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Tables of Contents for The Longman Reader
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Thematic Contents
xiii
Preface
xviii
The Reading Process
1
12
Get an Overview of the Selection
2
1
Deepen Your Sense of the Selection
3
1
Evaluate the Selection
4
2
Family Counterculture
6
7
Ellen Goodman
The Writing Process
13
68
Prewrite
14
17
Identify the Thesis
31
5
Support the Thesis With Evidence
36
9
Organize the Evidence
45
8
Write the First Draft
53
15
Revise the Essay
68
6
Student Essay
74
2
Commentary
76
5
Description
81
46
What Is Description?
81
1
How Description Fits Your Purpose and Audience
82
2
Suggestions for Using Description in an Essay
84
4
Student Essay
88
2
Commentary
90
4
Activities: Description
94
2
Flavio's Home
96
10
Gordon Parks
Sister Flowers
106
9
Maya Angelou
Once More to the Lake
115
12
E. B. White
Additional Writing Topics
124
3
Narration
127
34
What Is Narration?
127
1
How Narration Fits Your Purpose and Audience
128
1
Suggestions for Using Narration in an Essay
128
7
Student Essay
135
2
Commentary
137
3
Activities: Narration
140
2
The Chase
142
6
Annie Dillard
Salvation
148
5
Langston Hughes
So Tsi-Fai
153
8
Sophronia Liu
Additional Writing Topics
159
2
Exemplification
161
44
What Is Exemplification?
161
1
How Exemplification Fits Your Purpose and Audience
162
3
Suggestions for Using Exemplification in an Essay
165
5
Student Essay
170
2
Commentary
172
4
Activities: Exemplification
176
2
The ``Values'' Wasteland
178
11
Charles Sykes
Bombs Bursting in Air
189
7
Beth Johnson
What I've Learned from Men
196
9
Barbara Ehrenreich
Additional Writing Topics
203
2
Division-Classification
205
48
What Is Division-Classification?
205
2
How Division-Classification Fits Your Purpose and Audience
207
2
Suggestions for Using Division-Classification in an Essay
209
5
Student Essay
214
4
Commentary
218
3
Activities: Division-Classification
221
3
Doublespeak
224
8
William Lutz
Propaganda Techniques in Today's Advertising
232
9
Ann McClintock
But What Do You Mean?
241
12
Deborah Tannen
Additional Writing Topics
251
2
Process Analysis
253
42
What Is Process Analysis?
253
1
How Process Analysis Fits Your Purpose and Audience
254
2
Suggestions for Using Process Analysis in an Essay
256
6
Student Essay
262
3
Commentary
265
3
Activities: Process Analysis
268
3
Your New Computer
271
7
Bill Bryson
Campus Racism 101
278
7
Nikki Giovanni
The Fine Art of Complaining
285
10
Caroline Rego
Additional Writing Topics
292
3
Comparison-Contrast
295
36
What Is Comparison-Contrast?
295
1
How Comparison-Contrast Fits Your Purpose and Audience
296
1
Suggestions for Using Comparison-Contrast in an Essay
297
6
Student Essay
303
2
Commentary
305
4
Activities: Comparison-Contrast
309
2
A Fable for Tomorrow
311
4
Rachel Carson
Workers
315
8
Richard Rodriguez
The Ugly Truth About Beauty
323
8
Dave Barry
Additional Writing Topics
328
3
Cause-Effect
331
36
What Is Cause-Effect?
331
1
How Cause-Effect Fits Your Purpose and Audience
332
1
Suggestions for Using Cause-Effect in an Essay
333
7
Student Essay
340
3
Commentary
343
4
Activities: Cause-Effect
347
2
Why We Crave Horror Movies
349
5
Stephen King
The Lie Detector
354
5
Lewis Thomas
Is Technology Making Us Intimate Strangers?
359
8
Jonathan Coleman
Additional Writing Topics
364
3
Definition
367
34
What Is Definition?
367
1
How Definition Fits Your Purpose and Audience
368
1
Suggestions for Using Definition in an Essay
369
4
Student Essay
373
3
Commentary
376
3
Activities: Definition
379
2
Entropy
381
6
K. C. Cole
Life as Type A
387
7
James Gleick
The Handicap of Definition
394
7
William Raspberry
Additional Writing Topics
399
2
Argumentation-Persuasion
401
84
What Is Argumentation-Persuasion?
401
1
How Argumentation-Persuasion Fits Your Purpose and Audience
402
5
Suggestions for Using Argumentation-Persuasion in an Essay
407
19
Student Essay
426
7
Commentary
433
4
Activities: Argumentation-Persuasion
437
3
In Praise of the ``F'' Word
440
5
Mary Sherry
Let's Tell The Story of All America's Cultures
445
6
Yuh Ji-Yeon
Examining an Issue: Date Rape
Rape: A Bigger Danger Than Feminists Know
451
7
Camille Paglia
Common Decency
458
6
Susan Jacoby
Examining an Issue: Affirmative Action
Racism Has Its Privileges
464
11
Roger Wilkins
Affirmative Action: The Price of Preference
475
10
Shelby Steel
Additional Writing Topics
483
2
Combining The Patterns
485
20
The Patterns in Action: During the Writing Process
485
1
The Patterns in Action: In an Essay
486
2
The Death of the Moth
488
7
Virginia Woolf
Where Do We Go From Here: Community Or Chaos?
495
5
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Santa Ana
500
5
Joan Didion
APPENDIX: A CONCISE GUIDE TO FINDING AND DOCUMENTING SOURCES
505
28
Using the Library to Find Books on Your Subject
505
3
Using the Library to Find Reference Works on Your Subject
508
1
Using the Library to Find Articles on Your Subject
509
4
Using the Internet to Research Your Subject
513
6
Documenting Sources
519
1
What to Document
520
1
How to Document
520
5
List of Works Cited
525
8
Glossary
533
17
Acknowledgments
550
3
Index
553