The Brief Bedford Reader with 2020 APA and 2021 MLA Updates by X. J. Kennedy; Dorothy M. Kennedy; Jane E. Aaron; Ellen Kuhl Repetto - Fourteenth Edition, 2021 from Macmillan Student Store

The Brief Bedford Reader with 2020 APA and 2021 MLA Updates

Fourteenth  Edition©2021  New Edition Available X. J. Kennedy; Dorothy M. Kennedy; Jane E. Aaron; Ellen Kuhl Repetto

ISBN:9781319456153

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This ebook has been updated to provide you with the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021).

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Table of Contents

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PREFACE FOR INSTRUCTORS

CONTENTS BY THEME AND DISCIPLINE

HOW (AND WHY) TO USE THIS BOOK

THE SELECTIONS

THE METHODS OF DEVELOPMENT

THE PRACTICAL GUIDANCE

THE WRITERS ON WRITING

 

PART ONE

ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING   

1  CRITICAL READING: Learning from Other Writers

READING ACTIVELY    

NANCY MAIRS  Disability (annotated essay)    

DEVELOPING AN UNDERSTANDING    

Checklist for critical reading    

ANALYZING WRITTEN WORKS  

Questions for analyzing a written work

EXAMINING VISUAL IMAGES    

Questions for examining an image    

Visual Image: Man Fishing by A Power Plant, photograph By Robin Nelson    

2  THE WRITING PROCESS: Discovery and Drafting    

ASSESSING THE WRITING SITUATION    

DISCOVERING IDEAS    

DRAFTING    

A STUDENT ESSAY-IN-PROGRESS

3  THE WRITING PROCESS: Reviewing and Revising

*REVIEWING A DRAFT

REVISING IN STAGES     

*Questions for peer review and revision    

INTEGRATING EVIDENCE    

A STUDENT ESSAY-IN-PROGRESS

4  THE WRITING PROCESS: Editing

USING EFFECTIVE LANGUAGE

Questions for editing

CRAFTING CLEAR AND ENGAGING SENTENCES

FIXING COMMON ERRORS

A STUDENT ESSAY-IN-PROGRESS    

ROSIE ANAYA  Mental Illness on Television (annotated student essay)


 

PART TWO

THE METHODS

5  NARRATION: Telling a Story

Visual Image: Proposal, drawing by Demetri Martin

THE METHOD

THE PROCESS

Focus on verbs

*How to organize a narrative

Checklist for reviewing and revising a narrative

EMBARRASSMENT

AMY TAN　 Fish Cheeks　

NAOMI SHIHAB NYE　 Museum

Naomi Shihab Nye on Writing　

JONATHAN BETHARDS　 Code Three (student essay)

MAYA ANGELOU　 Champion of the World

Maya Angelou on Writing　　

ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS　

6  DESCRIPTION: Writing with Your Senses

*Visual Image: Under the Passaic Falls, photograph by Todd R. Darling　

THE METHOD

THE PROCESS

*How to organize a description

Focus on specific and concrete language

Checklist for reviewing and revising a description

*FATHERS

BRAD MANNING　 Arm Wrestling with My Father (student essay)

Brad Manning on Writing

*SCAACHI KOUL　 Impatiently Waiting for the Horror of Death

*Scaachi Koul on Writing

*SHONDA RHIMES　 My Summer of Scooping Ice Cream　

N. SCOTT MOMADAY　 The Way to Rainy Mountain

ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS　

7  EXAMPLE: Pointing to Instances

*Visual Image: Costumes to Scare Millennials, cartoon by Sarah Andersen

THE METHOD

THE PROCESS

Focus on sentence variety

*How to organize examples

Checklist for reviewing and revising an example essay

MISPERCEPTIONS

BRENT STAPLES　 Black Men and Public Space

Brent Staples on Writing

ISSA RAE　 The Struggle　

ANNA QUINDLEN　 Homeless

Anna Quindlen on Writing　

*ZANE RASSLER　 Looking Back (student essay)

*Zane Rassler on Writing

ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS　

8  COMPARISON AND CONTRAST: Setting Things Side by Side

Visual Image: Excerpt from Fun Home, graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel　

THE METHOD

THE PROCESS

*How to organize a comparison-and-contrast essay

Checklist for reviewing and revising a comparison-and-contrast essay

Focus on parallelism

*ENDANGERED SPECIES　　

*JOURDAN IMANI KEITH　 At Risk

*Jourdan Imani Keith on Writing

*TED CHIANG　 The Great Silence (short story)

*Visual Images: from The Great Silence, video installation by Allora & Calzadilla

*CAITLIN McDOUGALL　 So Enid and Dorothy from West Covina Can Hear You (student essay)

*Caitlin McDougall on Writing

DAVID SEDARIS　 Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa

ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS　

9  PROCESS ANALYSIS: Explaining Step by Step

Visual Image: Workers Making Dolls, photograph by Wally McNamee

THE METHOD

THE PROCESS

*How to organize a process analysis

Checklist for reviewing and revising a process analysis

Focus on consistency

WRITING

ANNE LAMOTT　 Shitty First Drafts　 　　

KOJI FRAHM　 How to Write an A Paper (student essay)

Koji Frahm on Writing　

FIROOZEH DUMAS　 Sweet, Sour, and Resentful

Firoozeh Dumas on Writing　

JESSICA MITFORD　 Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain　 　　　

ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS　

10  DIVISION OR ANALYSIS: Slicing into Parts

Visual Image: Deconstructing Lunch, cartoon by Roz Chast

THE METHOD

THE PROCESS

*How to organize a division or analysis essay

Focus on paragraph coherence

Checklist for reviewing and revising a division or analysis essay

*SPORTS AND LEISURE

*PAUL THEROUX　 Football Matters

*Paul Theroux on Writing

*ZADIE SMITH　 Find Your Beach

*Visual Image: Find Your Beach, advertisement by Corona

*Zadie Smith on Writing

Laila Ayad　 The Capricious Camera (documented student essay)

Visual Image: Mounted Nazi Troops on the Lookout for Likely Polish Children, photograph

ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS　

11  CLASSIFICATION: Sorting into Kinds

Visual Image: How the Poor, the Middle Class, and the Rich Spend Their Money, table by National Public Radio

THE METHOD

THE PROCESS

Focus on paragraph development

*How to organize a classification

Checklist for reviewing and revising a classification

*LEO BRAUDY　 Where Our Monsters Come From

FAILURES TO COMMUNICATE

DEBORAH TANNEN　 But What Do You Mean?

Deborah Tannen on Writing

WILLIAM LUTZ　 The World of Doublespeak

William Lutz on Writing

ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS　

12  CAUSE AND EFFECT: Asking Why

Visual Image: Wild Weather, bar graph by National Geographic

THE METHOD

THE PROCESS

*How to organize a cause-and-effect analysis

Focus on clarity and conciseness

Checklist for reviewing and revising a cause-and-effect essay

*BEN HEALY　 Gossip Is Good

*DEREK THOMPSON　 What Makes Things Cool

*Visual Image: Raymond Loewy, illustration by Mark Weaver, with photographs by Bernard Hoffman, Jack Garofalo, and Sherman Oaks Antique Mall

GLOBALIZATION

CHITRA DIVAKARUNI　 Live Free and Starve　

Chitra Divakaruni on Writing

MARIE JAVDANI　 Plata o Plomo: Silver or Lead (documented student essay)　

Marie Javdani on Writing

ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS　

13  DEFINITION: Tracing Boundaries

*Visual Image: This Expedition Called Life, advertisement by Outward Bound　

THE METHOD

THE PROCESS

*How to organize a definition

Focus on unity

Checklist for reviewing and revising a definition

PRIVILEGE

TAL FORTGANG　 Checking My Privilege (student essay)

Tal Fortgang on Writing

ROXANE GAY　 Peculiar Benefits

Roxane Gay on Writing

AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS　 How to Identify Love by Knowing What It’s Not

ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS

14  ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION: Stating Opinions and Proposals

Visual Image: Corporate America Flag, image from Adbusters Media Foundation

THE METHOD

Focus on tone

THE PROCESS

*How to organize an argument

Checklist for reviewing and revising argument and persuasion

LINDA CHAVEZ　 Supporting Family Values (annotated essay)

Linda Chavez on Writing

*IS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT MORALLY DEFENSIBLE?

*DAVID B. MUHLHAUSEN　 How the Death Penalty Saves Lives

*SEMON FRANK THOMPSON　 What I Learned from Executing Two Men

*SHOULD COLLEGES OFFER SAFE SPACES FOR STUDENTS?

*DAWN LUNDY MARTIN　 Weary Oracle

*Dawn Lundy Martin on Writing　

*THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS　 Blanket Security

*Thomas Chatterton Williams on Writing

*SARAH HEMPHILL　 What Happened to Free Speech on College Campuses? (documented student essay)　　　

*Sarah Hemphill on Writing　

ADDITIONAL WRITING TOPICS


 

PART THREE

MIXING THE METHODS

JOAN DIDION　 Earthquakes (annotated essay)　　

Joan Didion on Writing　

*REBECCA SOLNIT　 Division Street

*Visual Images: from Division Street, photographs by Robert Gumpert

TRANSCENDENTALISM　

HENRY DAVID THOREAU　 What I Lived For　

*Henry David Thoreau on Writing

LUIS ALBERTO URREA　 Barrio Walden

Luis Alberto Urrea on Writing　

E. B. WHITE　 Once More to the Lake　


APPENDIX: RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION

CONDUCTING RESEARCH    

Questions for evaluating sources    

WRITING WITH SOURCES    

SOURCE CITATION USING MLA STYLE    

MARGARET LUNDBERG　 Eating Green (annotated student essay)

SOURCE CITATION USING APA STYLE    

ERIC KIM　 The Brain that Changes (annotated student essay)
　

GLOSSARY OF USEFUL TERMS    

DIRECTORY TO THE WRITERS ON WRITING

INDEX

X. J. Kennedy

X. J. Kennedy is an acclaimed poet, children’s author, college teacher, and textbook author. He has taught freshman composition at the University of Michigan; the University of North Carolina, Greensboro; and Tufts University. More than 2 million students have used his introductory literature texts and The Bedford Reader, now in its fourteenth edition.

Dorothy M. Kennedy

Dorothy M. Kennedy was a writer and editor whose articles and reviews have appeared in both professional and academic journals. She taught composition at the University of Michigan and Ohio University and, with X. J. Kennedy, was the recipient of the NCTE Teacher's Choice Award for Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry.

Jane E. Aaron

Jane E. Aaron is a professional writer and editor as well as an experienced teacher. She is the author of the best-selling Little, Brown Handbook and The Compact Reader. She has served as consultant, editor, or writer on more than a dozen other textbooks for the first-year composition.

Ellen Kuhl Repetto

Ellen Kuhl Repetto is an editor and writer who has contributed to more than twenty composition readers, handbooks, and rhetorics. She is the author of The Bedford Reader and The Compact Reader.