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Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition, 8/E
Elizabeth Penfield, University of New Orleans

ISBN-10: 0321207793
ISBN-13: 9780321207791

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2005
Format: Paper; 368 pp
Published: 02/19/2004

This item has been replaced by Short Takes, 10/E.

This lively collection of fifty-six short, readable essays by both student and professional writers provides useful models of the rhetorical modes.

Along with familiar names like Gloria Naylor and Russell Baker, the text features many new voices such as Virginia Postrel, Dave Barry, Cynthia Tucker, and Oliver Sacks. Detailed chapter openers discuss the writing process and introduce each rhetorical mode; headnotes for each essay give a brief biography of its author and explain its context.

Presents short, engaging, accessible essays and helpful introductions to each rhetorical pattern.

Opens with a “Freeze Frame: Reading and Writing” section that introduces students to the principles of critical reading and writing.

Emphasizes how the writing process incorporates the rhetorical modes with invention and the writing process.

Includes questions on thesis, organization, technique, and style after each essay.

Suggests several topics for writing journal entries and essays based on each selection.

Exemplifies diversity of authors, styles, and subject matter.

Describes each author, context for the essay, and its notable stylistic features.

Provides an alternate thematic table of contents.

Features 26 new essays on diverse subjects such as technology and the Internet, food, how different cultures view time, how television divides the world, college athletics, and medical research.

A new chapter “Multiple Modes, Varied Opinions,” offers students the opportunity to view topics from opposing points of view (Ch. 10).

Provides more writing suggestions for each essay and new “Additional Writing Assignments” at the end of each chapter helping students practice each rhetorical mode and learn to combine them in their own writing.

A new direction for headings and questions, now called “Organization and Ideas,” asks students to engage with and think critically about the ideas in the readings.
Key Value Pack–Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition, 8/e + MyCompLab, ISBN 0321278127.

Freeze Frame: Reading and Writing.

1. On Using Description.

“A Sandwich,” Nora Ephron.

“Deep Cold,” Verlyn Klinkenborg.

“The Bridge,” Jason Holland.

“El Hoyo,” Mario Suarez.

“Left Sink,” Ellery Akers.

2. On Using Narration.

“Designer of Audio CD Packaging Enters Hell,” Steve Martin.

“Learning Then College,” Meg Gifford.

“The Night of Oranges,” Flavius Stan.

“Time to Look and Listen,” Magdoline Asfahani.

“The Pie,” Gary Soto.

3. On Using Definition.

“Chocolate Equals Love,” Diane Ackerman.

“I Was a Member of the Kung Fu Crew,” Henry Han Xi Lau.

“The Handicap of Definition,” William Raspberry.

“The Myth of the Matriarch,” Gloria Naylor.

“Where Nothing Says Everything,” Suzanne Berne.

4. On Using Example.

“Sweatin' for Nothin',” Michael Barlow.

“Stop Ordering Me Around,” Stacey Wilkins.

“A Black Fan Of Country Music Finally Tells All,” Lena Williams.

“The Joy of Starvation,” James Gorman.

“Bananas for Rent,” Michiko Kakutani.

5. On Using Division and Classification.

“The New York Walk: Survival of the Fiercest,” Caryn James.

“Always, Always, Always,” Bill Rohde.

“The Search for Human Life in the Maze Of Retail Stores,” Michelle Higgins.

“The Plot Against People,” Russell Baker.

“Desert Religions,” Richard Rodriguez.

6. On Using Comparison and Contrast.

“Living on Tokyo Time,” Lynnika Butler.

“Playing House,” Denise Leight.

“World and America Watching Different Wars,” Danna Harman.

“Two Ways to Belong in America,” Bharati Mukherjee.

“The Raven,” Barry Lopez.

7. On Using Process.

“Runner,” Laura Carlson.

“How to Swat a Fly,” Will Cuppy.

“A Woman's Place,” Naomi Wolf.

“Independence Day,” Dave Barry.

“Inspiration? Head Down the Back Road, and Stop for the Yard Sales,” Annie Proulx.

8. On Using Cause and Effect.

“Tiffany Stephenson–An Apology,” Bjorn Skogquist.

“When Music Heals Body and Soul,” Oliver Sacks.

“Wrestling with Myself,” George Felton.

“Black Men and Public Space,” Brent Staples.

“When Here Sees There,” George Packer.

9. On Using Argument.

“Last Rites for Indian Dead,” Suzan Shown Harjo.

“Gay Marriages: Make Them Legal,” Thomas B. Stoddard.

“High School, an Institution Whose Time Has Passed,” Leon Botstein.

“Don't Impede Medical Progress,” Virginia Postrel.

“One Internet, Two Nations,” Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

“Internet Not For Everyone,” Robyn Greenspan.

10. For Further Reading: Multiple Modes, Varied Opinions.

On College Athletics.

“Cutting the Field,” Welch Suggs.

“End the Hypocrisy on College Athletics,” Cynthia Tucker.

“Show Us the Money,” Jeremy Bloom.

On Films.

“Ringing Hollow,” Sean Burns.

“Grit and Spectacle Help ‘Lord’ Ring True,” Duane Dudek.

On Torture.

“Torture Warrants?” Harvey A. Silvergate.

“Torture SHould Not Be Authorized,” Philip B. Heymann.

“Yes, It Should Be on the Books,” Alan M. Dershowitz.

Credits.

Index of Authors, Essays, and Terms.

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This lively collection of fifty-three short, readable selections by both student and professional writers provides useful models of the rhetorical modes.

In addition to familiar names such as Barbara Ehrenreich, Richard Rodriguez, and William Raspberry, this reader features many fresh voices such as Anchee Min, Thomas Sowell, Anna Quindlen, Michael Chabon, and Dave Barry. Detailed chapter openers offer strategies for using each rhetorical mode, including short examples from the readings within each chapter. Headnotes for each essay give a brief biography of its author, explain its context, and pinpoint one of the writer’s techniques. Questions on “Organization and Ideas” and “Technique and Style” and many suggestions for writing journal entries and essays follow each selection. Each chapter ends with additional writing assignments that ask students to compare two or more of the essays.
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Brief Description

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In addition to familiar names such as Nora Ephron, Barry Lopez, and William Raspberry, this reader features many fresh voices such as Jonathan Franzen, Anchee Min, Thomas Sowell, Laura Lee, and Darrin Bell. Detailed chapter openers discuss the writing process and introduce each rhetorical mode. Headnotes for each essay give a brief biography of its author, explain its context, and pinpoint one of the writer’s techniques. Questions on “Organization and Ideas” and “Technique and Style” and many suggestions for writing journal entries and essays follow each selection. Each chapter ends with additional writing assignments that ask students to compare two or more of the essays.

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