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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...
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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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

40 Model Essays
Second Edition| ©2013
Jane E. Aaron; Ellen Kuhl Repetto
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40 Model Essays
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Jane E. Aaron; Ellen Kuhl Repetto
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
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Index of Authors and Titles
Authors

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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