Patterns of Exposition,9780321072429

Patterns of Exposition

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Edition: 16th
ISBN13: 9780321072429
ISBN10: 0321072421
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-07-01
Publisher(s): Addison-Wesley
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Summary

Offers coverage of the rhetorical modes, aptly illustrated by high quality, contemporary readings. The engaging selections in this book encourage readers to take a stand on questions of culture, identity, and value in college communities, in the workplace, and in society. Thorough introductions to each rhetorical pattern, numerous exercises, and sample student essays throughout the book emphasize practical concrete writing strategies. A thematic table of contents and table of "Essay Pairs" --which groups essays particularly well suited for study and discussion--make this book appropriate for all users. Individuals interested in developing their writing skills.

Table of Contents

Thematic Contents xvii
Essay Pairs xxi
To the Instructor xxv
Acknowledgments xxviii
Reading as a Writer
1(20)
Just Walk on By
6(15)
Brent Staples
Ways of Writing
21(24)
Illustrating Ideas by Use of Example
45(44)
Overcoming an Impediment: A Rite of Passage
50(8)
Adrian Boykin
In and of Ourselves We Trust
58(3)
Andy Rooney
Why Don't We Complain?
61(8)
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Dysfunctional Nation
69(5)
Mary Karr
Issues and Ideas: Identities
Underground Dads
74(4)
Wil Haygood
I was a Member of the Kung Fu Crew
78(4)
Henry Han Xi Lau
Iron Bonding
82(7)
Alan Buczynski
Analyzing a Subject by Classification
89(54)
Piano Recitals
94(4)
Heather Farnum
What, Me? Showing Off?
98(7)
Judith Viorst
Personal Beast
105(8)
Judith Stone
Don't Even Think About It!
113(12)
Michael Ventura
Issues and Ideas: Images of Sound and Sight
Lotus Blossoms Don't Bleed: Images of Asian American Women
125(9)
Renee Tajima
Life Is a Musical
134(9)
Brenda Peterson
Explaining by Means of Comparison and Contrast
143(52)
Perception of Truth
149(5)
Amy Bell
Two Ways of Seeing a River
154(4)
Mark Twain
Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts
158(6)
Bruce Catton
A Nonsmoker with a Smoker
164(6)
Phillip Lopate
Am I Blue?
170(8)
Alice Walker
Issues and Ideas: Gender Differences
The Men We Carry in Our Minds
178(6)
Scott Russell Sanders
Method and Madness: How Men and Women Think
184(5)
Nicholas Wade
Lady of the Ring
189(6)
Rene Denfield
Using Analogy as an Expository Device
195(42)
Life Isn't Like Baseball
198(4)
Kevin Nomura
My Mother, the Catwoman
202(4)
Bret Anthony Johnston
Letting in Light
206(6)
Patricia Raybon
Issues and Ideas: Humans and Animals
O Rotten Gotham---Sliding Down into the Behavioral Sink
212(9)
Tom Wolfe
High Tide in Tucson
221(16)
Barbara Kingsolver
Explaining through Process Analysis
237(58)
Losing Weight
243(6)
Karin Gaffney
Give Juggling a Hand!
249(5)
Joe Buhler
Ron Graham
Swimming with Canoes
254(4)
John McPhee
An Ant's Life Is No Picnic
258(4)
Ted Gup
Going Places
262(8)
Jim Harrison
Issues and Ideas: Advertising and Appearances
We Build Excitement
270(10)
James B. Twitchell
To Dispel Fears of Live Burial
280(8)
Jessica Mitford
Beauty ... And the Beast of Advertising
288(7)
Jean E. Kilbourne
Analyzing Cause-and-Effect Relationships
295(58)
How a Public Document Affected My Life
300(3)
Sarah Egri
What's Your Best Time of Day?
303(5)
Susan Perry
Jim Dawson
Hello, Darkness
308(6)
Cullen Murphy
A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Pistol
314(6)
Linda Hasselstrom
My Father the Geezer
320(5)
Susan Roach
Issues and Ideas: Work, Success, and Failure
Kids in the Mall: Growing Up Controlled
325(7)
William Severini Kowinski
What Makes Sammy Walk?
332(13)
Randall Rothenberg
Everest Is Mighty, We Are Fragile
345(8)
Peter Hillary
Using Definition to Help Explain
353(72)
Stars
358(8)
Lori L'Heureux
Gypsies
366(8)
Roger Welsch
The Hoax
374(4)
John Berendt
The Insufficiency of Honesty
378(8)
Stephen L. Carter
Phony Culture
386(13)
James Combs
Issues and Ideas: Creating New Definitions for Our Lives.
Growing Up Asian in America
399(10)
Kesaya Noda
Father's Day
409(5)
Michael Dorris
Mother's Day
414(6)
Veronica Chambers
``Guy'' Envy
420(5)
M. P. Dunleavy
Explaining with the Help of Description
425(54)
Bright Light
430(4)
Carey Braun
Aging in the Land of the Young
434(5)
Sharon Curtin
The War Room at Bellevue
439(8)
George Simpson
Ice Flowers
447(4)
Edie Clark
Issues and Ideas: Place and Person
A Passage of Hands
451(11)
Barry Lopez
The Yellow Door House
462(6)
Joyce Maynard
Once More to the Lake
468(11)
E. B. White
Using Narration as an Expository Technique
479(58)
Elephants, Ivory, and an Indelible Experience
483(10)
Hrishikesh Unni
38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police
493(5)
Martin Gansberg
Transformation
498(5)
Lydia Minatoya
The Storm
503(14)
Sebastian Junger
Issues and Ideas: Stories and Values
A Hanging
517(7)
George Orwell
Arms and the Man
524(4)
Wayne Worcester
Uncle Chul Gets Rich
528(9)
Chang-rae Lee
Reasoning by Use of Induction and Deduction
537(40)
Mad About MADD
542(7)
Sheilagh Brady
A Civic Duty to Annoy
549(5)
Wendy Kaminer
The Age of Beauty
554(5)
Nancy Friday
Issues and Ideas: Digital Realities
A Virtual Life
559(4)
Maia Szalavitz
Superhero Sushi
563(10)
J. C. Herz
Place Without Space
573(4)
Nicholas Negroponte
Using Patterns for Argument
577(60)
The Flight on Fat Controversy
584(9)
Julie Richardson
Issues and Ideas: Current Controversies
How the Lawyers Stole Winter
593(5)
Christopher B. Daly
Why Johnny Can't Read, but Yoshio Can
598(8)
Richard Lynn
Surviving Deer Season
606(5)
Castle Freeman, Jr.
The Call of the Hunt
611(11)
Jane Smiley
Four-Letter Words Can Hurt You
622(5)
Barbara Lawrence
Language Lessons
627(4)
Sarah Min
Making Sense of la Difference
631(6)
Barbara Ehrenreich
Further Readings: Combining Patterns
637(34)
Pornography
638(7)
Margaret Atwood
Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit
645(9)
Leslie Marmon Silko
Letter from Birmingham Jail
654(17)
Martin Luther King
A Guide to Terms 671(20)
Credits 691(6)
Index 697

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