Models for Writers: Short Essays for Composition

by Rosa, Alfred; Rosa, Alfred; Eschholz, Paul A.

• ISBN13: 9780312153106
• ISBN10: 0312153104
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education

Table of Contents

Thematic Contents	xvi
Introduction	1	(3)
Student Essays:
Trena Isley On the Sidelines	4	(5)
Courtney Smith Cockroaches	9	(4)
Jon Clancy Where Is Le Bathroom?	13	(6)
I. THE ELEMENTS OF THE ESSAY
Thesis	19	(18)
The Most Important Day	21	(5)
Helen Keller
Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name	26	(6)
James Lincoln Collier
Why ``Model Minority'' Doesn't Fit	32	(5)
Diane Yen-Mei Wong
Unity	37	(18)
My Name	39	(3)
Sandra Cisneros
A Chance to Pursue My Dreams	42	(6)
Cynthia Inda
The Meanings of a Word	48	(7)
Gloria Naylor
Organization	55	(20)
Reach Out and Write Someone	57	(5)
Lynn Wenzel
Made to Order Babies	62	(8)
Geoffrey Cowley
The Corner Store	70	(5)
Eudora Welty
Beginnings and Endings	75	(30)
Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles Heel	80	(6)
Michael T. Kaufman
Even You Can Get It	86	(8)
Bruce Lambert
How to Take a Job Interview	94	(6)
Kirby W. Stanat
It's Not Just a Phase	100	(5)
Katherine E. Zondlo
Paragraphs	105	(23)
Zen and the Art of Olympic Success	109	(5)
Adam Rogers
Simplicity	114	(8)
William Zinsser
``I Just Wanna Be Average''	122	(6)
Mike Rose
Transitions	128	(22)
Why I Want to Have a Family	131	(6)
Lisa Brown
How I Got Smart	137	(7)
Steve Brody
Becoming a Writer	144	(6)
Russell Baker
Effective Sentences	150	(27)
Hitting Pay Dirt	155	(5)
Annie Dillard
Salvation	160	(5)
Langston Hughes
Playing to Win	165	(6)
Margaret A. Whitney
38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call Police	171	(6)
Martin Gansberg
II. THE LANGUAGE OF THE ESSAY
Diction and Tone	177	(31)
On Being 17, Bright, and Unable to Read	183	(6)
David Raymond
La Vida Loca (The Crazy Life): Two Generations of Gang Members	189	(7)
Luis J. Rodriguez
The Fourth of July	196	(6)
Audre Lorde
The Dance within My Heart	202	(6)
Pat Mora
Figurative Language	208	(23)
The Barrio	210	(6)
Robert Romirez
Polaroids	216	(7)
Anne Lamott
A Hanging	223	(8)
George Orwell
III. TYPES OF ESSAYS
Illustration	231	(26)
A Crime of Compassion	233	(6)
Barbara Huttmann
The Case for Short Words	239	(6)
Richard Lederer
A Read-Only Man in an Interactive Age	245	(5)
George Felton
Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgments	250	(7)
Robert L. Heilbroner
Narration	257	(28)
Shame	260	(6)
Dick Gregory
The Dare	266	(5)
Roger Hoffmann
Momma, the Dentist, and Me	271	(9)
Maya Angelou
The Story of an Hour	280	(5)
Kate Chopin
Description	285	(25)
Subway Station	287	(3)
Gilbert Highet
Unforgettable Miss Bessie	290	(7)
Carl T. Rowan
Grocer's Daughter	297	(7)
Marianne Wiggins
Gravity's Rainbow	304	(6)
Guy Trebay
Process Analysis	310	(31)
How to Organize Your Thoughts for Better Communication	312	(7)
Sherry Sweetnam
How to Mark a Book	319	(8)
Mortimer Adler
Fender Benders: Legal Do's and Don't's	327	(6)
Armond D. Budish
The Spider and the Wasp	333	(8)
Alexander Petrunkevitch
Definition	341	(20)
A Jerk	343	(3)
Sydney J. Harris
Who's a Hillbilly?	346	(5)
Rebecca Thomas Kirkendall
My Way!	351	(5)
Margo Kaufman
A Magic Circle of Friends	356	(5)
Elvira M. Franco
Division and Classification	361	(31)
The Ways of Meeting Oppression	363	(6)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Friends, Good Friends---and Such Good Friends	369	(8)
Judith Viorst
What You Do Is What You Are	377	(4)
Nickie McWhirter
What We Now Know about Memory	381	(11)
Lee Smith
Comparison and Contrast	392	(22)
Grammy Rewards	396	(3)
Deborah Dalfonso
A Case of ``Severe Bias''	399	(5)
Patricia Raybon
The Locket	404	(5)
Gary Soto
A Battle of Cultures	409	(5)
K. Connie Kang
Cause and Effect	414	(27)
The Effects of the Telephone	416	(4)
John Brooks
I Refuse to Live in Fear	420	(5)
Diana Bletter
Halfway to Dick and Jane	425	(7)
Jack Agueros
How Not to Lose Friends over Money	432	(9)
Lois Duncan
Argument	441	(64)
As They Say, Drugs Kill	448	(6)
Laura Rowley
In Praise of the F Word	454	(5)
Mary Sherry
The Right to Fail	459	(6)
William Zinsser
Less Is More: A Call for Shorter Work Hours	465	(7)
Barbara Brandt
A City's Assault on Teen Pregnancy	472	(7)
Joe Loconte
Exposing Media Myths: TV Doesn't Affect You As Much As You Think	479	(7)
Joanmarie Kalter
Robbing the Cradle	486	(6)
Dennis A. William
Against the Great Divide	492	(6)
Brian Jarvis
What's Marriage Got to Do with Love?	498	(7)
Maggie Gallagher
Combining Rhetorical Strategies	505	(31)
I'm Sorry, I Won't Apologize	508	(7)
Deborah Tannen
An Ethnic Trump	515	(5)
Gish Jen
Beyond the Melting Pot	520	(11)
William A. Henry
On Dumpster Diving	531	(5)
Lars Eighner
Glossary of Useful Terms	536	(16)
Index	552