Patterns for College Writing

by Kirszner, Laurie G.; Mandell, Stephen R.

• ISBN13: 9780312190446
• ISBN10: 0312190441
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780312247362
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-01
• Publisher: Bedford/st Martins
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Table of Contents

Thematic Guide to the Contents	xix
Preface	xxv
INTRODUCTION: READING TO WRITE	1	(646)
Reading Critically	1	(1)
Reading Actively	2	(1)
Before You Read	2	(1)
As You Read	2	(1)
Highlighting and Annotating	3	(1)
Reading the Selections in this Book	4	(3)
``What's in a Name?''	5	(2)
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Responding to Reading Selections	7	(6)
The Writing Process	13	(48)
Invention	14	(20)
Understanding the Assignment	14	(1)
Setting Limits	15	(4)
Moving from Subject to Topic	19	(4)
Freewriting	23	(1)
Finding Something to Say	24	(1)
Brainstorming	24	(2)
Journal Writing	26	(1)
Grouping Ideas	27	(1)
Clustering	27	(1)
Making An Informal Outline	28	(1)
Understanding Thesis and Support	29	(1)
Formulating a Thesis	30	(3)
Formulating a Thesis	33	(1)
Arrangement	34	(11)
Recognizing a Pattern	35	(1)
Constructing a Formal Outline	36	(1)
Constructing a Formal Outline	37	(1)
Understanding the Parts of the Essay	38	(7)
Drafting and Revision	45	(16)
Writing Your First Draft	45	(1)
Revising Your Essay	46	(3)
Revising a First Draft	49	(1)
Points for Special Attention	50	(2)
Revising a Second Draft	52	(2)
Points for Special Attention	54	(1)
Preparing a Final Draft	55	(3)
A Note on Editing	58	(3)
Narration	61	(46)
What is Narration?	61	(3)
Including Enough Detail	62	(1)
Varying Sentence Structure	63	(1)
Maintaining Clear Narrative Order	63	(1)
Structuring a Narrative Essay	64	(40)
Narration	65	(1)
My Field of Dreams	65	(3)
Tiffany Forte
Points for Special Attention	68	(1)
Focus on Revision	69	(1)
Only Daughter	70	(5)
Sandra Cisneros
Finishing School	75	(6)
Maya Angelou
My Mother Never Worked	81	(5)
Donna Smith-Yackel
Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police	86	(5)
Martin Gansberg
Shooting an Elephant	91	(9)
George Orwell
The Open Window	100	(4)
H. H. Munro
Writing Assignments for Narration	104	(1)
Collaborative Activity for Narration	105	(2)
Description	107	(50)
What is Description?	107	(5)
Objective and Subjective Descriptions	108	(2)
Objective and Subjective Language	110	(1)
Selection of Detail	111	(1)
Structuring a Descriptive Essay	112	(43)
Student Writers: Description	113	(1)
The Light Microscope	114	(2)
Joseph Tessari
Points for Special Attention	116	(1)
Focus on Revision	117	(1)
The Valley of Windmills	117	(2)
Mary Lim
Points for Special Attention	119	(1)
Focus on Revision	120	(1)
Words Left Unspoken	121	(5)
Leah Hager Cohen
Reading the River	126	(4)
Mark Twain
In the Jungle	130	(6)
Annie Dillard
The Way to Rainy Mountain	136	(6)
N. Scott Momaday
Once More to the Lake	142	(7)
E. B. White
The Grave	149	(6)
Katherine Anne Porter
Writing Assignments for Description	155	(1)
Collaborative Activity for Description	155	(2)
Exemplification	157	(50)
What is Exemplification?	157	(4)
Using Examples to Explain and Clarify	158	(1)
Using Examples to Add Interest	158	(1)
Using Examples to Persuade	159	(1)
Using Examples to Test Your Thesis	159	(1)
Providing Enough Examples	160	(1)
Choosing Representative Examples	160	(1)
Structuring an Exemplification Essay	161	(44)
Exemplification	162	(1)
Job Application Letter	163	(1)
Elizabeth Bensley
Points for Special Attention	164	(1)
Focus on Revision	165	(1)
Midnight	165	(2)
Grace Ku
Points for Special Attention	167	(1)
Focus on Revision	168	(1)
The Peter Principle	169	(7)
Laurence J. Peter
Raymond Hull
Six Enviro-Myths	176	(5)
Robert M. Lilienfeld
William L. Rathje
English Is a Crazy Language	181	(5)
Richard Lederer
Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space	186	(6)
Brent Staples
The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society	192	(10)
Jonathan Kozol
Samuel	202	(3)
Grace Paley
Writing Assignments for Exemplification	205	(1)
Collaborative Activity for Exemplification	205	(2)
Process	207	(50)
What is Process?	207	(2)
Instructions and Process Explanations	208	(1)
Uses of Process Essays	208	(1)
Structuring a Process Essay	209	(46)
Process	210	(1)
Pumping Iron	211	(1)
Joseph Miksitz
Points for Special Attention	212	(1)
Focus on Revision	213	(1)
Medium Ash Brown	213	(2)
Melany Hunt
Points for Special Attention	215	(1)
Focus on Revision	216	(2)
My First Conk	218	(5)
Malcolm X
The Spider and the Wasp	223	(7)
Alexander Petrunkevitch
Anatomy of a Joke	230	(5)
Garry Trudeau
On Fire	235	(5)
Larry Brown
The Embalming of Mr. Jones	240	(7)
Jessica Mitford
The Lottery	247	(8)
Shirley Jackson
Writing Assignments for Process	255	(1)
Collaborative Activity for Process	255	(2)
Cause and Effect	257	(54)
What is Cause and Effect?	257	(5)
Main and Contributory Causes	259	(1)
Immediate and Remote Causes	260	(1)
The Causal Chain	260	(1)
Post Hoc Reasoning	261	(1)
Structuring a Cause-and-Effect Essay	262	(46)
Finding Causes	263	(1)
Describing or Predicting Effects	264	(1)
Cause and Effect	265	(1)
The Irish Famine, 1845-1849	265	(3)
Evelyn Pellicane
Points for Special Attention	268	(1)
Focus on Revision	269	(1)
Who Killed Benny Paret?	270	(4)
Norman Cousins
Television: The Plug-In Drug	274	(10)
Marie Winn
The ``Black Table'' Is Still There	284	(4)
Lawrence Otis Graham
On the Meaning of Plumbing and Poverty	288	(6)
Melanie Scheller
It's Just Too Late	294	(11)
Calvin Trillin
Suicide Note	305	(3)
Janice Mirikitani
Writing Assignments for Cause and Effect	308	(1)
Collaborative Activity for Cause and Effect	309	(2)
Comparison and Contrast	311	(56)
What is Comparison and Contrast?	311	(4)
Using Comparison and Contrast	312	(1)
Establishing a Basis of Comparison	313	(1)
Selecting Points for Discussion	314	(1)
Formulating a Thesis Statement	314	(1)
Structuring a Comparison-and-Contrast Essay	315	(51)
Using Subject-by-Subject Comparison	315	(1)
Using Point-by-Point Comparison	316	(1)
Supplying Clear Transitions	316	(1)
Comparison and Contrast	317	(1)
Brains versus Brawn	317	(5)
Mark Cotharn
Points for Special Attention	322	(1)
Focus on Revision	323	(1)
The Big Move	324	(4)
Margaret Depner
Points for Special Attention	328	(1)
Focus on Revision	329	(1)
Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts	330	(5)
Bruce Catton
The Word and the Web	335	(5)
Edward Mendelson
Two Ways to Belong in America	340	(5)
Bharati Mukherjee
How the Lawyers Stole Winter	345	(5)
Christopher B. Daly
Sex, Lies, and Conversation	350	(7)
Deborah Tannen
Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood	357	(7)
Richard Rodriguez
Ex-Basketball Player	364	(2)
John Updike
Writing Assignments for Comparison and Contrast	366	(1)
Collaborative Activity for Comparison and Contrast	366	(1)
Classification and Division	367	(76)
What is Classification and Division?	367	(2)
Understanding Classification and Division	368	(1)
Uses of Classification and Division	368	(1)
Structuring a Classification-and-Division Essay	369	(72)
Selecting and Arranging Categories	370	(1)
Formulating a Thesis Statement	370	(1)
Planning and Outlining Your Essay	370	(2)
Classification and Division	372	(1)
The Western: More Than Just ``Popular'' Literature	372	(4)
Roger Bauer
Points for Special Attention	376	(1)
Focus on Revision	376	(2)
College Pressures	378	(9)
William Zinsser
The Men We Carry in Our Minds	387	(6)
Scott Russell Sanders
Mother Tongue	393	(8)
Amy Tan
Sexism in English: A 1990s Update	401	(13)
Alleen Pace Nilsen
The Ways We Lie	414	(10)
Stephanie Ericsson
Revelation	424	(17)
Flannery O'Connor
Writing Assignments for Classification and Division	441	(1)
Collaborative Activity for Classification and Division	442	(1)
Definition	443	(42)
What is Definition?	443	(4)
Formal Definitions	444	(1)
Extended Definitions	445	(2)
Structuring A Definition Essay	447	(35)
Definition	448	(1)
The Untouchable	448	(3)
Ajoy Mahtab
Points for Special Attention	451	(1)
Focus on Revision	452	(1)
Our Forked Tongue	453	(4)
John Kenneth Galbraith
Tortillas	457	(4)
Jose Antonio Burciaga
I Want a Wife	461	(4)
Judy Brady
The Company Man	465	(4)
Ellen Goodman
The Holocaust	469	(5)
Bruno Bettelheim
The Catbird Seat	474	(8)
James Thurber
Writing Assignments for Definition	482	(1)
Collaborative Activity for Definition	483	(2)
Argumentation	485	(118)
What is Argumentation?	485	(8)
Argumentation and Persuasion	486	(1)
Choosing a Topic	486	(1)
Taking a Stand	487	(1)
Analyzing Your Audience	488	(1)
Gathering and Documenting Evidence	488	(3)
Dealing with the Opposition	491	(1)
Using Rogerian Argument	492	(1)
Deductive and Inductive Arguments	493	(7)
Using Deductive Arguments	493	(2)
Using Inductive Arguments	495	(1)
Using Toulmin Logic	496	(1)
Recognizing Fallacies	497	(3)
Structuring an Argumentative Essay	500	(101)
Argumentation	501	(1)
An Argument against the Anna Todd Jennings Scholarship	501	(4)
Matt Daniels
Points for Special Attention	505	(1)
Focus on Revision	506	(1)
The Declaration of Independence	507	(6)
Thomas Jefferson
Letter from Birmingham Jail	513	(16)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Debate: Immigration	529	(1)
What, Then, Is to Be Done?	530	(11)
Peter Brimelow
Five Myths about Immigration	541	(6)
David Cole
Debate: Multicultural Education	547	(1)
Multiculturalism Is Misguided	548	(4)
Trudy Rubin
Let's Tell the Story of All America's Cultures	552	(5)
Ji-Yeon Mary Yuhfill
Debate: Date Rape	557	(1)
It's a Jungle Out There	558	(6)
Camille Paglia
Common Decency	564	(5)
Susan Jacoby
Debate Casebook: Media Violence	569	(1)
Unnatural Killers	570	(10)
John Grisham
Memo to John Grisham: What's Next---``A Movie Made Me Do It''?	580	(5)
Oliver Stone
Violent Films Cry ``Fire'' in Crowded Theaters	585	(6)
Michael Zimecki
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed: Chasing the Monster of TV Violence	591	(10)
Brian Siano
Writing Assignments for Argumentation	601	(1)
Collaborative Activity for Argumentation	601	(2)
Combining the Patterns	603	(44)
Combining the Patterns	604	(1)
The Part	604	(3)
Michael Huu Truong
Points for Special Attention	607	(1)
Focus on Revision	608	(1)
On Dumpster Diving	609	(16)
Lars Eighner
A Modest Proposal	625	(10)
Jonathan Swift
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens	635	(11)
Alice Walker
Writing Assignments for Combining the Patterns	646	(1)
Collaborative Activity for Combining the Patterns	646	(1)
APPENDIX: USING AND DOCUMENTING SOURCES	647	(19)
Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Using Quotations	647	(2)
Avoiding Plagiarism	649	(3)
Using Mla Style to Cite and Document Sources	652	(14)
Parenthetical References in the Text	652	(1)
The Works Cited List	653	(7)
Violence in the Media	660	(6)
Allison Rogers
Glossary	666	(13)
Index of Terms, Authors, and Titles	679