Patterns Plus A Short Prose Reader with Argumentation

by Conlin, Mary

• ISBN13: 9780618421190
• ISBN10: 061842119X
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-04
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Arranged rhetorically, this anthology of short essays and paragraphs suits both essay-level developmental writing and low-level freshman composition courses. Each chapter focuses on a different rhetorical mode, including narration, description, and process writing. The Eighth Edition features an engaging mix of nonfiction, fiction, and student essays that reflect careful consideration of cross-cultural issues. Pedagogical tools have been updated to offer developmental students exactly what they need to master the content, including pre-reading, vocabulary, and post-reading questions that test comprehension and encourage critical analysis of each selection. The introductory chapter lays the foundation for the entire text, offering an in-depth presentation of the writing process and the structure of paragraphs and essays. Conlin also touches on two key themes that appear consistently throughout the text: the importance of revising and the process of collaborative writing. Two alternate tables of contents (Thematic and Writing Across the Curriculum) provide instructors with the flexibility to choose readings according to their own lesson plan and schedule of assignments.

Table of Contents

Preface	xxiii
The Basics of Writing: Process and Strategies	1	(12)
Narration	13	(34)
Paragraphs
The Hunt	18	(2)
Lesley Stern
Why Harlem Is Not Manhattan	20	(2)
John L. Jackson
The Discovery of Coca-Cola	22	(3)
E. J. Kahn, Jr.
Freedom	25	(2)
Iu-choi Chan
Essays
When We Were Colored	27	(5)
Clifton L. Taulbert
Message in a Bottle	32	(4)
Ellen Gilchrist
The Jeaning of America---and the World	36	(4)
Carin C. Quinn
Daughter's Doll Teaches Mom Lesson on Race	40	(3)
Connie Schultz
The Deli	43	(4)
Carmen Machin
Description	47	(32)
Paragraphs
The Hiroshima Museum	53	(2)
Barbara Kingsolver
Mail	55	(2)
Anne Fadiman
My Father	57	(2)
James Baldwin
Overindulgence	59	(2)
Heidi Hall
Essays
Hush, Timmy---This Is Like a Church	61	(4)
Kurt Anderson
Starstruck	65	(3)
Sara Askew Jones
A Letter from the Desert	68	(4)
Lt. Nicole A. Elwell
Jeff Elwell
The Sounds of the City	72	(3)
James Tuite
Limbo	75	(4)
Rhonda S. Lucas
Examples	79	(32)
Paragraphs
Trash Talk	83	(2)
Pete Hamill
Folk Art in the Barrios	85	(2)
Eric Kroll
Boomtown, U.S.A.	87	(2)
Jeff Glasser
My Suit	89	(2)
Ricardo Galvez
Essays
The Social Meaning of T-Shirts	91	(3)
Diana Crane
The Internet Instills Family Values---Really	94	(3)
Alcestis ``Cooky'' Oberg
Foreign Flavors, Mainstream Taste	97	(4)
Debra Aho Williamson
Between Two Wars, 1913--1945	101	(4)
Kathryn Van Spanckeren
My Mother Never Worked	105	(6)
Bonnie Smith-Yackel
Classification and Division	111	(34)
Paragraphs
The Mad Dog's Hair: Alcoholism	116	(2)
Gustave Simons
Graffiti	118	(2)
Susan A. Phillips
Fans	120	(2)
Paul Gallico
Brain Power	122	(2)
Lester C. Thurow
Essays
The ABCs of the U.S.A.	124	(5)
Michael Dobbs
``Ever Et Raw Meat?''	129	(5)
Stephen King
Eggs, Twinkies and Ethnic Stereotypes	134	(3)
Jeanne Park
Conservation	137	(3)
Daniel Yergin
Secrets of Man's Unspoken Language	140	(5)
Desmond Morris
Comparison and Contrast	145	(32)
Paragraphs
Dogs and Cats	151	(2)
Konrad Lorenz
Yin and Yang	153	(2)
Mary Paumier Jones
Good Girl, Bad Girl	155	(2)
Anna Quindlen
Two Diversities	157	(2)
Peter Wood
Essays
Neat People vs. Sloppy People	159	(3)
Suzanne Britt
Conversational Ballgames	162	(5)
Nancy Masterson Sakamoto
Aiming for Success?	167	(3)
Marvin Olasky
Super Bowl vs. the Oscars	170	(4)
Marc Levine
Southern Comforts	174	(3)
Ann Patchett
Process	177	(28)
Paragraphs
Brewing Beer	181	(2)
Grace Lichtenstein
The Marginal World	183	(2)
Rachel Carson
The Right Way to Eat an Ice-Cream Cone	185	(2)
L. Rust Hills
The Cook	187	(2)
Barbara Lewis
Essays
Here's How to Revive a Computer	189	(3)
Bill Husted
The Beekeeper	192	(2)
Sue Hubbell
The Wine Experience	194	(3)
Leo Buscaglia
How Dictionaries Are Made	197	(3)
S. I. Hayakawa
The Art of Making Fimo Beads	200	(5)
Julie Gifford
Cause and Effect	205	(30)
Paragraphs
An Eyewitness Account	212	(2)
Jack London
The Power of Place	214	(2)
Winifred Gallagher
A Momentous Arrest	216	(2)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
On Being Unemployed	218	(2)
Nelliejean Smith
Essays
The Pleasures of Age	220	(3)
Robert MacKenzie
The Bounty of the Sea	223	(3)
Jacques Cousteau
It Took This Night to Make Us Know	226	(3)
Bob Greene
The Thirsty Animal	229	(4)
Brian Manning
Racial Stereotypes Go Underground	233	(2)
Cynthia Merriwether-deVries
Definition	235	(28)
Paragraphs
Nostalgia	239	(2)
Richard Shelton
Walking	241	(2)
Henry David Thoreau
What Does It Mean to Be Creative?	243	(2)
S. I. Hayakawa
Grandparents	245	(2)
Nancy Merrell
Essays
Total Eclipse of the Son	247	(2)
Tiffany Kay
Earning Their Pinstripes	249	(3)
Rick Reilly
What Is Intelligence, Anyway?	252	(3)
Isaac Asimov
Rhythm Four Strings	255	(4)
Mark Holston
The Handicap of Definition	259	(4)
William Raspberry
Argumentation and Persuasion	263	(34)
Paragraphs
The Declaration of Independence	271	(2)
The Measure of Our Success	273	(2)
Marian Wright Edelman
Upholding the Right to Life	275	(2)
Jacob Sullum
Flunking	277	(2)
Mary Sherry
Essays
Banning Smoking	279	(2)
John Ruckdeschel
A Burning Issue	281	(3)
Mary Boltz Chapman
The Jury Room Is No Place for TV	284	(3)
George F. Will
Cameras Give an Inside Look	287	(3)
John M. Parras
The Death Penalty Is a Step Back	290	(3)
Coretta Scott King
Death to the Killers	293	(4)
Mike Royko
Combining the Strategies	297	(20)
Divorce Is Hard for Adult Children, Too	298	(3)
Holly Hubbard Preston
U.S. Parents Help Create Teen Trouble	301	(4)
Andy Lin
The Dare	305	(3)
Roger Hoffmann
Poetry	308	(2)
Kirsten Bauman
A Very Basic Decision	310	(3)
Mary Mebane
Time to Look and Listen	313	(4)
Magdoline Asfahani
Glossary	317	(10)
Acknowledgments	327	(6)
Index	333