Contents
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- Introduction
- Annie Dillard, The Death of a Moth
- Annie Dillard, How I Wrote the Moth Essay—and Why
- The Processes of Writing
- The Modes of Writing
- Mixing the Modes
- 1 Description
- RealTime Writing: Catalog Description
- Alice Steinbach, The Miss Dennis School of Writing
- Cherokee Paul McDonald, A View from the Bridge
- ß Beverly Dipo, No Rainbows, No Roses
- Ann Hodgman, No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch
- 2 Narrative
- RealTime Writing: Obituary
- Thomas Beller, The Ashen Guy: Lower Broadway, September 11, 2001
- Sebastian Junger, The Lion in Winter
- Mary E. Mebane, The Back of the Bus
- Richard Rodriguez, None of This Is Fair
- Kelly Simon, Frank Sinatra’s Gum
- 3 Example
- RealTime Writing: Girl Scout Cookie Box
- The Onion, All Seven Deadly Sins Committed at Church Bake Sale
- Malcolm W. Browne, The Invisible Flying Cat
- Richard Lederer, English Is a Crazy Language
- Nat Hentoff, Jazz: Music Beyond Time and Nations
- Janet Wu, Homeward Bound
- 4 Classification and Division
- RealTime Writing: DailyCandy homepage
- Jeff Jacoby, The Rise of the Blended American
- Amy Tan, Mother Tongue
- ß Eric Watts, The Color of Success
- Isaac Asimov, What Do You Call a Platypus?
- Freeman J. Dyson, Science, Guided by Ethics, Can Lift Up the Poor
- 5 Process Analysis
- RealTime Writing: Lemonade Recipe
- Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht, How to Fend Off a Shark
- Jon Katz, How Boys Become Men
- Alexander Petrunkevitch, The Spider and the Wasp
- Garrison Keillor, How to Write a Letter
- Philip Weiss, How to Get Out of a Locked Trunk
- 6 Comparison and Contrast
- RealTime Writing: New York Times Article
- Deborah Dalfonso, Grammy Rewards
- ßDebi Davis, Body Imperfect
- Bruce Catton, Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts
- Gary Soto, Like Mexicans
- Deborah Tannen, Gender in the Classroom
- David Sedaris, Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa
- 7 Definition
- RealTime Writing: Save the Manatee website
- Dave Barry, Guys vs. Men
- Pico Iyer, In Praise of the Humble Comma
- John Archibald Wheeler, How Come The Quantum?
- Langston Hughes, Bop
- Geeta Kothari, If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I?
- 8 Cause and Effect
- RealTime Writing: Science Q&A
- ß Marissa NuÒez, Climbing the Golden Arches
- John Edwards, Prison Man Considers Turkey
- Jared Diamond, Who Killed Easter Island?
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., A Giant Step
- ß Ruth Russell, The Wounds That Can’t Be Stitched Up
- 9 Argumentation and Persuasion
- RealTime Writing: House with Inscription
- Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence
- Johnson C. Montgomery, The Island of Plenty
- ß Kori Quintana, The Price of Power: Living in the Nuclear Age
- Roger Verhulst, Being Prepared in Suburbia
- Megan Daum, Safe-Sex Lies
- Chief Seattle, Reply to the U. S. Government
- 10 Classic Essays for Further Reading
- Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal
- George Orwell, Politics and the English Language
- Mark Twain, Learning the River
- Virgina Woolf, The Death of the Moth
- E. B. White, Once More to the Lake
- Joan Didion, On Keeping a Notebook
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