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9781428229723

The Sundance Reader

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    9781428229723

  • ISBN10:

    1428229728

  • Edition: 5th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-01-03
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Summary

THE SUNDANCE READER, 5e, contains over eighty readings drawn from a range of academic disciplines and professions. This exceptional collection of essays and articles includes both classic and contemporary authors' writings that pertain to topics as varied as the environment, culture, social issues, the media, and business. The diversity of topics in THE SUNDANCE READER appeals to students of all backgrounds and interests and emphasizes critical thinking, careful analysis, and effective writing to help you master essential composition skills you can apply in other courses and throughout your career. Students receive the most up-to-date information on MLA documentation with the enclosed tri-fold card providing NEW 2009 MLA Handbook formats.

Table of Contents

The Writing Context
How We Write
The Writer
The Writer''s Purpose
The Writer''s Role
The Reader
Individual Readers
Extended Readerships
The Perceptual World
The Discipline
Writing Contexts
The Writing Process
Critical Thinking
Avoiding Errors in Critical Thinking
Strategies for Enhancing Critical Thinking
Prewriting
Moving from Topic to Thesis
Elements of a Thesis Statement
Supporting the Thesis
Developing Outlines
How to Write an Essay
Strategies for Creating a Composing Style
Writing the Whole Composition
Prewriting
Planning
First Draft with Revision Notes
Revised Draft with Instructor''s Annotations
Final Draft
Writing on a Computer
Strategies for Writing on a Computer
Collaborative Writing
Strategies for Collaborative Writing
Writer''s Block
Strategies for Overcoming Writer''s Block
Critical Reading
Reading Critically
Strategies for Critical Reading
Cornel West, Black Political Leadership (annotated essay)
Using The Sundance Reader
Analyzing Visual Images
Photographs, Film, and Video
Perspective and Contrast Context
Visual Connotations
Timing and Duplication Manipulating Images
Gender and Cultural Issues
Perception and Analysis
Strategies for Analyzing Visual Images
Narration: Relating Events
What Is Narration? The Writer''s Purpose
Focus
Chronology
Strategies for Reading Narration
Understanding Meaning
Evaluating Strategy
Appreciating Language
Samuel Scudder, Take This Fish and Look at It (annotated essay)
James Dillard, A Doctor''s Dilemma
Maya Angelou, Champion of the World
Ramon "Tianguis" Pe rez, The Fender-Bender
Martin Gansberg, Thirty-Eight Who Saw a Murder and Didn''t Call the Police
Richard Preston, Ebola River
Ayann Hirsi Ali, The Arrangement
Blending the Modes
George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant
Writing Beyond the Classroom
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald
Walter Lord, The Reconstructed Logbook of the Titanic
Responding to Images: New Orleans Following Hurricane Katrina, September
Strategies for Writing Narration
Suggested Topics for Writing Narration
Student Paper, Spare Change
Narration Checklist
Description: Presenting Impressions
What Is Description? Objective and Subjective Description
The Language of Description
Strategies for Reading Descriptions
Understanding Meaning
Evaluating Strategy
Appreciating Language
Letter from Ground Zero (annotated essay)
The Bomb.
Out There.
Border Story.
JosT Antonio Burciaga, My Ecumenical Father
Unforgettable Miss Bessie. N.
The Way to Rainy Mountain.
American Islam.
Blending the Modes
Once More to the Lake.
Writing Beyond the Classroom
Hard Rock CafT Want Ad
The Resume of Monica Ramos.
Responding to Images: Seattle Street Kids with Gun, 1983
Strategies for Writing Description
Suggested Topics for Descriptive Writing
Student Paper, My Bug
Description Checklist
Definition: Establishing Meaning
What Is Definition? Methods of Definition
The Purpose of Definition
Definition in Context
Strategies for Reading Definitions
Understanding Meaning
Evaluating Strategy
Appreciating Language
Dyslexia (annotated essay).
Janice Castro, Dan Cook, and Cristina Garcia, Spanglish
The Company Man.
The Hoax.
Thomas Sowell, Needs
He Talk Like A White Boy.
TV Addiction.
Blending the Modes
The Economist, What Is Terrorism? Writing Beyond the Classroom: Two Definitions of Depression
The Encyclopedia of Psychology, Depression
Don D
Rosenberg, What Is Depression? Responding to Images: Anti-Gay Marriage Protest in Boston, 2004
Strategies for Writing Definitions
Suggested Topics for Writing Definitions
Student Paper, Disneyland Dads
Definition Checklist
Comparison And Contrast: Indicating Similarities And Differences
What Is Co
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