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High School Edition of 40 Model Essays
Second EditionJane E. Aaron; Ellen Kuhl Repetto
©2013Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION: READING AND WRITING EDWARD P. JONES, Shacks 1. DESCRIPTION E. B. WHITE, Once More to the Lake WILLIAM LEAST HEAT-MOON, Dance of the Hobs JOAN DIDION, The Santa Ana JUDITH ORTIZ COFER, Silent Dancing 2. NARRATION LANGSTON HUGHES, Salvation ANNIE DILLARD, The Chase JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN, In the Early Morning Rain GEORGE ORWELL, Shooting an Elephant 3. EXAMPLE PERRI KLASS, Shes Your Basic LOL in NAD ANNA QUINDLEN, Homeless BRENT STAPLES, Black Men and Public Space FRANCINE PROSE, Which Came First? 4. DIVISION OR ANALYSIS MARGARET VISSER, The Ritual of Fast Food THOMAS DE ZENGOTITA, American Idol Worship SCOTT RUSSELL SANDERS, The Men We Carry in Our Minds 5. CLASSIFICATION DEBORAH TANNEN, But What Do You Mean? STEPHANIE ERICSSON, The Ways We Lie WALTER MOSLEY, Show Me the Money 6. PROCESS ANALYSIS FIROOZEH DUMAS, Sweet, Sour, and Resentful LARS EIGHNER, Dumpster Diving JESSICA MITFORD, Embalming Mr. Jones 7. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST NANCY MAIRS, Disability CHERYL PECK, Fatso DAVID SEDARIS, Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa RICHARD RODRIGUEZ, Private Language, Public Language 8. DEFINITION JUDY BRADY, I Want a Wife GLORIA NAYLOR, The Meanings of a Word AMY TAN, Mother Tongue DAGOBERTO GILB, Pride 9. CAUSE-AND-EFFECT ANALYSIS MALCOLM GLADWELL, The Tipping Point STEVEN PINKER, Mind Over Mass Media BARBARA EHRENREICH, Cultural Baggage STEPHEN JAY GOULD, Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs 10. ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION Debate: Can simple living help the environment? BILL McKIBBEN, Waste Not, Want Not DERRICK JENSEN, Forget Shorter Showers VIRGINIA POSTREL, In Praise of Chain Stores SHERRY TURKLE, Privacy Has a Politics MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., I Have a Dream JONATHAN SWIFT, A Modest Proposal Glossary Index of Authors and Titles