Strategies for College Writing : A Rhetorical Reader

by Funk, Robert W.; Day, Susan X.; Coleman, Linda S.

• ISBN13: 9780130812247
• ISBN10: 0130812242
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

"Who? What? Why? How?" "Strategies for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader, Second Edition," unifies the reading and writing processes through a "Who, What, Why, How" heuristic that is more accessible and easily practiced by beginning writers. NEW FEATURES: Twenty-five new readings, including essays by Langston Hughes, Gary Soto, Joan Didion, Alice Walker, Diane Ackerman, Amy Tan, Lewis Thomas, John Holt, Stephanie Ericsson, Scott Russell Sanders, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Bharati Mukherjee. Expanded coverage of revision and audience throughout the next. Updated suggestions for using computers and the Internet, including a text-tied Companion Website www.prenhall.com/funk with quizzes, contextual information, and relevant web destinations.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Thematic Table of Contents	xvii
Engaged Reading	1	(16)
Getting Started	1	(1)
Marking the Text	2	(1)
Reading With a Plan: Who? What? Why? and How?	2	(7)
``Gender Gap in Cyberspace''	4	(5)
Deborah Tannen
Using Who? What? Why? and How?	9	(5)
Making the Reading-Writing Connection	14	(3)
Developing the Habit	15	(2)
The Reader-Writer Interaction	17	(17)
Developing Your Writing Skills	17	(1)
Constructing an Essay	18	(7)
Generating Ideas	18	(2)
Making a Plan	20	(1)
Organizing Your Ideas	20	(2)
Writing a Draft	22	(2)
Improving the Draft	24	(1)
Checklist for Revising and Editing	25	(1)
Sample Student Essay with Author's Comments	25	(7)
``Dealing with Death, Coping with Life''	25	(5)
Jennifer Hoff
Using Internet Resources	30	(1)
``Twelve Tips to Search the Internet Successfully''	30	(2)
Bruce Maxwell
Internet Sources for Writers	32	(2)
Strategies for Discovering and Relating Experiences: Narration	34	(52)
Informal Discovery Writing	35	(2)
``Diary''	35	(2)
Anne Frank
Focused Discovery Writing	37	(1)
Narration: Relating Discoveries to Readers	38	(2)
Student Essay: Tara Coburn, ``A Better Place''	38	(2)
Writer's Worksop: Responding to a Narrative	40	(1)
Getting Started on a Narrative	40	(1)
Organizing a Narrative	41	(1)
Developing a Narrative	41	(1)
Opening and Closing a Narrative	42	(1)
Using the Model	43	(41)
Checklist for Reading and Writing Narrative Essays	43	(1)
``Jackie's Debut: A Unique Day''	44	(4)
Mike Royko
Writing from Reading Assignment	48	(2)
``Street Scene: Minor Heroism in a Major Metropolitan Area''	50	(4)
Ian Frazier
``A Quiet Siege: The Death and Life of a Gay Naval Officer''	54	(9)
Andre Dubus
``No Name Woman''	63	(13)
Maxine Hong Kingston
``Shooting an Elephant''	76	(8)
George Orwell
Further Ideas for Using Narration	84	(2)
Strategies for Appealing to the Senses: Description	86	(48)
``Mrs. Zajac''	87	(2)
Tracy Kidder
Writer's Worksop I: Responding to a Description	89	(1)
Writing from Reading	90	(2)
Student Essay: Ann Moroney, ``Lisa''	90	(2)
Getting Started on a Description	92	(2)
Organizing a Description	94	(1)
Developing a Description	94	(1)
Using the Model	95	(38)
Writer's Worksop II: Analyzing a Description	96	(1)
Checklist for Reading and Writing Descriptive Essays	96	(1)
``Two Views of the Mississippi''	97	(3)
Mark Twain
Writing from Reading Assignment	100	(2)
``A Ride through Spain''	102	(6)
Truman Capote
``White Breast Flats''	108	(8)
Emilie Gallant
``In the Kitchen''	116	(9)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
``Once More to the Lake''	125	(8)
E. B. White
Further Ideas for Using Description	133	(1)
Strategies for Making a Point: Exemplification	134	(53)
``Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space''	135	(4)
Bren Staples
Writer's Workshop I: Responding to an Exemplification Essay	139	(1)
Writing From Reading	139	(2)
Student Essay: Mark Jones, ``Looking Up from the Bottom''	139	(2)
Getting Started on Exemplification	141	(1)
Organizing Exemplification	142	(1)
Developing Exemplification	143	(1)
Opening and Closing Exemplification	144	(1)
Using the Model	144	(42)
Writer's Workshop II: Analyzing an Exemplification Essay	145	(1)
Checklist for Reading and Writing Exemplification Essays	145	(1)
``On the Interstate: A City of the Mind''	146	(4)
Sue Hubbell
Writing from Reading Assignment	150	(2)
``Shitty First Drafts''	152	(6)
Anne Lamott
``Mock Democracy''	158	(7)
William Greider
``Slow Descent into Hell''	165	(8)
Jon D. Hull
``A Weight That Women Carry''	173	(13)
Sallie Tisdale
Further Ideas for Using Exemplification	186	(1)
Strategies for Explaining How Things Work: Process Analysis	187	(55)
``Cat Bathing as a Martial Art''	188	(2)
Bud Herron
Writer's Workshop I: Responding to a Process Analysis	190	(1)
Writing from Reading	190	(3)
Student Essay: James R. Bryans, ``Buying Land: Easier Said Than Done''	191	(2)
Getting Started on a Process Analysis	193	(1)
Organizing a Process Analysis	193	(1)
Developing a Process Analysis	194	(2)
Opening and Closing a Process Analysis	196	(1)
Using the Model	197	(45)
Writer's Workship II: Analyzing Process Writing	197	(1)
Checkist for Reading and Writing Process Essays	198	(1)
``Wall Covering''	199	(5)
Dereck Williamson
Writing from Reading Assignment	204	(2)
``Company Menu No. 1''	206	(5)
Peg Bracken
``Embalming Mr. Jones''	211	(9)
Jessica Mitford
``How to Write a Personal Letter''	220	(5)
Garrison Keillor
``To Hell and Back''	225	(9)
Leon Jaroff
``The Alzheimer's Strain: How to Accommodate Too Many Patients''	234	(8)
Malcolm Gladwell
Further Ideas For Using Process Definition	242	(1)
Strategies of Clarifying Meaning: Definition	242	(45)
``The Company Man''	243	(2)
Ellen Goodman
Writers' Workshop I: Responding to a Definition	245	(1)
Writing From Reading	245	(2)
Student Essay: Megan Quick, ``In Tune with His Students''	245	(2)
Getting Started on a Definition	247	(2)
Organizing a Definition	249	(1)
Developing a Definition	250	(1)
Opening and Closing a Definition	250	(1)
Using the Model	251	(35)
Writer's Workshop II: Analyzing a Definition	252	(1)
``Who's a Hillbilly?''	253	(4)
Rebecca Thomas Kirkendall
Writing from Reading Assignment	257	(2)
``I Want a Wife''	259	(5)
Judy Brady
```Let the Sky Rain Potatoes'''	264	(5)
M.F.K. Fisher
``Father Hunger''	269	(8)
Michel Marriott
``The Fear''	277	(9)
Andrew Holleran
Further Ideas for Using Definition	286	(1)
Strategies for Organizing Ideas and Experience: Division and Classification	287	(55)
``The Extendable Fork''	288	(2)
Calvin Trillin
Writers Workshop I: Responding to a Classification	290	(1)
Writing From Reading	290	(3)
Student Essay: Brian Shamhart, ``Friend, Foe, or???''	291	(2)
Getting Started on Division and Classification Writing	293	(1)
Organizing Division and Classification Writing	294	(2)
Developing Division and Classification Writing	296	(1)
Opening and Closing Division and Classification Writing	296	(1)
Using the Model	297	(44)
Writer's Workshop II: Analyzing a Division and Classification Essay	298	(1)
Checklist for Reading and Writing Division and Classification Essays	298	(2)
``Doublespeak''	300	(6)
William Lutz
Writing from Reading Assignment	306	(2)
``The Power of Two: A New Way of Classifying Everyone''	308	(6)
Cullen Murphy
``Lotus Blossoms Don't Bleed: Images of Asian American Women''	314	(9)
Renee Tajima
``What Friends Are For''	323	(9)
Phillip Lopate
``What We Now Know About Memory''	332	(9)
Lee Smith
Further Ideas for Using Division and Classification	341	(1)
Strategies for Examining Connections: Comparison and Contrast	342	(60)
``Day to Night: Picking Cotton''	343	(3)
Maya Angelou
Writer's Workshop I: Responding to Comparison and Contrast	346	(1)
Writing from Reading	346	(3)
Student Essay: Kara Kitner, ``Life: It's All About Choices''	346	(3)
Getting Started on Comparison and Contrast	349	(1)
Organizing Comparison and Contrast	350	(2)
Developing Comparison and Contrast	352	(1)
Opening and Closing Comparison and Contrast	352	(2)
Using the Model	354	(47)
Writer's Workshop II: Analyzing Comparison and Contrast	354	(1)
Checklist for Reading and Writing Comparison and Contrast Essays	354	(2)
``Parallel Worlds: The Surprising Similarities (and Differences) of Country-and-Western and Rap''	356	(6)
Denise Noe
Writing from Reading Assignment	362	(2)
``Guavas''	364	(4)
Esmeralda Santiago
``Sex, Lies, and Conversation''	368	(8)
Deborah Tannen
``Coming from the Country''	376	(12)
Scott Russell Sanders
``Dividing American Society''	388	(13)
Andrew Hacker
Further Ideas for Using Comparison and Contrast	401	(1)
Strategies for Interpreting Meaning: Cause and Effect	402	(49)
``My Wood''	403	(2)
E.M. Forster
Writer's Workshop I: Responding to Cause and Effect	405	(1)
Writing From Reading	406	(2)
Student Essay: Ami Krumery, ``My Car''	406	(2)
Getting Started on Cause and Effect	408	(1)
Organizing Cause and Effect	409	(2)
Developing Cause and Effect	411	(1)
Opening and Closing Cause and Effect	412	(1)
Using the Model	412	(38)
Writer's Workshop II: Analyzing Cause and Effect	413	(1)
Checklist for Reading and Writing Cause and Effect Essays	414	(1)
``Why Boys Don't Play with Dolls''	415	(4)
Katha Pollitt
Writing from Reading Assignment	419	(8)
``The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria''	427	(8)
Judith Ortiz Cofer
``Becoming and Breaking: Poet and Poem''	435	(8)
Alberto Alvaro Rios
``The Most Human Art: Ten Reasons Why We'll Always Need a Good Story''	443	(7)
Scott Russell Sanders
Further Ideas for Using Cause and Effect	450	(1)
Strategies for Influencing Opinion: Argument	451	(56)
``Bake Your Bread at Home''	452	(3)
Laurel Robertson
Writer's Workshop I: Responding to an Argument	455	(1)
Writing From Reading	455	(4)
Student Essay: Sean Stangland, ``The Educational Value of Film''	456	(3)
Getting Started on an Argument	459	(1)
Organizing an Argument	460	(2)
Developing an Argument	462	(1)
Opening and Closing an Argument	462	(1)
Using the Model	463	(43)
Writer's Workshop II: Analyzing an Argument	463	(1)
Checklist for Reading and Writing Argument Essays	464	(1)
``Marriage as a Restricted Club''	465	(5)
Lindsy Van Gelder
Writing from Reading Assignment	470	(2)
``Tuning in Trouble: Talk TV's Destructive Impact on Mental Health''	472	(8)
Jeanne A. Heaton
``Five Myths About Immigration''	480	(6)
David Cole
``Time for Change''	486	(6)
Arlie Russell Hochschild
``Whites in Multicultural Education: Rethinking Our Role''	492	(14)
Gary Howard
Further Ideas for Using Argument	506	(1)
Combining Strategies: Further Readings	507	(51)
``Coming to America, to Clean'' (Trans. by Ana Maria Corona)	508	(9)
Antonia
``Coming Home Again''	517	(9)
Chang-Rae Lee
``The Long Good-bye: Mother's Day in Federal Prison''	526	(8)
Amanda Coyne
``The Way We Weren't: The Myth and Reality of the `Traditional' Family''	534	(6)
Stephanie Coontz
``Let's a Get Rid of Sports''	540	(3)
Katha Pollitt
``Back in the Hot Zone''	543	(4)
Richard Preston
``The Case Against Babies''	547	(8)
Joy Williams
Ideas for Combining Writing Strategies	555	(3)
Glossary	558	(13)
Acknowledgments	571	(5)
Index	576