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Preface for Instructors
Thematic Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
WHY READ? WHY WRITE? WHY NOT PHONE?
USING THE BEDFORD READER
PART ONE
READING, WRITING, AND RESEARCH
1 Critical Reading
READING AN ESSAY
NANCY MAIRS, Disability
THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT VISUAL IMAGES
*Visual Image: A Deployed Soldier and His Daughter, photograph by Erik S. Lesser
2 The Writing Process
ANALYZING THE WRITING SITUATION
DISCOVERING IDEAS
FOCUSING ON THE THESIS AND THE THESIS STATEMENT
DRAFTING
REVISING AND EDITING
COLLABORATION
AN ESSAY-IN-PROGRESS
*ROSIE ANAYA, Mental Illness on Television
3 Academic Writing
RESPONDING TO A TEXT
INTEGRATING SOURCE MATERIAL
WRITING FROM RESEARCH
AVOIDING PLAGIARISM
SOURCE CITATION USING MLA STYLE
SAMPLE RESEARCH PAPER
*ROSIE ANAYA, The Best Kept Secret on Campus
PART TWO
THE METHODS
4 NARRATION: Telling a Story
Visual Image: How Joe’s Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame, advertisement for Charles Atlas
THE METHOD
THE PROCESS
NARRATION IN PARAGRAPHS
NARRATION IN PRACTICE: Reporting a car accident
PAIRED SELECTIONS [ANGELOU and TAN]
DIFFERENCE
MAYA ANGELOU, Champion of the World
Maya Angelou on Writing
AMY TAN, Fish Cheeks
Amy Tan on Writing
ANNIE DILLARD, The Chase
Annie Dillard on Writing
*HAROLD TAW, Finding Prosperity by Feeding Monkeys
ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS
5 DESCRIPTION: Writing With Your Senses
Visual Image: Doug and Mizan’s House, East River, photograph by Margaret Morton
THE METHOD
THE PROCESS
DESCRIPTION IN PARAGRAPHS
DESCRIPTION IN PRACTICE: Advertising an apartment for sublet
PAIRED SELECTIONS [MANNING and VOWELL]
FATHERS
BRAD MANNING, Arm Wrestling with My Father
Brad Manning on Writing
SARAH VOWELL, Shooting Dad
Sarah Vowell on Writing
*YIYUN LI, Orange Crush
*Yiyun Li on Writing
*ROBERT BENCHLEY, My Face
*Robert Benchley on Writing
ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS
6 EXAMPLE: Pointing to Instances
*Visual Image: Low-Energy Drinks, cartoon by Glen LeLievre
THE METHOD
THE PROCESS
EXAMPLES IN PARAGRAPHS
EXAMPLES IN PRACTICE: Writing a cover letter for a job application
PAIRED SELECTIONS [ASCHER and QUINDLEN]
HOMELESSNESS
BARBARA LAZEAR ASCHER, On Compassion
Barbara Lazear Ascher on Writing
ANNA QUINDLEN, Homeless
Anna Quindlen on Writing
*ANDREW KORITZ KRULL, Celebrating the Pity of Brotherly Love
*Andrew Koritz Krull on Writing
BRENT STAPLES, Black Men and Public Space
Brent Staples on Writing
ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS
7 COMPARISON AND CONTRAST: Setting Things Side by Side
Visual Images: American Gothic, painting by Grant Wood; Rural Rehabilitation Client, photograph by Ben Shahn
THE METHOD
THE PROCESS
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST IN PARAGRAPHS
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST IN PRACTICE: Creating a campaign poster
PAIRED SELECTIONS [BRITT and BARRY]
PERSONALITIES
SUZANNE BRITT, Neat People vs. Sloppy People
Suzanne Britt on Writing
DAVE BARRY, Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out
Dave Barry on Writing
BRUCE CATTON, Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts
Bruce Catton on Writing
FATEMA MERNISSI, Size 6: The Western Women’s Harem
ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS
8 PROCESS ANALYSIS: Explaining Step by Step
Visual Image: Workers Making Dolls, photograph by Wally McNamee
THE METHOD
THE PROCESS
PROCESS ANALYSIS IN PARAGRAPHS
PROCESS ANALYSIS IN PRACTICE: Explaining a fire-drill procedure
PAIRED SELECTIONS [SAUKKO and EHRLICH]
THE ENVIRONMENT
LINNEA SAUKKO, How to Poison the Earth
Linnea Saukko on Writing
*GRETEL EHRLICH, Chronicles of Ice
*Gretel Ehrlich on Writing
*IAN FRAZIER, How to Operate a Shower Curtain
*Ian Frazier on Writing
JESSICA MITFORD, Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain
Jessica Mitford on Writing
ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS
9 DIVISION OR ANALYSIS: Slicing into Parts
Visual Image: Deconstructing Lunch, cartoon by Roz Chast
THE METHOD
THE PROCESS
DIVISION OR ANALYSIS IN PARAGRAPHS
DIVISION OR ANALYSIS IN PRACTICE: Writing an application essay
PAIRED SELECTIONS [BRADY and BROTT]
WOMEN AND MEN
JUDY BRADY, I Want a Wife
ARMIN A. BROTT, Not All Men are Sly Foxes
*BELLA DePAULO The Myth of Doomed Kids
*Bella DePaulo on Writing
LAILA AYAD, The Capricious Camera
Visual Image: Mounted Nazi Troops on the Lookout for Likely Polish Children, photograph
ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS
10 CLASSIFICATION: Sorting into Kinds
*Visual Image: The More They Learn, the More They Earn, graph from State Farm Bank
THE METHOD
THE PROCESS
CLASSIFICATION IN PARAGRAPHS
CLASSIFICATION IN PRACTICE: Crafting a résumé
RUSSELL BAKER, The Plot Against People
Russell Baker on Writing
DEBORAH TANNEN, But What Do You Mean?
Deborah Tannen on Writing
PAIRED SELECTIONS [ERICSSON and LUTZ]
TELLING LIES
STEPHANIE ERICSSON, The Ways We Lie
Stephanie Ericsson on Writing
WILLIAM LUTZ, The World of Doublespeak
William Lutz on Writing
ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS
11 CAUSE AND EFFECT: Asking Why
Visual Image: Garbage In . . . , cartoon by Mike Thompson
THE METHOD
THE PROCESS
CAUSE AND EFFECT IN PARAGRAPHS
CAUSE AND EFFECT IN PRACTICE: Setting the record straight in a letter to the editor
PAIRED SELECTIONS [DIVAKARUNI and JAVDANI]
GLOBALIZATION
CHITRA DIVAKARUNI, Live Free and Starve
Chitra Divakaruni on Writing
MARIE JAVDANI, Plata o Plomo: Silver or Lead
*Marie Javdani on Writing
*SARAH ADAMS, Be Cool to the Pizza Dude
*CHRIS ANDERSON, The Rise and Fall of the Hit
*Chris Anderson on Writing
ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS
12 DEFINITION: Tracing a Boundary
Visual Image: Need Is a Very Subjective Word, advertisement for the HUMMER H2
THE METHOD
THE PROCESS
DEFINITION IN PARAGRAPHS
DEFINITION IN PRACTICE: Explaining the mission of an organization
PAIRED SELECTIONS [NAYLOR AND LEONG]
HURTFUL WORDS
GLORIA NAYLOR, The Meanings of a Word
Gloria Naylor on Writing
CHRISTINE LEONG, Being a Chink
Christine Leong on Writing
THOMAS SOWELL, Needs
*EMILY DICKINSON, "Hope" is the thing with feathers
*Emily Dickinson on Writing
ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS
13 ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION: Stating Opinions and Proposals
Visual Image: Corporate America Flag, image from Adbusters Media Foundation
THE METHOD
THE PROCESS
ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION IN PARAGRAPHS
ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION IN PRACTICE: Disputing a parking ticket
COLLEEN WENKE, Too Much Pressure
CASEBOOK
SECURITY VS. LIBERTY: Profiling
ADNAN R. KHAN, Close Encounters with US Immigration
LINDA CHAVEZ, Everything Isn’t Racial Profiling
SECURITY VS. LIBERTY: Immigration
*MARK KRIKORIAN, Safety Through Immigration Control
*EDWIDGE DANTICAT, Not Your Homeland
*Edwidge Danticat on Writing
ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS
PART THREE
MIXING THE METHODS
SANDRA CISNEROS, Only Daughter
Sandra Cisneros on Writing
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., I Have a Dream
GEORGE ORWELL, Shooting an Elephant
George Orwell on Writing
EDWARD SAID, Clashing Civilizations?
E. B. WHITE, Once More to the Lake
E. B. White on Writing
USEFUL TERMS
INDEX
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