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40 Model Essays

A Portable AnthologySecond Edition ©2013 Jane E. Aaron; Ellen Kuhl Repetto

At about half the price of other rhetorically arranged readers, 40 Model Essays: A Portable Anthology combines concise but thorough instruction in the methods of development with a well-chosen selection of classic and contemporary model readings for writers. The second edition features a fres...
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At about half the price of other rhetorically arranged readers, 40 Model Essays: A Portable Anthology combines concise but thorough instruction in the methods of development with a well-chosen selection of classic and contemporary model readings for writers. The second edition features a fresh mix of new and current selections to complement class-proven favorites; new advice on forming a thesis statement; and a wealth of captivating new writing topics. This volume in the popular Bedford/St. Martin's series of Portable Anthologies and Guides offers a trademark combination of high quality and great value.

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Accessible and affordable. Conveniently sized and offered at a value price, 40 Model Essays appeals to students and instructors alike for both its cost and its contents.

A judicious combination of classic and contemporary model essays. Featuring selections from a diverse collection of respected writers on a variety of topics, 40 Model Essays presents a useful balance of traditional and recent readings. The balance of shorter and longer selections accommodates a variety of student reading levels.

Concise editorial material includes:

  • Effective instruction in the rhetorical methods. Core instruction in each chapter teaches students to craft essays that effectively utilize the 10 classic methods of development. An introduction to reading and writing initiates this instruction, helping students to become critical readers and capable writers.

  • Four sets of questions after every reading and writing topic. Questions on meaning, purpose, structure, and language follow every reading. Topics for writing follow every reading and every methods chapter.

  • Biographical headnotes for every selection

New to This Edition

14 fresh contemporary selections complement reliable classroom favorites. With at least one new selection per chapter, this value reader continues to offer a diverse and engaging mix of authors and selections — both new and old — at a bargain price.

  • "Shacks" — a new essay by Edward P. Jones — will draw students in with its evocative reflection on an experience he had as a college freshman. Used as a model in the book's first chapter, Jones's piece illustrates the writing process for students, from organizing to drafting to revising.
  • Thomas de Zengotita's "American Idol Worship" examines the "revolutionary" change in the relationship between performer and audience wrought by this popular reality series.
  • In "Sweet, Sour, and Resentful," Firoozeh Dumas reveals her Iranian family's strange weekly ritual of preparing food to welcome new immigrants to America.

A revamped Argument and Persuasion chapter offers four fresh essays, including a new debate asking if simpler living really does affect the environment, and a piece by Sherry Turkle on the complacency with which we resign our privacy online.

New advice on crafting a thesis statement is featured in the Introduction as well as in each chapter introduction, offering students helpful guidelines for organizing their essays around a particular argument and for providing evidence in support.

Updated and streamlined Writing with the Method sections feature two new writing examples per chapter, giving students a fresh crop of ideas to consider. 
"Diverse and engaging, with some of the best comprehensive yet concise material available on the writing process."

— Jessica Baldanzi, Goshen College

"40 Model Essays is an excellent mix of traditional and timely essays by well-known and respected writers. In addition to the text, there is comprehensive support for writing and documentation online. It's portable and affordable and easily integrated into either a thematic or modal approach to teaching freshmen composition."

— Judy Bello, Lander University

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: READING AND WRITING

EDWARD P. JONES, Shacks

1. DESCRIPTION

E. B. WHITE, Once More to the Lake

WILLIAM LEAST HEAT-MOON, Dance of the Hobs

JOAN DIDION, The Santa Ana

JUDITH ORTIZ COFER, Silent Dancing

2. NARRATION

LANGSTON HUGHES, Salvation

ANNIE DILLARD, The Chase

JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN, In the Early Morning Rain

GEORGE ORWELL, Shooting an Elephant

3. EXAMPLE

PERRI KLASS, She's Your Basic LOL in NAD

ANNA QUINDLEN, Homeless

BRENT STAPLES, Black Men and Public Space

FRANCINE PROSE, Which Came First?

4. DIVISION OR ANALYSIS

MARGARET VISSER, The Ritual of Fast Food

THOMAS DE ZENGOTITA, American Idol Worship

SCOTT RUSSELL SANDERS, The Men We Carry in Our Minds

5. CLASSIFICATION

DEBORAH TANNEN, But What Do You Mean?

STEPHANIE ERICSSON, The Ways We Lie

WALTER MOSLEY, Show Me the Money

6. PROCESS ANALYSIS

FIROOZEH DUMAS, Sweet, Sour, and Resentful

LARS EIGHNER, Dumpster Diving

JESSICA MITFORD, Embalming Mr. Jones

7. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST

NANCY MAIRS, Disability

CHERYL PECK, Fatso

DAVID SEDARIS, Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa

RICHARD RODRIGUEZ, Private Language, Public Language

8. DEFINITION

JUDY BRADY, I Want a Wife

GLORIA NAYLOR, The Meanings of a Word

AMY TAN, Mother Tongue

DAGOBERTO GILB, Pride

9. CAUSE-AND-EFFECT ANALYSIS

MALCOLM GLADWELL, The Tipping Point

STEVEN PINKER, Mind Over Mass Media

BARBARA EHRENREICH, Cultural Baggage

STEPHEN JAY GOULD, Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs

10. ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION

Debate: Can simple living help the environment?

       BILL McKIBBEN, Waste Not, Want Not

       DERRICK JENSEN, Forget Shorter Showers

VIRGINIA POSTREL, In Praise of Chain Stores

SHERRY TURKLE, Privacy Has a Politics

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., I Have a Dream

JONATHAN SWIFT, A Modest Proposal

Glossary

Index of Authors and Titles

 

Jane E. Aaron

Jane E. Aaron is a professional writer and editor as well as an experienced teacher. She is the author of the best-selling Little, Brown Handbook, The Compact Reader, and Common Threads. She has served as consultant, editor, or writer on more than a dozen other textbooks for the first-year composition.

Ellen Kuhl Repetto

Ellen Kuhl Repetto is an editor and writer who has contributed to more than twenty composition readers, handbooks, and rhetorics. She is the author of The Bedford/St. Martin's Textbook Reader, The Compact Reader, and Common Threads.

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