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Reading Critically, Writing Well with 2020 APA and 2021 MLA Updates

A Reader and GuideTwelfth Edition ©2020New Edition Available Rise B. Axelrod; Charles R. Cooper; Ellen Carillo

The ebook has been updated to give your students the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021).

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Reading Critically, Writing Well with 2020 APA and 2021 MLA Updates by Rise B. Axelrod; Charles R. Cooper; Ellen Carillo - Twelfth Edition, 2020 from Macmillan Student Store

The most thorough support for the reading-writing connection.

The ebook has been updated to give your students the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021).

Reading Critically, Writing Well is a diverse collection of readings from established, emerging, and student writers, combined with expert support for writing across genres. The readings aim to inspire engaged reading, spark curious conversations, and provoke thoughtful writing. Reading Critically, Writing Well provides both the readings and the support you need to make effective rhetorical choices in your own writing.

Features

50 professional plus 8 student readings model the full range of writing that students will read and produce in college, including major rhetorical genres as well as multigenre essays. Selections represent an array of disciplines and themes, from social sciences and humanities to food studies and neuroscience. Readings by classic and contemporary authors include Wesley Morris, Jacqueline Woodson, David Sedaris, and Stephen King.
 
An engaging and practical introduction to writing in Chapter 1 introduces an inquiry-based approach and the essential academic habits of mind—curiosity, flexibility, metacognition, and more-- that students need to succeed in college.
 
Innovative, expert, and thorough coverage of the reading-writing connection provides detailed guidance for students in moving from critical reading to successful writing and is found in each readings chapter:

  • Step-by-step Guides to Reading walk students through a reading selection, asking them to develop their own interpretations while introducing them to the basic features of that chapter's genre of writing.
  • Step-by-step Guides to Writing take students through the process of planning, drafting, and revising an essay for that chapter's genre of writing, supported by a combination of examples, advice on working with sources, and model sentence strategies.
  • A Catalog of Reading Strategies in Chapter 2 includes 20 useful strategies for critical reading, from annotating and mapping to analyzing and evaluating the logic of an argument. Combining Reading Strategies activities provide students with further opportunities to deepen their understanding of a reading and provide direction for writing.

Activities for active learning accompany each reading and invite students to learn by doing. Tailored questions prepare students to read and summarize each reading, then respond and analyze the writer’s assumptions. Analyze & Write prompts help students practice writing about each selection. Annotated example paragraphs and sentence strategy templates foreground the rhetorical moves students need to learn to write effectively in the classroom and beyond.
 

Alternative tables of contents by discipline and theme allow instructors the flexibility to chart their own path through the readings to meet their course goals.

New to This Edition

The ebook has been updated to give your students the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021).

New coauthor Ellen C. Carillo (University of Connecticut) brings her expertise in the teaching of critical reading alongside writing in the composition classroom. Her research and scholarship explore the most effective ways of incorporating attention to reading in writing classrooms and underscore the importance of teaching within a metacognitive framework so that students are positioned to transfer their learning to other courses and contexts beyond the classroom.
 
New readings on compelling topics that spark student interest. The more than twenty new selections in the twelfth edition of Reading Critically, Writing Well include writers ranging from local activists to Pulitzer Prize winners, giving students both local and global models to refer to. Highlights include:

  • Disability activist Alice Wong’s “The Last Straw” questions bans on plastic straws and proposes ways for establishments to cultivate accessible and hospitable environments.
  • Local journalist Isiah Holmes’s “The Heroin and Opioid Crisis is Real” investigates the opioid crisis in Milwaukee and urges the city to help those suffering from addiction.
  • Pulitzer prize-winning surgeon Atul Gawande’s “The Heroism of Incremental Care” observes several doctors to better understand the importance of incremental healthcare models.

New coverage of Literacy Narratives in Chapter 3 now includes a discussion of the rhetorical situation for literacy narratives and model sentence strategies to get students started. There’s also a new professional essay by Molly Montgomery, “In Search of Dumplings and Dead Poets,” and a new model student essay, Rhea Jameson’s “Mrs. Maxon.”

A new Chapter 11, “Multigenre Writing: Pulling It All Together,” shows students how authors combine genres to meet the needs of their specific rhetorical situations, and how they can do this in their own writing as well, helping them to become more flexible and natural writers with skills that transfer beyond the writing classroom.

A robust Chapter 12, “Strategies for Research and Documentation,” walks students through the process of conducting various kinds of research, provides helpful guidelines for researching and evaluating the reliability of sources, and offer instructions and models for MLA and APA style.

New “Combining Reading Strategies” assignments in each chapter walk students through using multiple reading strategies to gain a deeper understanding of what they are reading, helping them to practice and develop the higher level reading skills necessary for college level work.

“The book contains a fantastic collection of readings. The diverse disciplines and interesting authors (some standard and familiar, others contemporary and edgy) show a thoughtful approach.”

--Michael Trovato, Ohio State University-Newark


"It is one of the best texts I've seen for teaching critical reading. The Catalog of Reading Skills section alone is worth the price of the book.”

--Peggy Lindsey, Georgia Southern University


“I think it is one of the best books for teaching writing. It presents students clear, concise, practical advice about getting more out of their academic reading and writing. The model essays for each genre are particularly useful as are the tips on how to read, write and trouble-shoot essays.”

--Deron Walker, California Baptist University


“It's a textbook that thinks deeply and demonstrates well key approaches to critical, engaged reading practices, and that it makes clear the ways in which such reading informs and feeds the writing process. I love the way it models and charts the reading and writing processes.”

 --Julie Brown, Virginia Military Institute

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Table of Contents

Contents by Theme 
Contents by Discipline 
1  Academic Habits of Mind: From Reading Critically to Writing Well        
Joining the Academic Conversation
*Ben Greenman, The Online Curiosity Killer     
From Reading Critically to Writing Well 
The Writing Process
2  A CATALOG OF READING STRATEGIES     
Annotating
Martin Luther King Jr., An Annotated Sample from “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Taking Inventory 
Outlining 
Summarizing 
Paraphrasing 
Skimming 
Synthesizing 
Analyzing Assumptions 
Contextualizing 
Exploring the Significance of Figurative Language 
Analyzing Visuals 
Looking for Patterns of Opposition 
Reflecting on Challenges to Your Beliefs and Values 
Comparing and Contrasting Related Readings 
Lewis H. Van Dusen Jr., Legitimate Pressures and Illegitimate Results 
Evaluating the Logic of an Argument 
Recognizing Logical Fallacies 
Recognizing Emotional Manipulation 
Judging the Writer’s Credibility 
Reading Like A Writer            
3  AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND LITERACY NARRATIVES
Rhetorical Situations for Autobiographies and Literacy Narratives 
A GUIDE TO READING AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND LITERACY NARRATIVES 
Annie Dillard, An American Childhood (Annotated Essay) 
READINGS 
David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day  
*Molly Montgomery, In Search of Dumplings and Dead Poets 
Saira Shah, Longing to Belong 
Jenée Desmond-​Harris, Tupac and My Non-​Thug Life 
*Rhea Jameson, Mrs. Maxon (Student Essay) 
A GUIDE TO WRITING AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND LITERACY NARRATIVES
Writing Your Draft 
Reviewing and Improving the Draft 
4  OBSERVATION
Rhetorical Situations for Observations 
A GUIDE TO READING OBSERVATIONS 
The New Yorker, Soup 
READINGS 
John T. Edge, I’m Not Leaving Until I Eat This Thing
Gabriel Thompson, A Gringo in the Lettuce Fields 
Amanda Coyne, The Long Good-​Bye: Mother’s Day in Federal Prison 
*Robin Wall Kimmerer, Asters and Goldenrods 
*Linda Fine, Bringing Ingenuity Back 
A GUIDE TO WRITING OBSERVATIONAL ESSAYS 
Writing Your Draft 
Reviewing and Improving the Draft 
5  REFLECTION  
Rhetorical Situations for Reflections 
A GUIDE TO READING REFLECTIVE ESSAYS 
Brent Staples, Black Men and Public Space (Annotated Essay) 
READINGS 
Dana Jennings, Our Scars Tell the Stories of Our Lives (Annotated Essay) 
Jacqueline Woodson, The Pain of the Watermelon Joke 
Manuel Muñoz, Leave Your Name at the Border 
*Maya Rupert, I, Wonder: Imagining a Black Wonder Woman  
*Samantha Wright, Starving for Control (Student Essay)  
A GUIDE TO WRITING REFLECTIVE ESSAYS 
Writing Your Draft 00
Reviewing and Improving the Draft 
6  EXPLAINING CONCEPTS             
Rhetorical Situations for Concept Explanations 
A GUIDE TO READING CONCEPT EXPLANATIONS 
Susan Cain, Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic? (Annotated Essay)
READINGS 
John Tierney, Do You Suffer from Decision Fatigue?
*Jeff Howe, The Rise of Crowdsourcing 
Melanie Tannenbaum, The Problem When Sexism Just Sounds So Darn Friendly 
Michael Pollan, Altered State: Why “Natural” Doesn’t Mean Anything 
*William Tucker, The Art and Creativity of Stop-Motion (Student Essay) 
A GUIDE TO WRITING ESSAYS EXPLAINING CONCEPTS 
Writing Your Draft 
Reviewing and Improving the Draft 
7  EVALUATION
Rhetorical Situations for Evaluations 
A GUIDE TO READING EVALUATIONS 
Amitai Etzioni, Working at McDonald’s (Annotated Essay)
READINGS     
*Mathew Hertogs, Typing vs. Handwriting Notes: An Evaluation of the Effects of Transcription Method on Student Learning  
*Ian Bogost, Brands are Not Our Friends    
Malcolm Gladwell, What College Rankings Really Tell Us 
Christine Rosen, The Myth of Multitasking 
Christine Romano, Jessica Statsky’s “Children Need to Play, Not Compete”: An Evaluation (Student Essay) 
A GUIDE TO WRITING EVALUATIONS 
Writing Your Draft
Reviewing and Improving the Draft 
8  ARGUING FOR A POSITION       
Rhetorical Situations for Position Arguments 
A GUIDE TO READING ESSAYS ARGUING FOR A POSITION
*Christie Aschwanden, There’s No Such Thing as ‘Sound Science’ (Annotated Essay)
READINGS 
*Isiah Holmes, The Heroin and Opioid Crisis is Real 
Sherry Turkle, The Flight from Conversation 
Daniel J. Solove, Why Privacy Matters Even If You Have “Nothing to Hide”
Miya Tokumitsu, In the Name of Love
Jessica Statsky, Children Need to Play, Not Compete (Student Essay) 
A GUIDE TO WRITING POSITION ARGUMENTS 
Writing Your Draft 
Reviewing and Improving the Draft 
9  SPECULATING ABOUT CAUSES OR EFFECTS            
Rhetorical Situations for Speculating about Causes or Effects 
A GUIDE TO READING ESSAYS SPECULATING ABOUT CAUSES OR EFFECTS 
Stephen King, Why We Crave Horror Movies (Annotated Essay) 
READINGS 
*Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Patterns Of Death In The South Still Show The Outlines Of Slavery
*C Thi Nguyen, Escape the Echo Chamber
Nicholas Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Sendhil Mullainathan, The Mental Strain of Making Do with Less
Clayton Pangelinan, #socialnetworking: Why It’s Really So Popular (Student Essay) 
A GUIDE TO WRITING ESSAYS SPECULATING ABOUT CAUSES OR EFFECTS
Writing Your Draft 
Reviewing and Improving the Draft 
10  PROPOSAL TO SOLVE A PROBLEM           
Rhetorical Situations for Proposals 
A GUIDE TO READING PROPOSALS 
*Alice Wong, The Last Straw (Annotated Essay)
READINGS 
Harold Meyerson, How to Raise Americans’ Wages  
*Maryanne Wolf, Skim Reading is the New Normal
William F. Shughart II, Why Not a Football Degree?
Kelly D. Brownell and Thomas R. Frieden, Ounces of Prevention — The Public Policy Case for Taxes on Sugared Beverages 
*James Benge, Adapting to the Disappearance of Honeybees (Student Essay) 
A GUIDE TO WRITING PROPOSALS
Writing Your Draft 
Reviewing and Improving the Draft 
11  Multi-Genre Writing: Pulling it all together          
Rhetorical Situations for Multi-Genre Writing 
A GUIDE TO READING MULTI-GENRE ESSAYS
*Atul Gawande, The Heroism of Incremental Care 
READINGS 
*Wesley Morris, Who Gets to Decide What Belongs in the Canon
*Phil Christman, On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality
*Tajja Isen, How Can We Expand the Way We Write About Our Identities
*Jonathan Jones, Leonardo v Rembrandt: Who’s the Greatest 
*Aru Terbor, A Deeper Look at Empathetic and Altruistic Behavior (Student Essay) 
A GUIDE TO WRITING multi-genre essays 
Writing Your Draft 
Reviewing and Improving the Draft 
12 STRATEGIES FOR RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION        
PLANNING A RESEARCH PROJECT 
Analyzing Your Rhetorical Situation and Setting a Schedule 
Choosing a Topic and Getting an Overview 
Focusing Your Topic and Drafting Research Questions 
Establishing a Research Log
Creating a Working Bibliography 
Annotating Your Working Bibliography 
Taking Notes on Your Sources 
FINDING SOURCES 
Searching Library Catalogs and Databases 
Searching for Government Documents and Statistical Information
Searching for Websites and Interactive Sources 
CONDUCTING FIELD RESEARCH 
Conducting Observational Studies 
Conducting Interviews 
Conducting Surveys 
EVALUATING SOURCES 
Choosing Relevant Sources 
Choosing Reliable Sources 
USING SOURCES TO SUPPORT YOUR IDEAS 
Synthesizing Sources 
Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism 
Using Information from Sources to Support Your Claims 
CITING AND DOCUMENTING SOURCES IN MLA Style 
Using In-​Text Citations 
Creating a List of Works Cited 
CITING AND DOCUMENTING SOURCES IN APA Style 
Using In-​Text Citations 
Creating a List of References 

Index to Methods of Development 
Index of Authors, Titles, and Terms 

Rise B. Axelrod

Rise B. Axelrod is McSweeney Professor of Rhetoric and Teaching Excellence, Emeritus, at the University of California, Riverside, where she was also director of English Composition. She has previously been professor of English at California State University, San Bernardino; director of the College Expository Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder; and assistant director of the Third College (now Thurgood Marshall College) Composition Program at the University of California, San Diego. She is the co-author, with Charles R. Cooper, of the best-selling textbooks The St. Martin's Guide to Writing and The Concise St. Martin's Guide to Writing, as well as Reading Critically, Writing Well.

Charles R. Cooper

Charles R. Cooper, was emeritus professor at the University of California, San Diego until his passing in 2017. He served as coordinator of the Third College (now Thurgood Marshall College) Composition Program at the University of California, San Diego, and co-director of the San Diego Writing Project, one of the National Writing Project Centers. He advised the National Assessment of Educational Progress writing study and coordinated the development of California's first statewide writing assessment. He taught at the University of California, Riverside; the State University of New York at Buffalo; and the University of California, San Diego. Co-editor, with Lee Odell, of Evaluating Writing and Research on Composing: Points of Departure, and he was co-author, with Rise Axelrod, of the best-selling textbooks The St. Martin's Guide to Writing and The Concise St. Martin's Guide to Writing, as well as Reading Critically, Writing Well.

Ellen Carillo

Ellen C. Carillo is a Professor of English at the University of Connecticut and the writing program coordinator at its Waterbury Campus where she teaches writing and literature courses. She is the author of Securing a Place for Reading in Composition: The Importance of Teaching for Transfer; A Writer’s Guide to Mindful Reading; Teaching Readers in Post-Truth America; The Hidden Inequities in Labor-Based Contract Grading; and the MLA Guide to Digital Literacy, as well as the editor or co-editor of several collections.