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Tables of Contents for The Composition of Everyday Life Text + Infotrac
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
iii
Note to Instructors
iv
Brief Table of Contents
vi
Using CEL as a Thematic Reader
xvi
Note to Students
xx
Remembering Who You Were
2
56
Readings
6
20
``How I Lost the Junior Miss Pageant,''
6
5
Cindy Bosley
``A Beat Education,''
11
3
Leonard Kress
``The Aloha Spirit: A Reminiscence,''
14
4
Aunty D.
``The Thrill of Victory . . . The Agony of Parents,''
18
4
Jennifer Schwind-Pawlak
``The Grapes of Mrs. Rath,''
22
2
Steve Mockensturm
Outside Reading
24
2
Invention
26
10
Point of Contact: Looking Back
26
4
Analysis: Finding the Significance
30
4
Public Resonance: Involving Others
34
2
Delivery
36
16
Rhetorical Tools: Focusing and Developing the Idea
36
1
Considering Your Thesis
36
2
Developing Support
38
2
Organizational Strategies: Addressing Common Concerns
40
1
What Details Should I Include?
40
2
How Should I Begin?
42
1
How Should I Conclude?
43
1
Writer's Voice: Exploring Options
44
1
Using Figurative Language
44
1
Choosing Details
45
1
Choosing Allusions
46
1
Using Sentence Length
46
1
Learning about Voice
47
1
Revision Strategies
48
1
Global Revision Questions
49
1
Peer Review
50
1
Exploring Ideas in Groups (Peer Review)
51
1
Considering Consequences
52
2
The Consequences of Your Essay
52
1
The Consequences of the Chapter Readings
53
1
The Consequences of Everyday Writing
53
1
Everyday Rhetoric
54
4
Writing, Speech, and Action
54
1
Exploring Visual Rhetoric
55
3
Explaining Relationships
58
50
Readings
62
18
``The Ring of Truth: My Child Is Growing Up,''
62
3
Jessie Thuma
``Americans and the Land,''
65
5
John Steinbeck
``What the Honey Meant,''
70
4
Cindy Bosley
``Dog-Tied,''
74
2
David Hawes
``Friend or Foe,''
76
3
Dean A. Meek
Outside Reading
79
1
Invention
80
10
Point of Contact: Finding a Topic in Everyday Life
80
4
Analysis: Exploring the Relationship
84
4
Public Resonance: Why Does This Topic Matter to Others?
88
2
Delivery
90
12
Rhetorical Tools: Focusing and Developing the Idea
90
1
Considering Your Thesis
90
4
Organizational Strategies: Addressing Common Concerns
94
1
How Should I Begin?
94
1
Where Should My Thesis or Main Point Go?
95
1
What Should I Include?
95
1
When Should I Change Paragraphs?
95
1
How Should I Make Transitions?
96
1
How Should I Conclude?
97
1
Writer's Voice: Exploring Options
98
1
Writerly Whispers (Ways to Draw Readers in Closer)
98
1
Writerly Yells (Ways to Give Emphasis)
98
1
Writerly Pace (Ways to Control Speed and Time)
99
1
Revision Strategies
100
1
Global Revision Questions
101
1
Considering Consequences
102
2
The Consequences of Your Essay
102
1
The Consequences of the Chapter Readings
103
1
The Consequences of Everyday Writing
103
1
Everyday Rhetoric
104
4
Writing, Speech, and Action
104
1
Exploring Visual Rhetoric
105
3
Observing
108
52
Readings
112
22
``Living Like Weasels,''
112
4
Annie Dillard
``Planting a Tree,''
116
3
Edward Abbey
``Gombe,''
119
8
Jane Goodall
``The Front Porch,''
127
3
Chester McCovey
``A Building of Mailboxes,''
130
3
Dean A. Meek
Outside Reading
133
1
Invention
134
8
Point of Contact: Finding a Subject to Observe
134
3
Explore Your Invention Process
137
1
Analysis: What Meaning Can I Discover?
138
2
Public Resonance: How Does This Matter to Others?
140
2
Delivery
142
12
Rhetorical Tools: Focusing and Developing the Idea
142
1
Articulating Your Thesis
142
1
Using Details
143
1
Using Narrative
144
1
Using Allusions
144
1
Using Simile and Metaphor
145
1
Organizational Strategies: Addressing Common Concerns
146
1
How Should I Deal with Public Resonance?
146
1
How Should I Arrange Details?
147
1
When Should I Change Paragraphs?
148
1
Writer's Voice: Exploring Options
149
1
The Present ``I''
149
1
The Invisible ``I''
150
1
Level of Formality
150
2
Revision Strategies
152
1
Global Revision Questions
153
1
Considering Consequences
154
2
The Consequences of Your Essay
154
1
The Consequences of the Chapter Readings
155
1
The Consequences of Everyday Observations
155
1
Everyday Rhetoric
156
4
Writing, Speech, and Action
156
1
Exploring Visual Rhetoric
157
3
Analyzing Concepts
160
46
Readings
164
16
``In Praise of the Humble Comma,''
164
3
Pico Iyer
``What it Means to Be Creative,''
167
2
S.I. Hayakawa
``College: What's in It for Me?''
169
3
Steven M. Richardson
``'Have It Your Way': Consumerism Invades Education,''
172
3
Simon Benlow
``Why We No Longer Use the `H' Word,''
175
4
Dan Wilkins
Outside Reading
179
1
Invention
180
10
Point of Contact: Finding a Topic in Everyday Life
180
4
Analysis: What Does It Mean?
184
4
Public Resonance: How Does It Matter to Others?
188
2
Delivery
190
10
Rhetorical Tools: Developing Your Ideas
190
1
Considering Your Thesis
190
1
Developing Support
191
1
Using Definitions
192
1
Using Outside Sources
193
1
Organizational Strategies: Addressing Common Concerns
194
1
How Should I Begin?
194
1
If I Started with a Television Program or Advertisement, How Should I Work That into the Essay?
194
1
When Should I Change Paragraphs?
194
1
Where Should My Thesis Go?
195
1
How Should I Conclude?
195
1
Writer's Voice: Exploring Options
196
1
Using Metaphor
196
1
Using Allusions
196
1
Promoting Curiosity
197
1
Revision Strategies
198
1
Global Revision Questions
199
1
Considering Consequences
200
2
The Consequences of Your Essay
200
1
The Consequences of the Chapter Readings
200
1
The Consequences of Everyday Writing
201
1
Everyday Rhetoric
202
4
Writing, Speech, and Action
202
1
Exploring Visual Rhetoric
203
3
Making Arguments
206
64
Readings
210
24
``Crimes Against Humanity,''
210
7
Ward Churchill
``Why a Great Books Education Is the Most Practicall,''
217
4
David Crabtree
``Cruelty, Civility, and Other Weighty Matters,''
221
6
Ann Marie Paulin
``Don't Make Me a Has-Bean!''
227
3
Jennifer Schwind-Pawlak
``Beware of Drug Sales,''
230
2
Therese Cherry
Outside Reading
232
2
Invention
234
8
Point of Contact: Finding a Topic in Everyday Life
234
4
Analysis: What Does It Mean?
238
2
Public Resonance: How Does This Issue Matter to Others?
240
2
Delivery
242
22
Rhetorical Tools: Persuading Your Readers
242
1
Main Claim/Thesis
243
1
Support
244
2
Counterargument
246
4
Concession
250
2
Caution: Logical Fallacies Ahead
252
4
Organizational Strategies: Arranging Your Argument
256
1
How Should I Begin?
256
1
How Should I Include Evidence?
256
1
Where Should I Put Counterarguments?
256
1
How Should I Make Transitions?
257
1
Writer's Voice: Finding an Appropriate Strategy
258
1
Making Concessions
258
1
Avoiding Harsh Description
259
1
Avoiding Character Slams and Preaching Problems
259
1
Talking with, Not Arguing at, Readers
260
2
Revision Strategies
262
1
Global Revision Questions
263
1
Considering Consequences
264
2
The Consequences of Your Essay
264
1
The Consequences of the Chapter Readings
265
1
The Consequences of Everyday Arguments
265
1
Everyday Rhetoric
266
4
Writing, Speech, and Action
266
1
Exploring Visual Rhetoric
267
3
Responding to Arguments
270
50
Readings
274
20
``Response to Juliet Schor,''
274
4
Betsy Taylor
``My Daughter Smokes,''
278
3
Alice Walker
``Entitlement Education,''
281
5
Daniel Bruno
``Is Hunting Ethical?''
286
7
Ann F. Causey
Outside Reading
293
1
Invention
294
8
Point of Contact: Finding an Argument
294
2
Analysis: How Does the Argument Work?
296
1
Toulmin's Analytical Tools
296
4
Public Resonance: How Does the Topic Matter to Others?
300
2
Delivery
302
12
Rhetorical Tools: Developing Your Own Argument
302
1
Considering Your Thesis
302
2
Using Support
304
1
Counterarguing
304
1
Conceding and Qualifying Points
304
1
Remembering Logical Fallacies
305
1
Organizational Strategies: Addressing Common Concerns
306
1
Should I Quote the Original Argument?
306
1
How Should I Structure My Response?
307
1
How Can I Integrate Toulminian Analysis, Argument, and Counterargument?
308
1
Writer's Voice: Exploring Options
309
1
Avoiding Character Slams
309
1
The Invisible/Present ``I''
310
1
Consider Tone
311
1
Revision Strategies
312
1
Global Revision Questions
312
2
Considering Consequences
314
2
The Consequences of Your Essay
314
1
The Consequences of the Chapter Readings
315
1
The Consequences of Everyday Responses
315
1
Everyday Rhetoric
316
4
Writing, Speech, and Action
316
1
Exploring Visual Rhetoric
317
3
Evaluating
320
50
Readings
324
20
``Star Wars,''
324
4
Roger Ebert
``Whales R Us,''
328
6
Jayme Stayer
``The Andy Griffith Show: Return to Normal,''
334
3
Ed Bell
``Pulp Fiction: Valuable Critique or Useless Titillation?''
337
3
Simon Benlow
``Rethinking Divorce,''
340
3
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
Outside Reading
343
1
Invention
344
8
Point of Contact: Finding a Subject in Everyday Life
344
4
Analysis: Discovering and Applying Criteria
348
1
Analyzing the Subject to Discover Appropriate Criteria
348
1
Applying Criteria to the Subject
349
1
Public Resonance: How Does This Subject Involve Others?
350
2
Delivery
352
12
Rhetorical Tools: Developing the Evaluative Argument
352
1
Considering Your Thesis
352
1
Using the Elements of Evaluation
353
2
Using Support about the Subject
355
1
Using Support outside the Subject
355
1
Organizational Strategies: Addressing Common Concerns
356
1
How Should I Arrange the Elements of Evaluation?
356
1
How Should I Include Support outside of the Subject?
357
1
When Should I Change Paragraphs?
357
1
How Should I Deal with Counterargument?
358
1
Writer's Voice: Exploring Options
359
1
Avoiding the Harsh Description
359
1
Avoiding the Enthusiasm Crisis
359
1
Exploring the Boundaries
360
2
Revision Strategies
362
1
Global Revision Questions
363
1
Considering Consequences
364
3
The Consequences of Your Essay
364
1
The Consequences of the Chapter Readings
365
1
The Consequences of Everyday Evaluations
366
1
Everyday Rhetoric
367
3
Writing, Speech, and Action
367
1
Exploring Visual Rhetoric
368
2
Searching for Causes
370
48
Readings
374
20
``The New Politics of Consumption: Why Americans Want So Much More Than They Need,''
374
6
Juliet Schor
``Throwing Up Childhood,''
380
5
Leonard Kress
``Sex, Lies, and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other?,''
385
5
Deborah Tannen
``When Bright Girls Decide That Math Is a `Waste of Time,'''
390
3
Susan Jacoby
Outside Reading
393
1
Invention
394
8
Point of Contact: Finding a Topic in Everyday Life
394
3
Analysis: What's the Cause?
397
2
Using Outside Sources
399
1
Using Surveys
399
1
Public Resonance: How Does This Matter to Others?
400
2
Delivery
402
10
Rhetorical Tools: Developing the Argument
402
1
Considering Your Thesis
402
1
Developing Support
403
1
Counterarguing
404
1
Conceding
405
1
Organizational Strategies: Addressing Common Concerns
406
1
Where Should I Explain the Phenomenon?
406
1
How Should I Deal with Other Causes?
406
1
How Should I Include Outside Sources?
407
1
How Should I Use Paragraphs?
407
1
Writer's Voice: Exploring Options
408
1
Creating Credibility
408
1
Projecting Wonder
409
1
Avoiding Preachiness
409
1
Revision Strategies
410
1
Global Revision Questions
411
1
Considering Consequences
412
2
The Consequences of Your Essay
412
1
The Consequences of the Chapter Readings
413
1
Causes in Everyday Life
413
1
Everyday Rhetoric
414
4
Writing, Speech, and Action
414
1
Exploring Visual Rhetoric
415
3
Proposing Solutions
418
58
Readings
422
26
``The Obligation to Endure,''
422
6
Rachel Carson
``In Bed,''
428
3
Joan Didion
``How to Say Nothing in 500 Words,''
431
7
Paul Roberts
``Technology, Movement, and Sound,''
438
3
Ed Bell
``Thoughts on the International Access Symbol,''
441
3
Dan Wilkins
``Television: Destroying Childhood,''
444
3
Rose Bachtel
Outside Reading
447
1
Invention
448
12
Point of Contact: Finding a Topic in Everyday Life
448
1
Using Images as a Point of Contact
449
3
Analysis: Looking at Problems and Solutions
452
1
Problems
452
2
Solutions
454
2
Public Resonance: How Does This Issue Matter to Others?
456
4
Delivery
460
10
Rhetorical Tools: Persuading Your Readers
460
1
Articulating Your Thesis
460
2
Discovering Counteraguments
462
1
Considering Alternative Solutions
462
1
Considering Logical Fallacies
463
1
Organizational Strategies: Arranging Your Argument
464
1
How Should I Separate Problem and Solution?
464
1
How Should I Include Counterarguments?
464
1
Where Should I Put Alternative Solutions?
465
1
Writer's Voice: Finding an Appropriate Strategy
466
1
Creating Reasonable Tone
466
1
Inviting the Reader
466
1
Considering Verb Mood
467
1
Revision Strategies
468
1
Global Revision Questions
469
1
Considering Consequences
470
2
The Consequences of Your Essay
470
1
The Consequences of the Chapter Readings
471
1
The Consequences of Everyday Arguments
471
1
Everyday Rhetoric
472
4
Writing, Speech, and Action
472
1
Exploring Visual Rhetoric
473
3
Exploring the Arts
476
52
Readings
480
22
Artistic Works
``A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,''
481
4
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
``Fire,''
485
1
Joy Harjo
``Dover Beach,''
486
1
Matthew Arnold
``Running to Stand Still,'' U2
487
1
Essays Exploring the Arts
``The Plight of High-Status Women,''
488
5
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
``The Parting Breath of the Now Perfect Woman,''
493
4
Chester McCovey
``Hip-Hop: A Roadblock or Pathway to Black Empowerment?''
497
3
Geoffrey Bennett
Outside Reading
500
2
Invention
502
8
Point of Contact: Finding Art in Everyday Life
502
1
Recording the Basics
503
1
Analysis: How Do the Elements Work?
504
1
Themes
504
1
Conflict
504
1
Character Development
505
1
Conventions
505
1
Style
505
1
Context
506
2
Public Resonance: How Does the Subject Relate to Others?
508
2
Delivery
510
12
Rhetorical Tools: Developing Your Ideas
510
1
Discovering Your Thesis
510
2
Developing Support
512
1
Considering Counterargument
513
1
Considering Concession
513
1
Using the Elements of Evaluation
514
2
Organizational Strategies: Addressing Common Concerns
516
1
Where Should I Summarize or Detail the Work?
516
1
How Should I Begin?
516
1
How Should I Integrate Lines of Songs, Poems, or Stories?
517
1
Writer's Voice: Exploring Options
518
1
Avoiding the Enthusiasm Crisis
518
1
Avoiding Harsh Description
519
1
Promoting Wonder
519
1
Considering the Tone of the Art
519
1
Revision Strategies
520
1
Global Revision Questions
521
1
Considering Consequences
522
2
The Consequences of Your Essay
522
1
The Consequences of the Chapter Readings
523
1
The Consequences of Exploring Art in Everyday Life
523
1
Everyday Rhetoric
524
4
Writing, Speech, and Action
524
1
Exploring Visual Rhetoric
525
3
Thinking Radically: Re--Seeing the World
528
48
Readings
532
20
``Farming and the Global Economy,''
532
4
Wendell Berry
``Why Doesn't GM Sell Crack?''
536
3
Michael Moore
``The Menstrual Cycle,''
539
7
Christiane Northrup
``An Apology to Future Generations,''
546
5
Simon Benlow
Outside Reading
551
1
Invention
552
8
Point of Contact: Discovering a New Idea
552
1
Imagining New Connections
553
1
Imagining Different Possibilities
553
1
Questioning Common Sense
553
1
Exploring the Past and Future
554
1
Going to the Root
554
1
Analysis: Exploring Theory
555
2
Overturning Conventional Wisdom
557
1
Public Resonance: Connecting to Others
558
1
Using Outside Sources
559
1
Delivery
560
10
Rhetorical Tools: Developing Your Thoughts
560
1
Considering Your Thesis
560
1
Using Narration
561
1
Using Description
561
1
Using Figurative Language
561
1
Using Definitions
562
1
Argumentative Support
562
1
Counterargument
563
1
Concession
563
1
Toulminian Analysis
563
1
Organizational Strategies: Addressing Special Concerns
564
1
How Should I Begin?
564
1
How Should I Make Connections to Conventional Thinking?
565
1
How Should I Conclude?
565
1
Writer's Voice: Exploring Options
566
1
Inviting the Reader
566
1
Considering Formality
567
1
Projecting Wonder
567
1
Revision Strategies
568
1
Global Revision Questions
569
1
Considering Consequences
570
2
The Consequences of the Chapter Readings
571
1
The Consequences of Thinking Radically in Everyday Life
571
1
Everyday Rhetoric
572
4
Writing, Speech, and Action
572
1
Exploring Visual Rhetoric
573
3
Research & Writing: Gathering and Using Information from Sources
576
66
Basic Concepts
578
2
Issues to Consider and Discuss
578
1
Why Get Information from Sources?
578
1
When to Get Information from Sources
578
1
Where to Get Information from Sources
578
1
What is Plagiarism?
579
1
Why Document Sources
579
1
Formal versus Informal Documentation
579
1
Primary Research
580
6
Observation, Interviews, Surveys
580
1
Observation
580
2
Interviews
582
2
Surveys
584
2
Secondary Research
586
22
Print and Electronic Sources
586
1
Searching the Library and the Internet
586
6
Evaluating Sources
592
3
Taking Notes on Sources
595
5
Integrating Information from Sources
600
2
Special Considerations for Organizing Sources
602
2
Punctutating Quotations
604
2
Special Conditions in Quoting
606
2
Documenting Sources
608
34
MLA Style
608
1
In-Text Citation
608
2
Works Cited
610
1
Books
611
1
Articles
612
2
Other Sources
614
2
Electronic Sources
616
2
Sample Research Essay
618
6
APA Style
624
1
In-Text Citation
624
2
References
626
1
Books
627
1
Articles
628
1
Other Sources
629
1
Electronic Sources
630
2
APA Format
632
2
Sample Research Essay
634
6
Frequently Asked Questions
640
1
What If I Don't Know What Type of Source I Have?
640
1
How Do I Tell the Difference between a Journal and a Magazine?
640
1
How Do I Find the Publication Information?
640
1
How Do I Know the Page Numbers of an Electronic Source?
640
1
Should I Use APA or MLA or What?
641
1
Why Are There Different Documentation Styles?
641
1
Standard Abbreviations
641
1
Everyday Rhetoric
642
62
Written Communication
646
26
Letters
646
2
Professional Letter
648
2
Letter to the Editor
650
1
Personal Letter
651
1
Memos
652
2
Memo to Michael Toth
654
2
Memo to Faculty
656
1
Memo to Vice President
657
1
News Releases
658
1
1999 Nobel Peace Prize News Release
659
1
Brochures
660
2
Posters and Fliers
662
3
Poster Rhetoric
665
3
E-Mail
668
2
Web-Sites
670
2
Verbal Communication
672
12
Speeches
672
2
``Do We Live in a Democracy?''
674
1
Mike Ferner
Briefings
675
1
Press Briefing
676
1
Briefing Paper: Drug Testing in the Workplace
677
5
Discussions
682
2
Visual Communication
684
20
Visuals: Analyzing an Image
684
1
Visuals and Text
685
1
Images in Context
686
1
Accident and Intent
687
1
Viewer Interpretation
687
1
Analyzing and Image
688
1
Content
688
1
Framing
689
1
Composition
689
1
Focus
690
1
Lighting
690
1
Texture
691
1
Angle and Vantage Point
691
1
Individual Elements Combined
692
1
Significance
693
1
Analyzing an Image
694
1
Reading Images Together
695
1
Focusing on Context
695
1
Crop an Image
695
1
Create Your Own Word Comic
695
1
Visuals and Written Text
696
1
Telling the Truth about Data
697
1
Visuals Make Arguments
697
1
Testing a Visual
697
3
``The Gap Widens''
700
1
Analysis of ``The Gap Widens'': A Graphic Illustration of ``Entitlement Education''
701
3
Rhetorical Handbook
704
Where to Find It (Index of Handbook Topics)
706
1
How Sentences Work: A Look at Basic Grammar
707
1
How Sentences Work (in Brief)
707
3
How Sentences Work (Expanded)
710
18
Organization
728
1
What Is Organization?
728
1
Theme Writing
729
1
Beyond Theme Writing
730
2
Document Design
732
1
Sample Document Design (MLA)
733
3
Writing Style
736
1
The Circle of Good Writing
737
1
Problems with Style
738
2
Paragraphs
740
1
Supporting Paragraphs
740
2
Unity, Development, and Coherence
742
1
Opening and Closing Paragraphs
742
2
Sentence Vitality
744
1
Clarity
744
1
Conciseness
744
1
Coherence
744
1
Strategies to Create Clear, Concise, and Coherent Writing
745
5
Coherence and Conciseness
750
4
Complete Sentences
754
1
Identifying, Understanding, and Revising Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences
754
2
Agreement
756
1
Verb Tense Agreement
756
1
Shifts in Person
757
1
Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
758
2
Subject/Verb Agreement
760
1
Parallelism
761
1
Parallelism with Coordinating Conjunctions
762
1
Other Parallel Situations: Semicolons, Comparisons/Contrasts, Lists, and Headings
762
2
Word Choice
764
1
Accurate
764
1
Appropriate
765
3
Punctuation
768
1
Commas
768
5
Colons
773
1
Semicolons
773
Index
1
1
Credits
1