Office of National Drug Control Policy, Get Off My Back [advertisement] | |
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Territorial Behavior | |
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Beyond The Body: An Occasion For Classification | |
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Tattoos [photograph collection] | |
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Aaron Copland, How We Listen | |
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The Politics of the English Language | |
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Imagining Homelands | |
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Margaret Atwood, Happy Endings | |
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Comparison and Contrast | |
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Defining Comparison and Contrast | |
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How Comparison and Contrast Functions | |
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Recognizing Comparison and Contrast | |
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Block Structure | |
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Alternating Structure | |
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A Special Case of Comparison: Analogy | |
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Using Comparison and Contrast in Writing | |
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Annotated Paragraph: Daniel Goleman, from Emotional Intelligence | |
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Comparison and Contrast and the Other Patterns of Inquiry | |
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Annotated Reading: Leonard Shlain, Athens and Sparta | |
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Who's for you?: An Occasion for Comparison and Contrast | |
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1968 Campaign Poster [poster] | |
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The Cosmic Calendar | |
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Safety: An Occasion for Comparison and Contrast | |
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Safety on Board MD11 [illustration] | |
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TV Turnoff Week [poster] | |
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Two Family Portraits: The Peales and The Bellellis | |
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Kissing Cousins: An Occasion for Comparison and Contrast | |
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Constantin Brancusi, The Kiss [sculpture] | |
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Cat People vs. Dog People | |
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Of Youth and Age | |
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Never Do That To A Book | |
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Astronomer's Wife | |
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Cause And Effect | |
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Defining Cause and Effect | |
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How Cause and Effect Functions | |
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Causes | |
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Effects | |
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Recognizing Cause and Effect | |
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Multiple Causes | |
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Causal Chains | |
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Interactive Causes | |
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Speculating about Effects | |
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Using Cause and Effect in Writing | |
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Annotated Paragraph: Atul Gawande, from Complications | |
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Cause and Effect and the Other Patterns of Inquiry | |
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Annotated Reading | |
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The Double-Edged Ax of American Technology | |
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No Name Woman | |
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Family Secrets: An Occasion For Cause and Effect | |
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PostSecret Postcards [photograph collection] | |
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The Dangers of Secrecy [essay] | |
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Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and The Extinction of The Dinosaurs | |
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The Causes Of Causes: An Occasion for Cause and Effect | |
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Top 10 Causes of Death in the U.S. by Age [chart] | |
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The Tipping Point | |
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Propaganda: An Occasion for Cause and Effect | |
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For Freedom's Sake [poster] | |
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Don't Let That Shadow Touch Them [poster] | |
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Wanted! for Murder [poster] | |
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If you talk too much [poster] | |
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Naps | |
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Why We Travel | |
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Why I Went to the Woods | |
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I Stand Here Ironing | |
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Process Analysis | |
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Defining Process Analysis | |
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How Process Analysis Functions | |
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Recognizing Process Analysis | |
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Using Process Analysis in Writing | |
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Annotated Paragraph | |
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from Tender at the Bone | |
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Process Analysis and the Other Patterns of Inquiry | |
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Annotated Reading | |
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How to Put Off Doing a Job | |
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In The Kitchen | |
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The Monopoly of Ideas: An Occasion for Process Analysis | |
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Monopoly Board [photograph] | |
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Kitty Burns Florey, Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog | |
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Ridiculousnessing: An Occasion for Process Analysis | |
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No More Gasoline Problems [cartoon] | |
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The Latest Simple Flyswatter [cartoon] | |
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A Self-Working Corkscrew [cartoon] | |
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Taking A Turkish Bath | |
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The Process of Process: An Occasion for Process Analysis | |
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Lemon [photograph] | |
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Lemon Products [photograph collection] | |
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Learning to Read and Write | |
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Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain | |
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Arriving at Perfection | |
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How to Become A Writer | |
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Definition | |
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Defining Definition | |
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How Definition Functions | |
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Shifting Vantage Posts, Changing Definitions | |
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Recognizing Definition | |
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Defining Something By What It Is Not | |
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Using Synonyms | |
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Building Your Own Definition | |
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Using Definition in Writing | |
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Annotated Paragraphs: Christopher Livaccari, Scientific Concept | |
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Definition and the Other Patterns of Inquiry | |
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Annotated Reading: Kenneth Burke, All Living Things Are Critics | |
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The Meanings of a Word | |
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Language Changes Over Time: An Occasion for Definition | |
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Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Liniment [poster] | |
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The Girl Who Lost Her Character [poster] | |
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Rock of Ages | |
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Islands of Freedom: An Occasion for Definition | |
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Floating Island [photograph] | |
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Teepee on Alcatraz during Takeover [photograph] | |
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Floating Island in Context [photograph] | |
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Criticism | |
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Boundary Crossings: An Occasion for Definition | |
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Tree-house [photograph] | |
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Inside/Outside [photograph] | |
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Writing The Pain: Reflections On Illness and Memory | |
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Orion in the Tower | |
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Femininity | |
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love | |
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Argument | |
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Defining Argument | |
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How Argument Functions | |
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Recognizing Argument | |
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Logos | |
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Ethos | |
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Pathos | |
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Fallacies | |
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Using Argument in Writing | |
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Annotated Paragraphs: Roy Reed, from "Let's Go to the Tape." | |
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Argument and the Other Patterns of Inquiry | |
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Annotated Reading: Lucian Truscott III, Have the Guts to Accept Gay Soldiers | |
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Declaration of Independence | |
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Boys of Freedom: An Occasion for Argument | |
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Associated Press, Two Soldiers and a Boy [photograph] | |
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Time Magazine, A Boy and His Freedom [photograph] | |
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Letter From Birmingham Jail | |
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Considering Liberty: An Occasion for Argument | |
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Boy with Washington [photograph] | |
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Check Your Liberties [cartoon] | |
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Uncle Sam A Modest Proposal | |
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Immodest Proposal: An Occasion for Argument | |
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No Ark [cartoon] | |
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Everything Was Better [cartoon] | |
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Let Me Be Vague [cartoon] | |
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Nobody Mean More to Me Than you And The Future Life of Willie Jordan | |
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A Well Regulated Militia | |
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People as Pictures | |
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War | |
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Finding Evidence and Documenting Sources | |
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Student Model Papers | |
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Glossary of Terms | |
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Credits | |
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Index of Visual & Readings | |