Empoword

EmpoWORD: A Student-Centered Anthology and Handbook for College Writers 2
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Front Matter: Table of Contents, How to Use This Book, and General Introduction 6
Acknowledgements 7
Table of Contents 8
Table of Contents – Readings 9
How to Use This Book – Instructors 30
Student-Centered Writing and Learning Communities 30
Rhetorical Situations 33
Assignments and Activities 34
Navigation 35
Feedback 36
Chapter Vocabulary 36
How to Use This Book – Students 37
Student-Centered Writing and Learning Communities 37
Rhetorical Situations 39
Navigation 40
Feedback 41
Chapter Vocabulary 41
General Introduction 43
Rhetorical Situations 45
Writing as Process 49
Chapter Vocabulary 51
Part One Description, Narration, and Reflection 54
Section Introduction: Description, Narration, and Reflection 55
Chapter Vocabulary 55
Chapter One Describing a Scene or Experience 57
Chapter Vocabulary 57
Techniques 58
Imagery and Experiential Language 58
Thick Description 59
Unanticipated and Eye-catching Language 61
Activities 62
Specificity Taxonomy 62
Micro-Ethnography 63
Imagery Inventory 64
The Dwayne Johnson Activity 65
Surprising Yourself: Constraint-Based Scene Description 66
Image Builder 67
Model Texts by Student Authors 72
Innocence Again24F 72
Comatose Dreams25F 75
The Devil in Green Canyon26F 76
Chapter Two: Telling a Story 82
Chapter Vocabulary 83
Techniques 85
Plot Shapes and Form 85
Scope 85
Sequence and Pacing 87
Point-of-View 89
A Non-Comprehensive Breakdown of POV 90
Building Characters 91
Dialogue33F 94
Choosing a Medium 94
Video: Storytelling with Robyn Vazquez35F 95
Activities 96
Idea Generation: What Stories Can I Tell? 96
Idea Generation: Mapping an Autobiography 97
Experimenting with Voice and Dialogue37F 100
The Secret 100
The Overheard 100
Beyond Words 101
Using Images to Tell a Story 102
Model Texts by Student Authors 103
Under the Knife38F 103
Breathing Easy39F 106
Visions40F 109
Chapter Three: Reflecting on an Experience 112
Chapter Vocabulary 113
Techniques 113
“Looking back in order to look forward,”42F or 113
“I wish that I knew what I know now when I was younger”43F 113
Wrap-up vs. Weave 114
Spelling it Out vs. Implying Meaning 114
Activities 116
What My Childhood Tastes Like47F 116
Reflection as a Rhetorical Gesture 117
End-of-Episode Voice-Overs: Reflection in Television Shows 118
Model Texts by Student Authors 119
Slowing Down49F 119
Untitled50F 122
Parental Guidance51F 126
Assignment: Descriptive Personal Narrative 129
Assignment 129
Guidelines for Peer Workshop 132
One Example of a Peer Workshop Process 132
Model Texts by Student Authors 134
The Pot Calling the Kettle Black…52F 134
All Quiet53F 138
Blood & Chocolate Milk54F 143
Part Two: Text Wrestling 150
Section Introduction: Text Wrestling Analysis 151
Chapter Vocabulary 151
Chapter Four Interpretation, Analysis, and Close Reading 153
Interpretation 153
Analysis 154
Chapter Vocabulary 156
Techniques 157
Authorial Intent 157
Radical Noticing: Seeing What’s On the Page 158
Symbols, Patterns, and References59F 159
Sociocultural Lenses60F 161
Activities 163
Personal Photo Analysis 163
Unpacking Advertisements: Analyzing Visual Rhetoric 163
Radical Noticing Promenade 164
Poem Explication62F 164
Drag the River63F by Ryan Mills 165
Richard Cory64F 166
Model Texts by Student Authors 167
Annotation: “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”65F 167
Chapter Five: Summary and Response 169
Chapter Vocabulary 169
Techniques 170
Identifying Main Points, Concerns, and Images 170
Tracking Your Reactions 170
Writing Your Summary 171
Paraphrase, Summary, and Direct Quotes 172
Activities 175
Summary and Response: TV Show or Movie 175
Everyone’s a Critic: Food Review 175
Digital Media Summary and Mini-Analysis 176
Model Texts by Student Authors 177
Maggie as the Focal Point69F 177
Works Cited 179
Pronouns & Bathrooms70F 179
Works Cited 181
Education Methods: Banking vs. Problem-Posing71F 181
Works Cited 183
You Snooze, You Peruse72F 183
Works Cited 185
Chapter Six Analysis and Synthesis 187
Techniques 190
So What? Turning Observations into a Thesis 190
The T3 Strategy 193
The O/P Strategy 194
Research Question and Embedded Thesis 195
Synthesis: Using Evidence to Explore Your Thesis 195
What might this look like in practice? 197
Activities 198
Idea Generation: Close Reading Graphic Organizer 198
Thesis Builder 202
Model Texts by Student Authors 205
Songs80F 205
Works Cited 208
Normal Person: An Analysis of the Standards of Normativity in “A Plague of Tics”81F 208
Works Cited 213
Analyzing “Richard Cory”82F 213
Works Cited 215
Assignment: Text wrestling Analysis 216
Assignment 216
One Example of a Peer Workshop Process 220
Model Text by Student Authors 222
To Suffer or Surrender? An Analysis of Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”83F 222
Works Cited 225
Christ Like84F 225
Works Cited 228
The Space Between the Racial Binary85F 228
Works Cited 232
Part Three: Research and Argumentation 235
Section Introduction: Research and Argumentation 236
Chapter Seven Argumentation 237
Chapter Vocabulary 239
Techniques 240
“But I Just Want to Write an Unbiased Essay” 240
Common Forms of Argumentation 240
Aristotelian Argument 240
Rogerian Argument 241
Rhetorical Appeals 243
Logos 243
Pathos 247
Ethos 248
Sociohistorical Context of Argumentation 249
Activities 250
Op-Ed Rhetorical Analysis 250
VICE News Rhetorical Appeal Analysis 251
Audience Analysis: Tailoring Your Appeals 253
Model Texts by Student Authors 259
Effective Therapy Through Dance and Movement95F 259
Works Cited 265
We Don’t Care About Child Slaves96F 267
Works Cited 270
Carnivore Consumption Killing Climate97F 271
Works Cited 275
Chapter Eight Research Concepts 277
Chapter Vocabulary 278
Techniques 279
Inquiry-Based Research 279
Ongoing Conversation100F 281
Developing a Topic 281
Writing a Proposal 285
Works Cited 287
School Vouchers: Bureaucratizing Inequality 287
Works Cited 288
Activities 289
Idea Generation: Curiosity Catalogue103F and Collaborative Inquiry 289
Part One 289
Part Two 291
Part Three: Small Group 291
Part Three: Gallery Walk 292
Idea Generation: Mind-Mapping 292
Idea Generation: Internet Stumbling 293
Focus: Expanding and Contracting Scope 294
Model: 296
Model Texts by Student Authors 298
Pirates & Anarchy104F 298
Works Cited 300
A Case of Hysterics105F 300
Wage Transparency and the Gender Divide106F 302
Chapter Nine Interacting with Sources 303
Chapter Vocabulary 304
Techniques 306
Research Methods: Discovering Sources 306
Your Library 307
Google Scholar 312
Wikipedia 313
Other Resources 313
Additional Techniques for Discovering Sources 314
Research Methods: Evaluating Sources 315
Interpreting Sources and Processing Information 318
The Annotated Bibliography 318
Research Methods: Drawing from Sources and Synthesizing 320
Finding Your Position, Posture, and Perspective 320
Articulating Your Claim 320
Situating Yourself Using Your Research 322
Extended Quotes 326
Readerly Signposts 327
Addressing Counterarguments 328
Revisiting Your Research Question, Developing an Introduction, and Crafting a Conclusion 328
Introductions 329
Don’t 329
Do 329
Conclusions 331
Activities 333
Research Scavenger Hunt 333
Identifying Fake News 334
Interacting with Sources Graphic Organizer 334
Articulating Your Claim – Practicing Thesis Development 340
Part One – Write 340
Part Two – Revise 341
Guiding Interpretation (Readerly Signposts) 341
Model Texts by Student Authors 344
Planting the Seed: Norway’s Strong Investment in Parental Leave116F 358
Works Cited 363
Pirates and Anarchy: Social Banditry Toward a Moral Economy117F 364
Works Cited 373
The Hysterical Woman118F 374
Works Cited 381
Assignment: Persuasive Research Essay 383
Assignment 383
Guidelines for Peer Workshop 387
One Example of a Peer Workshop Process 387
Model Texts by Student Authors 389
The Advertising Black Hole119F 389
Works Cited 398
A Changing Ball-Game120F 399
Works Cited 408
Vaccines: Controversies and Miracles121F 409
Works Cited 412
Back Matter: Additional Readings, Appendices, Additional Recommended Resources, Glossary, and Citations and Permissions 416
Additional Readings by both student and professional authors 417
“LZ Gator, Vietnam, February 1994” excerpt from “The Vietnam in Me” by Tim O’Brien, published in 1994 by the New York Times122F 417
My Favorite Place123F 418
Video: “Running Down the Hill” by Robyn Vazquez124F 421
Video: “21” by Patrick Roche125F 421
The Story of an Hour126F by Kate Chopin 422
Excerpt from My Bondage and My Freedom127F by Frederick Douglass 424
Between the World and Me: An Important Book on Race and Racism128F by David Saifer 428
Untitled129F 429
Works Cited 430
Untitled130F 431
Works Cited 434
Moonlight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 435
Inauthenticity, Inadequacy, and Transience: The Failure of Language in “Prufrock”131F 435
Works Cited 441
Why Our Feminism Must Be Intersectional (And 3 Ways to Practice It) [article] by Jarune Uwuajaren and Jamie Utt. Available via Everyday Feminism.132F 441
Economics and Obesity133F 441
Works Cited 446
Student Veterans and Their Struggle with Higher Education134F 447
Works Cited 450
“Our Town” from This American Life 451
“The Unfinished Battle in the Capital of the Confederacy” from Code Switch 451
See pages 90-91 of Nickel and Dimed, book by Barbara Ehrenreich.135F 451
Gaycation 452
Sweet Crude 452
Why Boston’s Hospitals Were Ready 452
Appendix A Concepts and Strategies for Revision 454
Chapter Vocabulary 457
Revision Activities 459
Establishing Your Peer Workshop 459
Global Revision Activity for a Narrative Essay 462
Reverse Outlining 463
Local Revision Activity: Cutting Fluff 465
Appendix B Engaged Reading Strategies 469
Chapter Vocabulary 470
Annotation 471
SQ3R 473
Before Reading: 473
While Reading: 473
After Reading: 474
Double-Column Notes 474
Increasing Reading Efficiency 475
Encountering an Article in a Hurry: 475
Encountering a Book in a Hurry: 475
Appendix C: Metacognition 477
Chapter Vocabulary 478
Metacognitive Activities 479
Writing Home from Camp 479
Metacognitive Interview 479
Model Texts by Student Authors 481
Model Metacognitive Reflection 1143F 481
Model Metacognitive Reflection 2144F 482
Additional Recommended Resources 484
Full Citations and Permissions 495
Images (in order of appearance) 495
Texts (in alphabetical order) 498
Summary 174
Paraphrase 174
Quote 174

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