Sticks & Stones And Other Student Essays

by Axelrod, Rise B.; Cooper, Charles R.

• ISBN13: 9781319218485
• ISBN10: 1319218482
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2018-10-22
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

A collection of essays written by students using The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing,Sticks and Stones reflects the richness and diversity of student experience. The quantity and quality of student writing that has been submitted in response to previous editions of Sticks and Stonesdemonstrate that students enjoy and benefit from reading one another’s work. To continue the celebration of student writing, Macmillan invites students to send us their best essays. Help us make the next edition even better—put your work into it!

Table of Contents

*Indicates essays new to this edition

Preface for Instructors

To the Student

1 Literacy Narratives

A Critical Reading Guide

*Jonathan Escobar (University of California, Riverside), Lost in Translation

*Gabriel Zamora (University of California, Riverside), The Game

2 Remembering an Event

A Peer Review Guide

Nicole Ball (Niagara University), Sticks and Stones

Stephanie Legge (University of California, Riverside), In a Ditch

Samantha Wright (University of California, Riverside), Starving for Control

Julia Barojas (University of California, Riverside), Almost Quitting

James Ziech (University of Wisconsin, Baraboo/Sauk County), Worse Than a Lump of Coal

3 Writing Profiles

A Peer Review Guide

*Isaiah Williams (University of California, Riverside), To Protect and Serve

Linda Fine (University of California, Riverside), Bringing Ingenuity Back

Bonnie Lapwood (Mt. San Jacinto College, Menifee Valley), Modernizing a Remnant of the Mid-Twentieth Century

Natasha Farhoodi (Texas Woman’s University), Mad World Records

4 Explaining a Concept

A Peer Review Guide

Katie Angeles (University of California, Riverside), The Forgotten Personality

Sheila McClain (Western Wyoming Community College), Proxemics: A Study of Space and Relationships

*Jonathan Potthast (University of California, Riverside), Supervolcanoes: A Catastrophe of Ice and Fire

Etoria Spears (University of California, Riverside), Therapeutic Cloning and Embryonic Research

Max Wu (University of California, Riverside), The Disorder That Hides Within

William Tucker (University of California, Riverside), The Art and Creativity of Stop-Motion

5 Analyzing and Synthesizing Opposing Arguments

A Peer Review Guide

Luke Serrano (University of California, Riverside), Gambling and Government Restriction

Chris Sexton (University of California, Riverside), Virtual Reality?

Matthew Chrisler (University of California, Riverside), Are Laissez-Faire Policies to Blame?

Brittany Koehler (Oakland Community College, Orchard Ridge), Criminal DNA Databases: Enhancing Police Investigations or Violating Civil Rights?

Adam Hood (University of California, Riverside), Online Piracy: A David and Goliath Debate

6 Arguing a Position

A Peer Review Guide

*Liam Hwang (Boston College), Animal Rights

*Heather Nickell (Murray State College), Fracking: Drilling Toward Disaster

Tan-Li Hsu (University of California, Riverside), Energy Drinks

Mary Hake (Pierce College), With Each Seed a Farmer Plants

7 Proposing a Solution

A Peer Review Guide

Max Moore (University of California, Riverside), The Social Security Problem

Monica Perez (The Catholic University of America), Cracking Down on Lighting Up

James Benge (University of California, Riverside), Adapting to the Disappearance of Honeybees

Kati Huff (Lake Michigan College), Unhealthy Lunchrooms: Toxic for Schoolchildren and the Environment

8 Justifying an Evaluation

A Peer Review Guide

Matthew Fontilla (Chaffey College), Watchmen

Jane Kim (University of California, Riverside), Evaluation of Nickel and Dimed

Julie Plucinski (Triton College), Satellite Radio

9 Arguing for Causes or Effects

A Peer Review Guide

Michele Cox (University of California, Riverside), The Truth about Lying

Victoria Radford (Texas Woman’s University), Mayday! Mayday!

Virginia Gagliardi (Lebanon Valley College), Left Out

Stephanie Cox (Metropolitan Community College), Hispanic Pride vs. American Assimilation

10 Analyzing Stories

A Peer Review Guide

Sarah Hawkins (University of California, San Diego), In Love

Margaret Tate (DeKalb College), Irony and Intuition in A Jury of Her Peers

*Justine Appel (Arizona State University), The Short, Happy Life of Louise Mallard

A Note on the Copyediting

Sample Copyediting

Submission Form