40 Model Essays: A Portable Anthology (USED)
Out of Print Edition - USED*
In response to requests from instructors and students for shorter and less expensive composition readers, 40 Model Essays -- featuring material adapted from the successful The Compact Reader -- offers about half the usual number of readings for about half the price of similar books.
Preface
Introduction: Reading and Writing
Barbara Lazear Ascher, "The Box Man"
1. Description
E.B. White, "Once More to the Lake"
Joan Didion, "The Santa Ana"
Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Silent Dancing"
M. Scott Momaday, "The Way to Rainy Mountain"
2. Narration
Langston Hughes, "Salvation"
Annie Dillard, "The Chase"
Maya Angelou, "Champion of the World" George Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant"
3. Example
Perry Klass, "She's Your Basic L.O.L. in N.A.D."
Anna Quindlen, "Homeless"
David Sedaris, "Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa"
Brent Staples, "Black Men and Public Space"
4. Division or Analysis
Emily Prager, "Our Barbies, Ourselves"
Margaret Visser, "The Ritual of Fast Food"
Scott Russell Sanders, "The Men We Carry in Our Minds"
5. Classification
Russell Baker, "The Plot Against People"
Deborah Tannen, "But What Do You Mean?"
Stephanie Ericsson, "The Ways We Lie"
6. Process Analysis
Lars Eighner, "Dumpster Diving "
Anne Lamott, "The Crummy First Draft"
Jessica Mitford, "Embalming Mr. Jones"
7. Comparison and Contrast
Suzanne Britt, "Neat People vs. Sloppy People"
Bruce Catton, "Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts"
Nancy Mairs, "Disability"
Richard Rodriguez, "Private Language, Public Language "
8. Definition
Judy Brady, "I Want a Wife"
Noel Perrin, "The Androgynous Man"
Gloria Naylor, "The Meanings of a Word"
Amy Tan, " Mother Tongue"
9. Cause and Effect Analysis
Malcolm Gladwell, "The Tipping Point"
Barbara Ehrenreich, "Cultural Baggage"
K.C. Cole, "Women and Science"
Steven Jay Gould, "Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs"
10. Argument and Persuasion
A Debate on Capital Punishment
"Edward I. Koch, Death and Justice
" "David Bruck, The Death Penalty
" William F. Buckley, "Why Don't We Complain? "
Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream"
Virginia Woolf, "Professions for Women"
Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal"
Index of Titles and Authors
ISBN 9780312438296, SKU 1038296
*Used books are non-returnable. We do our best to only have used books in good condition.
| Book Title | 40 Model Essays: A Portable Anthology (USED) |
| Publisher: | Bedford Books |
Out of Print Edition - USED*
In response to requests from instructors and students for shorter and less expensive composition readers, 40 Model Essays -- featuring material adapted from the successful The Compact Reader -- offers about half the usual number of readings for about half the price of similar books.
Preface
Introduction: Reading and Writing
Barbara Lazear Ascher, "The Box Man"
1. Description
E.B. White, "Once More to the Lake"
Joan Didion, "The Santa Ana"
Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Silent Dancing"
M. Scott Momaday, "The Way to Rainy Mountain"
2. Narration
Langston Hughes, "Salvation"
Annie Dillard, "The Chase"
Maya Angelou, "Champion of the World" George Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant"
3. Example
Perry Klass, "She's Your Basic L.O.L. in N.A.D."
Anna Quindlen, "Homeless"
David Sedaris, "Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa"
Brent Staples, "Black Men and Public Space"
4. Division or Analysis
Emily Prager, "Our Barbies, Ourselves"
Margaret Visser, "The Ritual of Fast Food"
Scott Russell Sanders, "The Men We Carry in Our Minds"
5. Classification
Russell Baker, "The Plot Against People"
Deborah Tannen, "But What Do You Mean?"
Stephanie Ericsson, "The Ways We Lie"
6. Process Analysis
Lars Eighner, "Dumpster Diving "
Anne Lamott, "The Crummy First Draft"
Jessica Mitford, "Embalming Mr. Jones"
7. Comparison and Contrast
Suzanne Britt, "Neat People vs. Sloppy People"
Bruce Catton, "Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts"
Nancy Mairs, "Disability"
Richard Rodriguez, "Private Language, Public Language "
8. Definition
Judy Brady, "I Want a Wife"
Noel Perrin, "The Androgynous Man"
Gloria Naylor, "The Meanings of a Word"
Amy Tan, " Mother Tongue"
9. Cause and Effect Analysis
Malcolm Gladwell, "The Tipping Point"
Barbara Ehrenreich, "Cultural Baggage"
K.C. Cole, "Women and Science"
Steven Jay Gould, "Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs"
10. Argument and Persuasion
A Debate on Capital Punishment
"Edward I. Koch, Death and Justice
" "David Bruck, The Death Penalty
" William F. Buckley, "Why Don't We Complain? "
Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream"
Virginia Woolf, "Professions for Women"
Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal"
Index of Titles and Authors
ISBN 9780312438296, SKU 1038296
*Used books are non-returnable. We do our best to only have used books in good condition.
