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Tables of Contents for Patterns for College Writing
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Thematic Guide to the Contents
xix
Preface
xxv
INTRODUCTION: READING TO WRITE
1
646
Reading Critically
1
1
Reading Actively
2
1
Before You Read
2
1
As You Read
2
1
Highlighting and Annotating
3
1
Reading the Selections in this Book
4
3
``What's in a Name?''
5
2
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Responding to Reading Selections
7
6
The Writing Process
13
48
Invention
14
20
Understanding the Assignment
14
1
Setting Limits
15
4
Moving from Subject to Topic
19
4
Freewriting
23
1
Finding Something to Say
24
1
Brainstorming
24
2
Journal Writing
26
1
Grouping Ideas
27
1
Clustering
27
1
Making An Informal Outline
28
1
Understanding Thesis and Support
29
1
Formulating a Thesis
30
3
Formulating a Thesis
33
1
Arrangement
34
11
Recognizing a Pattern
35
1
Constructing a Formal Outline
36
1
Constructing a Formal Outline
37
1
Understanding the Parts of the Essay
38
7
Drafting and Revision
45
16
Writing Your First Draft
45
1
Revising Your Essay
46
3
Revising a First Draft
49
1
Points for Special Attention
50
2
Revising a Second Draft
52
2
Points for Special Attention
54
1
Preparing a Final Draft
55
3
A Note on Editing
58
3
Narration
61
46
What is Narration?
61
3
Including Enough Detail
62
1
Varying Sentence Structure
63
1
Maintaining Clear Narrative Order
63
1
Structuring a Narrative Essay
64
40
Narration
65
1
My Field of Dreams
65
3
Tiffany Forte
Points for Special Attention
68
1
Focus on Revision
69
1
Only Daughter
70
5
Sandra Cisneros
Finishing School
75
6
Maya Angelou
My Mother Never Worked
81
5
Donna Smith-Yackel
Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police
86
5
Martin Gansberg
Shooting an Elephant
91
9
George Orwell
The Open Window
100
4
H. H. Munro
Writing Assignments for Narration
104
1
Collaborative Activity for Narration
105
2
Description
107
50
What is Description?
107
5
Objective and Subjective Descriptions
108
2
Objective and Subjective Language
110
1
Selection of Detail
111
1
Structuring a Descriptive Essay
112
43
Student Writers: Description
113
1
The Light Microscope
114
2
Joseph Tessari
Points for Special Attention
116
1
Focus on Revision
117
1
The Valley of Windmills
117
2
Mary Lim
Points for Special Attention
119
1
Focus on Revision
120
1
Words Left Unspoken
121
5
Leah Hager Cohen
Reading the River
126
4
Mark Twain
In the Jungle
130
6
Annie Dillard
The Way to Rainy Mountain
136
6
N. Scott Momaday
Once More to the Lake
142
7
E. B. White
The Grave
149
6
Katherine Anne Porter
Writing Assignments for Description
155
1
Collaborative Activity for Description
155
2
Exemplification
157
50
What is Exemplification?
157
4
Using Examples to Explain and Clarify
158
1
Using Examples to Add Interest
158
1
Using Examples to Persuade
159
1
Using Examples to Test Your Thesis
159
1
Providing Enough Examples
160
1
Choosing Representative Examples
160
1
Structuring an Exemplification Essay
161
44
Exemplification
162
1
Job Application Letter
163
1
Elizabeth Bensley
Points for Special Attention
164
1
Focus on Revision
165
1
Midnight
165
2
Grace Ku
Points for Special Attention
167
1
Focus on Revision
168
1
The Peter Principle
169
7
Laurence J. Peter
Raymond Hull
Six Enviro-Myths
176
5
Robert M. Lilienfeld
William L. Rathje
English Is a Crazy Language
181
5
Richard Lederer
Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space
186
6
Brent Staples
The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society
192
10
Jonathan Kozol
Samuel
202
3
Grace Paley
Writing Assignments for Exemplification
205
1
Collaborative Activity for Exemplification
205
2
Process
207
50
What is Process?
207
2
Instructions and Process Explanations
208
1
Uses of Process Essays
208
1
Structuring a Process Essay
209
46
Process
210
1
Pumping Iron
211
1
Joseph Miksitz
Points for Special Attention
212
1
Focus on Revision
213
1
Medium Ash Brown
213
2
Melany Hunt
Points for Special Attention
215
1
Focus on Revision
216
2
My First Conk
218
5
Malcolm X
The Spider and the Wasp
223
7
Alexander Petrunkevitch
Anatomy of a Joke
230
5
Garry Trudeau
On Fire
235
5
Larry Brown
The Embalming of Mr. Jones
240
7
Jessica Mitford
The Lottery
247
8
Shirley Jackson
Writing Assignments for Process
255
1
Collaborative Activity for Process
255
2
Cause and Effect
257
54
What is Cause and Effect?
257
5
Main and Contributory Causes
259
1
Immediate and Remote Causes
260
1
The Causal Chain
260
1
Post Hoc Reasoning
261
1
Structuring a Cause-and-Effect Essay
262
46
Finding Causes
263
1
Describing or Predicting Effects
264
1
Cause and Effect
265
1
The Irish Famine, 1845-1849
265
3
Evelyn Pellicane
Points for Special Attention
268
1
Focus on Revision
269
1
Who Killed Benny Paret?
270
4
Norman Cousins
Television: The Plug-In Drug
274
10
Marie Winn
The ``Black Table'' Is Still There
284
4
Lawrence Otis Graham
On the Meaning of Plumbing and Poverty
288
6
Melanie Scheller
It's Just Too Late
294
11
Calvin Trillin
Suicide Note
305
3
Janice Mirikitani
Writing Assignments for Cause and Effect
308
1
Collaborative Activity for Cause and Effect
309
2
Comparison and Contrast
311
56
What is Comparison and Contrast?
311
4
Using Comparison and Contrast
312
1
Establishing a Basis of Comparison
313
1
Selecting Points for Discussion
314
1
Formulating a Thesis Statement
314
1
Structuring a Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
315
51
Using Subject-by-Subject Comparison
315
1
Using Point-by-Point Comparison
316
1
Supplying Clear Transitions
316
1
Comparison and Contrast
317
1
Brains versus Brawn
317
5
Mark Cotharn
Points for Special Attention
322
1
Focus on Revision
323
1
The Big Move
324
4
Margaret Depner
Points for Special Attention
328
1
Focus on Revision
329
1
Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts
330
5
Bruce Catton
The Word and the Web
335
5
Edward Mendelson
Two Ways to Belong in America
340
5
Bharati Mukherjee
How the Lawyers Stole Winter
345
5
Christopher B. Daly
Sex, Lies, and Conversation
350
7
Deborah Tannen
Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood
357
7
Richard Rodriguez
Ex-Basketball Player
364
2
John Updike
Writing Assignments for Comparison and Contrast
366
1
Collaborative Activity for Comparison and Contrast
366
1
Classification and Division
367
76
What is Classification and Division?
367
2
Understanding Classification and Division
368
1
Uses of Classification and Division
368
1
Structuring a Classification-and-Division Essay
369
72
Selecting and Arranging Categories
370
1
Formulating a Thesis Statement
370
1
Planning and Outlining Your Essay
370
2
Classification and Division
372
1
The Western: More Than Just ``Popular'' Literature
372
4
Roger Bauer
Points for Special Attention
376
1
Focus on Revision
376
2
College Pressures
378
9
William Zinsser
The Men We Carry in Our Minds
387
6
Scott Russell Sanders
Mother Tongue
393
8
Amy Tan
Sexism in English: A 1990s Update
401
13
Alleen Pace Nilsen
The Ways We Lie
414
10
Stephanie Ericsson
Revelation
424
17
Flannery O'Connor
Writing Assignments for Classification and Division
441
1
Collaborative Activity for Classification and Division
442
1
Definition
443
42
What is Definition?
443
4
Formal Definitions
444
1
Extended Definitions
445
2
Structuring A Definition Essay
447
35
Definition
448
1
The Untouchable
448
3
Ajoy Mahtab
Points for Special Attention
451
1
Focus on Revision
452
1
Our Forked Tongue
453
4
John Kenneth Galbraith
Tortillas
457
4
Jose Antonio Burciaga
I Want a Wife
461
4
Judy Brady
The Company Man
465
4
Ellen Goodman
The Holocaust
469
5
Bruno Bettelheim
The Catbird Seat
474
8
James Thurber
Writing Assignments for Definition
482
1
Collaborative Activity for Definition
483
2
Argumentation
485
118
What is Argumentation?
485
8
Argumentation and Persuasion
486
1
Choosing a Topic
486
1
Taking a Stand
487
1
Analyzing Your Audience
488
1
Gathering and Documenting Evidence
488
3
Dealing with the Opposition
491
1
Using Rogerian Argument
492
1
Deductive and Inductive Arguments
493
7
Using Deductive Arguments
493
2
Using Inductive Arguments
495
1
Using Toulmin Logic
496
1
Recognizing Fallacies
497
3
Structuring an Argumentative Essay
500
101
Argumentation
501
1
An Argument against the Anna Todd Jennings Scholarship
501
4
Matt Daniels
Points for Special Attention
505
1
Focus on Revision
506
1
The Declaration of Independence
507
6
Thomas Jefferson
Letter from Birmingham Jail
513
16
Martin Luther King Jr.
Debate: Immigration
529
1
What, Then, Is to Be Done?
530
11
Peter Brimelow
Five Myths about Immigration
541
6
David Cole
Debate: Multicultural Education
547
1
Multiculturalism Is Misguided
548
4
Trudy Rubin
Let's Tell the Story of All America's Cultures
552
5
Ji-Yeon Mary Yuhfill
Debate: Date Rape
557
1
It's a Jungle Out There
558
6
Camille Paglia
Common Decency
564
5
Susan Jacoby
Debate Casebook: Media Violence
569
1
Unnatural Killers
570
10
John Grisham
Memo to John Grisham: What's Next---``A Movie Made Me Do It''?
580
5
Oliver Stone
Violent Films Cry ``Fire'' in Crowded Theaters
585
6
Michael Zimecki
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed: Chasing the Monster of TV Violence
591
10
Brian Siano
Writing Assignments for Argumentation
601
1
Collaborative Activity for Argumentation
601
2
Combining the Patterns
603
44
Combining the Patterns
604
1
The Part
604
3
Michael Huu Truong
Points for Special Attention
607
1
Focus on Revision
608
1
On Dumpster Diving
609
16
Lars Eighner
A Modest Proposal
625
10
Jonathan Swift
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
635
11
Alice Walker
Writing Assignments for Combining the Patterns
646
1
Collaborative Activity for Combining the Patterns
646
1
APPENDIX: USING AND DOCUMENTING SOURCES
647
19
Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Using Quotations
647
2
Avoiding Plagiarism
649
3
Using Mla Style to Cite and Document Sources
652
14
Parenthetical References in the Text
652
1
The Works Cited List
653
7
Violence in the Media
660
6
Allison Rogers
Glossary
666
13
Index of Terms, Authors, and Titles
679