PART I: READING AND WRITING: FROM READING TO WRITING. 1. Reading Critically. Kinds of Reading. Steps to Critical Reading. Read Actively. Demystify the Writer. Understand What You Read.

Imagine an Opposing Point of View for All Opinions. Look for Biases and Hidden Assumptions. Separate Emotion from Fact. If the Issue Is New to You, Look up the Facts. Use Insights from One Subject to Illuminate or Correct Another. Evaluate the Evidence. Ponder the Values behind a Claim. Recognize Logical Fallacies.

Don''t Be Seduced by Bogus Claims. Annotate Your Reading. Finally, Be Sure You Understand the Writer''s Opening Context. Answers to Critical Reading Questions on Andy Rooney. 2. Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasion. Road Map to Rhetoric. Grammar and Rhetoric.

The Importance of Good Grammar. Letting the Habits of Literate Writers Be the Final Referee. Exercises. The Importance of Rhetoric. Audience and Purpose. The Internal Reader/Editor. Levels of English. Writing as a Process.

Writing about Visual Images. Writing on Social Networks. Advice. What--and How--to Write When You Have No Time to Write / Donald Murray. Examples. Ain''t I a Woman? / Sojourner Truth. MindTap Only: I Have a Dream / Martin Luther King, Jr. Chapter Writing Assignments.

Pointer from a Pro: Write Often. Real-Life Student Writing. Email from Samoa. 3. Synthesis: Incorporating Outside Sources. Road Map to Synthesis. Building Blocks of Incorporating Outside Sources. Paraphrase.

Exercises. Summary. Exercises. Quotation. Exercises. Guidelines for Effectively Synthesizing Outside Sources. Guidelines for Thinking and Reading Critically. Guidelines for Improving Your Use of Outside Sources.

Writers at Work: Strategies for Incorporating Outside Sources. Writers at Work: Using Paraphrase and Summary. Writers at Work: Using Quotation. Chapter Writing Assignment: Writing a Synthesis Essay. Sources. The American Dream Is Dead: Here''s Where It Went / Adele Peters. By Our Own Bootstraps / W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm.

Long Live the American Dream / Shikha Dalmia. Essay Prompts. Suggestions for Additional Reading. 4. The Writer''s Voice. Road Map to Writer''s Voice. Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? Vocabulary. Syntax.

Attitude. Exercises. Advice. Tone: The Writers'' Voice in the Reader''s Mind / Mort Castle. Examples. Salvation / Langston Hughes. Mother Tongue / Amy Tan. Chapter Writing Assignments.

Real-Life Student Writing. A Thank-You Note to an Aunt. 5. The Writer''s Thesis. Road Map to Thesis. Finding Your Thesis. Key Words in the Thesis. Characteristics of a Good Thesis.

Nine Errors to Avoid in Composing a Thesis. The Explicit Versus the Implicit Thesis. Exercises. Advice. The Thesis / Sheridan Baker. Examples. Is Texting Killing the English Language? / John McWhorter. The Median Isn''t the Message / Stephen Jay Gould.

Chapter Writing Assignments. Real-Life Student Writing. A Eulogy to a Friend Killed in a Car Wreck. 6. Organizing Ideas. Road Map to Organizing. Organizing the Short Essay. Organizing the Long Essay.

Planning by Listing Supporting Materials. Organizing with a Formal Outline. Exercises. Advice. Write to Be Understood / Jim Staylor. Examples. Rules for Aging / Roger Rosenblatt. That Time of Year (Sonnet 73) / William Shakespeare.

Chapter Writing Assignments. Real-Life Student Writing. Note from a Graduate Student to a Department Secretary. 7. Developing Good Paragraphs. Road Map to Paragraphs. Parts of the Paragraph. Supporting Details.

Topic Sentence Developed over More Than One Paragraph. Position of the Topic Sentence. Paragraph Patterns. Characteristics of a Well-designed Paragraph. Writing Your Own Paragraphs. Exercises. Advice. Writing Successful Paragraphs / A.

M. Tibbetts and Charlene Tibbetts. Examples. Paragraphs with the Topic Sentence at the Beginning. From the Lessons of the Past / Edith Hamilton. Paragraphs with the Topic Sentence at the End. The ''Loser Edit'' That Awaits Us All / Colin Whitehead. Chapter Writing Assignments.

Real-Life Student Writing. Letter of Application to an Honors Program. PART II: PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT. Patterns of Development for the Subject "Guilt." 8. Narration. Road Map to Narration. What Narration Does.

When to Use Narration. How to Write a Narrative. Warming Up to Write a Narrative. Examples.?My Name Is Margaret / Maya Angelou. Shame / Dick Gregory. Chapter Writing Assignments. Pointer from a Pro: Keep Trying.

Chapter Writing Assignments. 9. Description. Road Map to Description. What Description Does. When to Use Description. How to Write a Description. Warming Up to Write a Description.

Examples. The Libido for the Ugly / H. L. Mencken. Hell / James Joyce. Student Corner. Body Modification--Think about It! / Shelley Taylor. How I Write.

My Writing Tip. Pointer from a Pro: Less Is More. Chapter Writing Assignments. 10. Process Analysis. Road Map to Process Analysis. What Process Analysis Does. When to Use Process Analysis.

How to Write a Process Analysis. Warming Up to Write a Process Analysis. Examples. My Strangled Speech / Dan Slater. Hunting Octopus in the Gilbert Islands / Sir Arthur Grimble. Pointer from a Pro: Be Open to Criticism. Chapter Writing Assignments. 11.

Illustration/Exemplification. Road Map to Illustration/Exemplification. What Illustration/Exemplification Does. When to Use Illustration. How to Use Illustration. Warming Up to Write an Illustration. Examples. The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria / Judith Ortiz Cofer.

"Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall." / John Leo. Pointer from a Pro: Be Clear. Chapter Writing Assignments. 12. Definition. Road Map to Definition. What Definition Does.

When to Use Definition. How to Use Definition. Warming Up to Write a Definition. Examples. Entropy / K. C. Cole. America''s Invisibly Wounded Soldiers / David Finkel.

Pointer from a Pro: Let Your Writing Percolate. Chapter Writing Assignments. 13. Comparison/Contrast. Road Map to Comparison/Contrast. What Comparison/Contrast Does. When to Use Comparison/Contrast. How to Use Comparison/Contrast.

Warming Up to Write a Comparison/Contrast. Examples. Real Work / Rick Bragg. Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts / Bruce Catton. Pointer from a Pro: Read to Write. Chapter Writing Assignments. 14. Division/Classification.

Road Map to Division/Classification. What Division/Classification Does. When to Use Division/Classification. How to Use Division/Classification. Warming Up to Write a Division/Classification. Examples. The Six Stages of E-Mail / Nora Ephron. Kinds of Discipline / John Holt.

Pointer from a Pro: Conquer Writer''s Block. Chapter Writing Assignments. 15. Causal Analysis. Road Map to Causal Analysis. What Causal Analysis Does. When to Use Causal Analysis. How to Use Causal Analysis.

Warming Up to Write a Causal Analysis. Examples. A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun / Linda M. Hasselstrom. XXXL / Elizabeth Kolbert. Pointer from a Pro: Be Modest. Chapter Writing Assignments. 16.

Argumentation and Persuasion. Road Map to Argumentation and Persuasion. What Argumentation and Persuasion Do. When to Use Argumentation and Persuasion. How to Use Argumentation and Persuasion. Warming Up to Write an Argument. Examples. Why Don''t We Complain? / William F.

Buckley, Jr. A Modest Proposal / Jonathan Swift. Pointer from a Pro: Read Your Writing Aloud. Chapter Writing Assignments. 17. Combining the Modes. Road Map to the Modes. What Combining the Modes Does.

When to Combine the Modes. How to Use Combined Modes. Examples. The Education of Woman / Daniel DeFoe. Once More to the Lake / E. B. White. Pointer from a Pro: Take Revision Seriously.

Chapter Writing Assignments. PART III: THEMATIC COLLECTIONS FOR CRITICAL THINKING AND DEBATE. Theme 1. Terrorism. Images. Studying the Images. Writing Assignments. MindTap Only: My Accidental Jihad / Krista Bremer.

MindTap Only: The Real War / Thomas L. Friedman. Student Corner. Terrorism: America in Fear / Jeffrey Metherell. How I Write. My Writing Tip. Theme 2. Self-Images.

Studying the Images. Writing Assignments. MindTap Only: Body Image / Cindy Maynard. MindTap Only: Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self / Alice Walker. Student Corner. Body Modification--Think about It! / Shelley Taylor. How I Write. My Writing Tip.

Theme 3. Bullying. Images. Studying the Images. Writing Assignments. MindTap Only: In Defeat of Bullies: Awareness Is Power / Joyce Plage. MindTap Only: The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf / Anonymous. Student Corner.

Bullied / Gunnar Neuman. How I Write. My Writing Tip. Theme 4. Drugs and Society. Images. Studying the Images. Writing Assignments.

MindTap Only: How We Get Addicted / Michael D. Lemonick. MindTap Only: Have We Lost the War on Drugs? / Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy. Student Corner. Solving the Drug Problem in the United States / Jordan Dubini. How I Write.

My Writing Tip. Theme 5. Immigration. Images. Studying the Images. Writing Assignments. MindTap Only: Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social Security with Billions / Eduardo Porter. MindTap Only: Wide-open Spaces / Bill Bryson.

Student Corner. Immigrants in America / Dave Herman. How I Write. My Writing Tip. Theme 6. Online Dating. Images. Studying the Images.

Writing Assignments. MindTap Only: The Truth about Online Dating / Robert Epstein. MindTap Only: Evaluating Internet Dating / Tim Daughtry. Student Corner. "OMGILY2!!" Online Dating Is at Your Own Risk / Kindra M. Neuman. How I Write. My Writing Tip.

Theme 7. Racism. Images. Studying the Images. Writing Assignments. MindTap Only: Warriors Don''t Cry / Melba Patillo Beals. MindTap Only: Incidents with White People / Sarah L. and A.

Elizabeth Delany. Student Corner. Color of Their Skin AND Content of Their Character / Carrie Moore. How I Write. My Writing Tip. Theme 8. The Status of Women. Images.

Studying the Images. Writing Assignments. MindTap Only: The New Feminism / Kate Gubata. MindTap Only: The Farce of Feminism / Rebecca E. Rubins. Student Corner. "Woman" Is a Noun / Paula Rewa. How I.