The Prentice Hall Reader

by Miller, George

• ISBN13: 9780131828018
• ISBN10: 0131828010
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

This best-selling rhetorical modes reader features ten chapters focusing on classic rhetorical modes such as narration, description and argument and persuasion. Each chapter offers readings scaled by difficulty, suggestions for using the strategy in other disciplines, connecting and anticipating questions, detailed writing exercises and extensive revision activities. New Features: bull; bull;Literary examples of the organizational strategies added to each chapter to help students connect poems or brief short stories with the given strategy. bull;New prewriting and rewriting suggestions. bull;"Writing Links" for each essay that focuses students' attention on how the writer uses punctuation, word choice, sentence structure, typographical devices and paragraph skills to create an effective essay. The Companion Website trade; is the largest, most extensive Website of any reader. Among its highlights, the site features hotlinks, additional background information on the readings, writing assignments and practice using Web-based materials. Supplements Include: bull; bull;Instructor's Quiz Booklet bull;Annotated Instructor's Edition with "teaching strategy" for each essay, class activities, collaborative learning activities, critical reading activities and links to writing. bull;Teaching Writing with the Prentice Hall Reader that offers helpful suggestions to the new and seasoned instructor.

Table of Contents

Thematic Contents	xvii
Preface	xxvii
How to Read an Essay	1	(15)
How Does Reading Help You Write?	1	(1)
How Does Writing Help You Read?	2	(1)
Active Rather than Passive Reading	3	(1)
Prereading	4	(1)
Reading	4	(1)
Rereading	5	(2)
A Sample Reading: Lewis Thomas / On Cloning a Human Being	7	(7)
Some Things to Remember When Reading	14	(2)
How to Write an Essay	16	(542)
A Writer's Subject	16	(1)
A Writer's Purpose	17	(1)
A Writer's Audience	17	(1)
Some Things to Remember	18	(1)
A Writer's Information	18	(5)
A Writer's Thesis	23	(3)
Revising an Essay	26	(2)
Is an Error-Free Paper an ``A'' Paper?	28	(1)
A Student Writer's Revision Process	29	(2)
Sample Student Essay: Tina Burton / The Watermelon Wooer	31	(7)
Some Things to Remember When Revising	38	(1)
Gathering and Using Examples	39	(48)
Where Can You Find Details and Examples?	40	(2)
How Do I Gather Details and Examples from My Experiences?	42	(1)
How Do I Gather Information from Outside Sources?	43	(1)
How Many Examples Are Enough?	44	(1)
Sample Student Essay: Frank Smite / Looking for Love	45	(2)
Some Things to Remember	47	(1)
Visualizing Examples	47	(1)
Example as a Literary Strategy: Bret Lott / Night	48	(2)
Gathering and Using Examples in Writing for Your Other Courses	50	(1)
Visit the Prentice Hall Reader's Website	51	(34)
The Name Is Mine	52	(5)
Anna Quindlen
Cut	57	(8)
Bob Greene
Westbury Court	65	(6)
Edwidge Danticat
Being Brians	71	(7)
Brian Doyle
One of the Girls	78	(7)
Leslie Heywood
Prewriting and Rewriting Suggestions for Example	85	(2)
Narration	87	(48)
What Do You Include in a Narrative?	88	(1)
How Do You Structure a Narrative?	89	(1)
How Are Narratives Told?	90	(1)
What Do You Write About If Nothing Ever Happened to You?	91	(1)
Sample Student Essay: Hope Zucker / The Ruby Slippers	92	(4)
Some Things to Remember	96	(1)
Visualizing Narration	96	(1)
Narration as a Literary Strategy: Peggy McNally / Waiting	96	(3)
Using Narration in Your Writing for Other Courses	99	(1)
Visit the Prentice Hall Reader's Website	100	(33)
Salvation	101	(5)
Langston Hughes
Sister Monroe	106	(5)
Maya Angelou
The Biggest Play of His Life	111	(5)
Rick Reilly
Marina	116	(9)
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Lockdown	125	(8)
Evans D. Hopkins
Prewriting and Rewriting Suggestions for Narration	133	(2)
Description	135	(56)
How Do You Describe an Object or a Place?	138	(1)
How Do You Describe a Person?	138	(1)
How Do You Organize a Description?	139	(1)
Does Description Mean Lots of Adjectives and Adverbs?	140	(1)
Sample Student Essay: Nadine Resnick / Natalie	140	(3)
Some Things to Remember	143	(1)
Visualizing Description	143	(1)
Description as a Literary Strategy: Duane BigEagle / Traveling to Town	144	(3)
Using Description in Your Writing for Other Courses	147	(1)
Visit the Prentice Hall Reader's Website	148	(41)
Po-Po	150	(6)
Eric Liu
The Way to Rainy Mountain	156	(8)
N. Scott Momaday
Nameless, Tennessee	164	(8)
William Least Heat Moon
The Village Watchman	172	(8)
Terry Tempest Williams
The Inheritance of Tools	180	(9)
Scott Russell Sanders
Prewriting and Rewriting Suggestions for Description	189	(2)
Division and Classification	191	(62)
How Do You Choose a Subject?	194	(1)
How Do You Divide or Classify a Subject?	194	(2)
How Do You Structure a Division or Classification Essay?	196	(1)
Sample Student Essay: Evan James / Riding the Rails: The American Hobo	197	(2)
Some Things to Remember	199	(1)
Visualizing Division and Classification	199	(2)
Division and Classification as a Literary Strategy: Elizabeth Barrett Browning / How Do I Love Thee?	201	(1)
Using Division and Classification in Writing for Your Other Courses	202	(1)
Visit the Prentice Hall Reader's Website	203	(47)
What's in Your Toothpaste?	204	(5)
David Bodanis
In Defense of Talk Shows	209	(5)
Barbara Ehrenreich
English 99: Literacy among the Ruins	214	(9)
Frank Gannon
The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria	223	(8)
Judith Ortiz Cofer
The Value of Children: A Taxonomical Essay	231	(9)
Bernard R. Berelson
Why We Travel	240	(10)
Pico Iyer
Prewriting and Rewriting Suggestions for Division and Classification	250	(3)
Comparison and Contrast	253	(55)
How Do You Choose a Subject?	256	(1)
Do You Always Find Both Similarities and Differences?	257	(1)
How Do You Use Analogy, Metaphor, and Simile?	258	(1)
How Do You Structure a Comparison and Contrast?	259	(2)
Sample Student Essay: Alicia Gray / Subject vs. Keyword Searches	261	(5)
Some Things to Remember	266	(1)
Visualizing Comparison and Contrast	266	(1)
Comparison and Contrast as a Literary Strategy: Martin Espada / Coca-Cola and Coco Frio	267	(2)
Using Comparison and Contrast in Writing for Your Other Courses	269	(1)
Visit the Prentice Hall Reader's Website	270	(37)
Guavas	271	(4)
Esmeralda Santiago
The Transaction: Two Writing Processes	275	(4)
William Zinsser
Academic Selves	279	(5)
Mary Pipher
Fun Ethic vs. Work Ethic?	284	(5)
Robert J. Samuelson
The Color of Love	289	(7)
Danzy Senna
Virtual Love	296	(11)
Meghan Daum
Prewriting and Rewriting Suggestions for Comparison and Contrast	307	(1)
Process	308	(59)
How Do You Choose a Subject to Write About?	310	(1)
How Do You Structure a Process Paper?	310	(2)
Sample Student Essay: Julie Anne Halbfish / How to Play Dreidel	312	(2)
Some Things to Remember	314	(1)
Visualizing Process	315	(2)
Process as a Literary Strategy: Janice Mirikitani / Recipe	317	(1)
Using Process in Writing for Your Other Courses	318	(1)
Visit the Prentice Hall Reader's Website	319	(46)
My Daily Dives in the Dumpster	320	(7)
Lars Eighner
Revision and Life: Take It from the Top---Again	327	(6)
Nora Ephron
Don't Just Stand There	333	(8)
Diane Cole
The Culture of Martyrdom	341	(7)
David Brooks
Into the Loop: How to Get the Job You Want after Graduation	348	(10)
Charlie Drozdyk
The Page Turner	358	(7)
Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Prewriting and Rewriting Suggestions for Process	365	(2)
Cause and Effect	367	(58)
Why Do You Write a Cause and Effect Analysis?	369	(1)
How Do You Choose a Subject?	370	(1)
How Do You Isolate and Evaluate Causes and Effects?	370	(1)
How Do You Structure a Cause and Effect Analysis?	371	(2)
Sample Student Essay: Cathy Ferguson / TV Aggression and Children	373	(3)
Some Things to Remember	376	(1)
Visualizing Cause and Effect	376	(2)
Cause and Effect as a Literary Strategy: Marge Piercy / Barbie Doll	378	(1)
Using Cause and Effect in Writing for Your Other Courses	379	(1)
Visit the Prentice Hall Reader's Website	380	(43)
My Wood	381	(6)
E. M. Forster
The Origins of Anorexia Nervosa	387	(6)
Joan Jacobs Brumberg
Black Men and Public Space	393	(6)
Brent Staples
Dreadlocked	399	(6)
Veronica Chambers
Why They Excel	405	(7)
Fox Butterfield
The Trouble with Fries	412	(11)
Malcolm Gladwell
Prewriting and Rewriting Suggestions for Cause and Effect	423	(2)
Definition	425	(47)
How Much Do You Include in a Definition?	427	(1)
How Do You Structure a Definition?	428	(1)
Sample Student Essay: Sherry Heck / Infallible	429	(3)
Some Things to Remember	432	(1)
Visualizing Definition	432	(2)
Definition as a Literary Strategy: Alice Jones / The Foot	434	(1)
Using Definition in Writing for Your Other Courses	435	(1)
Visit the Prentice Hall Reader's Website	436	(36)
Adults Only	437	(4)
Bob Greene
I Want a Wife	441	(5)
Judy Brady
The People in Me	446	(5)
Robin D. G. Kelley
Mother Tongue	451	(8)
Amy Tan
Mess	459	(6)
John Hollander
The Female Body	465	(7)
Margaret Atwood
Prewriting and Rewriting Suggestions for Definition	472	(1)
Argument and Persuasion	472	(61)
How Do You Analyze Your Audience?	475	(1)
What Does It Take to Persuade Your Reader?	476	(2)
How Do You Make Sure That Your Argument Is Logical?	478	(1)
How Do You Structure an Argument?	479	(2)
Sample Student Essay: Beth Jaffe / Lowering the Cost of a College Education	481	(3)
Some Things to Remember	484	(1)
Visualizing Argument and Persuasion	484	(2)
Argument and Persuasion as a Literary Strategy: Wilfred Owen / Dulce et Decorum Est	486	(1)
Using Argument and Persuasion in Writing for Your Other Courses	487	(2)
Visit the Prentice Hall Reader's Website	489	(42)
I Have a Dream	490	(7)
Martin Luther King Jr.
The Marrying Kind	497	(5)
Jonathan Rauch
The Case Against College	502	(4)
Linda Lee
What Do Murderers Deserve?	506	(6)
David Gelernter
The New Yorker/Help for Sex Offenders	512	(3)
The Singer Solution to World Poverty	515	(10)
Peter Singer
None of This Is Fair	525	(6)
Richard Rodriguez
Prewriting and Rewriting Suggestions for Argument and Persuasion	531	(2)
Revising	533	(25)
Analyzing Your Own Writing	534	(1)
Keeping a Revision Log	535	(1)
Using Peer Readers	536	(2)
Using Your School's Writing Center or a Writing Tutor	538	(1)
Using an OWL	539	(1)
Conferencing with Your Instructor	539	(1)
Proofreading Your Paper	540	(2)
Visualizing Revision	542	(1)
Revisers at Work	543	(1)
Visit the Prentice Hall Reader's Website	543	(1)
Revision Case Study:
Caught in the Widow's Web	544	(6)
Gordon Grice
Journal Entries: The Black Widow	550	(5)
A Conversation with Gordon Grice	555	(3)
Appendix Finding, Using, and Documenting Sources	558	(42)
Finding Sources	558	(7)
Web Searching Tips	565	(6)
Using Sources	571	(4)
Documenting Your Sources	575	(8)
Electronic Sources	583	(1)
Annotated Sample Student Research Paper (MLA Documentation Style): Amy Rubens / Ecotourism: Friend or Foe?	584	(16)
Glossary	600	(10)
Credits	610	(6)
Index	616

Excerpts

The Prentice Hall Readeris predicated on two premises: that reading plays a vital role in learning how to write and that writing and reading can best be organized around the traditional division of discourse into a number of structural patterns. Such a division is not the only way that the forms of writing can be classified, but it does have several advantages. First, practice in these structural patterns encourages students to organize knowledge and to see the ways in which information can be conveyed. How else does the mind know except by classifying, comparing, defining, or seeking cause and effect relationships? Second, the most common use of these patterns occurs in writing done in academic courses. There students are asked to narrate a chain of events, to describe an artistic style, to classify plant forms, to compare two political systems, to tell how a laboratory experiment was performed, to analyze why famine occurs in Africa, to define a philosophical concept, or to argue for or against building a space station. Learning how to structure papers using these patterns is an exercise that has immediate application in students' other academic work. Finally, because the readings use these patterns as structural devices, they offer an excellent way in which to integrate reading into a writing course. Students can see the patterns at work and learn how to use them to become more effective writers and better, more efficient readers. WHAT IS NEW IN THE SEVENTH EDITION The seventh edition ofThe Prentice Hall Readerfeatures 54 essays, 15 of which are new, and another 11 papers written by student writers. Also new to this edition are 9 poems or short, short stories that show the organizational strategies at work. As in the previous editions, the readings are chosen on the basis of several criteria: how well they demonstrate a particular pattern of organization, appeal to a freshman audience, and promote interesting and appropriate discussion and writing activities. The seventh edition ofThe Prentice Hall Readerincludes a number of new features: Literary Examples of Each Organizational Strategy.A poem or short, short story has been added to each of the nine chapters. These creative examples show how the strategies can be used to structure not just essays, but poetry and fiction as well. Each selection has discussion questions and writing suggestions. New Prewriting and Rewriting Suggestions.Each of the 9 chapters ends with a list of prewriting and rewriting suggestions for that particular strategy. The suggestions offer students a convenient checklist of appropriate activities. Writing Links. Each essay has a "Writing Link" that focuses students' attention on how the writer uses punctuation, word choice, sentence structure, typographical devices, and paragraph skills to create an effective essay. The links will help build bridges between the content of the essays and the writing skills they reveal. New Chapter Introductions.Each chapter introduction has been rewritten to emphasize the visual display of information. The seventh edition retains and improves upon some of the popular student features from earlier editions: Visualizing.Sections in each chapter show how the writing strategy is embodied in visual forms. A panel cartoon is a narrative, a technical drawing details a process, advertisements (even for products that do not exist!) show persuasion at work. Writing in Other Disciplines.Each chapter provides examples of how the traditional patterns of organization are used in writing for other college courses. Prereading Questions.These questions help connect the reading to students' experience and focus their reading attention. Writers on Writing.Writers share their observations on the process of finding a subject, composing, and revising. Links to the Website.