Models for Writers

by Rosa, Alfred; Eschholz, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781319411831
• ISBN10: 1319411835
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781319565732
• Edition: 15th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-11-08
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
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Table of Contents

* indicates a chapter, section, or reading selection that is new to this edition.

Thematic Clusters
Introduction for Students

• Part One: On Reading and Writing Well
  • Chapter 1: The Writing Process
    • Prewriting
    • Writing the First Draft
    • Revising
    • Editing
    • Proofreading
    • Writing a Narrative Essay: A Student Essay in Progress
    • Mya Nunnally, Mixed Results (student essay)
  • Chapter 2: Reading Actively and Critically
    • Reading Actively: Getting a Basic Understanding of the Essay
    • Celeste Headlee, Get Off the Soapbox
    • Reading Critically: Taking Your Analysis to the Next Level
    • From Reading to Writing
    • Writing from Reading: A Sample Student Essay
    • Zoe Ockenga, The Excuse "Not To" (student essay)
• Part Two: The Elements of the Essay
  • Chapter 3: Thesis
    • James Lincoln Collier, Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name
    • Helen Keller, The Most Important Day
    • Julie Zhuo, Where Anonymity Breeds Contempt
  • Chapter 4: Unity
    • Jonah Berger, How to Make People Feel Heard*
    • Dick Gregory, Shame
    • Thomas L. Friedman, My Favorite Teacher
  • Chapter 5: Organization
    • Cherokee Paul McDonald, A View from the Bridge
    • Bharati Mukherjee, Two Ways to Belong in America
    • Dan M. Kahan, Shame Is Worth a Try
  • Chapter 6: Beginnings and Endings
    • Sona Charaipotra, Flipping the Script: Finding the Love of My Life While Writing the Book of My Heart*
    • Jancee Dunn, Fighting with Your Partner? Use These 4 Phrases*
    • Omar Akram, Can Music Bridge Cultures and Promote Peace?
  • Chapter 7: Paragraphs
    • Judith Ortiz Cofer, My Rosetta
    • Susan Cheever, Johnny Appleseed and America’s Drinking History*
    • Joni Whitworth, Pipe Dream*
  • Chapter 8: Transitions
    • Dan Shaughnessy, Teammates Forever Have a Special Connection
    • Eduardo Porter, What Happiness Is
    • Jonathan Safran Foer, Against Meat
  • Chapter 9: Effective Sentences
    • Erin Murphy, White Lies
    • Jhumpa Lahiri, My Life’s Sentences*
    • Langston Hughes, Salvation
  • Chapter 10: Writing with Sources
    • Use Outside Sources in Your Writing
    • Learn to Summarize, Paraphrase, and Quote from Your Sources
    • Integrate Borrowed Material into Your Text
    • Synthesize Several Sources to Deepen Your Discussion
    • Avoid Plagiarism
    • Write Authentically and With Integrity: Use AI Tools Responsibly*
    • Tara Haelle, How to Teach Children That Failure Is the Secret to Success
    • Aviva Chomsky, Is Immigration Bad for the Environment?*
    • Donna Hicks, Activate Empathy*
• Part Three: The Language of the Essay
  • Chapter 11: Voice
    • Brooklyn White, A Pleasure to Burn: One Family's Hot-Sauce Heirloom
    • Sloane Crosley, Wheels Up*
    • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists
  • Chapter 12: Diction and Tone
    • N. Scott Momaday, Flight of the Eagles*
    • Abby Wambach, Wolfpack*
    • Robert G. Lake-Thom (Medicine Grizzly Bear), An Indian Father's Plea
  • Chapter 13: Figurative Language
    • Robert Ramirez, The Barrio
    • Lauren Groff, Swimming: A Plan B Essay*
    • Hannah Gadsby, Whirl, Interrupted*
• Part Four: Types of Essays
  • Chapter 14: Illustration
    • Natalie Goldberg, Be Specific
    • Mehdi Hasan, The Rule of Three*
    • Richard Lederer, The Case for Short Words
  • Chapter 15: Narration
    • Henry Louis Gates Jr., What's in a Name?
    • Misty Copeland, Life in Motion
    • Josh Bond, Call Me Charlie*
  • Chapter 16: Description
    • Eudora Welty, The Corner Store
    • Lee Skallerup Bessette, Chlorine*
    • Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart*
  • Chapter 17: Process Analysis
    • Marie Kondo, Designate a Place for Each Thing
    • Alice Wong, Tiger Tips on Interviewing*
    • Helen Czerski, Spiders' Legs Are Hydraulic Masterpieces*
  • Chapter 18: Definition
    • Catherine Pearson, I Love You, Now Leave Me Alone: What Friendship Means to an Introvert*
    • Akemi Johnson, Who Gets to Be "Hapa"?
    • Saadia Faruqi, Cut from the Same Cloth*
  • Chapter 19: Division and Classification
    • Martin Luther King Jr., The Ways of Meeting Oppression
    • Mia Consalvo, Cheating Is Good for You
    • Amy Tan, Mother Tongue
  • Chapter 20: Comparison and Contrast
    • Toby Morris, On a Plate
    • Brené Brown, Stressed and Overwhelmed*
    • J.D. Vance, Appalachia’s White Working Class*
  • Chapter 21: Cause and Effect
    • Rosie Perez, When a Teacher Sees You, Everything Opens Up*
    • Brent Staples, Black Men and Public Space
    • Stephen King, Why We Crave Horror Movies
  • Chapter 22: Argument
    • Thinking Critically About Argument
    • Writing Arguments
    • Taking a Stand
    • Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Becoming Disabled
    • Mary Sherry, In Praise of the F Word
    • Pamela Paul, Let Children Get Bored Again
    • Should the Government Restrict Social Media for Children and Youth?*
    • Josh Hawley, Congress Must Act to Keep Kids Off Social Media*
    • Trevor Burrus, Nicole Saad Bembridge, The Government Cracking Down on Social Media Won’t Make Kids Less Sad*
    • Is College Worth the Cost?
    • Logan Smith, Think for Yourself and Question the Benefits of Higher Education
    • Peter Cappelli, Will College Pay Off?
    • Should Restorative Justice Programs Be Expanded?*
    • Emma Brown, The Potential for Another Way: Restorative Justice*
    • Martha Minow, When Should Law Forgive?*
• Part Five: Guides to Research and Editing
  • Chapter 23: A Brief Guide to Writing a Research Paper
    • Establishing a Realistic Schedule
    • Strategies for Supporting Time Management and Focus*
    • Finding and Using Sources
    • Conducting Keyword Searches
    • Evaluating Sources
    • Analyzing Sources for Position and Bias
    • Developing a Working Bibliography
    • Taking Notes
    • Documenting Sources
    • MLA-Style Documentation
    • APA-Style Documentation
  • Chapter 24: Editing for Grammar, Punctuation, and Sentence Style
    • Run-Ons: Fused Sentences and Comma Splices
    • Sentence Fragments
    • Subject-Verb Agreement
    • Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
    • Verb Tense Shifts
    • Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
    • Faulty Parallelism
    • Weak Nouns and Verbs
    • Academic Diction and Tone
    • ESL Concerns (Articles and Nouns)

Glossary of Useful Terms
Acknowledgments
Index