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Table of Contents

*Indicates essays new to this edition

Preface for Instructors 

To the Student

1 Literacy Narratives 

A Critical Reading Guide 

*Jonathan Escobar (University of California, Riverside), Lost in Translation 

*Gabriel Zamora (University of California, Riverside), The Game 

2 Remembering an Event 

A Peer Review Guide 

Nicole Ball (Niagara University), Sticks and Stones 

Stephanie Legge (University of California, Riverside), In a Ditch 

Samantha Wright (University of California, Riverside), Starving for Control 

Julia Barojas (University of California, Riverside), Almost Quitting 

James Ziech (University of Wisconsin, Baraboo/Sauk County), Worse Than a Lump of Coal 

3 Writing Profiles 

A Peer Review Guide 

*Isaiah Williams (University of California, Riverside), To Protect and Serve 

Linda Fine (University of California, Riverside), Bringing Ingenuity Back 

Bonnie Lapwood (Mt. San Jacinto College, Menifee Valley), Modernizing a Remnant of the Mid-Twentieth Century 

Natasha Farhoodi (Texas Woman’s University), Mad World Records 

4 Explaining a Concept 

A Peer Review Guide 

Katie Angeles (University of California, Riverside), The Forgotten Personality 

Sheila McClain (Western Wyoming Community College), Proxemics: A Study of Space and Relationships 

*Jonathan Potthast (University of California, Riverside), Supervolcanoes: A Catastrophe of Ice and Fire 

Etoria Spears (University of California, Riverside), Therapeutic Cloning and Embryonic Research  

Max Wu (University of California, Riverside), The Disorder That Hides Within 

William Tucker (University of California, Riverside), The Art and Creativity of Stop-Motion 

5 Analyzing and Synthesizing Opposing Arguments 

A Peer Review Guide 

Luke Serrano (University of California, Riverside), Gambling and Government Restriction 

Chris Sexton (University of California, Riverside), Virtual Reality?  

Matthew Chrisler (University of California, Riverside), Are Laissez-Faire Policies to Blame?

Brittany Koehler (Oakland Community College, Orchard Ridge), Criminal DNA Databases: Enhancing Police Investigations or Violating Civil Rights?  

Adam Hood (University of California, Riverside), Online Piracy: A David and Goliath Debate

6 Arguing a Position 

A Peer Review Guide 

*Liam Hwang (Boston College), Animal Rights 

*Heather Nickell (Murray State College), Fracking: Drilling Toward Disaster 

Tan-Li Hsu (University of California, Riverside), Energy Drinks 

Mary Hake (Pierce College), With Each Seed a Farmer Plants 

7 Proposing a Solution 

A Peer Review Guide 

Max Moore (University of California, Riverside), The Social Security Problem 

Monica Perez (The Catholic University of America), Cracking Down on Lighting Up 

James Benge (University of California, Riverside), Adapting to the Disappearance of Honeybees

Kati Huff (Lake Michigan College), Unhealthy Lunchrooms: Toxic for Schoolchildren and the Environment

8 Justifying an Evaluation 

A Peer Review Guide 

Matthew Fontilla (Chaffey College), Watchmen 

Jane Kim (University of California, Riverside), Evaluation of Nickel and Dimed 

Julie Plucinski (Triton College), Satellite Radio 

9 Arguing for Causes or Effects 

A Peer Review Guide 

Michele Cox (University of California, Riverside), The Truth about Lying 

Victoria Radford (Texas Woman’s University), Mayday! Mayday!  

Virginia Gagliardi (Lebanon Valley College), Left Out 

Stephanie Cox (Metropolitan Community College), Hispanic Pride vs. American Assimilation

10 Analyzing Stories 

A Peer Review Guide 

Sarah Hawkins (University of California, San Diego), "In Love"  

Margaret Tate (DeKalb College), Irony and Intuition in "A Jury of Her Peers"  

*Justine Appel (Arizona State University), The Short, Happy Life of Louise Mallard 

A Note on the Copyediting 

Sample Copyediting 

Submission Form 

Authors

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.

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