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The Short Prose Reader (book alone), 12th Edition

by Muller, Gilbert; Wiener, Harvey

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Publishing Date: 2009/01/26

eText ISBN-10

0-07-728602-2

eText ISBN-13

978-0-07-728602-6

Print ISBN-10

0-07-353314-9

Print ISBN-13

978-0-07-353314-8

Saleable Print ISBN-10

0-07-353314-9

Saleable Print ISBN-13

978-0-07-353314-8

Table of Contents

THEMATIC CONTENTS, xix

Chapter 1. On Writing, 1

I Think, Therefore IM, 15

How to Write with Style, 22

Mother Tongue (Mixing Patterns), 40

Summing Up: Chapter 1, 52

From Seeing to Writing, 54

Chapter 2. On Reading, 55

Prison Studies, 74

One Writer's Beginnings, 83

One Idea (Mixing Patterns), 94

Summing Up: Chapter 2, 100

From Seeing to Writing, 101

Chapter 3. Description, 102

Farewell to Summer and Its Buzzing Creatures, 107

In the Jungle, 113

Catfish in the Bathtub, 122

My Ticket to the Disaster (Mixing Patterns), 129

Summing Up: Chapter 3, 136

From Seeing to Writing, 137

Chapter 4. Narration, 138

The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl, 143

Let It Snow, 158

A Hanging (Mixing Patterns), 165

Summing Up: Chapter 4, 177

From Seeing to Writing, 178

Chapter 5. Process Analysis, 179

Your New Computer, 183

How to Foil a Terrorist Plot in Seven Simple Steps, 190

Camping Out, 195

In the Kitchen (Mixing Patterns), 203

Summing Up: Chapter 5, 214

From Seeing to Writing, 215

Chapter 6. Illustration, 216

Night Walker, 220

What I've Learned from Men, 228

Homeless on Campus, 237

Globalization Rocked the Ancient World Too (Mixing Patterns), 245

Summing Up: Chapter 6, 253

From Seeing to Writing, 254

Chapter 7. Comparison and Contrast, 255

A Fable for Tomorrow, 260

Punch and Judy, 267

The Body of the Beholder, 273

Home Alone (Mixing Patterns), 280

Summing Up: Chapter 7, 287

From Seeing to Writing, 288

Chapter 8. Cause-and-Effect Analysis, 289

Why We Crave Horror Movies, 294

The America I Love, 300

Why I Live Where I Live, 307

Who's Your Daddy? (Mixing Patterns), 315

Summing Up: Chapter 8, 323

From Seeing to Writing, 324

Chapter 9. Classification, 325

Friends, Good Friends—and Such Good Friends, 330

Shades of Green, 339

The American Dream for Sale: Ethnic Images in Magazines, 347

How Do We Find the Student in a World of Academic Gymnasts and Worker Ants? (Mixing Patterns), 359

Summing Up: Chapter 9, 368

From Seeing to Writing, 369

Chapter 10. Definition, 370

The Posteverything Generation, 375

Generation Q, 389

A Word's Meaning (Mixing Patterns), 396

Summing Up: Chapter 10, 405

From Seeing to Writing, 406

Chapter 11. Argumentation and Persuasion, 407

Arguments Pro and Con: Can Torture Be Justified?, 414

A Case for Torture, 415

Torture's Terrible Toll, 422

Perspectives on Identity: Who Are We, and How Are We Formed?, 431

Are the Homeless Crazy?, 432

The American Neighborhood (Mixing Patterns), 444

The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority (Mixing Patterns), 455

Perspectives on the “Mommy Wars”: Should Mothers Work?, 462

Off to Work She Should Go, 463

Baby Battle (Mixing Patterns), 470

The Good Enough Mother, 480

Perspectives on Political Rights: Are We Truly Free?, 488

Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns, 490

I Have a Dream, 496

Jena, O. J. and the Jailing of Black America, 505

Summing Up: Chapter 11, 512

From Seeing to Writing, 514

APPENDIX: A GUIDE TO RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION, A-1

What Are Research and Documentation?, A-1

The Research Process, A-2

Phase I: Choosing and Limiting a Topic, A-3

Phase II: Gathering and Organizing Material, A-6

Phase III: Writing the Paper, A-13

Phase IV: Documenting Sources, A-17

Sample Student Research Paper, A-25

INDEX OF AUTHORS AND TITLES, I-1

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