Viewpoints

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780618042593
• ISBN10: 0618042598
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-16
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Viewpoints, a thematically organized reader, offers diverse perspectives on various themes and issues, such as work, media, human behavior, and cultural heritage. With opening chapters of substantial writing and reading instruction and with writing assignments both at the end of each reading and on the Web, Viewpoints, is an ideal reader for honing writing and critical-thinking skills. Students love Viewpoints, for its helpful guidance, such as pre-reading techniques; methods on evaluating an essay for content, structure, and point-of-view; and advice on choosing good essay topics. The Sixth Edition now includes new opportunities for collaboration.

Table of Contents

Rhetorical Table of Contents	xiii
Preface	xvii
PART 1 Viewpoints on Reading and Writing Essays	1	(78)
Viewpoints on Reading Essays	1	(35)
Keeping a Reading Journal	4	(1)
Reading Essays	4	(1)
The Structure of an Essay	5	(14)
Thesis	5	(2)
Supporting Evidence	7	(10)
Order of Support	17	(2)
Before Going On	19	(1)
Understanding the Content	19	(9)
Separating Main Ideas from Supporting Details	19	(2)
Separating Fact from Opinion	21	(3)
Drawing Inferences	24	(4)
Before Going On	28	(1)
Marking as You Read	28	(8)
The Wet Drug	29	(3)
Pete Hamill
Writing Summaries	32	(2)
Writing Reflections	34	(1)
Collecting Words to Learn	35	(1)
Before Going On	35	(1)
Viewpoints on Writing Essays	36	(43)
Getting Started: Finding a Working Thesis (Stage 1)	38	(9)
Discovering Ideas in Your Reading Journal	38	(1)
Brainstorming	39	(5)
Freewriting	44	(2)
Before Going On	46	(1)
Getting It on Paper: Supporting Your Thesis (Stage 2)	47	(17)
Refining Your Thesis	47	(2)
Grouping Your Ideas	49	(1)
Outlining Your Support	50	(2)
Writing an Argumentative Essay	52	(2)
Nutshell Statements	54	(2)
Patterning Your Paragraphs: The Beginning	56	(1)
Patterning Your Paragraphs: The Middle	57	(3)
Patterning Your Paragraphs: The Ending	60	(1)
First Draft	61	(2)
Before Going On	63	(1)
Getting It Right: Revising and Editing (Stage 3)	64	(14)
Revising	64	(6)
Editing	70	(3)
Proofreading	73	(3)
Before Going On	76	(1)
Revising and Editing Checklists: Brief Versions	77	(1)
On the Net	78	(1)
PART 2 Readings Worth Thinking and Writing About	79	(373)
Viewpoints on Learning	80	(50)
To Err Is Wrong	83	(8)
Roger von Oech
In Praise of the F Word	91	(5)
Mary Sherry
Stop Turning Kids into Educated Fools	96	(4)
Constance Hilliard
Essence of Education	100	(4)
Robert W. Tracinski
The Lesson	104	(10)
Toni Cade Bambara
The Practicality of the Liberal Arts Major	114	(5)
Debra Sikes
Barbara Murray
Tote That Ball, Lift That Revenue	119	(4)
Steve Wulf
Push for De-emphasis of College Sports	123	(3)
David Holahan
Student Essay: College Brings Alienation	126	(2)
John Gonzales
On the Net	128	(2)
Viewpoints on Human Behavior	130	(44)
Get a Killer Bod with Killer Bees	133	(5)
Dave Barry
I'm Not a Dork; I'm Ahead of Today's Fashions	138	(5)
Alan Ehrenhalt
Night Walker	143	(5)
Brent Staples
On Holidays and How to Make Them Work	148	(4)
Nikki Giovanni
Sunday in the Park	152	(5)
Bel Kaufman
We Real Cool	157	(2)
Gwendolyn Brooks
``The Ghetto Made Me Do It''	159	(6)
Francis Flaherty
Seeking the Roots of Violence	165	(6)
Anastasia Toufexis
Student Essay: Teen Sex: ``Too Scary Out There for Me''	171	(2)
Mari Kinney
On the Net	173	(1)
Viewpoints on Cultural Heritage	174	(44)
The Legacy of Generation N	178	(4)
Christy Haubegger
The Great Divide	182	(7)
Michael Quintanilla
Cultural Baggage	189	(5)
Barbara Ehrenreich
After Two Years in the Melting Pot	194	(5)
Liu Zongren
Time to Look and Listen	199	(5)
Magdoline Asfahani
If Black English Isn't a Language, Than Tell Me, What Is?	204	(5)
James Baldwin
What's Wrong with Black English	209	(5)
Rachel L. Jones
Student Essay: Coming to America	214	(2)
Hieu Huynh
On the Net	216	(2)
Viewpoints on Some Social Concerns	218	(42)
Debating Moral Questions	222	(5)
Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
Keeping Faith in Kids	227	(4)
David Gergen
Big Ideas for a Better America	231	(4)
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Eggs, Twinkies and Ethnic Stereotypes	235	(4)
Jeanne Park
From the Welfare Rolls, a Mother's View	239	(6)
Elyzabeth Joy Stagg
Severing the Human Connection	245	(5)
H. Bruce Miller
Meaner Streets for the Homeless Editors, America	250	(4)
Slow Descent into Hell	254	(4)
Jon D. Hull
Student Essay: Should I Believe in God?	258	(1)
Amy Kimoto
On the Net	259	(1)
Viewpoints on Family and Relationships	260	(54)
Female Mea Culpa	264	(4)
Lin Rolens
The Perfect Family	268	(5)
Alice Hoffman
My Grandmother	273	(2)
Linda Pastan
Reunion Rules	275	(4)
Amy Dickinson
A Thanksgiving Celebration	279	(11)
Nicholasa Mohr
Black Unlike Me	290	(4)
Jana Wolff
Where's Papa?	294	(12)
David Popenoe
The Father Fixation	306	(5)
Judith Stacey
Student Essay: My Younger Sibling	311	(2)
Anne Rishi
On the Net	313	(1)
Viewpoints on Work	314	(44)
Podiumitis	317	(4)
Sheila Murphy
On a Role	321	(7)
Lamar Graham
For a Lady I Know	328	(3)
Countee Cullen
Women Still Fighting for Job Equality	331	(5)
DeWayne Wickham
My Mother Never Worked	336	(5)
Bonnie Smith-Yackel
The Company Man	341	(5)
Ellen Goodman
What Does Sex/Gender Have to Do with Your Job?	346	(5)
Jeffrey Bernbach
If You Let Me Play. . .	351	(4)
Mary Brophy Marcus
Student Essay: ``Oh, I'm Just a Housewife''	355	(2)
Roy Wilson
On the Net	357	(1)
Viewpoints on the Media	358	(44)
White-Bread TV? Blame Networks	362	(4)
Leonard Pitts
The Issue Isn't Sex, It's Violence	366	(6)
Caryl Rivers
Trauma TV	372	(4)
Andrew Ferguson
Pandora's Idiot Box	376	(4)
David Rakoff
The Big Turn-Off	380	(6)
Geraldine Brooks
Chips Ahoy	386	(7)
Richard Zoglin
Filters Can't Block Out the World	393	(5)
Terry Schwadron
Student Essay: TV News: Journalism or Propaganda?	398	(3)
Jim Stone
On the Net	401	(1)
Opposing Viewpoints on the Death Penalty	402	(50)
For: Capital Punishment: Yes	407	(4)
Jacob Sullum
Death and Justice	411	(7)
Edward I. Koch
A Just Society Has Right to Take Murderer's Life	418	(3)
Edward I. Koch
Against: Casting the First Stone	421	(6)
Lloyd Steffen
Death Penalty's False Promise	427	(5)
Anna Quindlen
Observation: A Hanging	432	(5)
George Orwell
Student Essay: Stop Executing Juveniles	437	(2)
Trisha Toyoto
On the Net	439	(1)
Appendixes
A. Essay Format and Proofreading Guide	440	(6)
B. Quoting and Documenting Sources	446	(6)
Acknowledgments	452	(5)
Index	457