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Contemporary Issues and Decisions
Elizabeth R. Kessler, University of Houston

ISBN-10: 0321199219
ISBN-13: 9780321199218

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 416 pp
Published: 09/26/2005

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This new, rhetorically organized rhetoric/reader begins each chapter in Part 1 with easily accessible, step by step instruction on how to read and write in the mode of that chapter, followed by short reading selections with a multicultural focus that exemplify the mode.  

The readings present students with a wide array of thought on contemporary American issues, from serious subject matter such as whether women should be required to register for the draft, to more lighthearted pieces like “Conquering Car Clutter” and “The Power of Cool”. Each reading is accompanied by discussion questions and writing assignments concentrating on the theme of the reading and the rhetorical mode. Part II discusses the elements of informative essay writing and persuasive essay writing, including paragraph and essay models.  

  • Integrated reading and writing approach shows students the relationship between reading and writing.
  • Four readings in each section provide students the opportunity to read materials developed primarily in that one pattern, but also allow them to see how patterns can work together.    
  • Chapter 11, Reading and Writing About Visual Literacy presents students with a variety of images with writing assignments that allow students to incorporate multiple modes of development and critical thinking skills
  • Numerous sample paragraphs and model essays throughout provide students with samples from a variety of sources.
  • Boxed summary feature highlights key content for every topic.
  • Each reading is preceded by author and reading head notes, prewriting questions, and vocabulary words, and followed by 6-8 reading comprehension questions and writing assignments.
  • Reflection questions at the end of each chapter allow students to reflect on how they have grown or changed in their writing. 

I. THE READING-WRITING CONNECTION.

1. Reading and Writing Successfully.

Reading Successfully.

Vocabulary Building for Successful Reading and Writing.

The Reading Process.

        Pre-Reading.

        Reading.

        Follow-Up Strategies.

Writing Successfully.

        Purpose of Writing.

        Audience.

The Paragraph.

        Pre-Writing.

        Focused Brainstorming.

        Clustering.

        Taking Control.

2. Reading and Writing Description.

How to Read Description: The Internet.

        Using Physical Senses.

        Chronological and Spatial Description.

        Purpose.

How to Write Description: Describing Objects.

        “Lost Identity, II” (photograph), Franka Bruns.

        “Traditions?” (photograph), Elizabeth Kessler.

        Step One–Prewriting: Generating Ideas.

        Step Two–Write the First Draft.

        Step Three–Revision.

Selections.

        Candy Kisses: A Memoir, Roberta Orona-Cordova.

        from Honor and Shame, Lila Abu-Lughod.

        Under Water, Anne Fadiman.

        A Woman of the Word, Editorial.

Reflections.

Descriptive Writing Suggestions.

3. Reading and Writing Exemplification.

How to Read Exemplification: Single Example.

        Multiple Examples.

        Reading Process.

        The Extended Exemplification.

How to Write Exemplification.

        Step One–Prewriting.

        Step Two–Thesis and First Draft.

        Step Three–Revision.

How to Write Exemplification–Single Detail.

Selections.

        Young in a Year of Fear, Anna Quindlen.

        What’s Great about This Country?, Andy Warhol.

        Bananas for Rent, Michiko Kakutani.

        Open Season on Koreans?, Elaine H. Kim.

Reflections.

Exemplification Writing Suggestions.

4. Reading and Writing Narrative.

How to Read Narrative.

        Chronological Organization.

        Spatial Organization.

How to Write Narrative.

        Step One–Prewriting: Choosing the Topic.

        Step Two–Taking Control: The Topic/Thesis Sentence.

        Step Three–Writing the First Draft.

        The First Draft.

Selections.

        It Is You, My Sister, Who Must Be Protected, Cherríe Moraga.

        Goodbye, Saigon, Finally, Andrew Lam.

        From A Memory of Walking, Antonio Jocson.

        War Memories: Interviews with World War II Survivors, Elizabeth Kessler.

Reflections.

Personal Narrative Writing Suggestions.

5. Reading and Writing Definition.

How to Read Definition.

        Denotative Definitions.

        Connotative Definition.

How to Write Definition.

        Step One–Know Your Term.

        Step Two–Decisions: To Quote or to Paraphrase.

        Step Three–Prewriting.

        Step Four–The First Draft.

        Step Five–The Final Draft.

Selections.

        The Power of Cool–And of Not.

        Knowing What Cool Is, Jack Solomon.

        Cultural Tyranny, Gloria Anzaldúa.

        Exotic, or “What Beach do You Hang Out On?”, Tara L. Masih.

        Who’s Educated?  Who Knows?, Margo Kaufman.

Reflections.

Definition Writing Suggestions.

6. Reading and Writing Division and Classification.

How to Read Division and Classification: Division.

        Ads.

How to Read Division and Classification: Classification.

How to Write Division and Classification.

        Step One–Prewriting.

        Step Two–Determining Categories.

        Step Three–Develop Your Thesis.

        Step Four–Writing the First Draft.

        Step Five–Peer Editing.

        Step Six–Revision.

        Step Seven–Editing.

Selections.

        Landscapes of Home: Thoughts on Urban Nature, Terrell Dixon.

        The Extendable Fork, Calvin Trillin.

        Friends, Good Friends–and Such Good Friends, Judith Viorst.

        Three Kinds of Feminists, Maria González.

Reflections.

Division and Classification Writing Suggestions.

7. Reading and Writing Comparison and Contrast.

How to Read Comparison and Contrast: Definition.

        Purposes.

        Expectations for Reading Contrast.

        Organization.

How to Read Contrast.

How to Read Comparison.

        Expectations for Reading Comparison.

        The Extended Comparison: The Analogy.

How to Write Comparison and Contrast.

        Step One–Choosing a Topic.

        Step Two–Prewriting.

        Step Three–Topic Sentence.

        Step Four–The First Draft.

        Step Five–Peer Evaluation.

        Step Six–Final Draft.

Selections.

        Chief Seattle’s 1887 Oration Reported Chief Seattle, Dr. Henry Smith.

        Two Ways to Belong in America, Bharati Mukherjee.

        Modern-Life Battle: Conquering Clutter, Ana L. Huxtable.

        Tools, Anne Perrin.

Reflections.

Comparison and Contrast Writing Suggestions.

8. Reading and Writing Process Analysis.

How to Read Process Analysis: Process.

Reader Expectations: Process.

How to Write Process Analysis: Analysis.

How to Write Process Analysis: Process.

        Step One–Prewriting.

        Step Two–Topic Sentence.

        Step Three–The First Draft.

        Step Four–Revision.

        Step Five–Editing and Formatting.

How to Write Process Analysis: Analysis.

        Step One–Prewriting.

        Step Two–Thesis Sentence.

        Step Three–The First Draft.

        Step Four–Revision.

        Step Five–Editing and Formatting.

Selections.

        Conquering Car Clutter, Harriet Schechter.

        On Not Being a Victim: Sex, Rape and the Trouble with Following Rules, Mary Gaitskill.

        Short on Resolutions?  Borrow from Ben Franklin, Edmund S. Morgan.

Reflections.

Process Analysis Writing Suggestions.

9. Reading and Writing Causal Analysis.

How to Read Causal Analysis.

        Single Cause and Effect.

        Multiple Causes and Effects.

        Slippery Slope Fallacy.

How to Write Causal Analysis.

        Step One–Prewriting.

        Step Two–The Topic Sentence/Thesis.

        Step Three–First Draft.

        Step Four–Revision and Editing.

        Step Five–Final Draft.

Selections.

        Changing My Name after Sixty Years, Tom Rosenberg.

        What Freud Got Right, Fred Guterl.

        How Can Writing in Your Journal Be a Crime?, Joe Loya.

Reflections.

Causal Analysis Writing Suggestions.

10. Reading and Writing Persuasion and Argument.

How to Read Argument.

        Purpose.

        The Issue.

        The Claim or Thesis.

        Evidence.

        Refutations.

        Reading Process for Argumentation.

How to Write Persuasion and Argument.

        Audience.

        Step One–Prewriting.

        Step Two–Writing the Claim.

        Step Three–Writing the First Draft.

        Step Four–Peer Editing for Revision.

        Step Five–Revision.

        Step Six–Editing and Formatting.

        Step Seven–Final Draft.

Selections.

        Dress the Part, Teachers, Editorial.

        Uncle Sam and Aunt Samantha, Anna Quindlen.

        Baby, Baby Where Did Our Royalties Go?, Lamont Dozier.

Reflections.

Persuasive and Argumentative Writing Suggestions.

11. Reading and Writing about Visual Literacy.

How to Read Photographs.

        What is a Photograph?

        Photography and Literature.

        Photography Terminology or Do you see what I see?

        Stewart Mansion, Linda Daigle.

        Varying Content.

How to Write about Photographs: Description.

Writing about Photography: Analysis.

        “Houston Highway” (photograph), Linda Walsh.

        “Elysian Viaduct” (photograph), Linda Daigle.

        “Art Car Parade” (photograph), Linda Walsh.

        “Abuelita” (photograph), Anja Leigh.

        “MFAH Sculpture Garden” (photograph), Linda Daigle.

        “Lost Identity, I” (photograph), Franka Bruns.

        “Community College Street Fair” (photograph), Linda Daigle.

        “Guerneville 1980” (photograph), Anja Leigh.

        “Morning on Buffalo Bayou” (photograph), Linda Walsh.

        “End of the Day” (photograph), Elizabeth Kessler.

How to Read Advertisement: Images and Layout.

        “Got Skills?” (ad).

        State Farm Insurance (ad).

        Quaker Chewy Fruit ‘n Crunch (ad).

        Got Milk?

The Language and Graphics.

        Clairol© Natural Instincts (ad).

        Anti-Drug (ad).

The Message.

Selections.

        Expanding the Language of Photographs, Mitchell Stephens.

        Appearances, John Berger.

        Never Just Pictures, Susan Bordo.

        On Photography, Susan Sontag.

Reflections.

Writing Suggestions for Writing about Photography and Ads.

II. WRITING THE ESSAY.

12. Writing the Informative Essay.

The Informative Essay.

        Writing as Communication.

        To Entertain.

        To Reflect.

        To Inform.

        To Persuade.

Getting started–The Informative Essay, an Overview.

        Step One–Prewriting: Choosing Your Topic.

        Prewriting: Narrowing Your Topic.

        Collaboration.

        Structure of the Essay.

        Prewriting–Exploring the Topic.

        Prewriting–The Thesis.

        Step Two–Drafting, Introduction.

        Drafting, The Body Paragraphs.

        Drafting: The Conclusion.

        Step Three–The First Draft.

        Step Four–Revision.

        Step Five–Editing.

        Step Six–Format.

Reflections.

Writing Suggestions for Informative Writing.

13. Writing the Argumentative Essay.

Why Write Argument and Persuasion?

        Let’s Review.

Writing the Argumentative Essay.

        Writing the Introduction.

        Writing the Body Paragraphs.

        Writing the Conclusion.

        The Argumentative Example.

        A Final Note on Structure.

Reflections.

Writing Suggestions for Persuasive and Argumentative Writing.

Glossary of Literary and Composition Terms.


Index.

  • Exam Copy
    Kessler
    © 2006 | Longman | Paper | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0321199235 | ISBN-13: 9780321199232


  • Instructor's Manual
    Kessler
    © 2006 | Longman | Paper; 183 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0321199227 | ISBN-13: 9780321199225

    Instructor's Manual
    Kessler
    © 2006 | Longman | Paper;183 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0321199227 | ISBN-13: 9780321199225

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