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Models for Writers, High School Edition

Short Essays for CompositionThirteenth Edition ©2018 Alfred Rosa; Paul Eschholz

Models for Writers remains a bestseller for millions of students for a reason: its short, accessible readings reflect the length of essays students write in college and the topics that matter most, and its simple yet thorough writing instruction offers the support they need. Abundant exa...

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Models for Writers, High School Edition by Alfred Rosa; Paul Eschholz - Thirteenth Edition, 2018 from Macmillan Student Store

Thought-provoking reader that emphasizes students' own writing.

Models for Writers remains a bestseller for millions of students for a reason: its short, accessible readings reflect the length of essays students write in college and the topics that matter most, and its simple yet thorough writing instruction offers the support they need. Abundant examples from student writing model chapter strategies and themes, showing students the value of their work alongside excerpts from published authors.

Models for Writers continues to offer thought-provoking readings organized to demonstrate not only the rhetorical strategies that students will use in their own essays but also the elements and language that will make those essays effective. Also unique to Models for Writers is its versatility and flexibility: it works in a wide range of courses and at various levels.

This edition includes classic texts and new selections on relevant themes such as language and race, education, democracy, feminism, scientific discovery, and technology and media from authors ranging from presidents and civil rights leaders to ballerinas and toll collectors. A new chapter on combining strategies offers model essays and instruction on using multiple rhetorical patterns, and updated questions and activities for each reading let students practice the kinds of writing they will do in college and beyond. For the first time with this edition, Models for Writers features LaunchPad, Macmillan's customizable online course space, with a complete ebook version of the text and auto-scored reading comprehension quizzes, plus an array of new materials, including LearningCurve adaptive quizzing, multimedia tutorials, and other resources that you can adapt, assign, and mix with your own.

Features

A lively collection of classic and contemporary essays that provide outstanding models for students. Most of the 70 selections in Models for Writers are comparable in length to the essays students will write themselves (two to three pages), and each has been carefully chosen to engage students and illustrate a basic rhetorical element or pattern. Favorite models include selections by Bharati Mukherjee, Stephen King, Mary Sherry, Martin Luther King Jr., Maya Angelou, David Sedaris, and Anne Lamott.

A unique, easy-to-follow rhetorical structure. Models for Writers is the only reader that organizes first by the components and style of the essay, and then by rhetorical strategy. Students get a firm grasp of the basic essay elements and language in Parts Two and Three, with separate chapters on important topics such as thesis, organization, transitions, and diction and tone. In Part Four, they are introduced to types of essays and rhetorical patterns.

A focus on the writing process and the reading-writing connection. Part One details the steps in the writing process, illustrated with a student essay-in-progress, and offers thoroughly vetted instruction on reading critically and on writing from reading, with three sample student essays.

Abundant and flexible editorial apparatus in a clear, concise format. Each chapter features a thorough introduction, and each selection is accompanied by a detailed biographical note and questions that help students explore both the writer's technique and the content of the selection. Classroom activities and writing suggestions for each reading encourage students to apply rhetorical concepts and strategies in their writing.

Practical instruction on research and working with sources. Chapter 10, "Writing with Sources," offers expert advice on summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting, integrating source material, avoiding plagiarism, and synthesizing sources. Chapter 22, "A Brief Guide to Writing a Research Paper," provides clear guidance, including evaluation and analysis of sources, as well as citation styles in updated (2016) MLA- and APA-styles.

Flexible arrangement to support course goals. Each chapter is self-contained so instructors can easily follow their own teaching sequences. For students and instructors who want to dig into a topic, an alternate table of contents in the beginning of the book groups essays sharing common themes such as "Sense of Self," "The Immigrant Experience," "The Natural World," and "Writers on Writing."

New to This Edition

24 new, accessible essays on engaging topics. More than one-third of the readings in the thirteenth edition are new, featuring topical themes and a range of perspectives from fresh voices to major writers, such as

  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on differing cultural expectations for girls and boys in "We Should All Be Feminists"

  • Jonah Berger on the way society subtly influences our behavior in "The Power of Conformity"

  • Marie Kondo on the process of developing a routine of organization in "Designate a Place for Each Thing"

More attention to student writing. A clearer design emphasizes the student writing in each chapter introduction, showing students the power of their words to serve as models for each chapter theme. A new student essay in the Chapter 21 argument cluster, "Crime," demonstrates how to enter a conversation and use texts from Models for Writers to write an effective argument.

A new "Combining Models" chapter. Because most essays combine more than one rhetorical strategy, a new Chapter 22 explains how to combine patterns for effective writing and offers model reading selections on topics of Native American education, a sexist stereotype, and climate change.

A timely new argument cluster. Chapter 21, "Argument," includes a new group of readings entitled "Conflict: Using Language to Seek Resolution," featuring diverse voices: a political journalist, an international conflict resolution expert, and a Cincinnati police officer.

More Classroom Activities for different learning styles. Classroom activities throughout provide students with examples of career-related writing and hands-on activities, many of which require visuals and movement, to help students apply literacy skills and put writing strategies into practice.

Updated MLA coverage. A dedicated section in Chapter 23, "A Brief Guide to Writing a Research Paper," aligns formatting and citation examples with the 2016 Modern Language Association guidelines.

Now with LaunchPad. LaunchPad, Macmillan's customizable online course space, includes auto-scored reading comprehension quizzes and an e-Book version of the text. Instruction on the writing process and annotation has been adapted into helpful tutorials for the digital environment. The platform offers an array of new materials including LearningCurve adaptive quizzing, multimedia tutorials, and other resources that you can adapt, assign, and mix with your own.

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Table of Contents

*new to this edition

Preface
Thematic Clusters
Introduction for Students

PART ONE: ON READING AND WRITING WELL

1 The Writing Process
Prewriting
Writing the First Draft
Revising
Editing
Proofreading
Writing an Expository Essay: A Student Essay in Progress
Jeffrey Olesky, Golf: A Character Builder (student essay)

2 From Reading to Writing
Reading Critically
Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address
Rachel Carson, Fable for Tomorrow
Using Reading in the Writing Process
Writing from Reading: Three Sample Student Essays
A Narrative Essay: Trena Isley, On the Sidelines (student essay)
A Response Essay: Zoe Ockenga, The Excuse "Not To" (student essay)
An Argumentative Essay: James Duffy, One Dying Wish (student essay)

PART TWO: THE ELEMENTS OF THE ESSAY

3 Thesis
*Laura Lee, Lucy and Her Friends
*David Pogue, The End of Passwords
James Lincoln Collier, Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name

4 Unity
Thomas L. Friedman, My Favorite Teacher
Helen Keller, The Most Important Day
*Jonathan Safran Foer, Against Meat

5 Organization
Cherokee Paul McDonald, A View from the Bridge
Bruce Catton, Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts
Julie Zhuo, Where Anonymity Breeds Contempt

6 Beginnings and Endings
Dick Gregory, Shame
Sean McElwee, The Case for Censoring Hate Speech
*Omar Akram, Can Music Bridge Cultures and Promote Peace?

7 Paragraphs
*Jamie Mackay, The Art of Communal Bathing
Judith Ortiz Cofer, My Rosetta
Jimmy Carter, The Home Place

8 Transitions
*Maya Wei-Haas, How Chuck Taylor Taught America How to Play Basketball
*Roland Merullo, The Phantom Toll Collector
*Dan Shaughnessy, Teammates Forever Have a Special Connection

9 Effective Sentences
Erin Murphy, White Lies
Langston Hughes, Salvation
*Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists

10 Writing with Sources
*Tara Haelle, How to Teach Children That Failure Is the Secret to Success
Jake Jamieson, The English-Only Movement: Can America Proscribe Language with a Clear Conscience?
Terry Tempest Williams, The Clan of One-Breasted Women

PART THREE: THE LANGUAGE OF THE ESSAY

11 Diction and Tone
Robert Krulwich, How Do Plants Know Which Way Is Up and Which Way Is Down?
David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day
Maya Angelou, Momma, the Dentist, and Me

12 Figurative Language
N Scott Momaday, Flight of the Eagles
Robert Ramirez, The Barrio
Anne Lamott, Polaroids

PART FOUR: TYPES OF ESSAYS

13 Illustration
Russell Baker, Becoming a Writer
Natalie Goldberg, Be Specific
*Jonah Berger, The Power of Conformity

14 Narration
Henry Louis Gates Jr., What’s in a Name?
Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour
*Misty Copeland, Life in Motion

15 Description
Eudora Welty, The Corner Store
Carl T. Rowan, Unforgettable Miss Bessie
*Mara Wilson, My Late Mother’s Last Receipt

16 Process Analysis
Paul W. Merrill, The Principles of Poor Writing
*Marie Kondo, Designate a Place for Each Thing
Diane Ackerman, Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall

17 Definition
Gloria Naylor, The Meanings of a Word
*Akemi Johnson, Who Gets to Be ‘Hapa’?
Eduardo Porter, What Happiness Is

18 Division and Classification
Martin Luther King Jr., The Ways of Meeting Oppression
*Mia Consalvo, Cheating Is Good for You
Amy Tan, Mother Tongue

19 Comparison and Contrast
Mark Twain, Two Ways of Seeing a River
Christina Baker Kline, Taking My Son to College, Where Technology Has Replaced Serendipity
*Toby Morris, On a Plate
Bharati Mukherjee, Two Ways to Belong in America

20 Cause and Effect
Verlyn Klinkenborg, Our Vanishing Night
Stephen King, Why We Crave Horror Movies
Brent Staples, Black Men and Public Space

21 Argument
*Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Becoming Disabled
Mary Sherry, In Praise of the F Word
Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence
Richard Lederer, The Case for Short Words
Conflict: Using Language to Seek Resolution
*Donna Hicks, Independence
*Emily Badger, Tarring Opponents as Extremists Really Can Work
*Michael Gardner, Adventures of the Dork Police
Crime: Finding an Effective Punishment
June Tangney, Condemn the Crime, Not the Person
Dan M. Kahan, Shame Is Worth a Try
*Libby Marlowe, Shame: The Ultimate Clickbait

22 Combining Models
Robert G. Lake-Thom (Medicine Grizzly Bear), An Indian Father’s Plea
*Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant, The Myth of the Catty Woman
Audrey Schulman, Fahrenheit 59: What a Child’s Fever Might Tell Us about Climate Change

PART FIVE: GUIDES TO RESEARCH AND EDITING

23 A Brief Guide to Writing a Research Paper
Establishing a Realistic Schedule
Finding and Using Sources
Conducting Keyword Searches
Evaluating Print and Online Sources
Analyzing Sources for Position and Bias
Developing a Working Bibliography
Taking Notes
Documenting Sources
MLA-Style Documentation
An Annotated Student MLA-Style Research Paper: Lesley Timmerman, An Argument for Corporate Responsibility
APA-Style Documentation
An Annotated Student APA-Style Research Paper: Laura DeVeau, The Role of Spirituality and Religion in Mental Health

24 Editing for Grammar, Punctuation, and Sentence Style
Run-ons: Fused Sentences and Comma Splices
Sentence Fragments
Sentence-Verb Agreement
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Verb Tense Shifts
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Faulty Parallelism
Weak Nouns and Verbs
Academic Diction and Tone
ESL Concerns (Articles and Nouns)

Glossary of Useful Terms

Index

Alfred Rosa

Paul Eschholz and Alfred Rosa are professors emeriti of English at the University of Vermont. They have directed statewide writing programs and conducted numerous workshops throughout the country on writing and the teaching of writing. Eschholz and Rosa have collaborated on a number of best-selling texts for Bedford/St. Martin's, including Subject & Strategy; Outlooks and Insights: A Reader for College Writers; Models for Writers; with Virginia Clark, Language Awareness; and, with Virginia Clark and Beth Simon, Language: Readings in Language.

Paul Eschholz

Paul Eschholz and Alfred Rosa are professors emeriti of English at the University of Vermont. They have directed statewide writing programs and conducted numerous workshops throughout the country on writing and the teaching of writing. Eschholz and Rosa have collaborated on a number of best-selling texts for Bedford/St. Martin's, including Subject & Strategy; Outlooks and Insights: A Reader for College Writers; Models for Writers; with Virginia Clark, Language Awareness; and, with Virginia Clark and Beth Simon, Language: Readings in Language.

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