Patterns Plus: A Short Prose Reader with Argumentation - Softcover

Conlin, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 061842119X ISBN 13: 9780618421190

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2004

Synopsis

Arranged rhetorically, this anthology of short essays and paragraphs suits both essay-level developmental writing and low-level freshman composition courses. Each chapter focuses on a different rhetorical mode, including narration, description, and process writing. The Eighth Edition features an engaging mix of nonfiction, fiction, and student essays that reflect careful consideration of cross-cultural issues. Pedagogical tools have been updated to offer developmental students exactly what they need to master the content, including pre-reading, vocabulary, and post-reading questions that test comprehension and encourage critical analysis of each selection.

About this title

About the Author

Mary Lou Conlin completed her education at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, earning a B.A. and M.A. in English, and a Ph.D. in education with concentrations in special education, reading, and curriculum. Conlin worked for over twenty-five years teaching English Composition and developing curriculum for developmental reading and writing at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio. She developed individualized reading and writing instruction, and also established a Learning Center staffed with instructional assistants and tutors who provided both individual and small group instruction. In addition, Conlin developed computer-assisted instruction and tracking in the early 1980s.Her publications include PATTERNS, PATTERNS PLUS, CONCEPTS OF COMMUNICATION: WRITING, and CONCEPTS OF COMMUNICATION: READING. The Concepts texts, a modular series, became the basis for the individualized program provided through the Learning Center. Other publications include SIMON PERKINS OF THE WESTERN RESERVE, a biography of an early land agent of the Western Reserve published by the Western Reserve Historical Society.

Review

1. The Basics of Writing: Process and Strategies 2. Narration Paragraphs Lesley Stern, The Hunt* John L. Jackson, Why Harlem Is Not Manhattan* E.J. Kahn, Jr., The Discovery of Coca-Cola Iu-choi Chan (student), Freedom Essays Clifton L. Taulbert, When We Were Colored Ellen Gilchrist, Message in a Bottle* Carin C. Quinn, The Jeaning of America--and the World Connie Schultz, Daughter's Doll Teaches Mom Lesson on Race Carmen Machin (student), The Deli 3. Description Paragraphs Barbara Kingsolver, The Hiroshima Museum Anne Fadiman, Mail* James Baldwin, My Father* Heidi Hall (student), Overindulgence Essays Kurt Anderson, Hush, Timmy--This is Like a Church Sara Askew Jones, Starstruck* Lt Nicole A. Elwell and Jeff Elwell, A Letter from the Desert* James Tuite, The Sounds of the City Rhonda S. Lucas (student), Limbo 4. Examples Paragraphs Pete Hamill, Trash Talk* Eric Kroll, Folk Art in the Barrios Jeff Glasser, Boomtown, U.S.A.* Ricardo Galvez (student), My Suit Essays Diana Crane, The Social Meaning of T-Shirts* Alcestis "Cooky" Oberg, The Internet Instills Family Values--Really Debra Aho Williamson, Foreign Flavors, Mainstream Taste* Kathryn VanSpanckeren, Between Two Wars, 1913-1945* Bonnie Smith-Yackel, My Mother Never Worked 5. Classification and Division Paragraphs Gustave Simons, The Mad Dog's Hair: Alcoholism* Susan A. Phillips, Graffiti* Paul Gallico, Fans Lester C. Thurow, Brain Power* Essays Michael Dobbs, The ABCs of the U.S.A. Stephen King, "Ever Et Raw Meat?" Jeanne Park, Eggs, Twinkies and Ethnic Stereotypes Daniel Yergin, Conservation* Desmond Morris, Secrets of Man's Unspoken Language* 6. Comparison and Contrast Paragraphs Konrad Lorenz, Dogs and Cats* Mary Paumier Jones, Yin and Yang Anna Quindlen, Good Girl, Bad Girl Peter Wood, Two Diversities* Essays Suzanne Britt, Neat vs. Sloppy People Nancy Masterson Sakamoto, Conversational Ballgames Marvin Olasky, Aiming for Success? Marc Levine, Super Bowl vs. the Oscars* Ann Patchett, Southern Comforts* 7. Process Paragraphs Grace Lichtenstein, Brewing Beer* Rachel Carson, The Marginal World* L. Rust Hills, The Right Way to Eat an Ice-Cream Cone Barbara Lewis (student), The Cook Essays Bill Husted, Here's How to Revive a Computer* Sue Hubbell, The Beekeeper Leo Buscaglia, The Wine Experience S. I. Hayakawa, How Dictionaries Are Made Julie Gifford (student), The Art of Making Fimo Beads* 8. Cause and Effect Paragraphs Jack London, An Eyewitness Account Winifred Gallagher, The Power of Place Martin Luther King, Jr., A Momentous Arrest Nelliejean Smith (student), On Being Unemployed Essays Robert MacKenzie, The Pleasures of Age* Jacques Cousteau, The Bounty of the Sea Bob Greene, It Took This Night to Make Us Know Brian Manning, The Thirsty Animal Cynthia Merriwether-deVries, Racial Stereotypes Go Underground* 9. Definition Paragraphs Richard Shelton, Nostalgia Henry David Thoreau, Walking* S. I. Hayakawa, What Does It Mean to Be Creative? Nancy Merrell (student), Grandparents Essays Tiffany Kay, Total Eclipse of the Son* Rick Reilly, Earning Their Pinstripes* Isaac Asimov, What Is Intelligence, Anyway? Mark Holston, Rhythm Four Strings* William Raspberry, The Handicap of Definition* 10. Argumentation and Persuasion Paragraphs The Declaration of Independence* Marian Wright Edelman, The Measure of Our Success Jacob Sullum, Upholding the Right to Life* Mary Sherry, Flunking* Essays John Ruckdeschel, Banning Smoking* Mary Boltz Chapman, A Burning Issue* George F. Will, The Jury Room Is No Place for TV* John M. Parras, Cameras Give an Inside Look* Coretta Scott King, The Death Penalty Is a Step Back Mike Royko, Death to the Killers 11. Combining the Strategies Holly Hubbard Preston, Divorce Is Hard for Adult Children, Too* Andy Lin (Student), U.S. Parents Help Create Teen Trouble* Roger Hoffmann, The Dare Kirsten Bauman (student), Poetry* Mary Mebane, A Very Basic Decision Magdoline Asfahani (student), Time to Look and Listen * Indicates selections new to this edition

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 061842119X
• ISBN 13: 9780618421190
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 337