The Language of Composition; Reading, Writing, Rhetoric, Second Edition, Teacher's Manual

__The Language of Composition__ is the first textbook built from the ground up to help students succeed in the AP English Language course. Written by a team of experts with experience in both high school and college, this text focuses on teaching students the skills they need to read, write, and think at the college level. With practical advice and an extensive selection of readings — including essays, poetry, fiction, and visual texts — __The Language of Composition__ helps students develop the key skills they must master to pass the course, to succeed on the AP Exam, and to prepare for a successful college career. Revised based on feedback from teachers across the country, the second edition promises to be an even better resource for the AP Language classroom. Cover Page......Page 1 Title Page......Page 3 Copyright......Page 4 Dedication......Page 5 About the Authors......Page 6 Contents......Page 15 Preface......Page 7 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO RHETORIC: Using the “Available Means”......Page 39 LOU GEHRIG, Farewell Speech......Page 40 The Rhetorical Triangle......Page 41 ACTIVITY Analyzing a Rhetorical Situation......Page 42 Albert Einstein, Dear Phyllis, January 24, 1936......Page 43 ACTIVITY George W. Bush, 9/11 Speech......Page 44 Ethos......Page 45 KING GEORGE VI, The King’s Speech (September 3, 1939)......Page 46 Building Ethos......Page 47 ACTIVITY Establishing Ethos......Page 48 ALICE WATERS, from Slow Food Nation......Page 49 ACTIVITY George Will, from King Coal: Reigning in China......Page 50 RICHARD NIXON, from The Checkers Speech......Page 51 Images and Pathos......Page 52 Humor and Pathos......Page 53 Ruth Marcus, from Crackberry Congress......Page 54 ACTIVITY Dwight D. Eisenhower, Order of the Day......Page 55 TONI MORRISON, Dear Senator Obama......Page 56 ACTIVITY Appealing to Ethos, Logos, and Pathos......Page 58 TOM TOLES, Rosa Parks (cartoon)......Page 59 ACTIVITY World Wildlife Fund, Protecting the Future of Nature (advertisement)......Page 60 Determining Effective and Ineffective Rhetoric......Page 61 JANE AUSTEN, from Pride and Prejudice......Page 62 PETA, Feeding Kids Meat Is Child Abuse (advertisement)......Page 63 ANNE APPLEBAUM, If the Japanese Can’t Build a Safe Reactor, Who Can?......Page 64 ACTIVITY TAMAR DEMBY, Alarmist or Alarming Rhetoric? (student essay)......Page 65 ACTIVITY FEDERAL HUGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, Stop for Pedestrians (advertisement)......Page 67 THE TIMES, Man Takes First Steps on the Moon......Page 68 AYN RAND, The July 16, 1969, Launch: A Symbol of Man’s Greatness......Page 71 HERBLOCK, Transported (cartoon)......Page 73 Glossary of Rhetorical Terms......Page 74 2 CLOSE READING: the Art and craft of Analysis......Page 77 QUEEN ELIZABETH, Speech to the Troops at Tilbury......Page 78 ACTIVITY Looking at Rhetoric and Style......Page 79 ACTIVITY WINSTON CHURCHILL, Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat 43......Page 81 Asking Questions......Page 82 RALPH ELLISON, from On Bird, Bird-Watching and Jazz......Page 83 ACTIVITY RALPH ELLISON , from On Bird, Bird-Watching and Jazz......Page 85 Annotating......Page 86 JOAN DIDION, The Santa Ana Winds......Page 87 Using a Graphic Organizer......Page 89 From Close Reading to Analysis......Page 92 ACTIVITY VIRGINIA WOOLF, The Death of the Moth......Page 94 Writing a Close Analysis Essay......Page 96 GROUCHO MARX, Dear Warner Brothers......Page 97 Developing a Thesis Statement......Page 99 A Sample Close Analysis Essay......Page 100 ACTIVITY CHRISTOPHER MORLEY, On Laziness......Page 101 Close Reading a Visual Text......Page 103 DODGE, It’s a Big Fat Juicy Cheeseburger in a Land of Tofu(advertisement)......Page 104 ACTIVITY GIRL SCOUTS, What Did You Do Today?(advertisement)......Page 106 JOHN F. KENNEDY, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961......Page 107 ELEONOR CLIFT, Inside Kennedy’s Inauguration, 50 Years On......Page 112 UNITED STATES ARMY SIGNAL, Inauguration of John F. Kennedy (photo)......Page 115 Glossary of Style Elements......Page 116 What Is Argument?......Page 119 TOM TOLES, Crazed Rhetoric (cartoon)......Page 120 AMY DOMINI, Why Investing in Fast Food May Be a Good Thing......Page 121 Staking a Claim......Page 123 ACTIVITY Identifying Arguable Statements......Page 124 Claims of Fact......Page 125 ROGER EBERT, Star Wars......Page 126 ACTIVITY Analyzing a Review......Page 128 ANNA QUINDLEN, from The C Word in the Hallways......Page 129 ACTIVITY New York Times Editorial Board, Felons and the Right to Vote......Page 130 From Claim to Thesis......Page 132 Open Thesis Statements......Page 133 ACTIVITY Developing Thesis Statements......Page 134 Presenting Evidence......Page 135 Logical Fallacies......Page 136 Fallacies of Relevance......Page 137 Fallacies of Insufficiency......Page 138 JENNIFER OLADIPO, Why Can’t Environmentalism Be Colorblind?......Page 139 FABIOLA SANTIAGO, In College, These American Citizens Are Not Created Equal......Page 141 Current Events......Page 142 Historical Information......Page 143 Expert Opinion......Page 145 Quantitative Evidence......Page 146 ACTIVITY Dana Thomas, Terror’s Purse Strings......Page 147 The Classical Oration......Page 149 SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR AND ROY ROMER, Not by Math Alone......Page 150 Induction......Page 153 MALCOLM GLADWELL, from Outliers......Page 154 Deduction......Page 156 Essay in Progress: Shaping an Argument......Page 157 THOMAS JEFFERSON, The Declaration of Independence......Page 158 ACTIVITY ELIZABETH CADY STANTION, The Declaration of Sentiments......Page 161 Using the Toulmin Model......Page 163 Analyzing Assumptions......Page 165 ACTIVITY Identifying Assumptions......Page 166 From Reading to Writing......Page 167 ACTIVITY Using Argument Templates......Page 168 Analyzing Visual Texts as Arguments......Page 169 Polyp, Rat Race (cartoon)......Page 171 ALFRED STIEGLITZ, The Steerage (photo)......Page 174 CULMINATING ACTIVITY......Page 175 MICHAEL BINYON, Comment: Absurd Decision on Obama Makes a Mockery of the Nobel Peace Prize......Page 176 Glossary of Argument Terms and Fallacies......Page 178 4 SYNTHESIZING SOURCES: entering the conversation......Page 183 LAURA HILLENBRAND, from Seabiscuit......Page 184 ACTIVITY GERALD L. EARLY, from A Level Playing Field......Page 185 Using Sources to Appeal to an Audience......Page 186 STEVEN PINKER, from The Stuff of Thought......Page 187 STEVEN PINKER, from The Evolutionary Social Psychology of Off-Record Indirect Speech Acts......Page 188 ACTIVITY Examining a Columnist......Page 190 1. NEIL HOWE AND WILLIAM STRAUSS, from Millennials Rising......Page 191 2. THE DALTON SCHOOL, Community Service Mission Statement......Page 192 3. DETROIT NEWS, Volunteering Opens Teen’s Eyes to Nursing......Page 194 4. DENNIS CHAPTMAN, Study: “Resume Padding” Prevalent in College-Bound Students Who Volunteer......Page 195 6. MARK HUGO LOPEZ, from Youth Attitudes toward Civic Education and Community Service Requirements......Page 196 Identifying the Issues: Recognizing Complexity......Page 198 Formulating Your Position......Page 199 Framing Quotations......Page 200 ACTIVITY Using Sources Effectively......Page 201 A Sample Synthesis Essay......Page 202 CULMINATING CONVERSATION THE DUMBEST GENERATION?......Page 204 1. MARK BAUERLEIN, The Dumbest Generation......Page 205 2. SHARON BEGLEY, The Dumbest Generation? Don’t Be Dumb......Page 206 3. MIZUKO ITO ET AL., Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project......Page 207 4. NICHOLAS CARR, Is Google Making Us Stupid?......Page 208 5. R.SMITH SIMPSON, Are We Getting Our Share of the Best?......Page 209 6. STEVEN JOHNSON, Your Brain on Video Games......Page 210 7. CLIVE THOMPSON, The New Literacy......Page 211 8. ROZ CHAST, Shelved (cartoon)......Page 212 5 EDUCATION To what extent do our schools serve the goals of a true education?......Page 213 FRANCINE PROSE, I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read......Page 214 RALPH WALDO Emerson, from Education......Page 227 JAMES BALDWIN, A Talk to Teachers......Page 235 KYOKO MORI School......Page 242 SHERMAN ALEXIE Superman and Me......Page 253 DAVID SEDARIS, Me Talk Pretty One Day......Page 256 MARGARET TALBOT, Best in Class......Page 261 DAVID FOSTER WALLACE, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life......Page 270 SANDRA CISNEROS, Eleven......Page 277 NORMAN ROCKWELL, The Spirit of Education (painting)......Page 280 ROZ CHAST, What I Learned: A Sentimental Education from Nursery School through Twelfth Grade (cartoon)......Page 281 1. HORACE MANN, from Report of the Massachusetts Board of Education......Page 286 2. TODD GITLIN, The Liberal Arts in an Age of Info-Glut......Page 289 3. LEON BOTSTEIN, Let Teenagers Try Adulthood......Page 292 4. EDWARD KOREN, Two Scoreboards (cartoon)......Page 294 5. DIANE RAVITCH, Stop the Madness......Page 295 6. ERIC A. HANUSHEK ET AL., from U.S. Math Performance in Global Perspective (tables)......Page 298 7. DAVID BARBOZA, from Shanghai Schools’ Approach Pushes Students to Top of Tests......Page 301 STUDENT WRITING ARGUMENT: USING PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AS EVIDENCE......Page 305 GRAMMAR AS RHETORIC AND STYLE APPOSITIVES......Page 307 SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING EDUCATION......Page 314 6 COMMUNITY......Page 317 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., Letter from Birmingham Jail......Page 318 HENRY DAVID THOREAU Where I Lived, and What I Lived For......Page 334 RICHARD RODRIGUEZ, Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood......Page 341 ELLEN GOODMAN, The Family That Stretches (Together)......Page 352 LORI ARVISO ALVORD, Walking the Path between Worlds......Page 354 ROBERT D. PUTNAM, Health and Happiness......Page 361 DINAW MENGESTU, Home at Last......Page 375 SCOTT BROWN, Facebook Friendonomics......Page 380 MALCOLM GLADWELL, Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not BeTweeted......Page 382 AURORA LEWINS MORALES, Child of the Americas......Page 392 NORMAN ROCKWELL, Freedom from Want (painting)......Page 394 ROZ CHAST, The Last Thanksgiving (cartoon)......Page 396 NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, The Black Experience Is Everywhere(advertisement)......Page 397 1. ANDREW CARNEGIE, from The Gospel of Wealth......Page 399 2. BERTRAND RUSSELL, The Happy Life......Page 401 3. GARRETT HARDIN, from Lifeboat Ethics......Page 403 4. PETER SINGER, from The Singer Solution to World Poverty......Page 407 5. Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro), World Economic Forum (cartoon)......Page 412 6. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONTOR EDITORIAL BOARD, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and the Billionaire Challenge......Page 413 7. DER SPIEGEL ONLINE, Negative Reaction to CharityCampaign......Page 415 STUDENT WRITING SYNTHESIS: INCORPORATING SOURCES INTO A REVISION......Page 418 GRAMMAR AS RHETORIC AND STYLE PARALLEL STRUCTURES......Page 422 SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING COMMUNITY......Page 429 7 THE ECONOMY......Page 431 BARBARA EHRENREICH, from Serving in Florida......Page 432 JONATHAN SWIFT, A Modest Proposal......Page 442 JOHON RUSKIN, from The Roots of Honor......Page 451 BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, The Atlanta Exposition Address......Page 455 LARS EIGHNER, On Dumpster Diving......Page 459 ERIC SCHLOSSER, from In the Strawberry Fields......Page 469 STEPHEN J. DUBNER AND STEVEN D. LEVITT, What the Bagel Man Saw......Page 481 MATTHEW B. CRAWFORD, The Case for Working with Your Hands......Page 487 FAREED ZAKARIA, How to Restore the American Dream......Page 498 MARGE PIERCY, To Be of Use......Page 507 JEFF PARKER, The Great GAPsby Society (cartoon)......Page 509 TOM TOMORROW, This Modern World: A “Handy” Guide to the Housing Market (cartoon)......Page 510 1. HENRY DAVID THOREAU, from Economy......Page 512 2. JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, from The Dependence Effect......Page 516 3. PHYLLIS ROSE, Shopping and Other Spiritual Adventures in America Today......Page 520 4. WENDELL BERRY, Waste......Page 522 5. JULIET SCHOR, The New Consumerism......Page 525 6. JOAN SMITH, Shop-happy......Page 528 7. VIRGINIA POSTREL, In Praise of Chain Stores......Page 533 8. SCOTT DECARLO, Forbes Price Index of Luxury Goods Keeps Pace with Inflation (table)......Page 536 STUDENT WRITING RHETORICAL ANALYSIS: ANALYZING A PROSE PASSAGE......Page 539 GRAMMAR AS RHETORIC AND STYLE SHORT SIMPLE SENTENCES AND FRAGMENTS......Page 544 SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING THE ECONOMY......Page 550 8 GENDER......Page 555 STEPHEN JAY GOULD, Women’s Brains......Page 556 VIRGINIA WOOLF, Professions for Women......Page 563 BEN FRANKLIN, The Speech of Miss Polly Baker......Page 570 JOHN AND ABRIGAIL ADAMS, Letters......Page 573 JUDY BRADY, I Want a Wife......Page 577 BRENT STAPLES, Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space......Page 579 JUDITH ORTIZ COFER, The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria......Page 584 DEBORAH TANNEN, There Is No Unmarked Woman......Page 590 MATTHIAS R. MEHL ET AL., Are Women Really More Talkative Than Men?......Page 595 MARGE PIERCY Barbie Doll......Page 599 KEHINDE WILEY, The Chancellor Séguier on Horseback (painting)......Page 600 1. LEONARD MCCOMBE, Marlboro Man (photo)......Page 604 2. PAUL THEROUX, Being a Man......Page 605 3. GRETEL EHRLICH, About Men......Page 608 4. REBECCA WALKER, Putting Down the Gun......Page 611 5. MARK BAUERLEIN AND SANDRA STOTSKY, Why Johnny Won’t Read......Page 613 6. DAVID BROOKS, Mind over Muscle......Page 615 STUDENT WRITING ARGUMENT: SUPPORTING AN ASSERTION......Page 618 GRAMMAR AS RHETORIC AND STYLE PRONOUNS......Page 621 SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING GENDER......Page 626 9 SPORTS......Page 629 CENTRAL ESSAY GAY TALESE, The Silent Season of a Hero......Page 630 CLASSIC ESSAY GRANTLAND RICE, The Four Horsemen......Page 672 THEODORE ROOSEVELT, The Proper Place for Sports......Page 679 WILLIAM FAULKNER, An Innocent at Rinkside......Page 681 JOYCE CAROL OATES, The Cruelest Sport......Page 684 KRIS VERVAECKE, A Spectator’s Notebook......Page 693 JANE SMILEY, Barbaro, The Heart in the Winner’s Circle......Page 703 MALCOLM GLADWELL, Offensive Play: How Different Are Dogfighting and Football?......Page 705 RICK REILLY, Why I Love My Job......Page 720 CAROLINE ALEXANDER, The Great Game......Page 722 JOHN UPDIKE, Ex-Basketball Player......Page 727 NEW YORK WORLD, The Twelfth Player in Every Football Game(cartoon)......Page 729 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, Yes! (cover)......Page 731 CONVERSATION PAYING COLLEGE ATHLETES......Page 733 1. BORIS DRUCKER, “I’m Glad We Won . . .” (cartoon)......Page 734 2. FRANK DEFORD, Pay Dirt: College Athletes Deserve the Same Rightsas Other Students......Page 735 3. MICHAEL LEWIS, Serfs of the Turf......Page 736 4. BILL WALTON, My Priceless Opportunity......Page 739 5. MICHAEL WILBON, As Colleges’ Greed Grows, So Does the Hypocrisy......Page 740 6. STEVE WEINERG, Despite Criticism, NCAA Takes a Firm Stance on Professionalism......Page 743 7. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, Why StudentsAren’t Paid to Play......Page 745 STUDENT WRITING RHETORICAL ANALYSIS: COMPARING STRATEGIES......Page 748 GRAMMAR AS RHETORIC AND STYLE DIRECT, PRECISE, AND ACTIVE VERBS......Page 753 SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING SPORTS......Page 758 10 LANGUAGE......Page 761 AMY TAN, Mother Tongue......Page 762 GEORGE ORWELL, Politics and the English Language......Page 769 WALT WHITMAN, Slang in America......Page 782 GLORIA ANZALDÚA, How to Tame a Wild Tongue......Page 787 MARJORIE AGOSÍN, Always Living in Spanish......Page 797 FIROOZEH DUMAS, The “F Word”......Page 800 CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER, In Plain English: Let’s Make It Official......Page 804 STEVEN PINKER Words Don’t Mean What They Mean......Page 807 NAOMI SHIHAB NYE, For Mohammed Zeid of Gaza, Age 15 and Why I Could Not Accept Your Invitation......Page 811 U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, Language Use in the United States (tables)......Page 813 JIM CUMMINS, The Effects of Bilingualism (cartoon)......Page 816 1. INSTITUTE FOR PROPAGANDA ANALYSIS, How to DetectPropaganda......Page 818 2. MICHIKO KAKUTANI, The Word Police......Page 823 3. NORTH YORK WOMEN TEACHERS', Nonviolent Language (table)......Page 828 5. GEOFFREY NUNBERG, The -Ism Schism: How Much Wallop Can a Simple Word Pack?......Page 830 6. DANIEL OKRENT, The War of the Words: A Dispatch from the Front Lines......Page 832 7. Letters to the Editor in Response to The War of the Words......Page 835 8. FRANK LUNTZ, from Words That Work......Page 837 STUDENT WRITING NARRATIVE: REFLECTING ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE......Page 841 GRAMMAR AS RHETORIC AND STYLE CONCISE DICTION......Page 843 SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING LANGUAGE......Page 847 11. POPULAR CULTURE......Page 849 JEMES MCBRIDE, Hip Hop Planet......Page 850 MARK TWAIN, Corn-Pone Opinions......Page 861 SCOTT MCCLOUD, from Show and Tell (graphic essay)......Page 867 DAVID DENBY, High-School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies......Page 881 ROBIN GIVHAN, An Image a Little Too Carefully Coordinated......Page 887 STEVEN JOHNSON, Watching TV Makes You Smarter......Page 889 DANIEL HARRIS, Celebrity Bodies......Page 900 CHUCK KLOSTERMAN, My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead......Page 908 HANS OSTROM, Emily Dickinson and Elvis Presley in Heaven......Page 912 ANDY WARHOL, Myths (painting)......Page 913 MARK TANSEY, The Innocent Eye Test (painting)......Page 915 1. THOMAS FRIEDMAN, The Revolution Is U.S.......Page 917 2. HEATHER HAVRILESKY, Besieged by “Friends”......Page 922 3. DEIRDRE STRAUGHAN, Cultural Hegemony: Who’s Dominating Whom?......Page 924 4. KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH, from The Case for Contamination......Page 926 5. JOSEF JOFFE, The Perils of Soft Power......Page 930 6. JOSEPH S. NYE JR., The U.S. Can Reclaim “Smart Power”......Page 933 7. Hassan Ammar, Slovakian Soccer Fan at 2010 World Cupin South Africa (photo)......Page 935 STUDENT WRITING RHETORICAL ANALYSIS: ANALYZING SATIRE......Page 937 GRAMMAR AS RHETORIC AND STYLE......Page 940 SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING POPULAR CULTURE......Page 946 12. THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 949 RACHEL CARSON, from Silent Spring......Page 950 RALPH WALDO EMERSON, from Nature......Page 959 ALDO LEOPOLD, from The Land Ethic......Page 968 LEWIS THOMAS, Natural Man......Page 977 BILL MCKIBBEN, from The End of Nature......Page 980 TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS, The Clan of One- Breasted Women......Page 989 JOY WILLIAMS, Save the Whales, Screw the Shrimp......Page 997 E. O. WILSON, from The Future of Life......Page 1007 GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS, Inversnaid......Page 1014 ROBERT CRUMB, A Short History of America......Page 1015 ROYAL DUTCH/SHELL, Let’s Go (advertisement)......Page 1017 1. PETER MENZEL, from Hungry Planet......Page 1020 2. MICHAEL POLLAN, A Naturalist in the Supermarket......Page 1024 3. JAMES MCWILLIAMS, The Locavore Myth......Page 1027 4. JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, The American Table and The Global Table......Page 1029 5. NICOLETTE HAHN, The Carnivore’s Dilemma......Page 1035 6. WILL ALLEN, A Good Food Manifesto for America......Page 1038 7. A. J. JACOBS, Farm to Table How Our Restaurant Gets Its Food to Your Plate......Page 1042 8. MICHAEL SPECTER, from Test- Tube Burgers......Page 1044 STUDENT WRITING VISUAL RHETORIC: ANALYZING A PHOTO ESSAY......Page 1050 GRAMMAR AS RHETORIC AND STYLE CUMULATIVE, PERIODIC, AND INVERTED SENTENCES......Page 1053 SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 1063 13. POLITICS......Page 1067 JAMAICA KINCAID, On Seeing England for the First Time......Page 1068 HENRY DAVID THOREAU, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience......Page 1078 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, The Gettysburg Address......Page 1097 VIRGINIA WOOLF, Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid......Page 1098 CHRIS HEDGES, The Destruction of Culture......Page 1103 LAURA BLUMENFELD, The Apology Letters from a Terrorist......Page 1110 SARAH VOWELL, The Partly Cloudy Patriot......Page 1119 MARJANE SATRAPI, The Veil (graphic memoir)......Page 1128 TIM O'BRIEN, On the Rainy River......Page 1136 PABLO PICASSO, Guernica (painting)......Page 1149 NEW YORKER, March 17, 2003 (cover)......Page 1151 HARPER'S, April 2003 (cover)......Page 1152 1. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, Letter to King Ferdinand of Spain......Page 1153 2. KING FERDINAND, The Requerimiento......Page 1158 3. RED JACKET, Defense of Native American Religion......Page 1159 4. GEORGE ORWELL, Shooting an Elephant......Page 1162 5. FRANTZ FANON, from Concerning Violence......Page 1168 6. EAVAN BOLAND, In Which the Ancient History I Learn Is Not My Own......Page 1170 7. CHINUA ACHEBE, from The Empire Fights Back......Page 1173 8. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, Christiansted: Official Map and Guide (brochure)......Page 1177 STUDENT WRITING SYNTHESIS: RESPONDING TO A QUOTATION......Page 1181 GRAMMAR AS RHETORIC AND STYLE SUBORDINATION IN THE COMPLEX SENTENCE......Page 1186 SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING POLITICS......Page 1192 MLA Guidelines for a List of Works Cited......Page 1197 Glossary......Page 1203 Acknowledgments......Page 1215 Index......Page 1223 An introduction to rhetoric : using the "available means" Close reading : the art and craft of analysis Analyzing arguments : from reading to writing Synthesizing sources : entering the conversation Education : To what extent do our schools serve the goals of education? Community : What is the relationship of the individual to the community? The economy : What is the role of the economy in our everyday lives? Gender : What is the impact of the gender roles that society creates and enforces? Sports : How do the values of sports affect the way we see ourselves? Language : How does the language we use reveal who we are? Popular culture : To what extent does pop culture reflect our society's values? The environment : What is our responsibility to the natural environment? Politics : What is the relationship between the citizen and the state? The Language of Composition is the first textbook built from the ground up to help students succeed in the AP English Language course. Written by a team of experts with experience in both high school and college, this text focuses on teaching students the skills they need to read, write, and think at the college level. With practical advice and an extensive selection of readings -- including essays, poetry, fiction, and visual texts -- The Language of Composition helps students develop the key skills they must master to pass the course, to succeed on the AP Exam, and to prepare for a successful college career. Revised based on feedback from teachers across the country, the second edition promises to be an even better resource for the AP Language classroom. -- http://www.barnesandnoble.com

The Language of Composition is the first textbook built from the ground up to help students succeed in the AP English Language course. Written by a team of experts with experience in both high school and college, this text focuses on teaching students the skills they need to read, write, and think at the college level. With practical advice and an extensive selection of readings —  including essays, poetry, fiction, and visual texts — The Language of Composition helps students develop the key skills they must master to pass the course, to succeed on the AP Exam, and to prepare for a successful college career. Revised based on feedback from teachers across the country, the second edition promises to be an even better resource for the AP Language classroom.