Bedford Reader : High School Reprint,9780312136345

Bedford Reader : High School Reprint

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Edition: 6th
ISBN13: 9780312136345
ISBN10: 031213634X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-01-01
Publisher(s): St. Martin's Press
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Table of Contents

Preface for Instructors iii
Thematic Table of Contents xxiv
INTRODUCTION 1(36)
Why Read? Why Write? Why Not Phone?
1(1)
Using the Bedford Reader
2(3)
Reading an Essay
5(4)
The Broken Chain
9(13)
M.F.K. Fisher
Writing
22(12)
Has the Chain Been Broken? Two Ideas of Violence in ``The Broken Chain''
34(3)
Christine D'Angelo
PART ONE THE METHODS 37(484)
Narration: Telling a Story
39(58)
The Method
39(2)
The Process
41(6)
Checklist for Revising a Narrative
46(1)
Narration in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations
47(2)
Champion of the World
49(5)
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou on Writing
53(1)
Fish Cheeks
54(5)
Amy Tan
Amy Tan on Writing
57(2)
The Chase
59(6)
Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard on Writing
64(1)
On Being the Target of Discrimination
65(9)
Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison on Writing
72(2)
University Days
74(9)
James Thurber
James Thurber on Writing
81(2)
A Crime of Compassion
83(5)
Barbara Huttmann
The Tell-Tale Heart
88(8)
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe on Writing
94(2)
Additional Writing Topics
96(1)
Description: Writing with Your Senses
97(42)
The Method
97(2)
The Process
99(4)
Checklist for Revising a Description
102(1)
Description in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations
103(1)
Once More to the Lake
104(9)
E. B. White
E. B. White on Writing
111(2)
Arm Wrestling with My Father
113(8)
Brad Manning
Brad Manning on Writing
118(3)
Marrying Absurd
121(6)
Joan Didion
Joan Didion on Writing
125(2)
Beneath My House
127(5)
Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich on Writing
130(2)
Bored
132(4)
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood on Writing
135(1)
Additional Writing Topics
136(3)
Example: Pointing to Instances
139(36)
The Method
139(1)
The Process
140(3)
Checklist for Revising an Example Essay
142(1)
Example in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations
143(2)
On Compassion
145(4)
Barbara Lazear Ascher
Homeless
149(5)
Anna Quindlen
Anna Quindlen on Writing
152(2)
The Day I Turned Sarcastic
154(7)
Merrill Markoe
``Ever Et Raw Meat?''
161(7)
Stephen King
Stephen King on Writing
166(2)
Black Men and Public Space
168(6)
Brent Staples
Brent Staples on Writing
172(2)
Additional Writing Topics
174(1)
Comparison and Contrast: Setting Things Side by Side
175(46)
The Method
175(2)
The Process
177(4)
Checklist for Revising a Comparison and Contrast
180(1)
Comparison and Contrast in Paragraph: Two Illustrations
181(1)
Neat People vs. Sloppy People
182(6)
Suzanne Britt
Suzanne Britt on Writing
186(2)
Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out
188(5)
Dave Barry
Dave Barry on Writing
191(2)
Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts
193(7)
Bruce Catton
Bruce Catton on Writing
198(2)
The Black and White Truth About Basketball
200(9)
Jeff Greenfield
Jeff Greenfield on Writing
207(2)
Advanced Biology
209(10)
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Judith Ortiz Cofer on Writing
218(1)
Additional Writing Topics
219(2)
Process Analysis: Explaining Step by Step
221(46)
The Method
221(2)
The Process
223(3)
Checklist for Revising a Process Analysis
225(1)
Process Analysis in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations
226(2)
Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain
228(11)
Jessica Mitford
Jessica Mitford on Writing
237(2)
Body Ritual Among the Nacirema
239(7)
Horace Miner
How to Poison the Earth
246(5)
Linnea Saukko
Linnea Saukko on Writing
250(1)
The Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams
251(7)
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin on Writing
256(2)
Desperation Writing
258(7)
Peter Elbow
Peter Elbow on Writing
262(3)
Additional Writing Topics
265(2)
Division or Analysis: Slicing into Parts
267(44)
The Method
267(3)
The Process
270(2)
Checklist for Revising a Division or Analysis
271(1)
Division or Analysis in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations
272(2)
I Want a Wife
274(4)
Judy Brady
Not All Men Are Sly Foxes
278(4)
Armin A. Brott
In Defense of Talk Shows
282(5)
Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich on Writing
286(1)
The Word Police
287(7)
Michiko Kakutani
Predictable Crises of Adulthood
294(10)
Gail Sheehy
Gail Sheehy on Writing
302(2)
Girl
304(5)
Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid on Writing
307(2)
Additional Writing Topics
309(2)
Classification: Sorting into Kinds
311(46)
The Method
311(2)
The Process
313(2)
Checklist for Revising a Classification
315(1)
Classification in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations
315(2)
The Plot Against People
317(6)
Russell Baker
Russell Baker on Writing
320(3)
Voice Mail and Fire Ants
323(6)
Edward Tenner
Edward Tenner on Writing
326(3)
But What Do You Mean?
329(8)
Deborah Tannen
The Ways We Lie
337(9)
Stephanie Ericsson
Why the Rich Are Getting Richer and the Poor Poorer
346(10)
Robert B. Reich
Robert B. Reich on Writing
355(1)
Additional Writing Topics
356(1)
Cause and Effect: Asking Why
357(42)
The Method
357(2)
The Process
359(4)
Checklist for Revising a Cause-and-Effect Essay
363(1)
Cause and Effect in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations
363(2)
Drugs
365(5)
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal on Writing
368(2)
The Case for Slavery
370(6)
A. M. Rosenthal
A. M. Rosenthal on Writing
373(3)
Student Loans
376(4)
Thomas Sowell
Safe-Sex Lies
380(6)
Meghan Daum
Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs
386(10)
Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould on Writing
395(1)
Additional Writing Topics
396(3)
Definition: Tracing a Boundary
399(42)
The Method
399(2)
The Process
401(4)
Checklist for Revising a Definition
404(1)
Definition in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations
405(2)
The Meanings of a Word
407(6)
Gloria Naylor
Gloria Naylor on Writing
411(2)
Being a Chink
413(7)
Christine Leong
Christine Leong on Writing
417(3)
TV Addiction
420(5)
Marie Winn
Marie Winn on Writing
424(1)
Pornoviolence
425(9)
Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe on Writing
433(1)
The Holocaust
434(5)
Bruno Bettelheim
Additional Writing Topics
439(2)
Argument and Persuasion: Stating Opinions and Proposals
441(80)
The Method
441(10)
The Process
451(2)
Checklist for Revising Argument or Persuasion
453(1)
Argument and Persuasion in a Paragraph: Two Illustrations
453(2)
The Penalty of Death
455(6)
H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken on Writing
459(2)
The Unquiet Death of Robert Harris
461(7)
Michael Kroll
Demystifying Multiculturalism
468(8)
Linda Chevez
America: The Multinational Society
476(6)
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed on Writing
481(1)
Streets of Gold: The Myth of the Model Minority
482(12)
Curtis Chang
Curtis Chang on Writing
492(2)
Why Don't We Complain?
494(8)
William F. Buckley Jr.
William F. Buckley, Jr., on Writing
500(2)
I Have a Dream
502(6)
Martin Luther King Jr.
A Modest Proposal
508(11)
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift on Writing
517(2)
Additional Writing Topics
519(2)
PART TWO MIXING THE METHODS 521(134)
Language and Truth
525(34)
Politics and the English Language
526(18)
George Orwell
George Orwell on Writing
541(3)
Excuuuse Me
544(6)
David Segal
David Segal on Writing
548(2)
Exposing Truth for the Lie That It Is
550(9)
Marco Wilkinson
Marco Wilkinson on Writing
555(4)
The Power of Family
559(40)
Stone Soup
560(10)
Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver on Writing
569(1)
Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood
570(15)
Richard Rodriguez
Richard Rodriguez on Writing
583(2)
No Name Woman
585(14)
Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston on Writing
597(2)
Boys and Girls, Men and Women
599(20)
The Disposable Rocket
600(7)
John Updike
John Updike on Writing
605(2)
Our Barbies, Ourselves
607(5)
Emily Prager
Why Boys Don't Play with Dolls
612(7)
Katha Pollitt
Katha Pollitt on Writing
616(3)
The Nature of Community
619(20)
The Web of Life
620(7)
Scott Russell Sanders
Scott Russell Sanders on Writing
626(1)
The Lottery
627(12)
Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson on Writing
637(2)
The Future of Cybercommunity
639(16)
Cyberspace for All
640(15)
Esther Dyson
Esther Dyson on Writing
646(9)
Welcome to Cyberbia
648(7)
M. Kadi
Appendix: Using and Documenting Sources 655(14)
Useful Terms 669(22)
Index 691

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