Adv.writer:rdg.+writing Essays-book 3

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0065003039

I. WRITING AND READING PROCESSES. 1. When You Write. 2. Writing Essays. 3. Revising. 4. Reading for Comprehension. II. READING AND WRITING ESSAYS. 5. Description. The Flight of Eagles, N. Scott Momaday. Be Careless, Be Reckless! Be a Lion! Be a Pirate! When You Write, Brenda Ueland. Love, Brenda, George Sheehan. First United Methodist Church, Lynn Kleifgen. 6. Narration. Rules of the Game, Amy Tan. I Wanted to be Treated Like a Human Being, Marie Ragghianti. Momma, the Dentist, and Me, Maya Angelou. One More Foreigner, One More Stranger, Gloria Cruz. 7. Exemplification. My Friend, Albert Einstein, Banesh Hoffman. Notions and Nations of Sweat, Dianne Ackerman. How to Relax in a Crowd, David D. Burns, M. D. Don't Press Your Luck, Amy Marie Jones. 8. Process Analysis. Learning to See, Samuel H. Scudder. A Homemade Education, Malcolm X. How to Write a Personal Letter, Garrison Keiller. How to Hunt, Clean, and Cook a Pheasant, Robert F. Hanika. 9. Division and Classification. Texas Women: True Grit and All the Rest, Molly Ivins. Friends, Good Friends, and Such Good Friends, Judith Viorst. Kinds of Discipline, John Holt. Twits, Cookies, and Queens, Claudia Reardon. 10. Comparison and Contrast. The Tapestry of Friendship, Ellen Goodman. Private Space, Edward T. Hail. Other Cultures, Other Times, Anne McGee-Cooper. Carbon Copy, Rosa Matha. 11. Definition. The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life, May Sarton. Permanent Record, Bob Greene. Americanization is Tough on 'Macho,'Rosa del Castillo Guilbault. Liberated Woman, Mies Frank. 12. Cause and Effect. Do You Know Who Your Friends Are? Larry Letich. Loss of Family Intimacy, Richard Rodriguez. When Television Ate My Best Friend, Linda Ellerbee. My Public Address, Chrissy Poelman. 13. Argumentation. The Case for Offensive Humor, David Segal. A Hard Lesson in Smoking's Danger, Jean Warren. Rewriting History, Ellen Goodman. Making Amends With Mom, Shayna Smith. III. A WRITER'S HANDBOOK. A Quick Guide to the Writer's Handbook. Sentence Structure. Nouns, Subjects and Verbs. Pronouns. Plurals and Possessives. Sentence Variety and Style. Effective Word Choices. Spelling and Capitalization. Punctuation. Paper Format. Reading/Study Skills.