The Composition of Everyday Life: A Guide to Writing Book

1. INVENTING IDEAS. Asking Questions. Re-Inventing Education. Considering the Essay. Reading and Relating to Essays. Getting Beyond the Weasel: Reading for Rhetoric. Applying Rhetoric to Your Own Writing. How to Use the Composition of Everyday Life. 2. REMEMBERING WHO YOU WERE. Readings. Brent Staples, Black Men, Public Spaces. Cindy Bosley, How I Lost the Junior Miss Pageant. Jennifer Schwind-Pawlak, The Thrill of Victory ... The Agony of Parents. Outside Reading. Invention. Point of Contact. Analysis. Public Resonance. Thesis. Rhetorical Tools. Organizational Strategies. Writer's Voice. Vitality. Peer Review. Delivery. 3. EXPLAINING RELATIONSHIPS. Readings. John Steinbeck, Americans and the Land. Jim Crockett, Mugged. Daniel P. Doezema, Political Adaptation. Outside Reading. Invention. Point of Contact. Analysis. Public Resonance. Thesis. Rhetorical Tools. Organizational Strategies. Writer's Voice. Vitality. Peer Review. Delivery. 4. OBSERVING. Readings. Annie Dillard, Living Like Weasels. Chester McCovey, The Front Porch. Justin Scott, Corpse Colloquy. Outside Reading. Invention. Point of Contact. Analysis. Public Resonance. Thesis. Rhetorical Tools. Organizational Strategies. Writer's Voice. Vitality. Peer Review. Delivery. 5. ANALYZING CONCEPTS. Readings. S. I. Hayakawa, What It Means to Be Creative. Simon Benlow, "Have It Your Way": Consumerism Invades Education. Petra Pepellashi, What Is Education? Outside Reading. Invention. Point of Contact. Analysis. Public Resonance. Thesis. Rhetorical Tools. Organizational Strategies. Writer's Voice. Vitality. Peer Review. Delivery. 6. ANALYZING IMAGES. Readings. Elizabeth Thoman, Rise of the Image Culture: Re-Imagining theAmerican Dream. Cameron Johnson, The Mighty Image. Rebecca Hollingsworth, An Imperfect Reality. Outside Reading. Invention. Point of Contact. Analysis. Public Resonance. Thesis. Rhetorical Tools. Organizational Strategies. Writer's Voice. Vitality. Peer Review. Delivery. 7. MAKING ARGUMENTS. Readings. David Crabtree, Ph.D., Why a Great Book's Education Is the Most Practical! Ann Marie Paulin, Cruelty, Civility, and Other Weighty Matters. Elizabeth Bohnhorst, Floppy Disk Fallacies. Jayme Stayer, Whales R Us. Outside Reading. Invention. Point of Contact. Analysis. Public Resonance. Thesis. Rhetorical Tools. Organizational Strategies. Writer's Voice. Vitality. Peer Review. Delivery. 8. RESPONDING TO ARGUMENTS. Readings. George Lakoff, What Orwell Didn't Know. Daniel Bruno, Entitlement Education. Allison Hester, Reality Check. Outside Reading. Invention. Point of Contact. Analysis. Public Resonance. Thesis. Rhetorical Tools. Organizational Strategies. Writer's Voice. Vitality. Peer Review. Delivery. 9. EVALUATING. Readings. Steven Poole, Goodbye Cruel Word. Ed Bell, The Andy Griffith Show: Return to Normal. Jaren Provo, Star Trek. Outside Reading. Invention. Point of Contact. Analysis. Public Resonance. Thesis. Rhetorical Tools. Organizational Strategies. Writer's Voice. Vitality. Peer Review. Delivery. 10. SEARCHING FOR CAUSES. Readings. Deborah Tannen, Sex, Lies, and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other? Leonard Kress, Throwing Up Childhood. Jamie Bentley, American Consumerism. Outside Reading. Invention. Point of Contact. Analysis. Public Resonance. Thesis. Rhetorical Tools. Organizational Strategies. Writer's Voice. Vitality. Peer Review. Delivery. 11. PROPOSING SOLUTIONS. Readings. Paul Roberts, How to Say Nothing in 500 Words. Deirdre Mahoney, Attending to the Word. Rachel Scofield, Reverence for Food. Outside Reading. Invention. Point of Contact. Analysis. Public Resonance. Thesis. Rhetorical Tools. Organizational Strategies. Writer's Voice. Vitality. Peer Review. Delivery. 12. THINKING RADICALLY (RE-SEEING THE WORLD). Readings. Michael Moore, Why Doesn't GM Sell Crack? Simon Benlow, An Apology to Future Generations. Simon Wykoff, Unemployed, and Working Hard. Outside Reading. Invention. Point of Contact. Analysis. Public Resonance. Thesis. Rhetorical Tools. Organizational Strategies. Writer's Voice. Vitality. Peer Review. Delivery. 13. RESEARCH AND WRITING (GATHERING AND USING INFORMATION FROM SOURCES). Basic Concepts. Primary Research. Observation. Interviews. Surveys. Secondary Research. Finding Sources. Evaluating Sources. Processing Ideas from Sources. Integrating Ideas from Sources. Organizing Sources. Documenting Sources. MLA Style. APA Style.