(Essays listed in order of appearance; * indicates student essays.)

Analyzing a Subject

*Olof Eriksson • The Problems with Masculinity

*Alley Julseth • Analyzing “The New Literacy”

Michael Shermer • The Science of Righteousness

Emily Badger • It’s Time to Stop Blaming Poverty on the Decline in Marriage

*Marjorie Lee Garretson • More Pros Than Cons in a Meat-Free Life

Charles M. Blow • Black Dads Are Doing Best of All

*Abigail Marchand • The Family Dynamic

Celebrity Culture [Text, Audio, and Video], LaunchPad

*Jonathan Burns • The Hidden Truth: An Analysis of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”

Frank Deford • Mind Games: Football and Head Injuries [Audio], LaunchPad

*Samantha Christopher • Adolescents Are Not Yet Adults

Chris Bentley • Beyond the Nuclear Family: Can Boomers Make Cohousing Mainstream?

Michael Cobb • The Marriage Imperative

Brent Staples • Black Men and Public Space

Robert Jensen • The High Cost of Manliness

Julie Zeilinger • Guys Suffer from Oppressive Gender Roles Too

Kate Dailey and Abby Ellin • America’s War on the Overweight

Stephen King • Why We Crave Horror Movies

Elizabeth Stone • Grief in the Age of Facebook

Libby Copeland • Is Facebook Making Us Sad?

Clive Thompson • The New Literacy

Jenny Jarvie • Trigger Happy

William Zinsser • The Right to Fail

Analyzing Processes

Michael Shermer • The Science of Righteousness

Wilbert Rideau • Why Prisons Don’t Work

Casey Neistat • Texting While Walking [Video], LaunchPad

Aziz Ansari • Searching for Your Soul Mate

Adam Sternbergh • Smile, You’re Speaking Emoji

Elizabeth Stone • Grief in the Age of Facebook

Richard Rodriguez • Public and Private Language

Analyzing Visuals

Multiple Photographers • Observing the Titanic: Past and Present [Visual Essay], LaunchPad

Tiana Chavez • ASU Athletes Discuss Superstitions [Video], LaunchPad

National Geographic Editors • Hurricane Katrina Pictures: Then & Now, Ruin & Rebirth [Visual Essay], LaunchPad

Brian Hurst • How Your Aggressive Driving Negatively Impacts the Environment [Infographic], LaunchPad

UNICEF Editors • Dirty Water Campaign [Video], LaunchPad

Casey Neistat • Texting While Walking [Video], LaunchPad

Scott Tobias • The Hunger Games

Consumer Reports Web Editors • Best Vanilla Ice Cream [Video], LaunchPad

*Shannon Kintner • Charlie Living with Autism [Student Visual Essay], LaunchPad

Adam Sternbergh • Smile, You’re Speaking Emoji

Stephen King • Why We Crave Horror Movies

Arguing

National Geographic Editors • Hurricane Katrina Pictures: Then & Now, Ruin & Rebirth [Visual Essay], LaunchPad

Emily Badger • It’s Time to Stop Blaming Poverty on the Decline in Marriage

Brian Hurst • How Your Aggressive Driving Negatively Impacts the Environment [Infographic], LaunchPad

Suzan Shown Harjo • Last Rites for Indian Dead

*Marjorie Lee Garretson • More Pros Than Cons in a Meat-Free Life

UNICEF Editors • Dirty Water Campaign [Video], LaunchPad

Wilbert Rideau • Why Prisons Don’t Work

*Lacey Taylor • It’s Not Just a Bike

Casey Neistat • Texting While Walking [Video], LaunchPad

*Elizabeth Erion • Internship Program Falls Short

*Abigail Marchand • The Family Dynamic

Celebrity Culture [Text, Audio, and Video], LaunchPad

Frank Deford • Mind Games: Football and Head Injuries [Audio], LaunchPad

*Samantha Christopher • Adolescents Are Not Yet Adults

Judy Brady • I Want a Wife

Julie Zeilinger • Guys Suffer from Oppressive Gender Roles Too

Kate Dailey and Abby Ellin • America’s War on the Overweight

Clive Thompson • The New Literacy

Ann Friedman • Can We Just, Like, Get Over the Way Women Talk?

Jenny Jarvie • Trigger Happy

William Deresiewicz • What Is College For?

Sarah Adams • Be Cool to the Pizza Dude

Comparing and Contrasting

Michael Shermer • The Science of Righteousness

Multiple Photographers • Observing the Titanic: Past and Present [Visual Essay], LaunchPad

César Vargas • How First- and Second-Generation Hispanics Can Help Each Other

*Jacob Griffin • Karate Kid vs. Kung Fu Panda: A Race to the Olympics

National Geographic Editors • Hurricane Katrina Pictures: Then & Now, Ruin & Rebirth [Visual Essay], LaunchPad

Scott Tobias • The Hunger Games

Charles M. Blow • Black Dads Are Doing Best of All

*Samantha Christopher • Adolescents Are Not Yet Adults

Chris Bentley • Beyond the Nuclear Family: Can Boomers Make Cohousing Mainstream?

Michael Cobb • The Marriage Imperative

Aziz Ansari • Searching for Your Soul Mate

Julie Zeilinger • Guys Suffer from Oppressive Gender Roles Too

Richard Rodriguez • Public and Private Language

David Brooks • The Humility Code

Defining

*Olof Eriksson • The Problems with Masculinity

Michael Shermer • The Science of Righteousness

*Robert G. Schreiner • What Is a Hunter?

Brian Hurst • How Your Aggressive Driving Negatively Impacts the Environment [Infographic], LaunchPad

Judy Brady • I Want a Wife

Robert Jensen • The High Cost of Manliness

Clive Thompson • The New Literacy

Richard Rodriguez • Public and Private Language

William Zinsser • The Right to Fail

William Deresiewicz • What Is College For?

Describing

Russell Baker • The Art of Eating Spaghetti

*Robert G. Schreiner • What Is a Hunter?

Howie Chackowicz • The Game Ain’t Over ’til the Fatso Man Sings [Audio], LaunchPad

Ashley Smith • Smokejumper Training

*Alea Eyre • Stockholm

*Jacob Griffin • Karate Kid vs. Kung Fu Panda: A Race to the Olympics

*Erin Schmitt • Mr. Hertli

Judith Ortiz Cofer • More Room

Dividing and Classifying

Michael Shermer • The Science of Righteousness

Robert Jensen • The High Cost of Manliness

Richard Rodriguez • Public and Private Language

Miya Tokumitsu • In the Name of Love

Evaluating and Reviewing

*Alley Julseth • Analyzing “The New Literacy”

Michael Shermer • The Science of Righteousness

Scott Tobias • The Hunger Games

*Elizabeth Erion • Internship Program Falls Short

Consumer Reports Web Editors • Best Vanilla Ice Cream [Video], LaunchPad

*Samantha Christopher • Adolescents Are Not Yet Adults

Cindi May • The Problem with Female Superheroes

Robert Jensen • The High Cost of Manliness

Stephen King • Why We Crave Horror Movies

Explaining Causes and Effects

Michael Shermer • The Science of Righteousness

César Vargas • How First- and Second-Generation Hispanics Can Help Each Other

Emily Badger • It’s Time to Stop Blaming Poverty on the Decline in Marriage

*Yun Yung Choi • Invisible Women

Brian Hurst • How Your Aggressive Driving Negatively Impacts the Environment [Infographic], LaunchPad

Charles M. Blow • Black Dads Are Doing Best of All

Celebrity Culture [Text, Audio, and Video], LaunchPad

Frank Deford • Mind Games: Football and Head Injuries [Audio], LaunchPad

Chris Bentley • Beyond the Nuclear Family: Can Boomers Make Cohousing Mainstream?

Aziz Ansari • Searching for Your Soul Mate

Stephen King • Why We Crave Horror Movies

Libby Copeland • Is Facebook Making Us Sad?

Ann Friedman • Can We Just, Like, Get Over the Way Women Talk?

Amy Tan • Mother Tongue

Giving Examples

Howie Chackowicz • The Game Ain’t Over ’til the Fatso Man Sings [Audio], LaunchPad

Tiana Chavez • ASU Athletes Discuss Superstitions [Video], LaunchPad

César Vargas • How First- and Second-Generation Hispanics Can Help Each Other

*Marjorie Lee Garretson • More Pros Than Cons in a Meat-Free Life

*Elizabeth Erion • Internship Program Falls Short

Consumer Reports Web Editors • Best Vanilla Ice Cream [Video], LaunchPad

*Jonathan Burns • The Hidden Truth: An Analysis of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”

Frank Deford • Mind Games: Football and Head Injuries [Audio], LaunchPad

Cindi May • The Problem with Female Superheroes

Robert Jensen • The High Cost of Manliness

Kate Dailey and Abby Ellin • America’s War on the Overweight

Elizabeth Stone • Grief in the Age of Facebook

Ann Friedman • Can We Just, Like, Get Over the Way Women Talk?

Jenny Jarvie • Trigger Happy

William Zinsser • The Right to Fail

Sarah Adams • Be Cool to the Pizza Dude

Interviewing a Subject

Jon Ronson • How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life

*Lorena A. Ryan-Hines • Looking Backwards, Moving Forward

Tiana Chavez • ASU Athletes Discuss Superstitions [Video], LaunchPad

Chris Bentley • Beyond the Nuclear Family: Can Boomers Make Cohousing Mainstream?

Aziz Ansari • Searching for Your Soul Mate

Elizabeth Stone • Grief in the Age of Facebook

Ann Friedman • Can We Just, Like, Get Over the Way Women Talk?

Amy Tan • Mother Tongue

Observing a Scene

Ashley Smith • Smokejumper Training

*Alea Eyre • Stockholm

Multiple Photographers • Observing the Titanic: Past and Present [Visual Essay], LaunchPad

*Shannon Kintner • Charlie Living with Autism [Student Visual Essay], LaunchPad

Judith Ortiz Cofer • More Room

Miya Tokumitsu • In the Name of Love

Proposing a Solution

César Vargas • How First- and Second-Generation Hispanics Can Help Each Other

Emily Badger • It’s Time to Stop Blaming Poverty on the Decline in Marriage

Wilbert Rideau • Why Prisons Don’t Work

*Lacey Taylor • It’s Not Just a Bike

Casey Neistat • Texting While Walking [Video], LaunchPad

Frank Deford • Mind Games: Football and Head Injuries [Audio], LaunchPad

David Brooks • The Humility Code

Recalling an Experience

Russell Baker • The Art of Eating Spaghetti

*Robert G. Schreiner • What Is a Hunter?

Howie Chackowicz • The Game Ain’t Over ’til the Fatso Man Sings [Audio], LaunchPad

*Alea Eyre • Stockholm

*Erin Schmitt • Mr. Hertli

Judith Ortiz Cofer • More Room

Chris Bentley • Beyond the Nuclear Family: Can Boomers Make Cohousing Mainstream?

Elizabeth Stone • Grief in the Age of Facebook

Richard Rodriguez • Public and Private Language

Amy Tan • Mother Tongue

Supporting a Position with Sources

Emily Badger • It’s Time to Stop Blaming Poverty on the Decline in Marriage

*Yun Yung Choi • Invisible Women

Brian Hurst • How Your Aggressive Driving Negatively Impacts the Environment [Infographic], LaunchPad

Suzan Shown Harjo • Last Rites for Indian Dead

Charles M. Blow • Black Dads Are Doing Best of All

*Abigail Marchand • The Family Dynamic

Celebrity Culture [Text, Audio, and Video], LaunchPad

*Jonathan Burns • The Hidden Truth: An Analysis of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”

Frank Deford • Mind Games: Football and Head Injuries [Audio], LaunchPad

*Samantha Christopher • Adolescents Are Not Yet Adults

Chris Bentley • Beyond the Nuclear Family: Can Boomers Make Cohousing Mainstream?

Cindi May • The Problem with Female Superheroes

Kate Dailey and Abby Ellin • America’s War on the Overweight

Clive Thompson • The New Literacy

Ann Friedman • Can We Just, Like, Get Over the Way Women Talk?

*Jenny Lidington • Sex Offender Lists: A Never-Ending Punishment

Taking a Stand

César Vargas • How First- and Second-Generation Hispanics Can Help Each Other

Suzan Shown Harjo • Last Rites for Indian Dead

*Marjorie Lee Garretson • More Pros Than Cons in a Meat-Free Life

UNICEF Editors • Dirty Water Campaign [Video], LaunchPad

Casey Neistat • Texting While Walking [Video], LaunchPad

*Elizabeth Erion • Internship Program Falls Short

Michael Cobb • The Marriage Imperative

Cindi May • The Problem with Female Superheroes

Julie Zeilinger • Guys Suffer from Oppressive Gender Roles Too

Ann Friedman • Can We Just, Like, Get Over the Way Women Talk?

*Jenny Lidington • Sex Offender Lists: A Never-Ending Punishment

Jenny Jarvie • Trigger Happy

William Deresiewicz • What Is College For?

Sarah Adams • Be Cool to the Pizza Dude

David Brooks • The Humility Code

Miya Tokumitsu • In the Name of Love