Patterns of Reflection : A Reader

by Seyler, Dorothy U.

• ISBN13: 9780321165169
• ISBN10: 0321165160
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

This brief, engaging reader provides readable selections organized by both rhetorical patterns and themes. Featuring more than ninety brief selections, this accessible compilation features a dual organization with readings that illustrate a specific rhetorical pattern while exploring a relevant theme. Each chapter is enriched by an introduction that provides specific guidelines for understanding the rhetorical pattern illustrated, vocabulary work, detailed questions for each reading, and topics for writing.Selections range from professional essays to annotated student essays, short stories, poems, a cartoon, fourcolor fine art, advertisements, and photographs.Individuals interested in brief readings that model rhetorical structures.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
On Reading and Writing	1	(35)
The Challenges and Rewards of Writing	1	(1)
Good Reasons for Reading	2	(2)
Guidelines for Active Reading	4	(4)
Guided Reading: Ellen Goodman, ``Learning to Brake for Butterflies''	8	(3)
Writing Focus: Using Summary, Analysis, and Synthesis	11	(5)
Getting Started:``The Writer''	16	(2)
Richard Wilbur
``The Watcher at the Gates''	18	(4)
Gail Godwin
``On Reading and Becoming a Writer''	22	(6)
Terry McMillan
``How to Write with Style''	28	(5)
Kurt Vonnegut
Making Connections	33	(1)
Topics and Guidelines for Writing	34	(2)
Using Narration: Growing Up, Growing Wiser	36	(40)
When to Use Narration	36	(1)
How to Use Narration	37	(1)
Writing Focus: Preparing Your Essay for Readers	38	(1)
Getting Started: Reflections on Growing Up	39	(1)
``The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl''	40	(4)
Elizabeth Wong
``By Any Other Name''	44	(8)
Santha Rama Rau
``The End of My Childhood''	52	(3)
N. Scott Momaday
``Always Running''	55	(4)
Luis J. Rodriguez
``Death of an Officer''	59	(8)
Gaye Wagner
``How Mr. Dewey Decimal Saved My Life''	67	(4)
Barbara Kingsolver
Cartoon	71	(2)
Tom Toles
Making Connections	73	(1)
Topics and Guidelines for Writing	73	(3)
Using Description: Reflecting on People and Places	76	(46)
When to Use Description	76	(1)
How to Use Descriptive Details	77	(2)
Writing Focus: It's All About Words	79	(2)
Getting Started: Reflections on a Painting	81	(1)
Six Paintings: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Peasant Dance; Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, The Third of May, 1808; Edgar Degas, The Dance Class; Vincent Van Gogh, The Night Cafe; Pablo Picasso, Three Dancers; Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory
``Mrs. Zajac''	81	(4)
Tracy Kidder
``Lost Lives of Women''	85	(5)
Amy Tan
``Remembering Lobo''	90	(5)
Pat Mora
``Let It Snow!''	95	(3)
Diane Ackerman
``Africa''	98	(7)
Lance Morrow
``My Father''	105	(11)
Doris Lessing
Student Essay---Description: Alexa Skandar, ``Time's Trophy''	116	(3)
Making Connections	119	(1)
Topics and Guidelines for Writing	120	(2)
Using Comparison and Contrast: Ways of Learning	122	(43)
When to Use Comparison and Contrast	122	(1)
How to Use Comparison and Contrast	123	(2)
Writing Focus: Coherence Is Crucial	125	(1)
Getting Started: Reflecting on Expectations of College	126	(1)
``Conversational Ballgames''	126	(6)
Nancy Masterson Sakamoto
``Education''	132	(4)
E. B. White
``Girls Are Beneficiaries of Gender Gap''	136	(4)
Diane Ravitch
``Boys and Girls: Anatomy and Destiny''	140	(7)
Judith Viorst
``Cyber U: What's Missing''	147	(3)
Michele Tolela Myers
``Pedestrian Students and High-Flying Squirrels''	150	(5)
Liane Ellison Norman
``Marks''	155	(2)
Linda Pastan
Student Essay---Contrast: Denisse M. Bonilla, ``The Faded Stain''	157	(4)
Making Connections	161	(1)
Topics and Guidelines for Writing	162	(3)
Explaining and Illustrating: Examining Media Images	165	(45)
When to Use Examples	165	(1)
How to Use Examples	166	(1)
Writing Focus: Vary Your Sentences	167	(2)
Getting Started: Thinking About Advertising	169	(1)
Four Ads: Fila, Got Milk? Gladware, Council for Biotechnology Information
``To Be or Not to Be as Defined by TV''	170	(8)
Jack McGarvey
``Sex, Lies, and Advertising''	178	(6)
Gloria Steinem
``Violent Femmes''	184	(8)
Stephanie Mencimer
``Look Out Below: At the Movies, Subtext Plays a Summer Role''	192	(6)
Stephen Hunter
``Bad Raps: Music Rebels Revel in Their Thug Life''	198	(5)
Suzanne Fields
``Call Hating''	203	(3)
Dave Barry
Making Connections	206	(1)
Topics and Guidelines for Writing	207	(3)
Using Process Analysis: How We Work and Play	210	(42)
When to Use Process Analysis	210	(1)
How to Use Process Analysis	211	(1)
Writing Focus: Punctuating Properly	212	(2)
Getting Started: Reflections on Your Favorite Game	214	(1)
``Say My Name, Say My Name''	214	(2)
Benjamin Levy
``Putting Your Job Interview into Rehearsal''	216	(6)
John P. Aigner
``Learning to Act Like a Professional''	222	(4)
William G. Nickels
Jim McHugh
Susan McHugh
``Improving Your Body Language Skills''	226	(10)
Suzette H. Elgin
``Restoring Recess''	236	(4)
Carol Krucoff
``Camping Out''	240	(6)
Ernest Hemingway
``The Day That I Sensed a New Kind of Intelligence''	246	(3)
Garry Kasparov
Making Connections	249	(1)
Topics and Guidelines for Writing	250	(2)
Using Division and Classification: Examining Human Connections---and Misconnections	252	(48)
When to Use Division and Classification	252	(1)
How to Use Division and Classification	253	(2)
Writing Focus: Words to Live Without!	255	(1)
Getting Started: Classifying Recent Reading or Viewing	256	(1)
``The Plot Against People''	256	(4)
Russell Baker
``The Roles of Manners''	260	(6)
Judith Martin
``Hot Boxes for Ex-Smokers''	266	(5)
Franklin E. Zimring
``The Science and Secrets of Personal Space''	271	(6)
Curt Suplee
``There's Three Kinds of Teams''	277	(5)
Peter Drucker
``Class Acts: America's Changing Middle Class''	282	(7)
Ralph Whitehead, Jr.
Student Essay---Division and Classification: Garrett Berger, ``Buying Time''	289	(7)
Making Connections	296	(1)
Topics and Guidelines for Writing	297	(3)
Using Definition: Understanding Ideas and Values	300	(44)
When to Use Definition	300	(1)
How to Develop an Extended Definition	301	(1)
Writing Focus: Using Metaphors, Avoiding Cliches	302	(1)
Getting Started: Reflections on E. B. White's Ideas of Democracy	303	(1)
``On Friendship''	304	(6)
Margaret Mead
Rhoda Metraux
``Is Everybody Happy?''	310	(5)
John Ciardi
``Entropy''	315	(5)
K. C. Cole
``Discrimination Is a Virtue''	320	(4)
Robert Keith Miller
``Still Obsessive After All These Years''	324	(4)
Roger Rosenblatt
``The Difference Between `Sick' and `Evil'''	328	(6)
Andrew Vachss
``Curiosity''	334	(3)
Alastair Reid
Student Essay---Definition: Laura Mullins, ``Paragon or Parasite?''	337	(4)
Making Connections	341	(1)
Topics and Guidelines for Writing	342	(2)
Using Causal Analysis: Examining Family and Community Issues	344	(45)
When to Use Causal Analysis	344	(1)
How to Use Causal Analysis	345	(2)
Writing Focus: References to Authors, Works, and the Words of Others	347	(2)
Getting Started: Reflections on Why You Are in College	349	(1)
``Duty: The Forgotten Virtue''	349	(6)
Amitai Etzioni
``Family Values Go to Work''	355	(4)
Rosalind C. Barnett
Caryl Rivers
``When Parents Are Toxic to Children''	359	(5)
Keith Ablow
``Social Science Finds: `Marriage Matters'''	364	(12)
Linda J. Waite
``Will Gay Marriage Be Legal?''	376	(3)
John Cloud
``Not Much Sense in Those Census Stories''	379	(5)
Stephanie Coontz
``Dream Deferred''	384	(2)
Langston Hughes
Making Connections	386	(1)
Topics and Guidelines for Writing	386	(3)
Using Argument and Persuasion: Preserving the Health of Our World	389	(64)
The Characteristics of Argument	389	(2)
How to Use Argument and Persuasion	391	(2)
Writing Focus: Logical Fallacies	393	(3)
Getting Started: Reflections on the Challenges Facing Ourselves, Our Society, Our World	396	(1)
``Ban the Things. Ban Them All''	396	(4)
Molly Ivins
``Why Guns Matter''	400	(3)
Ned Andrews
``Adult Crime, Adult Time''	403	(6)
Linda J. Collier
``Kids Who Kill Are Still Kids''	409	(3)
Richard Cohen
``The Myth and Math of Affirmative Action''	412	(7)
Goodwin Liu
``California's Big Squeeze''	419	(4)
Gregory Rodriguez
``Don't Wobble on Immigration''	423	(4)
Ben Wattenberg
``Illegal Aliens''	427	(9)
George J. Borjas
``Too Green for Their Own Good?''	436	(6)
Andrew Goldstein
``Lessons from Lost Worlds''	442	(5)
Jared Diamond
Student Essay---Refutation: David M. Ouellette, ``Blame It on the Media and Other Ways to Dress a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing''	447	(3)
Making Connections	450	(1)
Topics and Guidelines for Writing	450	(3)
Works for Further Reading and Analysis	453	(24)
``Declaration of Sentiments''	453	(3)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
``The Story of an Hour''	456	(4)
Kate Chopin
``Patterns''	460	(3)
Amy Lowell
``Science and the Sense of Wonder''	463	(4)
Isaac Asimov
``Border Hazards: An Obsession to Become Unhealthy''	467	(3)
Richard Rodriguez
``Neat People vs. Sloppy People''	470	(3)
Suzanne Britt
``A Date to Remember''	473	(4)
Lisa Mundy
Glossary	477	(8)
Credits	485	(8)
Index	493