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Introduction | |
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Guidelines for Reading an Essay | |
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Sample Analysis of an Essay | |
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"Shakespeare's Sister" | |
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Visual Strategies: A Visual Essay | |
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Guidelines for Writing an Essay | |
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Student Essay | |
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"The Scenic Route" | |
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Narration and Description | |
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"A Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe" (professional paragraph) | |
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"Deloris" (student paragraph) | |
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"The Veil" (visual text) | |
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"My Name is Margaret" | |
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"Basketball Season" | |
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"The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria" | |
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"Digging" | |
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"Shooting an Elephant" | |
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"The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant" (story) | |
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Process Anaysis | |
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"Digging Limestone" (professional paragraph) | |
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"Making Stained Glass" (student paragraph) | |
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"How Many It Takes" (visual text) | |
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"Drawing on Experience" | |
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"Third World Driving Hints and Tips" | |
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"Campus Racism 101" | |
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"Arranging a Marriage in India" | |
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"The Knife" | |
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"The Golden Darters" (story) | |
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Comparison and Contrast | |
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"FDR and Truman" (professional paragraph) | |
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"Howard and Rush" (student paragraph) | |
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"At Play" and "Tianzi Mountains" (visual text) | |
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"Two Views of the River" | |
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"Cowboys v. Mounties" | |
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"Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa" | |
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"A Tale of Two Divorces" | |
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"Shakespeare in the Bush" | |
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"Everyday Use" (story) | |
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Division and Classification | |
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"Conservation is Good Work" (professional paragraph) | |
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"Gentlemen! Start Your Engines" (student paragraph) | |
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"Cloud Chart" (visual text) | |
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"The Truth About Lying" | |
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"Shades of Black" | |
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"Mother Tongue" | |
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"Four Kinds of Chance" | |
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"Five Myths About Immigration" | |
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"Revelation" (story) | |
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Defintion | |
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"Consumption" (professional paragraph) | |
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"Personality" (student paragraph) | |
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"Adbusters" (visual text) | |
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"A Word's Meaning Can Often Depend on Who Says It" | |
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"The Hoax" | |
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"Pain" | |
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"Attention! Multitaskers" | |
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"On Friendship" | |
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"The Lesson" (story) | |
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Cause and Effect | |
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"The Little Death" (professional paragraph) | |
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"Barrier-Free Design" (student paragraph) | |
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"The Endurance" (visual text) | |
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"Comforting Thoughts" | |
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"Peak Performances: Why Records Fall" | |
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"How Flowers Changed the World" | |
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"The Movie That Changed My Life" | |
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"Examined Life" | |
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"The Star" (story) | |
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Persuasion and Argument | |
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"The Organ Donor Shortage" (professional paragraph) | |
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"Genetic Engineering" (student paragraph) | |
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"Physicians Against Land Mines" (visual text) | |
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A Debate About Racism | |
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"I Have A Dream" | |
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"A Chinaman's Chance Reflections of the American Dream" | |
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A Debate About Windmills | |
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"An Ill Wind Off Cape Cod" | |
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"Cape Wind Is Sound for the Sound" | |
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A Debate About Family | |
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"Stone Soup" | |
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"Women and the Future of Fatherhood" | |
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A Debate About the Death Penalty | |
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"The Penalty of Death" | |
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"Execution" | |
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"Harrison Bergeron" (story) | |
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Resources for Writing | |
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Survival: A Casebook | |
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"A Match to the Heart" (Narration and Description) | |
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Images of Survival: A Visual Essay | |
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"My Daily Dives in the Dumpster" (Process Analysis) | |
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"The Spider and the Wasp" (Comparison and Contrast) | |
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"The Technology of Medicine" (Division and Classification) | |
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"The Particulars of Financial Failure" (Definition) | |
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"Why the Reckless Survive" (Cause and Effect) | |
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A Debate About Global Warming | |
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"The Time to Act is Now" (Persuasion and Argument) | |
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"Global Warming Delusions" (Persuasion and Argument) | |
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"Dream Children" (Story) | |
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Using and Documenting Sources | |
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Annotated Student Research Paper | |
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"The Problems and Possibilities of Online Communities" | |
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Glossary | |
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Credits | |
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Subject Index | |
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Name Title Index | |