Front Matter

Title page

Dedication

About the Authors

Guided Tour of Advanced Language & Literature

Inside the Opening Chapters

Inside the Thematic Readings Chapters

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Acknowledgements

CHAPTER 1: Reading the World

Thinking About Literacy

Welcome to the Information Age

Literacy Communities

Activity: Thinking About Literacy Communities

Activity: Recognizing Different Literacies

Thinking About English Class

Activity: Literacies In and Out of English Class

Thinking About Analysis

Activity: The Analysis Process

Thinking About Context

Activity: Considering Context

A Model Analysis

Culminating Activity

Culminating Activity: Strand, Eating Poetry

Carr, from The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

Satrapi, from Persepolis

CHAPTER 2: Thinking about Literature

Analyzing Literature

Activity: Thinking Abstractly

Theme in Literature

Activity: Identifying Theme

Analyzing Theme

Activity: Analyzing Theme

Literary Elements

Point of View

Characterization

Plot and Conflict

Setting

Symbol

Literary Elements in Other Genrest

Analyzing Literary Elements and Theme

A Model Analysis

Activity Literary Elements and Theme in Fiction

Activity Literary Elements and Theme in Drama

Language and Style

Diction

Syntax

Figurative Language

Imagery

Analyzing Style and Tone

A Model Analysis

Activity: Style and Tone - Dickinson, My river runs to thee

Analyzing Style and Theme

A Model Analysis

Activity: Style and Theme

Culminating Activity

Culminating Activity: Blake, The Tyger

Poe, from The Tell-Tale Heart

CHAPTER 3: Thinking about Rhetoric and Argument

Changing Minds, Changing the World

Effective Argumentative Claims

Activity: Identifying Arguable Claims

Activity: Finding the Claim

The Rhetorical Situation of an Argument

The Rhetorical Triangle

SOAPS

Activity: Identifying Rhetorical Context - Reagan, Challenger Speech

Activity: Shifting the Rhetorical Situation

Rhetorical Appeals

Logos

Blow, from Eye-for-an-Eye Incivility

Pathos

Ethos

Activity: Analyzing Appeals

Activity: Using Appeals

Using Evidence

Personal Experience and Anecdote

Facts

Scholarly Research and Expert Opinion

Data and Statistics

Activity: Analyzing Evidence - Stossel, What's Fair?

Activity: Choosing Evidence

Counterarguments

Pitfalls and Vulnerabilities

Detecting Bias

Logical Fallacies

Activity: Identifying Logical Fallacies

Activity: Analyzing Bias - Sanford, Argument against Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 8

Language and Style

Connotative Language

Figurative Language

Allusion

Parallel Structure

Rhetorical Questions

Activity: Analyzing Language and Style - Wiesel, from Nobel Prize Speech

A Model Analysis

Culminating Activity

Skenazy, Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone

CHAPTER 4: Thinking about Synthesis

Working with a Single Source

Activity: Drawing on a Source

Krauthammer, Redskins and Reason

Scott and Dargis, Sugar, Spice and Guts

Working with Multiple Sources

Activity: Forming an Initial Opinion

High School Sports and Academic Achievement: Collaboration or Competition?

Ripley, from The Case against High School Sports

Activity: Understanding Ripley's Argument

Sato, from The Case for High School Sports

Activity: Comparing Sources

Bowen and Hitt, High School Sports Aren't Killing Academics

Activity: Comparing Sources

Edmundson, Do Sports Build Character or Damage It?

Activity: Comparing Sources

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Comparative Test Scores

Activity: Comparing Sources

Activity: Role Playing

Entering the Conversation

Staking a Claim

Staking a Claims

Activity: Writing a Claim

Organizing Evidence

Activity: Connecting Claim and Evidence

Evaluating Sources

Activity: Finding and Evaluating Sources

Using Literary Texts as Sources

Updike, Ex-Basketball Player

Activity: Drafting a Synthesis Essay

Culminating Activity

Berry, The Pleasure of Eating

Kingsolver, from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Pollan, from An Animal's Place

Foer, from Let Them Eat Dog: A Modest Proposal for Tossing Fido in the Oven

Humane Research Council, Vegetarianism in the United States

CHAPTER 5: Identity and Society

Plath, Mirror

Central Text

Orwell, Shooting an Elephant

Conversation: Changes and Transformations

Changes and Transformations

Krakauer, The Devils Thumb

Horrocks, Zolaria

Olds, My Son the Man

Olds, The Possessive

Shakespeare, The Seven Ages of Man

Joyce, Eveline

from Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School

Entering the Conversation: Changes and Transformations

Conversation: The Individual in School

The Individual in School

Robbins, from The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth

Hicks, from Friends with Boys

Gatto, Against School

Mann, from The Common School Journal

Sizer, from Horace's School: Redesigning the American High School

Angelou, from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Entering the Conversation: The Individual in School

Reading Workshop: analyzing Point of View

Analyzing Point of View

The Effect of Point of View in Narrative

Connecting Point of View and Theme

Writing Workshop: Writing A Personal Narrative

Writing an Effective Narrative

Step 1: Finding a Topic

Step 2: Determining What You Want to Reveal about Yourself

Step 3: Organizing and Starting Your Narrative

Step 4: Using Details

Step 5: Using Dialogue

Step 6: Using Blocking

Step 7: Reflecting on the Significance

CHAPTER 6: Ambition and Restraint

CHAPTER 6 Introduction

Central Text

Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Macbeth, Act 1

Macbeth, Act 2

Macbeth, Act 3

Macbeth, Act 4

Macbeth, Act 5

Conversation: Risk and Reward

Risk and Reward

Auden, Musée des Beaux Arts

Williams, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

Aldiss, Flight 063

Kluger, from Ambition: Why Some People Are Most Likely to Succeed

Shelley, Ozymandias

Shakespeare, from Henry VIII

Tan, The Rules of the Game

Cervantes, from Don Quixote

Entering the Conversation: Risk and Reward

Conversation: Voices of Rebellion

King, I Have Been to the Mountaintop

Mandela, from An Ideal for Which I am Prepared to Die

Paine, from Common Sense

Yousafzai, Speech to the United Nations Youth Assembly

Catt, from Women's Suffrage Is Inevitable

Orwell, from Animal Farm

Entering the Conversation: Voices of Rebellion

Reading Workshop: analyzing Figurative language

Analyzing Figurative Language Introduction

Identifying Figurative Language

Effect of Figurative Language

Analyzing Figurative Language

Writing Workshop: Writing an Argument

Why Write an Argument?

Step 1: Find a Topic

Step 2: Gather Information

Step 3: Make a Claim

Step 4: Select Your Evidence

Step 5: Write Your Opening

Step 6: Write Your Body Paragraphs

Step 7: Wrap Up the Argument

CHAPTER 7: Ethics

Chapter 7 Introduction

Central Text

Sandel, from The Case Against Perfection

Sandel, from The Case Against Perfection Part 1

Sandel, from The Case Against Perfection Part 2

Conversation: Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

Márquez, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

Adichie, Cell One

Englander, Free Fruit for Young Widows

Updike, A & P

Stafford, Traveling through the Dark

Szymborska, A Contribution to Statistics

Dillard, An American Childhood

Harris, Lying

Entering the Conversation: Do the Right Thing

Conversation: The Cheating Culture

The Cheating Culture

Kolker, Cheating Upwards

Klosterman, Why We Look the Other Way

Bergland, Cheaters Never Win

Allenby, Is Human Enhancement Cheating?

Consalvo, Cheating is Good for You

Callahan, The Cheating Culture

The Ethics of Photo Manipulation

Entering the Conversation: The Cheating Culture

Reading Workshop: Argument by Analogy

What Is Argument by Analogy?

The Benefits of Analogy

Activity

The Risks of Analogy

Activity

Writing Workshop: Using Sources to Write a Synthesis Argument

What Is a Synthesis Argument?

What Makes an Effective Synthesis Argument?

Steps to Writing a Synthesis Argument

Step 1: Analyze the Sources

Step 2: Put the Texts in Conversation

Step 3: Take a Stand

Step 4: Integrate the Sources into Your Own Argument

CHAPTER 8: Cultures in Conflict

Chapter 8 Introduction

Central Text

Otsuka, from When the Emperor Was Divine

Otsuka, from When the Emperor Was Divine Part 1

Otsuka, from When the Emperor Was Divine Part 2

Conversation: Stories of War

Stories of War

Shamsie, from The Storytellers of Empire

Owen, Dulce et Decorum Est

Shakespeare, The St. Crispin's Day Speech

Bao, The Man Who Stained His Soul

Schultz, Deuce Out

Sites, from In the Hot Zone

Turner, 2000 lbs.

Khelifa, My Enemy, Myself

Entering the Conversation: Stories of War

Conversation: Displacement and Assimilation

Displacement and Assimiliation

Crèvecoeur, from Letters from an American Farmer

Quindlen, A Quilt of a Country

Lee, For a New Citizen of These United States

Kambanda, My New World Journey

Majmudar, Dothead

Kalman, from And the Pursuit of Happiness

Entering the Conversation: Displacement and Assimilation

Reading Workshop: Analyzing Character and Theme

Analyzing Character and Theme

Types of Characters

Characterization

Connecting Character and Meaning

Culminating Activity

Writing Workshop: Writing an Interpretation of Character and Theme

Writing an Interpretation of Character and Theme

Step 1: Gather Evidence

Step 2: Write a Thesis Statement

Step 3: Integrate Evidence

Step 4: Structure Your Essay

Chapter 9: (Mis)Communication

Chapter 9 Introduction

Central Text

Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac Act 1

Cyrano de Bergerac Act 2

Cyrano de Bergerac Act 3

Cyrano de Bergerac Act 4

Cyrano de Bergerac Act 5

Conversation: Language and Power

Language and Power

Douglass, from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Cisneros, No Speak English

Jin, Children as Enemies

Mutabaruka, Dis Poem

Stamper, Slang for the Ages

Dumas, Hot Dogs and Wild Geese

Agosín, English

Merwin, Losing a Language

Entering the Conversation: Language and Power

Conversation: Socially Networked

Socially Networked

Thompson, Brave New World of Digital Intimacy

Turkle, from Alone Together

Egan, The Hoax of Digital Life

Alexie, Facebook Sonnet

Cooper, Alter Egos: Avatars and Their Creators

Madrigal, Why Facebook and Google’s Concept of “Real Names” Is Revolutionary

Pitts, The Anonymous Back-Stabbing of Internet Message Boards

Harrington, Do You Like Me? Click Yes or No

Entering the Conversation: Socially Networked

Reading Workshop: Understanding Irony

Understanding Irony

Types of Irony

Effect of Irony

Culminating Activity

Writing Workshop: Writing a Close Analysis of Prose

What Is Close Analysis?

All about the How

Step 1: Analyze a Passage

Step 2: Find a Focus

Step 3: Develop a Strong Thesis to Guide the Analysis

Step 4: Provide Textual Evidence

Step 5: Address the "So What?"

CHAPTER 10: Utopia/Dystopia

Chapter 10 Introduction

Central Text

Kincaid, from A Small Place

Conversation: The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Vonnegut, Harrison Bergeron

Giovanni, Nikki-Rosa

Shore, Happy Family

Iyer, The Joy of Less

Achebe, Civil Peace

Szymborska, Utopia

Meacham, Free to Be Happy

Entering the Conversation: The Pursuit of Happiness

Conversation: Our Robotic Future

Our Robotic Future

Asimov, Robot Dreams

Atwood, Are Humans Necessary?

Kelly, from Better Than Human: Why Robots Will—and Must—Take Our Jobs

Fisher, Is It OK to Torture or Murder a Robot?

House, The Real Cyborgs

Fukuyama, Transhumanism

Barrat, from Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era

Brooks, In Defense of Killer Robots

Entering the Conversation: Our Robotic Future

Reading Workshop: Analyzing Diction and Tone

Analyzing Diction and Tone

Tone and Context

How Diction Leads to Tone

Describing Tone

Tone and Theme

Writing Workshop: Writing a Rhetorical Analysis

What Is Rhetorical Analysis?

Close Reading - The Basis of a Good Rhetorical Analysis

Step 1: Craft Your Thesis Statement

Step 2: Choose Textual Evidence

Step 3: Draw Your Conclusions

Guide to Language and Mechanics

Chapter Introduction

Part 1 Grammatical Sentences

1. Sentence Fragments

2. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

3. Verbs

4. Subject-Verb Agreement

5. Pronoun Reference

6. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

7. Adjectives and Adverbs

8. Shifts

Part 2 Effective Sentences

9. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

10. Parallel Structure

11. Sentence Variety

Part 3 Word Choice

12. Appropriateness

13. Exact Words

Part 4 Punctuation

14. End Punctuation

15. Commas

16. Semicolons

17. Colons

18. Dashes

19. Parentheses

Part 5 Mechanics

20. Capital Letters

21. Hyphens

22. Spelling

23. Vocabulary and Word Roots

Guide to Speaking and Listening

Chapter Introduction

Part 1 Steps to Creating a Speech

1. Audience Analysis

2. Topic Selection

3. Speech Purpose

4. Thesis Statement

5. Developing Main Points

6. Supporting Materials

7. Major Speech Parts

8. Outlining

9. Presentation Aids

10. Practicing Speeches

Part 2 Informtive Speeches

11. Making It Matter

12. Informative Speech Topics

13. Communicating Information

14. Reducing Confusion

15. Organizing Information

Part 3 Pursuasive Speeches

16. Audience Motivation

17. Appealing to Reason and Emotion

18. Establishing Credibility

19. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

20. Constructing Arguments

21. Addressing Culture

22. Organizing Persuasive Speeches

23. Identifying Audience Disposition

Part 4 Citing Sources in Speeches

24. Citing Sources

25. Types of Sources and Sample Oral Citations

Part 5 Presentation Aids

26. Choosing a Presentation Aid

27. How to Present an Aid

Part 6 Listening Effectively

28. Selective Listening

29. Listening to Foster Dialogue

30. Overcoming Obstacles to Listening

31. Evaluating Evidence and Reasoning

32. Offering Feedback

Part 7 Effective Group Communication

33. Setting an Agenda

34. Understanding Small Group Roles

35. How to Frame Disagreements

36. Resisting Groupthink

37. Group Decision Making

Guide to MLA Documentation Style

Chapter Introduction

Guide to MLA Documentation Style

Guidelines For In-Text Citations

Print Resources

Electronic Resources

Other Sources

Credits

Glossary

Index

Videos

President Reagan Challenger Disaster Speech

Malala Yousafzai Addresses United Nations Youth Assembly

Challenge to Democracy, ca. 1944