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Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Writing and Reading A Process View of Writing and Reading The Reading Process  Stephen King, “The Symbolic Language of Dreams”  Prereading/Early Reading  Personal and Interpretive Response   Example of student response to King  Critical and Evaluative Response     Example of Student  response to King The Writing Process and Self-Discovery Stages of the Writing Process  Strategies for Prewriting  Drafting  Student essay: Leigh Haldeman, “Response to Mary Pipher’s ‘Saplings in the Storm’”  Revising,  and Final Draft Partnership/ Peer Sharing   Chapter 2: Journeys and Reflections (Description and Reflection) Thematic Introduction   Writing Descriptions    Observing     Words and Images  Revising Initial Descriptions  Establishing Vantage Point and Tone    Thinking About Your Purpose and Audience   Walt Whitman, From “Song of the Open Road” (poem) Donovan Webster, “Inside the Volcano” Andrew Pham, “Viet-Kieu” Kavita Sreedhar, “Travelling Home” (student essay) Francine Prose, “Confessions of a Ritual Tourist” Jane Goodall, “In the Forests of Gombe” Nadiv Rahman, “On the Bridge” (student essay) Topics for Research and Writing     Chapter 3: Journeys in Memory (Narrative) Thematic Introduction Narration, Memory, and Self-Awareness  Making Associations    Focusing and Concentration: The Inner Screen   Dialogue and Characters    Main Idea or Dominant Impression  Drafting and Shaping the Narrative    Revising the Narrative: Point of View, Transition, and Style    Patricia Hampl, “Memory and Imagination” bell hooks, “Writing Autobiography” Sandra Cisneros, “Monkey Garden” Saira Shah, “The Storyteller’s Daughter” Melissa Burns, “The Best Seat in the House” (student essay) Michael Ventura, “The Peril of Memory” Rachel Naomi Remen, “Remembering” Topics for Research and Writing   Chapter 4: Dreams, Myths, and Fairy Tales (Comparison) Thematic Introduction   Comparing and Contrasting: Strategies for Thinking and Writing  Prewriting for Comparison    Outlining and Transition, Evaluation Jorge Luis Borges, “The Circular Ruins” Joseph Campbell, “The Four Functions of Mythology”  Marcelo Gleiser, “The Myths of Science—Creation”   Portfolio of Creation Myths:     From the Rig Veda  “Genesis 1 and 2”  “The Chameleon Finds” (Yao-Bantu, African)    "The Making of the World" (Huron)  “Spider Woman Creates the Humans” (Hopi, Native American)  “The Beginning of the World” (Japanese)  Joshua Groban, “Two Myths” (student essay)    Lan Samantha Chang, “Water Names" Four Versions of Cinderella:    The Brothers Grimm, “Aschenputtel” (German)  “The  Twelve  Months” (Slavic)  “The Algonquin Cinderella” (Native American)  “Tam and Cam” (Vietnamese) Topics for Research and Writing    Chapter 5: Obsessions and Transformation (Definition)    Thematic Introduction   Definition: Word Boundaries of the Self  Public Meanings and Formal Definition   Stipulative and Personal Definitions  Contradiction W.S. Merwin, “Fog-Horn” (poem) Andrew Solomon, “Depression”   Anne Lamott, “Hunger”    Sharon Slayton, “The Good Girl” (student essay)   Daniel King, Paul Delfabbro,  and  Mark Griffiths  “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Video Game Players” Mary Sykes Wylie, “Sleepless in America:  Making it Through the  Night in a Wired World” Marc Ian Barasch, “What Is a Healing Dream?”   Topics for Research and Writing     Chapter 6: Journeys in Gender and Relationships (Causal Analysis)  Thematic Introduction   Causality and the Inward Journey  Observing and Collecting Information  Causal Logical Fallacies    Pablo Neruda, “The Dream” (poem)   Sigmund Freud, “Erotic Wishes and Dreams” Virginia Woolf, “Professions for Women” Mary Pipher, “Saplings in the Storm” Leigh  Haldeman, “A Response to ‘Saplings in the Storm’” Michael Kimmel, “A War Against Boys” David Sedaris, “I Like Guys” Topics for Research and Writing        Chapter 7: The Double / The Other (Argument and Dialogue)  Thematic Introduction   Argument and Dialogue  Traditional Argument  Dialogic Argument    Dialogue and Prewriting     Prewriting and the Audience     Defining Key Terms     Evaluating Facts     Feelings in Argument   Judith Ortiz Cofer, “The Other” (poem) Connie Zweig and Jeremiah Abrahms,  “The Shadow Side of   Everyday Life” Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” Sara Colvin, "Lady Gaga as Monster" (student essay) Fran Peavey (with Myrna Levy and Charles Varon), “Us and Them” Desmond Mpilo Tutu, “No Future Without Forgiveness” Jessica Rubenstein, “Coed Schools Help Students Excel” (student essay) Topics for Research and Writing        Chapter 8: Pop Dreams (Research)    Thematic Introduction   Research Writing  Finding a Topic  Timetable and Process   Your Voice and the Voices of Your Sources    Purpose and Structure   Language and Style  The Computer as a Research Partner Juliet B. Schor, “Decommercialization of Childhood”   Henry Jenkins, “Education, Media, and Violence”    Lawrence C. Rubin, “Merchandising Madness Rob Walker, “Click ” Steven Johnson, “How Twitter will Change the World in Which We  Live” Jonathan Cusick, “Do Benefit Concerts Affect Political Decisions?” Anne Ritchie, “Creativity, Drugs, and Rock ’n’ Roll” (student essay)    Topics for Research and Writing     Chapter 9: Voyages in Spirituality (Creativity) Thematic Introduction   Creativity, Problem Solving, and Synthesis    Habit Versus Risk     Reason Versus Intuition     Developing Self-Confidence: Learning to Trust Your Own Processes    Evaluation and Application    Synthesis Donna Lovong, “Are You Joining a Cult?”   Norman Yeung Bik Chung, “A Faithful Taoist” (student essay)  Chris Gill,  James Rotondi, and Jas Obrecht, “Within You, Without  You: The Guitarist’s Search for Spiritual Meaning” Jessie van Eerden, “The Soul Has Six Wings” Natalie Goldberg, “On the Shores of Lake Biwa” Noah Levine, “Death Is Not the End My Friend” Martin Luther King, Jr., “A Christmas Sermon on Peace” Topics for Research and Writing