Longman Reader, The: Brief Edition

by Nadell, Judith; Langan, John; Comodromos, Eliza A.

• ISBN13: 9780321112958
• ISBN10: 0321112954
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Featuring the same superior teaching apparatus and thought-provoking selections as its widely-praised parent text, The Longman Reader, Brief Edition is an all new, shorter, more portable alternative to the best-selling, rhetorically-organized original, The Longman Reader (formerly titled The Macmillan Reader ).

Table of Contents

Thematic Contents	xiii
Preface	xviii
The Reading Process	1	(12)
Get an Overview of the Selection	2	(1)
Deepen Your Sense of the Selection	3	(1)
Evaluate the Selection	4	(2)
Family Counterculture	6	(7)
Ellen Goodman
The Writing Process	13	(68)
Prewrite	14	(17)
Identify the Thesis	31	(5)
Support the Thesis With Evidence	36	(9)
Organize the Evidence	45	(8)
Write the First Draft	53	(15)
Revise the Essay	68	(6)
Student Essay	74	(2)
Commentary	76	(5)
Description	81	(46)
What Is Description?	81	(1)
How Description Fits Your Purpose and Audience	82	(2)
Suggestions for Using Description in an Essay	84	(4)
Student Essay	88	(2)
Commentary	90	(4)
Activities: Description	94	(2)
Flavio's Home	96	(10)
Gordon Parks
Sister Flowers	106	(9)
Maya Angelou
Once More to the Lake	115	(12)
E. B. White
Additional Writing Topics	124	(3)
Narration	127	(34)
What Is Narration?	127	(1)
How Narration Fits Your Purpose and Audience	128	(1)
Suggestions for Using Narration in an Essay	128	(7)
Student Essay	135	(2)
Commentary	137	(3)
Activities: Narration	140	(2)
The Chase	142	(6)
Annie Dillard
Salvation	148	(5)
Langston Hughes
So Tsi-Fai	153	(8)
Sophronia Liu
Additional Writing Topics	159	(2)
Exemplification	161	(44)
What Is Exemplification?	161	(1)
How Exemplification Fits Your Purpose and Audience	162	(3)
Suggestions for Using Exemplification in an Essay	165	(5)
Student Essay	170	(2)
Commentary	172	(4)
Activities: Exemplification	176	(2)
The ``Values'' Wasteland	178	(11)
Charles Sykes
Bombs Bursting in Air	189	(7)
Beth Johnson
What I've Learned from Men	196	(9)
Barbara Ehrenreich
Additional Writing Topics	203	(2)
Division-Classification	205	(48)
What Is Division-Classification?	205	(2)
How Division-Classification Fits Your Purpose and Audience	207	(2)
Suggestions for Using Division-Classification in an Essay	209	(5)
Student Essay	214	(4)
Commentary	218	(3)
Activities: Division-Classification	221	(3)
Doublespeak	224	(8)
William Lutz
Propaganda Techniques in Today's Advertising	232	(9)
Ann McClintock
But What Do You Mean?	241	(12)
Deborah Tannen
Additional Writing Topics	251	(2)
Process Analysis	253	(42)
What Is Process Analysis?	253	(1)
How Process Analysis Fits Your Purpose and Audience	254	(2)
Suggestions for Using Process Analysis in an Essay	256	(6)
Student Essay	262	(3)
Commentary	265	(3)
Activities: Process Analysis	268	(3)
Your New Computer	271	(7)
Bill Bryson
Campus Racism 101	278	(7)
Nikki Giovanni
The Fine Art of Complaining	285	(10)
Caroline Rego
Additional Writing Topics	292	(3)
Comparison-Contrast	295	(36)
What Is Comparison-Contrast?	295	(1)
How Comparison-Contrast Fits Your Purpose and Audience	296	(1)
Suggestions for Using Comparison-Contrast in an Essay	297	(6)
Student Essay	303	(2)
Commentary	305	(4)
Activities: Comparison-Contrast	309	(2)
A Fable for Tomorrow	311	(4)
Rachel Carson
Workers	315	(8)
Richard Rodriguez
The Ugly Truth About Beauty	323	(8)
Dave Barry
Additional Writing Topics	328	(3)
Cause-Effect	331	(36)
What Is Cause-Effect?	331	(1)
How Cause-Effect Fits Your Purpose and Audience	332	(1)
Suggestions for Using Cause-Effect in an Essay	333	(7)
Student Essay	340	(3)
Commentary	343	(4)
Activities: Cause-Effect	347	(2)
Why We Crave Horror Movies	349	(5)
Stephen King
The Lie Detector	354	(5)
Lewis Thomas
Is Technology Making Us Intimate Strangers?	359	(8)
Jonathan Coleman
Additional Writing Topics	364	(3)
Definition	367	(34)
What Is Definition?	367	(1)
How Definition Fits Your Purpose and Audience	368	(1)
Suggestions for Using Definition in an Essay	369	(4)
Student Essay	373	(3)
Commentary	376	(3)
Activities: Definition	379	(2)
Entropy	381	(6)
K. C. Cole
Life as Type A	387	(7)
James Gleick
The Handicap of Definition	394	(7)
William Raspberry
Additional Writing Topics	399	(2)
Argumentation-Persuasion	401	(84)
What Is Argumentation-Persuasion?	401	(1)
How Argumentation-Persuasion Fits Your Purpose and Audience	402	(5)
Suggestions for Using Argumentation-Persuasion in an Essay	407	(19)
Student Essay	426	(7)
Commentary	433	(4)
Activities: Argumentation-Persuasion	437	(3)
In Praise of the ``F'' Word	440	(5)
Mary Sherry
Let's Tell The Story of All America's Cultures	445	(6)
Yuh Ji-Yeon
Examining an Issue: Date Rape
Rape: A Bigger Danger Than Feminists Know	451	(7)
Camille Paglia
Common Decency	458	(6)
Susan Jacoby
Examining an Issue: Affirmative Action
Racism Has Its Privileges	464	(11)
Roger Wilkins
Affirmative Action: The Price of Preference	475	(10)
Shelby Steel
Additional Writing Topics	483	(2)
Combining The Patterns	485	(20)
The Patterns in Action: During the Writing Process	485	(1)
The Patterns in Action: In an Essay	486	(2)
The Death of the Moth	488	(7)
Virginia Woolf
Where Do We Go From Here: Community Or Chaos?	495	(5)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Santa Ana	500	(5)
Joan Didion
APPENDIX: A CONCISE GUIDE TO FINDING AND DOCUMENTING SOURCES	505	(28)
Using the Library to Find Books on Your Subject	505	(3)
Using the Library to Find Reference Works on Your Subject	508	(1)
Using the Library to Find Articles on Your Subject	509	(4)
Using the Internet to Research Your Subject	513	(6)
Documenting Sources	519	(1)
What to Document	520	(1)
How to Document	520	(5)
List of Works Cited	525	(8)
Glossary	533	(17)
Acknowledgments	550	(3)
Index	553