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Chapter 1 Academic Habits of Mind: Thinking, Reading, and Writing in College
Thinking Critically
Understanding Academic Discourse
Reading Critically
Writing Well
Chapter 2 Autobiography
The Writing Assignment
Writing Situations for Autobiography
Thinking about your Experience with Autobiography
A Guide to Reading Autobiography
Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
Reading for Meaning
Reading like a Writer
A Special Reading Strategy: Comparing and Contrasting Related Readings
Readings
Saira Shah, Longing to Belong
Luis J. Rodriguez, Always Running
A Special Reading Strategy: Contextualizing
*Alexsandra Crapanzano, Lobster Lessons
Analyzing Visuals
Brad Benioff, Rick (Student Essay)
Jean Brandt, Calling Home (Student Essay)
Reviewing What Makes Autobiography Effective
A Guide to Writing Autobiography
Invention and Research
Drafting
Working with Sources
Reading a Draft Critically
Revising
Editing and Proofreading
Reflecting on What You Have Learned
Chapter 3 Observation
Readings
The New Yorker, Soup
*Susan Orlean, Show Dog
John T. Edge, I'm Not Leaving Until I Eat This Thing
Analyzing Visuals
A Special Reading Strategy: Comparing and Contrasting Related Readings
Peggy Orenstein, The Daily Grind: Lessons in the Hidden Curriculum
A Special Reading Strategy: Looking for Patterns of Opposition
Brian Cable, The Last Stop (Student Essay)
*Juan Diego Arellano, A Trip to the Dentist (Student Essay)
Chapter 4 Reflection
Readings
Brent Staples, Black Men and Public Space
*Dana Jennings, Our Scars Tell the Stories of Our Lives A Special Reading Strategy: Exploring the Significance of Figurative Language Analyzing Visuals
Steven Doloff, A Universe Lies on the Sidewalks of New York
*Firoozeh Dumas, The “F” Word
Wendy Lee, Peeling Bananas (Student Essay)
A Special Reading Strategy: Comparing and Contrasting Related Readings
Katherine Haines, Whose Body Is This? (Student Essay)
Chapter 5 Explaining Concepts
Readings
*Chris Anderson, The Long Tail Analyzing Visuals
Deborah Tannen, Marked Women
Beth L. Bailey, Dating
*Kathleen A. Bogle, “Hooking Up”: What Educators Need to Know A Special Reading Strategy: Comparing and Contrasting Related Readings
Linh Kieu Ngo, Cannibalism: It Still Exists (Student Essay)
A Special Reading Strategy: Summarizing
*Justin Ton, Hip-Hop You Don't Stop (Student Essay)
Chapter 6 Position Paper
Readings
*Brian Greene, Put a Little Science in Your Life
Karen Stabiner, Boys Here, Girls There: Sure, If Equality's the Goal
A Special Reading Strategy: Comparing and Contrasting Related Readings
*Christina Page, A Mom before the Prom
Analyzing Visuals A Special Reading Strategy: Comparing and Contrasting Related Readings
*David L. Kirp, Diversity Hypocrisy: The Myriad, and Often Perverse, Implications of Admissions Policies
A Special Reading Strategy: Evaluating the Logic of an Argument
*Tan-Li Hsu, High on Caffeine: Regulating Energy Drinks (Student Essay)
A Special Reading Strategy: Using a Toulmin Analysis
Jessica Statsky, Children Need to Play, Not Compete (Student Essay)
Chapter 7 Evaluation
Readings
Amitai Etzioni, Working at McDonald's
*James Berardinelli, Avatar Analyzing Visuals
*Tom Maurstad, Avatar A Special Reading Strategy: Comparing and Contrasting Related Readings
*Christine Rosen, The Myth of Multitasking
Christine Romano, Jessica Statsky's “Children Need to Play, Not Compete”: An Evaluation (Student Essay)
A Special Reading Strategy: Comparing and Contrasting Related Readings
*Larry Ballestros, A Winning Formula? A Review of Slumdog Millionaire (Student Essay)
Chapter 8 Speculating about Causes or Effects
Readings
Stephen King, Why We Crave Horror Movies
*Claudia Wallis, The Multitasking Generation A Special Reading Strategy: Evaluating the Logic of an Argument
*Cass Sunstein, To Become an Extremist, Hang Around with People You Agree With
A Special Reading Strategy: Comparing and Contrasting Related Readings
*Nicholas Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Analyzing Visuals
*Jeremy Khella, The Route to American Obesity (Student Essay)
Joshua Slick, Not Just for Nerds Anymore (Student Essay)
Chapter 9 Proposal to Solve a Problem
Readings
*Steven Hill, Instant Runoff Voting
Analyzing Visuals
William F. Shughart II, Why Not a Football Degree?
Gary Beck, Not Your Everyday Homeless Proposal
Karen Kornbluh, Win-Win Flexibility
A Special Reading Strategy: Recognizing Emotional Manipulation
Patrick O'Malley, More Testing, More Learning (Student Essay)
A Special Reading Strategy: Comparing and Contrasting Related Readings
Jeff Varley, High-School Starting Time (Student Essay)
Appendix 1 A Catalog of Critical Reading Strategies
Annotating
Martin Luther King Jr., An Annotated Sample from “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Previewing
Outlining
Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Synthesizing
Questioning to Understand and Remember
Contextualizing Reflecting on Challenges to Your Beliefs and Values
Exploring the Significance of Figurative Language
Looking for Patterns of Opposition
Evaluating the Logic of an Argument
Using a Toulmin Analysis
Recognizing Logical Fallacies
Recognizing Emotional Manipulation
Judging the Writer's Credibility
Comparing and Contrasting Related Readings
Public Statement by Eight Alabama Clergymen
Lewis H. Van Dusen Jr., Legitimate Pressures and Illegitimate Results
Appendix 2 Strategies for Research and Documentation
Conducting Research
Evaluating Sources Critically
Integrating Sources with Your Own Writing
Acknowledging Sources
*Appendix 3 Strategies for Analyzing Visuals
Criteria for Analyzing Visuals
A Sample Analysis Paul Taylor's Analysis of Emerging Man
Paul Taylor, The Rising (Student Essay)
Exercises
Acknowledgments
Index to Methods of Development
Index of Authors, Titles, and Terms
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