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Patterns for College Writing

ISBN 9781319056643
Bedford/St.Martin's
2018
Fourteenth Edition

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Introduction

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "What's in a Name?"
Gates, Jr., Henry Louis. Loose Canons : Notes on the Culture Wars, Oxford University Press, 1989. ProQuest Ebook Central.

Part One: The Writing Process

1. Reading to Write: Becoming a Critical Reader

"Cutting and Pasting: A Senior Thesis by (Insert Name)
Staples, Brent. "Cutting and Pasting: A Senior Thesis by (Insert Name)." New York Times, Jul 13, 2010. ProQuest.
"The YouTube Effect"
Naim, Moises. "The `YouTube Effect'." Los Angeles Times, Dec 20, 2006. ProQuest.

2. Invention

3. Arrangement

4. Drafting and Revising

5. Editing and Proofreading

Part Two: Readings for Writers

6. Narration

"The Money: Starting out"
Diaz, Junot. "THE MONEY." The New Yorker, vol. 87, no. 17, Jun, 2011, pp. 76+. ProQuest.
"Surrendering"
VUONG OCEAN (AKA, VINH). "Surrendering." The New Yorker, vol. 92, no. 17, Jun 06, 2016, pp. 82-n/a. ProQuest.
"37 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police"
Martin G. "37 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police." New York Times (1923-Current file), Mar 27, 1964, pp. 1. ProQuest.
"Shooting an Elephant"
by George Orwell. From the Orwell Foundation provided by the Orwell Estate
"Indian Education"
Alexie, Sherman. "Indian Education", The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven : Stories, Open Road Media, 2013. ProQuest Ebook Central.

7. Description

Adams, Ansel "Jackson Lake"

"Goodbye to My Twinkie Days"
Nguyen, Bich M. "Goodbye to My Twinkie Days." New York Times, Nov 17, 2012.
"Where Nothing Says Everything" aka "Ground Zero"
Berne, Suzanne. "Where Nothing Says Everything." New York Times, Apr 21, 2002.
"The hidden life of garbage"
Rogers, Heather, and Christian Parenti. "The Hidden Life of Garbage." Utne, no. 114, Nov, 2002, pp. 44-48. ProQuest.
"The hidden life of garbage" (alternate link)
"Once More to the Lake"
Scroll down to the link entitled "read E.B. White's 'Once More to the Lake'" to view PDF. File provided by WBUR.org
"The Storm"
Kate Chopin, and Pamela Knights. "The Awakening : And Other Stories." OUP Oxford, 2000. EBSCOhost

8. Exemplification

"Why the Post Office Makes America Great"
Tufekci, Zeynep. "Why the Post Office Makes America Great." New York Times, Jan 03, 2016. ProQuest.
"The Myth of the Latin Woman: I just met a girl named Maria"
Ortiz Cofer, Judith. "The Myth of the Latin Woman: I just met a girl named Maria" in Latin Deli : Prose and Poetry, University of Georgia Press, 2008. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/stclaircc-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3039107.
"10 ways we get the odds wrong"
Szalavitz, Maia. "10 ways we get the odds wrong." Psychology Today, vol. 41, no. 1, Jan, 2008, pp. 96-100,102,8. ProQuest.
"Why Looks Are the Last Bastion of Discrimination"
aka "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. Just promote me."

Rhode, Deborah L. "Don't Hate Me because I'm Beautiful. just Promote Me." The Washington Post, May 23, 2010. ProQuest
"Girl"
Kincaid, Jamaica. "Girl" The New Yorker, June 26, 1978.

9. Process

"How to Tell a Mother Her Child Is Dead"
Rosenberg, Naomi. "How to Tell a Mother Her Child is Dead." New York Times, Sep 04, 2016. ProQuest
"Getting Coffee is Hard to do"
Fish, Stanley. "Getting Coffee is Hard to do." New York Times, Aug 05, 2007. ProQuest
"Get It Right. Privatize Executions"
Miller, Arthur. "Get it Right. Privatize Executions." New York Times, May 08, 1992. ProQuest

10. Cause and Effect

"Here's Why Stealing Cars Went Out of Fashion"
Barro, Josh. "Here's Why Stealing Cars Went Out of Fashion." New York Times, Aug 12, 2014. ProQuest
"Why Rational People Buy into Conspiracy Theories"
Koerth-Baker, Maggie. "SURE YOU SAW A FLYING SAUCER." New York Times Magazine, May 26, 2013, pp. 15-16. ProQuest,
"What motivates terrorists"
Cottee, Simon. "What motivates terrorists". The Atlantic, Jun 9, 2015.
"Why one peaceful woman carries a pistol"
Hasselstrom, Linda M.. "Why one peaceful woman carries a pistol". Land Circle, Anniversary Edition : Writings Collected from the Land, Fulcrum Publishing, 2008. ProQuest Ebook Central.
"Aylan Kurdi and the Photos That Change History"
Karen, Miller P. "Aylan Kurdi and the Photos that Change History; the Devastating Images of a Dead Syrian Boy were Preceded by Pictures from the Depression, the Civil Rights Movement and the Moon." Wall Street Journal (Online), Sep 11, 2015. ProQuest.

11. Comparison and Contrast

"Songs of the Summer of 1963...and 2013"
Williams, Juan. "Songs of the Summer of 1963...and 2013." Wall Street Journal, Aug 27, 2013. ProQuest.
"Why Chinese mothers are superior"
Chua, Amy. "REVIEW --- Why Chinese Mothers are Superior --- can a Regimen of no Playdates, no TV, no Computer Games and Hours of Music Practice Create Happy Kids? and what Happens when they Fight Back?" Wall Street Journal, Jan 08, 2011. ProQuest.
"I'm Your Teacher, Not Your Internet-Service Provider"
Laird, Ellen. "I'm Your Teacher, Not Your Internet-Service Provider." The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 3, 2003. Accessed 14 Nov. 2018.
"Sex, lies, and conversation"
Tannen, Deborah. ""Sex, lies, and conversation"." The Washington Post, 24 June 1990. Accessed 14 Nov. 2018.
SEX, LIES & CONVERSATION MEN NEVER LISTEN AND WOMEN ALWAYS INTERRUPT. OR SO IT MAY SEEM
Tannen, Deborah. "SEX, LIES & CONVERSATION MEN NEVER LISTEN AND WOMEN ALWAYS INTERRUPT. OR SO IT MAY SEEM.: [SUN-SENTINEL EDITION]." Sun Sentinel, Jul 23, 1990, pp. 1D. ProQuest, https://sc4.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/sex-lies-conversation-men-never-listen-women/docview/389127718/se-2.
Accessed 10/28/2024
"Emmett Till and Tamir Rice, Sons of the Great Migration"
Wilkerson, Isabel. "Where did the Great Migration Get Us?" New York Times, Feb 14, 2016. ProQuest.
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
Folger Shakespeare Library. Sonnet 18 from Folger Digital Texts. Ed. Barbara Mowat, Paul Werstine, Michael Poston, and Rebecca Niles. Folger Shakespeare Library, 26 November, 2018. www.folgerdigitaltexts.org

12. Classification and Division

"The Three Types of Happiness"
Khazan, Olga. "The Three Types of Happiness." The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2016. Accessed 26 Nov. 2018.
"The Dog Ate My Disk, and Other Tales of Woe"
Foster Segal, Carolyn. ""The Dog Ate My Disk, and Other Tales of Woe"." The Chronicle of Higher Education, 11 Aug. 2000. Accessed 26 Nov. 2018.
"Mother Tongue"
Tan, Amy. “Mother Tongue.” Read, vol. 56, no. 4, Oct. 2006, pp. 20–23. EBSCOhost
"Naming of Parts"
Reed, Henry. "Naming of Parts." New Statesman & Society, vol. 4, no. 162, Aug 02, 1991, pp. 27. ProQuest.

13. Definition

U.S. Census Bureau 2010 Form
"A Zombie is a Slave Forever"
Wilentz, Amy. "A zombie is a slave forever." New York Times, 30 Oct. 2012, p. na(L). Global Issues in Context, 1. Accessed 27 Nov. 2018.
"On Plagiarism"
Posner, Richard A. "On Plagiarism." The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 289, no. 4, 04, 2002, pp. 23. ProQuest.
"Hope"
Dickinson, Emily, et al. "Hope". Poems. The Floating Press, 2009. EBSCOhost

14. Argumentation

"You Don't Want Them Responding to Your Text"
Ad Council. "You Don't Want Them Responding to Your Text". Citizen Voice & Times, July 2, 2015, p. B5, Internet Archive.
"Declaration of Independence"
Jefferson, Thomas. Declaration of Independence: A Transcription. National Archives, 2018, www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript. Accessed 27 Nov. 2018. Rpt. of Declaration of Independence. 1776.
"The Obligation to Endure"
Carson, Rachel. “Silent Spring: The Obligation to Endure.” International Wildlife, vol. 26, no. 2, Mar. 1996, p. 58. EBSCOhost.
"Letter from Birmingham Jail"
King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from Birmingham Jail". Apr. 16, 1963. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute.
"The Case Against Free College"
Bruenig, Matt. "The Case Against Free College." Dissent, vol. 62, no. 4, Fall, 2015, pp. 112-114. ProQuest.
"Perhaps Culture is Now the Counterculture"
Wieseltier, Leon. "Perhaps culture is now the counterculture." The New Republic, May 28, 2013.
"Is Majoring in Liberal Arts a Mistake for Students?"
Khosla, Vinod. "Is Majoring in Liberal Arts a Mistake for Students?" Medium. Feb 10, 2016.
"Free Expression in Peril"
Stone, Geoffrey R. "Free Expression in Peril." The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2016. ProQuest.
"Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces and Free Speech, Too."
Downes, Sophie. "Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces and Free Speech, Too."ProQuest, Sep 10, 2016.
"Warning: The Literary Canon Could Make Students Squirm"
Medina, Jennifer. "Warning: The Literary Canon could make Students Squirm." New York Times, May 18, 2014. ProQuest.
"What’s Really Important About Trigger Warnings"
Chemaly, Soraya. "What’s Really Important About ‘Trigger Warnings'." HuffPost. May 20, 2014.
"Why I wouldn't go to the University of Texas Law School"
Wilson, Andrew. "Why I wouldn't go to the University of Texas Law School." The Nation. May 5, 2016.
"There’s A Reason They Choose Schools"
Wheeler, Timothy. "There's a reason they choose schools." National Review. Oct. 11, 2007.

15. Combining the Patterns

"On Dumpster Diving"
Eighner, Lars. “On Dumpster Diving.” New England Journal of Public Policy, vol. 24, no. 1, Jan. 2013, pp. 87–95. EBSCOhost.
"Inked Well"
Kirby, David. “Inked Well.” American Interest, vol. 2, no. 2, Nov. 2006, pp. 50–57. EBSCOhost.
"On Patriotism"
Kagan, D."On Patriotism." The Yale Review, vol. 99, Sept 13, 2011, pp. 23-31. Wiley Online Library.
A Modest Proposal
Swift, Jonathan. A Modest Proposal. Project Gutenberg, 1997. Accessed 29 Nov. 2018.

Patterns for College Writing

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Patterns for College Writing

Introduction

Part One: The Writing Process

1. Reading to Write: Becoming a Critical Reader

2. Invention

3. Arrangement

4. Drafting and Revising

5. Editing and Proofreading

Part Two: Readings for Writers

6. Narration

7. Description

8. Exemplification

9. Process

10. Cause and Effect

11. Comparison and Contrast

12. Classification and Division

13. Definition

14. Argumentation

15. Combining the Patterns

Part Three: Working with Sources

16. Evaluating Sources

17. Integrating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism

18. Documenting Sources: MLA

Appendix

Appendix: Documenting Sources: APA