Patterns of Exposition

by Schwegler, Robert A.

• ISBN13: 9780321072429
• ISBN10: 0321072421
• Edition: 16th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Summary

Offers coverage of the rhetorical modes, aptly illustrated by high quality, contemporary readings. The engaging selections in this book encourage readers to take a stand on questions of culture, identity, and value in college communities, in the workplace, and in society. Thorough introductions to each rhetorical pattern, numerous exercises, and sample student essays throughout the book emphasize practical concrete writing strategies. A thematic table of contents and table of "Essay Pairs" --which groups essays particularly well suited for study and discussion--make this book appropriate for all users. Individuals interested in developing their writing skills.

Table of Contents

Thematic Contents	xvii
Essay Pairs	xxi
To the Instructor	xxv
Acknowledgments	xxviii
Reading as a Writer	1	(20)
Just Walk on By	6	(15)
Brent Staples
Ways of Writing	21	(24)
Illustrating Ideas by Use of Example	45	(44)
Overcoming an Impediment: A Rite of Passage	50	(8)
Adrian Boykin
In and of Ourselves We Trust	58	(3)
Andy Rooney
Why Don't We Complain?	61	(8)
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Dysfunctional Nation	69	(5)
Mary Karr
Issues and Ideas: Identities
Underground Dads	74	(4)
Wil Haygood
I was a Member of the Kung Fu Crew	78	(4)
Henry Han Xi Lau
Iron Bonding	82	(7)
Alan Buczynski
Analyzing a Subject by Classification	89	(54)
Piano Recitals	94	(4)
Heather Farnum
What, Me? Showing Off?	98	(7)
Judith Viorst
Personal Beast	105	(8)
Judith Stone
Don't Even Think About It!	113	(12)
Michael Ventura
Issues and Ideas: Images of Sound and Sight
Lotus Blossoms Don't Bleed: Images of Asian American Women	125	(9)
Renee Tajima
Life Is a Musical	134	(9)
Brenda Peterson
Explaining by Means of Comparison and Contrast	143	(52)
Perception of Truth	149	(5)
Amy Bell
Two Ways of Seeing a River	154	(4)
Mark Twain
Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts	158	(6)
Bruce Catton
A Nonsmoker with a Smoker	164	(6)
Phillip Lopate
Am I Blue?	170	(8)
Alice Walker
Issues and Ideas: Gender Differences
The Men We Carry in Our Minds	178	(6)
Scott Russell Sanders
Method and Madness: How Men and Women Think	184	(5)
Nicholas Wade
Lady of the Ring	189	(6)
Rene Denfield
Using Analogy as an Expository Device	195	(42)
Life Isn't Like Baseball	198	(4)
Kevin Nomura
My Mother, the Catwoman	202	(4)
Bret Anthony Johnston
Letting in Light	206	(6)
Patricia Raybon
Issues and Ideas: Humans and Animals
O Rotten Gotham---Sliding Down into the Behavioral Sink	212	(9)
Tom Wolfe
High Tide in Tucson	221	(16)
Barbara Kingsolver
Explaining through Process Analysis	237	(58)
Losing Weight	243	(6)
Karin Gaffney
Give Juggling a Hand!	249	(5)
Joe Buhler
Ron Graham
Swimming with Canoes	254	(4)
John McPhee
An Ant's Life Is No Picnic	258	(4)
Ted Gup
Going Places	262	(8)
Jim Harrison
Issues and Ideas: Advertising and Appearances
We Build Excitement	270	(10)
James B. Twitchell
To Dispel Fears of Live Burial	280	(8)
Jessica Mitford
Beauty ... And the Beast of Advertising	288	(7)
Jean E. Kilbourne
Analyzing Cause-and-Effect Relationships	295	(58)
How a Public Document Affected My Life	300	(3)
Sarah Egri
What's Your Best Time of Day?	303	(5)
Susan Perry
Jim Dawson
Hello, Darkness	308	(6)
Cullen Murphy
A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Pistol	314	(6)
Linda Hasselstrom
My Father the Geezer	320	(5)
Susan Roach
Issues and Ideas: Work, Success, and Failure
Kids in the Mall: Growing Up Controlled	325	(7)
William Severini Kowinski
What Makes Sammy Walk?	332	(13)
Randall Rothenberg
Everest Is Mighty, We Are Fragile	345	(8)
Peter Hillary
Using Definition to Help Explain	353	(72)
Stars	358	(8)
Lori L'Heureux
Gypsies	366	(8)
Roger Welsch
The Hoax	374	(4)
John Berendt
The Insufficiency of Honesty	378	(8)
Stephen L. Carter
Phony Culture	386	(13)
James Combs
Issues and Ideas: Creating New Definitions for Our Lives.
Growing Up Asian in America	399	(10)
Kesaya Noda
Father's Day	409	(5)
Michael Dorris
Mother's Day	414	(6)
Veronica Chambers
``Guy'' Envy	420	(5)
M. P. Dunleavy
Explaining with the Help of Description	425	(54)
Bright Light	430	(4)
Carey Braun
Aging in the Land of the Young	434	(5)
Sharon Curtin
The War Room at Bellevue	439	(8)
George Simpson
Ice Flowers	447	(4)
Edie Clark
Issues and Ideas: Place and Person
A Passage of Hands	451	(11)
Barry Lopez
The Yellow Door House	462	(6)
Joyce Maynard
Once More to the Lake	468	(11)
E. B. White
Using Narration as an Expository Technique	479	(58)
Elephants, Ivory, and an Indelible Experience	483	(10)
Hrishikesh Unni
38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police	493	(5)
Martin Gansberg
Transformation	498	(5)
Lydia Minatoya
The Storm	503	(14)
Sebastian Junger
Issues and Ideas: Stories and Values
A Hanging	517	(7)
George Orwell
Arms and the Man	524	(4)
Wayne Worcester
Uncle Chul Gets Rich	528	(9)
Chang-rae Lee
Reasoning by Use of Induction and Deduction	537	(40)
Mad About MADD	542	(7)
Sheilagh Brady
A Civic Duty to Annoy	549	(5)
Wendy Kaminer
The Age of Beauty	554	(5)
Nancy Friday
Issues and Ideas: Digital Realities
A Virtual Life	559	(4)
Maia Szalavitz
Superhero Sushi	563	(10)
J. C. Herz
Place Without Space	573	(4)
Nicholas Negroponte
Using Patterns for Argument	577	(60)
The Flight on Fat Controversy	584	(9)
Julie Richardson
Issues and Ideas: Current Controversies
How the Lawyers Stole Winter	593	(5)
Christopher B. Daly
Why Johnny Can't Read, but Yoshio Can	598	(8)
Richard Lynn
Surviving Deer Season	606	(5)
Castle Freeman, Jr.
The Call of the Hunt	611	(11)
Jane Smiley
Four-Letter Words Can Hurt You	622	(5)
Barbara Lawrence
Language Lessons	627	(4)
Sarah Min
Making Sense of la Difference	631	(6)
Barbara Ehrenreich
Further Readings: Combining Patterns	637	(34)
Pornography	638	(7)
Margaret Atwood
Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit	645	(9)
Leslie Marmon Silko
Letter from Birmingham Jail	654	(17)
Martin Luther King
A Guide to Terms	671	(20)
Credits	691	(6)
Index	697