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"The McGraw-Hill Reader" addresses the liberal arts tradition, cross-curricular ideas, and diverse viewpoints through more than one hundred quality prose works from prominent writers and thinkers. A range of readings from both classic and contemporary sources and from across the disciplines - from education, the social sciences, business and economics, the humanities, and the sciences - provoke critical thought and effective writing.
Contents
PART 1 AN OVERVIEW OF COLLEGE WRITING Chapter 1Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing Steps to Reading Critically and Actively Preparing to Read Critical Reading Annotating Note Taking Questioning the Text Beyond Content: Focusing on Process Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Quoting Paraphrasing Summarizing Quoting Avoiding Plagiarism Synthesis: Drawing Connections from Texts Case Study for Synthesis: How Do Writers Influence Each Other? VIRGINIA WOOLF, The Death of the Moth ANNIE DILLARD, Death of a Moth Reading and Analyzing Visual Texts Classic and Contemporary Images: How Do We Communicate? JOE ROSENTHAL, Marines Raising the Flag at Iwo Jima THOMAS E. FRANKLIN, Firefighters Raising the Flag at Ground Zero The Writing Process Prewriting Drafting Student Essay: JAMIE TAYLOR, Cultist Behavior or Doltish Behavior? Revising Responding to Editorial Comments A Portfolio on Writing and Communication MORTIMER J. ADLER, How to Mark a Book AMY TAN, Mother Tongue PETER ELBOW, Freewriting DONALD M. MURRAY, The Maker's Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts JOHN HOCKENBERRY, The Blogs of War DEBORAH TANNEN, Sex, Lies, and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other? GEORGE ORWELL, Politics and the English Language Chapter 2Reading and Writing Effective Arguments The Language of Argument The Test of Justification Reading and Analyzing Argument Understanding Claims and Warrants Reasoning from Evidence Thinking Critically about Arguments The Purpose of Argumentation Appeals to Reason, Emotion, and Ethics ABRAHAM LINCOLN, The Gettysburg Address Writing Powerful Arguments Identify an Issue Take a Stand and Clarify Your Claim Analyze Your Audience Establish Your Tone Develop and Organize the Grounds for Your Claim Gather and Evaluate Your Evidence Consider Your Warrants Deal with Opposing Viewpoints Argumentative Synthesis Critique Guidelines for Argumentative Synthesis Case Study: MySpace: Friend or Foe? WADE ROUSH, Fakesters ELLEN LEE, Social Sites Are Becoming Too Much of a Good Thing GREG PIVARNIK, MySpace Is Not Responsible for Your Kids A Portfolio on Argumentation Classic and Contemporary Images: What Is an Brigadier General Classic and Contemporary Essays: How Do We Argue? H. L. MENCKEN, The Penalty of Death CORETTA SCOTT KING, The Death Penalty Is a Step Saves Human Lives JANE GOODALL, A Question of Ethics DEBATE: THE PATRIOT ACT: versus Civil Liberties ELAINE SCARRY, Acts of Resistance PAUL ROSENZWEIG, Face Facts: Patriot Act Aids Security, Not Abuse ISHMAEL REED, The Patriot Act of the 18th Century Chapter 3Writing a Research Paper Research Writing: Preconceptions and Practice The Research Process Phase 1: Defining Your Objective Phase 2: Locating Your Sources Phase 3: Gathering and Organizing Data Phase 4: Writing and Submitting the Paper Documenting Sources Sample Student Paper (MLA Style) A Portolio of Professional Research Papers Humanities: LAURA JOHNSON DAHLKE, Plath's "Lady Lazarus" Social Sciences: JON B. GOULD, Playing with Fire: The Civil Liberties Implications of September 11th Science and Medicine: CARA B. EBBELING, et. al, Compensation for Energy Intake from Fast Food among Overweight and Lean Adolescents PART 2 ISSUES ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES Chapter 4Education and Society: How, What, and Why Do We Learn? Classic and Contemporary Images: Does Education Change Over Time? Zoology Lab, Oberlin College, 1890s TOM STEWART, Food Science Lab, University of Maine, 1990s Classic and Contemporary Essays: What Is the Value of Education? FREDERICK DOUGLASS, Learning to Read and Write RICHARD RODRIGUEZ, The Lonely, Good Company of Books TIMOTHY EGAN, Little Asia on the Hill ANNA QUINDLEN, Sex Ed DAVID GELERNTER, Unplugged: The Myth of Computers in the Classroom SUSAN JACOBY, When Bright Girls Decide that Math Is "A Waste of Time" CLAYBORNE CARSON, Two Cheers for Brown v. Board of Education Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking Chapter 5Family Roles and Gender Roles: How Do We Become Who We Are? Classic and Contemporary Images: How Do We Respond to Marriage? PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER, Rustic Wedding ELISE AMENDOLA, Gay Marriage Classic and Contemporary Essays: How Much Do Families Matter? E. B. WHITE, Once More to the Lake BARBARA KINGSOLVER, Stone Soup ANNIE DILLARD, An American Childhood DAVID BROOKS, Love, Internet Style RICHARD RODRIGUEZ, Family Values JULIA ALVAREZ, Third Time's the Charm FATEMA MERNISSI, Digital Scheherazades in the Arab World Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking Chapter 6 History, Culture, and Civilization: Are We Citizens of the World? Classic and Contemporary Images: How Do We Become Americans? PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE HISTORIAN, Medical Exam of Male Immigrants, 1907 ASSOCIATED PRESS, Illegal Immigrants Crossing the Border between Guatemala and Mexico, 1999 Classic and Contemporary Essays: Are We Heading toward a World Culture? OLIVER GOLDSMITH, National Prejudices ISHMAEL REED, America: The Multinational Society JUDITH ORTIZ COFER, The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria LESLIE MARMON SILKO, Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit AMARTYA SEN, A World Not Neatly Divided EDWARD SAID, Andalusia's Journey EDWARD T. HALL, The Arab World RONALD TAKAKI, Strangers from a Distant Shore Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking Chapter 7 Government, Politics, and Social Justice: How Do We Decide What Is Fair? Classic and Contemporary Images: Have We Made Progress in Civil Rights? Advertisement, Slaves for Sale, 1835 Photograph, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Admirer, 1966 Classic and Contemporary Essays: What Is the American Dream? THOMAS JEFFERSON, The Declaration of Independence MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., I Have a Dream MOLLY IVINS, Is Texas America? ESTHER DYSON, Cyberspace: If You Don't Love It, Leave It NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI, The Circle of Governments BRUCE CATTON, Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts BHARATI MUKHERJEE, American Reflections on American Manners Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking Chapter 8Business and Economics: How Do We Earn Our Keep? Classic and Contemporary Images: Will Workers Be Displaced by Machines? DIEGO RIVERA, Portion of a Mural from the Detroit Institute of Arts GEORGE HALING, Chrysler Assembly Line Classic and Contemporary Essays: Does Equal Opportunity Exist? VIRGINIA WOOLF, Professions for Women HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., Delusions of Grandeur LIZA FEATHERSTONE, Manna from Hell P.J. O'ROURKE, Mapping Innovation THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Globalization: The Super-Story BARBARA EHRENREICH, Nickel and Dimed ROBERT REICH, Why the Rich Are Getting Richer, and the Poor, Poorer JONATHAN SWIFT, A Modest Proposal Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking Chapter 9 Media and Popular Culture: What Is the Message? Classic and Contemporary Images: What Do Gangster Films Reveal about Us? Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar, 1930 James Gandolfini in The Sopranos, 2000 Classic and Contemporary Essays: Why Are We Fascinated by Gangsters? ROBERT WARSHOW, The Gangster as Tragic Hero ELLEN WILLIS, Our Mobsters, Ourselves: Why The Sopranos Is Therapeutic TV RITA DOVE, Loose Ends HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR, 2 Live Crew, Decoded STEPHEN KING, My Creature from the Black Lagoon DAVE BARRY, Red, White, and Beer GLORIA STEINEM, Wonder Woman TODD GITLIN, Supersaturation, or, The Media Torrent and Disposable Feeling DEBORAH ROSS, Escape from Wonderland: Disney and the Female Imagination Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking Chapter 10Literature and the Arts: Why Do They Matter? (4-COLOR INSERT) Classic and Contemporary Essays: How Do We Know It's Good? E. M. FORSTER, Not Looking at Pictures FRANCINE PROSE, The Universal in Particular LINDA HOGAN, Hearing Voices MARGARET ATWOOD, Orwell and Me SUSAN SONTAG, Regarding the Torture of Others LANCE MORROW, Imprisoning Time in a Rectangle ALICE WALKER, Saving the Life That Is Your Own: The Importance of Models in the Artist's Life NED ROREM, The Beatles Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking Chapter 11Philosophy, Ethics, and Religion: What Do We Believe? Classic and Contemporary Images: Do We Believe in Good and Evil? Angel and Mortal, Islamic Art from India JACOB EPSTEIN, St. Michael and the Devil Classic and Contemporary Essays: Is Superstition a Form of Belief? MARGARET MEAD, New Superstitions for Old LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN, Superstitious Minds ROBERT COLES, I Listen to My Parents and I Wonder What They Believe LANGSTON HUGHES, Salvation KAREN ARMSTRONG, What's God Got to Do with It? VACLAV HAVEL, The Divine Revolution PLATO, The Allegory of the Cave SALMAN RUSHDIE, November 2001: Not about Islam? C. S. LEWIS, The Rival Conceptions of God STEPHEN L. CARTER, The Culture of Disbelief Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking Chapter 12Health and Medicine: What Are the Challenges? Classic and Contemporary Images: What Does Medical Research Teach Us? REMBRANDT, The Anatomy Lesson of Professor Nicolaes Tulp ASSOCIATED PRESS, Conjoined Twins Clas sic and Contemporary Essays: Can We Avoid Epidemics? BARBARA TUCHMAN, "This Is the End of the World": The Black Death RONALD J. GLASSER, We Are Not Immune ELLEN GOODMAN, I Worked Hard for That Furrowed Brow MARTHA MENDOZA, Between a Woman and Her Doctor STEPHEN J. GOULD, The Terrifying Normalcy of AIDS ATUL GAWANDE, The Man Who Couldn't Stop Eating RICHARD SELZER, Sarcophagus SUSAN BORDO, The Globalization of Eating Disorders Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking Chapter 13 Nature and the Environment: How Do We Relate to the Natural World? Classic and Contemporary Images: Are We Destroying Our Natural World? JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT, Along the Hudson DAMIAN DOVARGANES, Los Angeles, 2004 Classic and Contemporary Essays: Do We Own Nature? CHIEF SEATTLE, Letter to President Pierce, 1855 BARRY LOPEZ, The Stone Horse RICK BASS, Why I Hunt N. SCOTT MOMADAY, The Way to Rainy Mountain BILL McKIBBEN, The Environmental Issue from Hell RACHEL CARSON, The Obligation to Endure ALICE WALKER, Am I Blue? NOEL PERRIN, The Greenest Campuses: An Idiosyncratic Guide JARED DIAMOND, The Last Americans: Environmental Collapse and the End of Civilization Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking Chapter 14 Science and Technology: What Can Science Teach Us? Classic and Contemporary Images: Where Is Science Taking Us? Flemish School, The Movements of the Sun and Moon, Fifteenth Century J. HESTER and P. SCOWEN, Photograph of Gaseous Pillars Taken From the Hubble Space Telescope, 1995 Classic and Contemporary Essays: How Has Nature Evolved? CHARLES DARWIN, Natural Selection NATALIE ANGIER, Of Altruism, Heroism and Nature's Gifts in the Face of Terror DAVID SEDARIS, Nutcracker.com SHERRY TURKLE, How Computers Change the Way We Think CARL SAGAN, Can We Know the Universe? Reflections on a Grain of Salt DINESH D'SOUZA, Staying Human OLIVER SACKS, Anbody Out There? TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS, The Clan of One-Breasted Women Synthesis: Connections for Critical Thinking Glossary of Terms Acknowledgments IndexNER(01): WOW
