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Reading Literature and Writing Argument is based on the premise that writing is valued when it makes readers think. It offers multi-genre reading experiences that immerse readers in critical and creative thinking as they address problems and issues from multiple perspectives. Readers are encouraged to see language as a way to create meaning in their lives, and to see themselves as writers with a purpose and audience. By engaging with literature and applying the principles of argument, readers practice the skills of analysis and evaluation and develop critical standards for judging ideas.KEY TOPICS:The Literature and Argument Connection; Reading Literature; Analyzing Argument; Researching and Documenting an Argument Essay; Creating an Argument; Individuality and Community; Crime and Punishment; Family and Identity; Power and Responsibility.MARKET: For anyone interested in Literature for Composition, Writing Argument, Writing about Literature, and Introduction to Literature.
Contents
Part I RHETORIC1. The Literature and Argument Connection Academic Argument and Critical Inquiry Reading Literature to Expand Thinking Reading Literature to Explore an Issue Reading Literature to Analyze Argument 2. Reading Literature Improving Reading Skills William Carlos Williams's, "The Red Wheelbarrow" Expanding Thinking Theodore Roethke's, "My Papa's Waltz" Raymond Carver's, from "Cathedral" William Shakespeare's, "Sonnet 130"Exploring Issues Arthur Miller, from The Crucible Activities Marge Piercy, "Barbie Doll" Student Essay by Simone Weatherly, "Life as Plastic" J. G. Ballard, "The Subliminal Man"3. Analyzing Argument Argument/Critical Thinking Connection Components of an Argument Claims Kenneth Rexroth, "Cold before Dawn" Ezra Pound, "In a Station of the Metro" William Blake, "London" Evidence AssumptionsCounterarguments: Concessions and Refutations Logical Fallacies Audience Appeal and Tone: Pathos, Logos, Ethos Aristotle's Basic Argument Model Martin Espada, "Federico's Ghost" William Shakespeare, "Sonnet 18" Jamaica Kincaid, "Girl"Visual Argument Activities Robert Hayden, "Those Winter Sundays" Wilfred Owen, "Dulce Et Decorum Est" Randy Horick, "Truer to the Game"4. Researching and Documenting an Argument Essay Working with SourcesFinding Credible Sources Avoiding Plagiarism Documentation Systems The Preliminary Bibliography The Annotated Bibliography Incorporating Sources Paraphrasing and Summarizing Direct Quotations InText Parenthetical Citations Print Sources Electronic Sources The Works Cited Page Annotated Student Essay Josh Griep, "Wild Captives: The Exotic Animal Trade" 5. Creating an Argument Planning an Argument Creating an Informal Outline Strategy Questions for Organizing Your Argument Essay Creating a Draft Writing a Thesis/Claim Statement Activity From Claim to Draft Basic Tools for Designing Your Argument Clarifying a Subject, Purpose, and Audience Annotated Student Essay by Cale Blount, "The Last Words of Power" Rogerian Argument: Creative Problem Solving Rogerian Argument Organizational Plan Annotated Student Essay by Christian Garcia, "A Bull's Life" Activities: Finding Ideas and Planning an Academic Argument Part II ANTHOLOGY6. Individuality and Community Fiction Truman Capote, "Jug of Silver" Louise Erdrich, "The Red Convertible" Shirley Jackson, "The Lottery" Randall Kenan, "The Foundations of the Earth" Ernesto Quinonez, from Bodega Dreams Poetry Michael Cleary, "Burning Dreams on the Sun" Countee Cullen, "Incident" Emily Dickinson, "Much Madness is divinest Sense" T. S. Eliot, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" Jack Gilbert, "Trying to Sleep" Judy Grahn, "Ella, in a Square Apron, Along Highway 80" Joy Harjo, "Everybody Has a Heartache: A Blues" Claude McKay, "Outcast" Dwight Okita, "In Response to Executive Order 9066" Mary Oliver, "Wild Geese" Edwin Arlington Robinson, "Richard Cory" Muriel Rukeyser, "The Lost Romans" Cathy Song, "Lost Sister" Gary Soto, "Mexicans Begin Jogging" Wallace Stevens, "Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock" Alma Luz Villanueva, "Crazy Courage" Nonfiction John Hope Franklin, "The Train from Hate" Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Richard Rodriguez, "The Chinese in All of Us" Fred Setterberg, "The Usual Story" Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal" Chapter Activities and Topics for Writing Arguments Global Perspectives Research/Writing Topics Collaboration Activity: Creating a Rogerian Argument Arguing Themes from Literature7. Crime and Punishment Fiction Ambrose Bierce, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour" Kevin Crossley-Holland, "The Lay of Thrym" Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the SpeckledBand" Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown" Flannery O'Connor, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" Edgar Allen Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado" Edith Wharton, "The Choice" Poetry A. E. Housman, "The Use and Abuse of Toads" Etheridge Knight, "Hard Rock Returns to Prison" Don Marquis, "A Communication from Archy the Cockroach" D. H. Lawrence, "Snake" Drama William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of MacbethNonfiction George Orwell, "A Hanging" Edward Abbey, "Eco-Defense" Francis Bacon, "Of Revenge" Rhett Morgan, "Scene of the Crime: House's History Stuns New Owner" Courts Today, "The 2% Death Penalty: How a Minority of Counties Produce Most Death Cases at Enormous Costs to All" George G. Vest, "Eulogy of the Dog" Chapter Activities and Topics for Writing Arguments Global Perspectives Research/Writing Topics Collaboration Activity: Creating a Rogerian Argument Sample Issue: Mandatory Sentencing for Distracted Drivers Arguing Themes from Literature 8. Family and Identity Fiction Kate Chopin, "The Storm" Lydia Davis, "Break It Down" Ernest Hemingway, "Hills Like White Elephants" O. Henry, "The Gift of the Magi" Katherine Mansfield, "The Garden Party" Alice Walker, "Everyday Use" Poetry Anne Bradstreet, "To My Dear and Loving Husband" Gwendolyn Brooks, "The Mother" Michael Cleary, "Boss's Son" Gregory Corso, "Marriage" Nikki Giovanni, "Mothers" Thomas Hardy, "The Ruined Maid" Seamus Heney, "Mid-term Break" Peter Meinke, "Advice to My Son" Sharon Olds, "I Go Back to May, 1937" Mary Oliver, "The Black Walnut Tree" Dudley Randall, "Ballad of Birmingham" Adrienne Rich, "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" Adrienne Rich, "Delta" Anne Sexton, "Cinderella" Gary Snyder, "Not Leaving the House" Mark Strand, "The Continuous Life" Margaret Walker, "Lineage" Richard Wilbur, "The Writer" Nonfiction Sullivan Ballou, "Major Sullivan Ballou's Last Letter to HisWife" Robin D. G. Kelley, "The People in Me" Scott Russell Sanders, "The Men We Carry in Our Minds" Amy Schalet, "The Sleepover Question" George Will, "The Tangled Web of Conflicting Rights" Chapter Activities and Topics for Writing Arguments Global Perspectives Research/Writing Topics Collaboration Activity: Creating a Rogerian Argument Sample Issue: Same-Sex Marriage Arguing Themes from Literature 9. Power and Responsibility Fiction Raymond Carver, "Cathedral" Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Birth-Mark" Washington Irving, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Tim O'Brien, "The Things They Carried" Virgil Suarez, "Bombardment" Ed Vega, "Spanish Roulette" Poetry Gwendolyn Brooks, "The Boy Died in My Alley" Martin Espada, "Bully" Carolyn Forche, "The Colonel" Robert Frost, "Mending Wall" Langston Hughes, "Democracy" Langston Hughes, "Theme for English B" Claude McKay, "America" James Merrill, "Casual Wear" Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Apostrophe to Man" John Milton, "When I Consider How My Light Is Spent" Naomi Shihab Nye, "Famous" Sharon Olds, "The Promise" Linda Pastan, "Ethics" DramaSusan Glaspell, "Trifles"Nonfiction Chief Joseph,"I Will Fight No More Forever" Allan Gurganus, "Captive Audience" John F. Kennedy, "Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961" Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have A Dream" Abraham Lincoln, "Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865" Katherine Anne Porter, "To Dr. William Ross" Frank Schaeffer and John Schaeffer, "My Son the Marine?" Richard Wright, from Black Boy Chapter Activities and Topics for Writing Arguments Global Perspectives Research/Writing Topics Collaboration Activity: Creating a Rogerian Argument Sample Issue: The Justice or Injustice of Reparations Arguing Themes from Literature Glossary Authors' Biographical Notes Text Credits Author/Title Index Subject Index
