The Bedford Reader
by Kennedy, X. J.; Kennedy, Dorothy M.; Aaron, Jane E.Edition: 11th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-01-28
Publisher(s): Bedford/St. Martin's
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Summary
Long one of the most popular composition readers on the market, The Bedford Readerprovides compelling readings by excellent writers. It takes a practical and flexible approach to the rhetorical methods, focusing on their uses in varied writing situations. The popular "Writers on Writing" feature illustrates the many ways writers create meaning from what they read and experience, and, as always, the Kennedys' wise and witty instruction engages and challenges students as they become academic writers. The eleventh edition offers even more to guide students' critical reading and writing, with material on revising and editing, discussion and examples of academic genres, coverage of academic language, and annotated essays to illustrate reading and writing strategies.
Author Biography
X. J. KENNEDY is an acclaimed poet, children's writer, college teacher, and textbook author. He has taught freshman composition at the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Tufts University. Since 1966, more than two million students have treasured his introductory literature texts and The Bedford Guide for College Writers, Eighth Edition (2009), coauthored with Dorothy M. Kennedy and Marcia F. Muth.
DOROTHY M. KENNEDY is a writer and editor whose articles and reviews have appeared in both professional and academic journals. She has taught composition at the University of Michigan and Ohio University and, with X. J. Kennedy, is the recipient of the NCTE Teacher's Choice Award for Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry.
JANE E. AARON is a writer and editor who has taught composition at New York University and New School University. She is the author of four popular composition handbooks, and, for Bedford/St. Martin's, she is the editor of The Compact Reader, Eighth Edition, and 40 Model Essays: A Portable Anthology.
Table of Contents
| Preface for Instructors | |
| Thematic Table of Contents | |
| Introduction | |
| Reading, Writing, and Research | |
| Critical Reading | |
| Reading an Essay | |
| Nancy Mairs, Disability | |
| Thinking Critically about Visual Images | |
| Visual Image: A Deployed Soldier and His Daughter, photograph by Erik S. Lesser | |
| The Writing Process | |
| Analyzing the Writing Situation | |
| Discovering Ideas | |
| Focusing on the Thesis and the Thesis Statement | |
| Drafting | |
| *Revising | |
| *Editing | |
| Collaborating | |
| An Essay-in-Progress | |
| Mental Illness on Television | |
| Academic Writing | |
| Responding to a Text | |
| Integrating Source Material | |
| Writing from Research | |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| Source Citation Using MLA Style | |
| Sample Research Paper | |
| Rosie Anaya, The Best Kept Secret On Campus | |
| The Methods | |
| Narration: Telling a Story | |
| Visual Image: How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame, advertisement for | |
| Charles Atlas | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Narration in Paragraphs | |
| Narration in a Case Study | |
| Paired Selections: Difference | |
| Champion of the World | |
| Maya Angelou on Writing | |
| Fish Cheeks | |
| Amy Tan on Writing | |
| The Chase | |
| Annie Dillard on Writing | |
| Good | |
| *Bradley Philbert on Writing | |
| *Mary Ellen's Story | |
| The Lottery | |
| Shirley Jackson on Writing | |
| Description: Writing with Your Senses | |
| Visual Image: Doug and Mizan's House, East River, photograph by Margaret Morton | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Description in Paragraphs | |
| Description in a Field Observation | |
| Paired Selections: Fathers | |
| Arm Wrestling with My Father | |
| Brad Manning on Writing | |
| Shooting Dad | |
| Sarah Vowell on Writing | |
| *The Best Pizza in the World | |
| *Dance of the Hobs | |
| *William Least Heat-Moon on Writing | |
| *Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, 1942 | |
| *Joyce Carol Oates on Writing | |
| Example: Pointing to Instances | |
| Visual Image: Low-Energy Drinks, cartoon by Glen LeLievre | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Example in Paragraphs | |
| Example in a Job Application Letter | |
| Paired Selections: Homelessness | |
| On Compassion | |
| Barbara Lazear Ascher on Writing | |
| Homeless | |
| Anna Quindlen on Writing | |
| *The Adored, Buzzing Around Us | |
| *Sharman Apt Russell on Writing | |
| Black Men and Public Space | |
| Brent Staples on Writing | |
| *This Is Water | |
| *David Foster Wallace on Writing | |
| Comparison and Contrast: Setting Things Side by Side | |
| Visual Image: American Gothic, painting by Grant Wood; Rural Rehabilitation Client, photograph by Ben Shahn | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Comparison and Contrast in Paragraphs | |
| Comparison and Contrast in a Review | |
| Paired Selections: Personalities | |
| Neat People vs. Sloppy People | |
| Suzanne Britt on Writing | |
| Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out | |
| Dave Barry on Writing | |
| Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts | |
| Bruce Catton on Writing | |
| *Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa | |
| *David Sedaris on Writing | |
| Size 6: The Western Woman's Harem | |
| The Legacy of Antigay Discrimination | |
| Process Analysis: Explaining Step by Step | |
| Visual Image: Workers Making Dollsphotograph by Wally McNamee | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Process Analysis in Paragraphs | |
| Process Analysis in a Lab Report | |
| Paired Selections: The Environment | |
| How to Poison the Earth | |
| Linnea Saukko on Writing | |
| Chronicles of Ice | |
| Gretel Ehrlich on Writing | |
| *Sweet, Sour, and Resentful | |
| *Firoozeh Dumas on Writing | |
| Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain | |
| Jessica Mitford on Writing | |
| *Corn Walking | |
| *Michael Pollan on Writing | |
| Division or Analysis: Slicing into Parts | |
| Visual Image: Deconstructing Lunch, cartoon by Roz Chast | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Division or Analysis in Paragraphs | |
| Division or Analysis in an Annotated Bibliography | |
| Paired Selections: Women and Men | |
| I Want a Wife | |
| *Judy Brady on Writing | |
| *Men-It's in Their Nature | |
| *Christina Hoff Sommers on Writing | |
| *Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, Vampires Never Die | |
| *Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan on Writing | |
| The Myth of Doomed Kids | |
| Bella DePaulo on Writing | |
| The Capricious Camera | |
| Visual Image: Mounted Nazi Troops on the Lookout for Likely Polish Children, photograph | |
| Classification: Sorting into Kinds | |
| *Visual Image: Maple Ridge Curbside Recycling, illustrated chart by Ridge Meadows Recycling Society | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Classification in Paragraphs | |
| Classification in a Résumé | |
| Paired Selections: Telling Lies | |
| The Ways We Lie | |
| Stephanie Ericsson on Writing | |
| The World of Doublespeak | |
| William Lutz on Writing | |
| The Plot Against People | |
| Russell Baker on Writing | |
| But What Do You Mean? | |
| Deborah Tannen on Writing | |
| *A Vocabulary of Smiles | |
| Cause and Effect: Asking Why | |
| *Visual Image: Im txtng while drvng, cartoon by Mike Luckovich | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Cause and Effect in Paragraphs | |
| Cause and Effect in a Letter to the Editor | |
| Paired Selections: Globalization | |
| Live Free and Starve | |
| Chitra Divakaruni on Writing | |
| Plato o Plomo: Silver or Lead | |
| Marie Javdani on Writing | |
| The New Witch Doctors: How Belief Can Kill | |
| *The Squeeze | |
| *Charles Fishman on Writing | |
| The Rise and Fall of the Hit | |
| Chris Anderson on Writing | |
| Definition: Tracing Boundaries | |
| *Visual Image: Army Strong, advertisement for the U.S. Army | |
| The Method | |
| The Process | |
| Definition in Paragraphs | |
| Definition in an Essay Exam | |
| Paired Selections: Hurtful Words | |
| The Meanings of a Word | |
| Gloria Naylor on Writing | |
| Being a Chink | |
| Christine Leong on Writing | |
| âÇ£NeedsâÇ | |
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