Bedford Reader : High School Reprint

by Dorothy M. Kennedy; X. J. Kennedy; Jane E. Aaron

• ISBN13: 9780312136345
• ISBN10: 031213634X
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Table of Contents

Preface for Instructors	iii
Thematic Table of Contents	xxiv
INTRODUCTION	1	(36)
Why Read? Why Write? Why Not Phone?	1	(1)
Using the Bedford Reader	2	(3)
Reading an Essay	5	(4)
The Broken Chain	9	(13)
M.F.K. Fisher
Writing	22	(12)
Has the Chain Been Broken? Two Ideas of Violence in ``The Broken Chain''	34	(3)
Christine D'Angelo
PART ONE THE METHODS	37	(484)
Narration: Telling a Story	39	(58)
The Method	39	(2)
The Process	41	(6)
Checklist for Revising a Narrative	46	(1)
Narration in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations	47	(2)
Champion of the World	49	(5)
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou on Writing	53	(1)
Fish Cheeks	54	(5)
Amy Tan
Amy Tan on Writing	57	(2)
The Chase	59	(6)
Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard on Writing	64	(1)
On Being the Target of Discrimination	65	(9)
Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison on Writing	72	(2)
University Days	74	(9)
James Thurber
James Thurber on Writing	81	(2)
A Crime of Compassion	83	(5)
Barbara Huttmann
The Tell-Tale Heart	88	(8)
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe on Writing	94	(2)
Additional Writing Topics	96	(1)
Description: Writing with Your Senses	97	(42)
The Method	97	(2)
The Process	99	(4)
Checklist for Revising a Description	102	(1)
Description in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations	103	(1)
Once More to the Lake	104	(9)
E. B. White
E. B. White on Writing	111	(2)
Arm Wrestling with My Father	113	(8)
Brad Manning
Brad Manning on Writing	118	(3)
Marrying Absurd	121	(6)
Joan Didion
Joan Didion on Writing	125	(2)
Beneath My House	127	(5)
Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich on Writing	130	(2)
Bored	132	(4)
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood on Writing	135	(1)
Additional Writing Topics	136	(3)
Example: Pointing to Instances	139	(36)
The Method	139	(1)
The Process	140	(3)
Checklist for Revising an Example Essay	142	(1)
Example in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations	143	(2)
On Compassion	145	(4)
Barbara Lazear Ascher
Homeless	149	(5)
Anna Quindlen
Anna Quindlen on Writing	152	(2)
The Day I Turned Sarcastic	154	(7)
Merrill Markoe
``Ever Et Raw Meat?''	161	(7)
Stephen King
Stephen King on Writing	166	(2)
Black Men and Public Space	168	(6)
Brent Staples
Brent Staples on Writing	172	(2)
Additional Writing Topics	174	(1)
Comparison and Contrast: Setting Things Side by Side	175	(46)
The Method	175	(2)
The Process	177	(4)
Checklist for Revising a Comparison and Contrast	180	(1)
Comparison and Contrast in Paragraph: Two Illustrations	181	(1)
Neat People vs. Sloppy People	182	(6)
Suzanne Britt
Suzanne Britt on Writing	186	(2)
Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out	188	(5)
Dave Barry
Dave Barry on Writing	191	(2)
Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts	193	(7)
Bruce Catton
Bruce Catton on Writing	198	(2)
The Black and White Truth About Basketball	200	(9)
Jeff Greenfield
Jeff Greenfield on Writing	207	(2)
Advanced Biology	209	(10)
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Judith Ortiz Cofer on Writing	218	(1)
Additional Writing Topics	219	(2)
Process Analysis: Explaining Step by Step	221	(46)
The Method	221	(2)
The Process	223	(3)
Checklist for Revising a Process Analysis	225	(1)
Process Analysis in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations	226	(2)
Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain	228	(11)
Jessica Mitford
Jessica Mitford on Writing	237	(2)
Body Ritual Among the Nacirema	239	(7)
Horace Miner
How to Poison the Earth	246	(5)
Linnea Saukko
Linnea Saukko on Writing	250	(1)
The Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams	251	(7)
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin on Writing	256	(2)
Desperation Writing	258	(7)
Peter Elbow
Peter Elbow on Writing	262	(3)
Additional Writing Topics	265	(2)
Division or Analysis: Slicing into Parts	267	(44)
The Method	267	(3)
The Process	270	(2)
Checklist for Revising a Division or Analysis	271	(1)
Division or Analysis in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations	272	(2)
I Want a Wife	274	(4)
Judy Brady
Not All Men Are Sly Foxes	278	(4)
Armin A. Brott
In Defense of Talk Shows	282	(5)
Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich on Writing	286	(1)
The Word Police	287	(7)
Michiko Kakutani
Predictable Crises of Adulthood	294	(10)
Gail Sheehy
Gail Sheehy on Writing	302	(2)
Girl	304	(5)
Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid on Writing	307	(2)
Additional Writing Topics	309	(2)
Classification: Sorting into Kinds	311	(46)
The Method	311	(2)
The Process	313	(2)
Checklist for Revising a Classification	315	(1)
Classification in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations	315	(2)
The Plot Against People	317	(6)
Russell Baker
Russell Baker on Writing	320	(3)
Voice Mail and Fire Ants	323	(6)
Edward Tenner
Edward Tenner on Writing	326	(3)
But What Do You Mean?	329	(8)
Deborah Tannen
The Ways We Lie	337	(9)
Stephanie Ericsson
Why the Rich Are Getting Richer and the Poor Poorer	346	(10)
Robert B. Reich
Robert B. Reich on Writing	355	(1)
Additional Writing Topics	356	(1)
Cause and Effect: Asking Why	357	(42)
The Method	357	(2)
The Process	359	(4)
Checklist for Revising a Cause-and-Effect Essay	363	(1)
Cause and Effect in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations	363	(2)
Drugs	365	(5)
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal on Writing	368	(2)
The Case for Slavery	370	(6)
A. M. Rosenthal
A. M. Rosenthal on Writing	373	(3)
Student Loans	376	(4)
Thomas Sowell
Safe-Sex Lies	380	(6)
Meghan Daum
Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs	386	(10)
Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould on Writing	395	(1)
Additional Writing Topics	396	(3)
Definition: Tracing a Boundary	399	(42)
The Method	399	(2)
The Process	401	(4)
Checklist for Revising a Definition	404	(1)
Definition in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations	405	(2)
The Meanings of a Word	407	(6)
Gloria Naylor
Gloria Naylor on Writing	411	(2)
Being a Chink	413	(7)
Christine Leong
Christine Leong on Writing	417	(3)
TV Addiction	420	(5)
Marie Winn
Marie Winn on Writing	424	(1)
Pornoviolence	425	(9)
Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe on Writing	433	(1)
The Holocaust	434	(5)
Bruno Bettelheim
Additional Writing Topics	439	(2)
Argument and Persuasion: Stating Opinions and Proposals	441	(80)
The Method	441	(10)
The Process	451	(2)
Checklist for Revising Argument or Persuasion	453	(1)
Argument and Persuasion in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations	453	(2)
The Penalty of Death	455	(6)
H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken on Writing	459	(2)
The Unquiet Death of Robert Harris	461	(7)
Michael Kroll
Demystifying Multiculturalism	468	(8)
Linda Chevez
America: The Multinational Society	476	(6)
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed on Writing	481	(1)
Streets of Gold: The Myth of the Model Minority	482	(12)
Curtis Chang
Curtis Chang on Writing	492	(2)
Why Don't We Complain?	494	(8)
William F. Buckley Jr.
William F. Buckley, Jr., on Writing	500	(2)
I Have a Dream	502	(6)
Martin Luther King Jr.
A Modest Proposal	508	(11)
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift on Writing	517	(2)
Additional Writing Topics	519	(2)
PART TWO MIXING THE METHODS	521	(134)
Language and Truth	525	(34)
Politics and the English Language	526	(18)
George Orwell
George Orwell on Writing	541	(3)
Excuuuse Me	544	(6)
David Segal
David Segal on Writing	548	(2)
Exposing Truth for the Lie That It Is	550	(9)
Marco Wilkinson
Marco Wilkinson on Writing	555	(4)
The Power of Family	559	(40)
Stone Soup	560	(10)
Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver on Writing	569	(1)
Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood	570	(15)
Richard Rodriguez
Richard Rodriguez on Writing	583	(2)
No Name Woman	585	(14)
Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston on Writing	597	(2)
Boys and Girls, Men and Women	599	(20)
The Disposable Rocket	600	(7)
John Updike
John Updike on Writing	605	(2)
Our Barbies, Ourselves	607	(5)
Emily Prager
Why Boys Don't Play with Dolls	612	(7)
Katha Pollitt
Katha Pollitt on Writing	616	(3)
The Nature of Community	619	(20)
The Web of Life	620	(7)
Scott Russell Sanders
Scott Russell Sanders on Writing	626	(1)
The Lottery	627	(12)
Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson on Writing	637	(2)
The Future of Cybercommunity	639	(16)
Cyberspace for All	640	(15)
Esther Dyson
Esther Dyson on Writing	646	(9)
Welcome to Cyberbia	648	(7)
M. Kadi
Appendix: Using and Documenting Sources	655	(14)
Useful Terms	669	(22)
Index	691