Beyond Words is a highly visual, thematically-organized reader intended for use in introductory composition courses.  Including over 200 color images in a wide variety of media and genres and over 70 readings, Beyond Words offers strategies for reading and responding to texts - verbal and visual texts - and practice in informative, analytical, and persuasive writing.

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INTRODUCTION Understanding How We Read and Write Today Looking at the History of Words and Images Using Beyond Words Chapter 1 READING TEXTS Identifying Subject Or Focus             Identify The Subject             Find Focal Points             Examine and Interpret The Details             Notice What’s Missing Considering Audience             Note How a Text Signals Its Audience             Assess the Level of the Message             Note the Demographics             Understand the Original or Intended Audience             Notice How the Audience Has Changed Understanding Purpose             Understand Texts That Inform and Analyze             Understand Texts That Persuade             Understand Texts That Instruct and Entertain Identifying Genres             Identify the Conventions of a Genre             Recognize Changing Conventions Examining Media                  Understand Media             Appreciate Language as a Medium Understanding  Contexts             Understand the Context             Explore Personal Associations Examining Structure and Composition             Examine the Parts  Understanding and Reading Media             Manohia Dargis, Defending Goliath: Hollywood and the Art of the Blockbuster             *Nicholas Carr, Does the Internet Make You Dumber?             *Steven Pinker, Mind Over Mass Media   Chapter 2 Composing Texts   Choosing a Subject or Focus             Stretch Your Comfort Zone             Define Your Subject Reaching An Audience             Know Your Audience             Figure Out What Your Audience Needs             Earn the Interest of Your Audience Deciding On Your Purpose and Context             Understand an Assignment             Explain the Context of Your Project   Choosing a Genre and Structure             Writing a Description             Writing a Narrative             Writing a Comparison and/or Contrast Project             Writing a Report             Writing a Response or Position Paper             Preparing a Problem/Solution Project             Writing a Rhetorical Analysis             Writing an Ad Analysis             Writing an Argument             Preparing an Oral Presentation Choosing A Medium             Choose the Spoken Word             Choose Written Words             Choose the Fine Arts             Choose the Graphic Arts             Choose Photography             Choose Film             Choose Video             Choose the World Wide Web             Choose Multimedia Doing Research And Documenting Sources             Scope Out Your Topic                Be Methodical In Your Research                Use the Library               Use the Internet               Learn From Experts                Prepare a Field Observation                Synthesize Your Source Materials             Document Your Sources                         Formatting the MLA Paper                         Formatting the MLA Title Page                         Formatting the MLA Works Cited Page Revising And Editing                         Evaluate and Revise Your Work             Sweat the Details Project 2.1: Analyzing a Place             Student Project: Esteban Rodriguez, “Taquería Jalisco”   Chapter 3 Identities Reading Texts about Identity Gallery: Representations of Identity             Dorothea Lange, Drought Refugees Camping by the Roadside             *Damian Dovarganes, YaoMing Announces Partnership with McDonalds             *Peter Byron, Young Boy Watching Violence on Television             * Mean Girls Movie Poster             Judy Syfers-Brady, Why I Want a Wife             Razanne Doll and Muslim Girl             Edward Hopper, Nighthawks             Gordon Parks, American Gothic Cluster 3.1 Life Stories *Sherman Alexie, How to Fight Monsters Jim Goldberg, Images from Rich and Poor Annie Dillard, from An American Childhood Lan Tran, Lone Stars, *Lise Sarfati, Images from Fashion Magazine, Austin Texas Cluster 3.2 Bodies Susan Bordo, The Empire of Images in Our World of Bodies *Colby Katz, Beauty Pageants *Dave Zirin, Standing with Caster * Figures on and off the Field Josie Appleton, The Body Piercing Project Uwe Krejci, Teenagers with Facial Piercings Cluster 3.3 Sing the Body . . . Electric! *Robert Risko, Illustration for “Of Glee I Sing” Vanity Fair *James Wolcott, Of GleeI Sing *Alonso Duralde, Once Upon a Time . . ., *Disney Studios, Actor Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans, High School Musical/3 * Ramin Setoodeh, Straight Jacket *Jane Lynch, Jonathan Groff, and Chris Colfer from Glee  *Lucas Hilderbrand, Stage Left: Gleeand the Textual Politics of Difference Writing About Identity Project 3.1 Composing a Personal Memoir             Student Project             Ademilola Mojiminiyi, “My Hair Gets Curlier Faster than It Gets Longer” Project 3.2 Researching and Profiling an Artist Student Project Billy Smith, “Gordon Parks: Using Photographs to Spark Social Change”   Chapter 4 Places Reading Texts about Places Gallery: Representations of Places *Eastman Kodak, Kodak As You Go *Dennis Stock, On Times Square and James Dean on the Farm of His Uncle 195  *NASA Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico, June 19, 2010 Terry Falke, Rustic Camper, Arches National Park *Wrigley Rooftops Melissa Ann Pinney, Disney World, Orlando Florida *Scott Graham, St. Peter’s Dome *John Vachon, Worker at Carbon Black, Sunray, Texas 1940 *Thomas Hoepker, Photo taken from Brooklyn, NY September 11, 2001 Alice Attie, from Harlemin Transition Cluster 4.1 Home on the Earth  *Henry David Thoreau, from Walden *Title page from the 1854 edition of Walden *Navaho chant, Song of the Earth  *Anne Spencer, Earth, I Thank You  *Edward Hoagland, A Peaceable Kingdom  *Google Earth, Riverhead, NY 2010 *Sharman Apt Russell, Apocalypse Not in My Backyard Cluster 4.2 A Borderland Diane Cook and Len Jenshel, Tijuana, Mexico2006 Charles Bowden, Our Wall Benjamin Alire Saenz, War (in the City in Which I Live) Joe Grossinger, from El Paso Street Art, 2007  *Flag of Mexico, and Daryl Cagle, Violence in Mexico, Aug. 29, 2010 *Daryl Cagle, My Mexican Flag Cartoon and Angry Readers Cluster 4.3 Roads We Travel  Road Trip, Movie Poster  John Steinbeck, from The Grapes of Wrath  Bobby Troup, Route 66  Cadillac Ranch, 2007 Jack Kerouac, from On the Road Jack Kerouac Holland Cotter, On My Road Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination *Ramadan Rod Trip, CNN Belief Blog *Aman Ali, Day 22: Ross, North Dakota, A Leap in Time   *Mosque in Ross, North Dakota Writing About Places *Project 4.1 Observing and Analyzing a Public Space                         Student Paper: Kruti Parekh, “India: A Culinary Experience”  Project 4.2 Describing a Place                         *Student Paper: Elizabeth Mashburn, “The Basement Room”   Project 4.3   Project 4.4   Project 4.5   Chapter 5 Design and Culture Reading Texts about Design and Culture Gallery: Design and Culture * Designers Nexus Inc.,  Free Fashion Croqui Templates Greg Marting, Giro Atmos Bicycle Helmet, 2003 *Nintendo Wii nController, 2006, and Sony Playstation Move, 2010 *Milton Glaser, Dylan *Magimix Vision Toaster  *iPhone, Magic Mouse, iPad * Obama Campaign Logo Cluster 5.1The Dynamics of Design *Kevin Kelly, Reading in a Whole New Way *Logan Ward, With Ancient Arches, the Old is New Again   *Katja Heinemann, Vault201 at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum *P. J. O’Rourke, Make Mine a Jeep, *Brett Affrunti, Wrangler Rubicon *Christine Rosen, Awe and the Machine, Three-Three Designers, First Things First Manifesto 2000 Cluster 5.2 If the Shoe Fits . . . Fashioning Culture *Design sketch by Diane Mulleavy for the character Odile and a still from the film Black     Swan. From VF.com, January 7, 2011. *Laurie Penny, Curves Ahead is Hardly Progress *Lisa Hilton, So What if I’m Skinny?,  *Cruel Feet?  *Jeggin' *American Apparel: Legalize LA and Legalize Gay *Jennifer 8. Lee, The Moral Costs of Counterfeiting  *Fashion Advertisements from 1972, 1988, and 2010 Writing About Design and Culture Project 5.1Analyzing the Design of an Everyday Text STUDENT PROJECT Sean Kamperman, “Sandals Signify”, Sean Kamperman Project 5.2 Studying Design and Its Contexts STUDENT PROJECT, Sean Nixon, “The Transformation of American Architecture during the 1920s and 1930s” Project 5.3 Project 5.4 Project 5.5   Chapter 6 Media          Reading Texts about Media  Gallery: Messages in the Media Got Milk? Crowd Gathered Outside An Outdoor TV Set in India Presidential Jet Flyover *Luis Sinco, Marlboro Marine *Infomercial Philip Greenberg, Viagra Model Car *Twitter messages on a smart phone (Getty [date?]) Lewis Hine, Girl Worker in Cotton Mill *Jonathan ElderfieldLife is simple in the East Village, Houston Street Cluster 6.1 Music in the Media *Jeff Chang, Fight the Power Jeff Chang *Lif Wayne, Tha Carter III CD *Tanny Oler, Ladies’ Camp Rock *Alissa Quart, Music Lessons *Elvis Presley Dancing Cluster 6.2 The Games People Play *Simon Dumenco, Game Theory: How (and Why) Facebook, Twitter, etc., Became Recess for Grown-ups Scene for from Grand Theft Auto *Michelle Goodman Gaming Tree: How Gamers Might Help Bring About Social Change *James Gee Video Games: What They Can Teach Us About Audience Engagement *Michelle Newman,Teens Participating in a Bowling Tournament *Emily Parrino, Members of the Wii Bowling Team at an Assisted Living Facility Cluster 6.3 Media Goes Online *Sheryr Turkle, Digital Demands: The Challenges of Constant Connectivity *Claudio, Alvarez, Kindle User in a Bookstore * The Onion, Area Eccentric Reads Entire Book *Christine Greenhow and Jeff Reifman, Engaging Youth in Social Media: Is Facebook the New Media Frontier *Twitter Messages Documenting and Promoting Protests in Iran Writing About Media Project 6.1 Composing a Web Essay             STUDENT PROJECT Hannah Easley, Sound and Medium in No Country for Old Men Project 6.2 Composing a Photo Essay             OPTION 1: RESEARCH A HISTORICAL MOMENT OR EVENT             OPTION 2: RESEARCH AN ASPECT OF CULTURE             Student Project: Michael Lee, "Images of History: The Hmong" Additional Writing Projects   Chapter 7 Science and Society Reading Texts about Science and Society Gallery: Technology and Science Nasa, Blue Marble, 1972 *Crowdsourced Bird Sightings *The Economist, Public Acceptance of Evolution Photos: Images of Genetically Engineered Animals *Airport Body Scan Image., U.S.Dept. of Homeland Security *Speak2Tweet Application., Google; Twitter *Car Parts Incubator.,  Design That Matters Cluster 7.1Our Watery Ways *David Usborne, Bottled Out, (2007) *Kitt Doucette, An Ocean of Plastic (2009) *San Jose Mercury News, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. *Stomach Contents of Fledgling Albatross. *Lester R. Brown, Warmer World, Savage Storms, *SumatranCoastBefore and After tsunami. Smiley N. Pool, Flooded School Buses *Elizabeth Royte, The Last Drop: We May Not Get All the Water We Want, But We Can Have the  Water We Need *Alain Buu,      Images from the Photo Story, “Water Wars”. Cluster 7.2 This is Your Brain on. . . . *Susan Greenfield, Modern Technology is Changing the Way Our Brains Work *Steven Johnson, Yes, People Still Read, but Now It’s Social *Subnetwork., Yorgy Buzsaki and Attila Sik *Karen Bleier, Facebook Friends *Patrick Tucker, Prospects for Brain-Computer Interfacing, *Neil Reynolds, One Robot, * Stephan De Sakutin Animal Test Subject and Human Test Subject Writing About Science and Society Project 7.1 Explaining a New Development in Technology or Science             STUDENT PROJECT, Beau Faulkner, “Year Zero: A Viral Marketing Promotion” Project 7.2 Connecting Science To Culture             STUDENT PROJECT             Julia Berkelhammer, Angel Cockerham, Michelle Kasprak, Alyssa Tedder, and Taylor Warren, “Schizophrenia: A Beautiful Fight” Additional Projects   Chapter 8 Politics Reading Texts About Politics Gallery: Politics Political bumper stickers *Charles Dharapak, Health Care Overhaul Todd Heisler, Reno, Nevada * Cartoon re: Christine O’Donnell Senate Campaign Ad, I’m You * Campaign photo Joe Manchin Senate Campaign Ad, Dead Aim *Good, Is College Still Affordable? *Volume, Inc., San Francisco,AIGA Get Out the Vote Campaign, Cluster 8.1 Media Matters *President Obama on The View and The Daily Show *Larry Rosen, The Daily Show Effect: Attracting Young Voters to Politics One Joke at a Time *Sarah Palin’s Alaska, TLC *Victor David Hanson, The New Sophists *Mike Keefe, The Denver Post cartoon *Aaron Sorkin, In Her Defense, I’m Sure the Moose Had It Coming *Taylor Jones, “I Won,”(cartoon) *Jack Shafer,  In Defense of Inflamed Rhetoric *No Labels, The No Labels Statement of Purpose Cluster 8.2 Food Fights  Kim Severson,“Be It Ever So Homespun, There’s Nothing Like Spin”  Michael Pollan, “Why Bother? Photos: Lauren Greenfield, Images from Thinand Camp Shane *Greg Hubacek, Dead Weight *Jennifer Bleyer, Hipsters on Food Stamps *Kyle Smith, Politicians Want to Tax Us Thin Cluster 8.3 Car Wars *Jorg Greuel and Good, Car Wreck in Monument Valley *Thomas L. Friedman, Their Moon Shot and Ours *IBD Editorial Gov’t Motors’ Electric Edsel *Jamie Kitman, Drive vs. Fly *Oliver Munday and Good, Saving Money by Cutting Traffic The New York City Street Memorial Project Andrew Hinderaker, Ghost Bike Memorial *Farhad Manjoo, Don’t Worry, The Robot’s Driving *Chris Matyszczyk, Google's new robot car: Crazy good or crazy crazy? Writing About Politic Project 8.1 Analyzing a Political Argument             Student Project: Jonathan Butler “Visual Images of National Identity: British and French Propaganda Posters of the Great War Project 8.2 Creating a Public Service Announcement             Student Project: Meixia Huang, “Pay Attention to Them” Additional Projects     Index