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Reading Critically, Writing Well

A Reader and GuideTwelfth Edition ©2020

With more critical reading coverage than any other composition text, Reading Critically, Writing Well helps students read for meaning and read like a writer. A robust catalog of reading strategies complement assignment chapters that cover four expository genres, including autobiography/literacy narratives and reflection, and four argumentative genres, including evaluation and proposal. Each chapter starts with a guide to reading that challenges students to analyze the authors' techniques, and concludes with a step-by-step guide to writing and revising that helps them apply these techniques to their own essays. The provocative readings throughout represent an array of topics and disciplines.

This new edition brings on noted reading scholar Ellen Carillo (University of Connecticut), and provides more opportunities for students to learn and practice complex reading and writing strategies, with a new emphasis on inquiry, curiosity, and habits of mind. Accessible instruction, engaging readings, and effective writing assignments make Reading Critically, Writing Well ideal for instructors who want to demonstrate critical analysis and the effective rhetorical choices that students can make in their own writing.

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Reading Critically, Writing Well by Rise B. Axelrod; Charles R. Cooper; Ellen Carillo - Twelfth Edition, 2020 from Macmillan Student Store

The most thorough support for the reading-writing connection.

50 professional plus 8 student readings model the full range of writing that students will read and produce in college, including major rhetorical genres as well as multigenre essays. Selections represent an array of disciplines and themes, from social sciences and humanities to food studies and neuroscience. Readings by classic and contemporary authors include Wesley Morris, Jacqueline Woodson, David Sedaris, and Stephen King.

An engaging and practical introduction to writing in Chapter 1 introduces an inquiry-based approach and the essential academic habits of mind—curiosity, flexibility, metacognition, and more-- that students need to succeed in college.

Innovative, expert, and thorough coverage of the reading-writing connection provides detailed guidance for students in moving from critical reading to successful writing and is found in each readings chapter:

Step-by-step Guides to Reading walk students through a reading selection, asking them to develop their own interpretations while introducing them to the basic features of that chapter's genre of writing.
Step-by-step Guides to Writing take students through the process of planning, drafting, and revising an essay for that chapter's genre of writing, supported by a combination of examples, advice on working with sources, and model sentence strategies.
A Catalog of Reading Strategies in Chapter 2 includes 20 useful strategies for critical reading, from annotating and mapping to analyzing and evaluating the logic of an argument. Combining Reading Strategies activities provide students with further opportunities to deepen their understanding of a reading and provide direction for writing.

Activities for active learning accompany each reading and invite students to learn by doing. Tailored questions prepare students to read and summarize each reading, then respond and analyze the writer's assumptions. Analyze & Write prompts help students practice writing about each selection. Annotated example paragraphs and sentence strategy templates foreground the rhetorical moves students need to learn to write effectively in the classroom and beyond.

Alternative tables of contents by discipline and theme allow instructors the flexibility to chart their own path through the readings to meet their course goals.

New to This Edition

New coauthor Ellen C. Carillo (University of Connecticut) brings her expertise in the teaching of critical reading alongside writing in the composition classroom. Her research and scholarship explore the most effective ways of incorporating attention to reading in writing classrooms and underscore the importance of teaching within a metacognitive framework so that students are positioned to transfer their learning to other courses and contexts beyond the classroom.

New readings on compelling topics that spark student interest. The more than twenty new selections in the twelfth edition of Reading Critically, Writing Well include writers ranging from local activists to Pulitzer Prize winners, giving students both local and global models to refer to. Highlights include:

Disability activist Alice Wong's "The Last Straw" questions bans on plastic straws and proposes ways for establishments to cultivate accessible and hospitable environments.
Local journalist Isiah Holmes's "The Heroin and Opioid Crisis is Real" investigates the opioid crisis in Milwaukee and urges the city to help those suffering from addiction.
Pulitzer prize-winning surgeon Atul Gawande's "The Heroism of Incremental Care" observes several doctors to better understand the importance of incremental healthcare models.

New coverage of Literacy Narratives in Chapter 3 now includes a discussion of the rhetorical situation for literacy narratives and model sentence strategies to get students started. There's also a new professional essay by Molly Montgomery, "In Search of Dumplings and Dead Poets," and a new model student essay, Rhea Jameson's "Mrs. Maxon."

A new Chapter 11, "Multigenre Writing: Pulling It All Together," shows students how authors combine genres to meet the needs of their specific rhetorical situations, and how they can do this in their own writing as well, helping them to become more flexible and natural writers with skills that transfer beyond the writing classroom.

A robust Chapter 12, "Strategies for Research and Documentation," walks students through the process of conducting various kinds of research, provides helpful guidelines for researching and evaluating the reliability of sources, and offer instructions and models for MLA and APA style.

New "Combining Reading Strategies" assignments in each chapter walk students through using multiple reading strategies to gain a deeper understanding of what they are reading, helping them to practice and develop the higher level reading skills necessary for college level work.

"The book contains a fantastic collection of readings. The diverse disciplines and interesting authors (some standard and familiar, others contemporary and edgy) show a thoughtful approach."

--Michael Trovato, Ohio State University-Newark

"It is one of the best texts I've seen for teaching critical reading. The Catalog of Reading Skills section alone is worth the price of the book."

--Peggy Lindsey, Georgia Southern University

"I think it is one of the best books for teaching writing. It presents students clear, concise, practical advice about getting more out of their academic reading and writing. The model essays for each genre are particularly useful as are the tips on how to read, write and trouble-shoot essays."

--Deron Walker, California Baptist University

"It's a textbook that thinks deeply and demonstrates well key approaches to critical, engaged reading practices, and that it makes clear the ways in which such reading informs and feeds the writing process. I love the way it models and charts the reading and writing processes."

--Julie Brown, Virginia Military Institute

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Contents by Theme
Contents by Discipline
1 Academic Habits of Mind: From Reading Critically to Writing Well
Joining the Academic Conversation
*Ben Greenman, The Online Curiosity Killer
From Reading Critically to Writing Well
The Writing Process
2 A CATALOG OF READING STRATEGIES
Annotating
Martin Luther King Jr., An Annotated Sample from "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Taking Inventory
Outlining
Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Skimming
Synthesizing
Analyzing Assumptions
Contextualizing
Exploring the Significance of Figurative Language
Analyzing Visuals
Looking for Patterns of Opposition
Reflecting on Challenges to Your Beliefs and Values
Comparing and Contrasting Related Readings
Lewis H. Van Dusen Jr., Legitimate Pressures and Illegitimate Results
Evaluating the Logic of an Argument
Recognizing Logical Fallacies
Recognizing Emotional Manipulation
Judging the Writer's Credibility
Reading Like A Writer
3 AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND LITERACY NARRATIVES
Rhetorical Situations for Autobiographies and Literacy Narratives
A GUIDE TO READING AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND LITERACY NARRATIVES
Annie Dillard, An American Childhood (Annotated Essay)
READINGS
David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day
*Molly Montgomery, In Search of Dumplings and Dead Poets
Saira Shah, Longing to Belong
Jenée Desmond-Harris, Tupac and My Non-Thug Life
*Rhea Jameson, Mrs. Maxon (Student Essay)
A GUIDE TO WRITING AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND LITERACY NARRATIVES
Writing Your Draft
Reviewing and Improving the Draft
4 OBSERVATION
Rhetorical Situations for Observations
A GUIDE TO READING OBSERVATIONS
The New Yorker, Soup
READINGS
John T. Edge, I'm Not Leaving Until I Eat This Thing
Gabriel Thompson, A Gringo in the Lettuce Fields
Amanda Coyne, The Long Good-Bye: Mother's Day in Federal Prison
*Robin Wall Kimmerer, Asters and Goldenrods
*Linda Fine, Bringing Ingenuity Back
A GUIDE TO WRITING OBSERVATIONAL ESSAYS
Writing Your Draft
Reviewing and Improving the Draft
5 REFLECTION
Rhetorical Situations for Reflections
A GUIDE TO READING REFLECTIVE ESSAYS
Brent Staples, Black Men and Public Space (Annotated Essay)
READINGS
Dana Jennings, Our Scars Tell the Stories of Our Lives (Annotated Essay)
Jacqueline Woodson, The Pain of the Watermelon Joke
Manuel Muñoz, Leave Your Name at the Border
*Maya Rupert, I, Wonder: Imagining a Black Wonder Woman
*Samantha Wright, Starving for Control (Student Essay)
A GUIDE TO WRITING REFLECTIVE ESSAYS
Writing Your Draft 00
Reviewing and Improving the Draft
6 EXPLAINING CONCEPTS
Rhetorical Situations for Concept Explanations
A GUIDE TO READING CONCEPT EXPLANATIONS
Susan Cain, Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic? (Annotated Essay)
READINGS
John Tierney, Do You Suffer from Decision Fatigue?
*Jeff Howe, The Rise of Crowdsourcing
Melanie Tannenbaum, The Problem When Sexism Just Sounds So Darn Friendly
Michael Pollan, Altered State: Why "Natural" Doesn't Mean Anything
*William Tucker, The Art and Creativity of Stop-Motion (Student Essay)
A GUIDE TO WRITING ESSAYS EXPLAINING CONCEPTS
Writing Your Draft
Reviewing and Improving the Draft
7 EVALUATION
Rhetorical Situations for Evaluations
A GUIDE TO READING EVALUATIONS
Amitai Etzioni, Working at McDonald's (Annotated Essay)
READINGS
*Mathew Hertogs, Typing vs. Handwriting Notes: An Evaluation of the Effects of Transcription Method on Student Learning
*Ian Bogost, Brands are Not Our Friends
Malcolm Gladwell, What College Rankings Really Tell Us
Christine Rosen, The Myth of Multitasking
Christine Romano, Jessica Statsky's "Children Need to Play, Not Compete": An Evaluation (Student Essay)
A GUIDE TO WRITING EVALUATIONS
Writing Your Draft
Reviewing and Improving the Draft
8 ARGUING FOR A POSITION
Rhetorical Situations for Position Arguments
A GUIDE TO READING ESSAYS ARGUING FOR A POSITION
*Christie Aschwanden, There's No Such Thing as 'Sound Science' (Annotated Essay)
READINGS
*Isiah Holmes, The Heroin and Opioid Crisis is Real
Sherry Turkle, The Flight from Conversation
Daniel J. Solove, Why Privacy Matters Even If You Have "Nothing to Hide"
Miya Tokumitsu, In the Name of Love
Jessica Statsky, Children Need to Play, Not Compete (Student Essay)
A GUIDE TO WRITING POSITION ARGUMENTS
Writing Your Draft
Reviewing and Improving the Draft
9 SPECULATING ABOUT CAUSES OR EFFECTS
Rhetorical Situations for Speculating about Causes or Effects
A GUIDE TO READING ESSAYS SPECULATING ABOUT CAUSES OR EFFECTS
Stephen King, Why We Crave Horror Movies (Annotated Essay)
READINGS
*Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Patterns Of Death In The South Still Show The Outlines Of Slavery
*C Thi Nguyen, Escape the Echo Chamber
Nicholas Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Sendhil Mullainathan, The Mental Strain of Making Do with Less
Clayton Pangelinan, #socialnetworking: Why It's Really So Popular (Student Essay)
A GUIDE TO WRITING ESSAYS SPECULATING ABOUT CAUSES OR EFFECTS
Writing Your Draft
Reviewing and Improving the Draft
10 PROPOSAL TO SOLVE A PROBLEM
Rhetorical Situations for Proposals
A GUIDE TO READING PROPOSALS
*Alice Wong, The Last Straw (Annotated Essay)
READINGS
Harold Meyerson, How to Raise Americans' Wages
*Maryanne Wolf, Skim Reading is the New Normal
William F. Shughart II, Why Not a Football Degree?
Kelly D. Brownell and Thomas R. Frieden, Ounces of Prevention — The Public Policy Case for Taxes on Sugared Beverages
*James Benge, Adapting to the Disappearance of Honeybees (Student Essay)
A GUIDE TO WRITING PROPOSALS
Writing Your Draft
Reviewing and Improving the Draft
11 Multi-Genre Writing: Pulling it all together
Rhetorical Situations for Multi-Genre Writing
A GUIDE TO READING MULTI-GENRE ESSAYS
*Atul Gawande, The Heroism of Incremental Care
READINGS
*Wesley Morris, Who Gets to Decide What Belongs in the Canon
*Phil Christman, On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality
*Tajja Isen, How Can We Expand the Way We Write About Our Identities
*Jonathan Jones, Leonardo v Rembrandt: Who's the Greatest
*Aru Terbor, A Deeper Look at Empathetic and Altruistic Behavior (Student Essay)
A GUIDE TO WRITING multi-genre essays
Writing Your Draft
Reviewing and Improving the Draft
12 STRATEGIES FOR RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION
PLANNING A RESEARCH PROJECT
Analyzing Your Rhetorical Situation and Setting a Schedule
Choosing a Topic and Getting an Overview
Focusing Your Topic and Drafting Research Questions
Establishing a Research Log
Creating a Working Bibliography
Annotating Your Working Bibliography
Taking Notes on Your Sources
FINDING SOURCES
Searching Library Catalogs and Databases
Searching for Government Documents and Statistical Information
Searching for Websites and Interactive Sources
CONDUCTING FIELD RESEARCH
Conducting Observational Studies
Conducting Interviews
Conducting Surveys
EVALUATING SOURCES
Choosing Relevant Sources
Choosing Reliable Sources
USING SOURCES TO SUPPORT YOUR IDEAS
Synthesizing Sources
Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
Using Information from Sources to Support Your Claims
CITING AND DOCUMENTING SOURCES IN MLA Style
Using In-Text Citations
Creating a List of Works Cited
CITING AND DOCUMENTING SOURCES IN APA Style
Using In-Text Citations
Creating a List of References

Index to Methods of Development
Index of Authors, Titles, and Terms

Rise B. Axelrod

Rise B. Axelrod is McSweeney Professor of Rhetoric and Teaching Excellence, Emeritus, at the University of California, Riverside, where she was also director of English Composition. She has previously been professor of English at California State University, San Bernardino; director of the College Expository Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder; and assistant director of the Third College (now Thurgood Marshall College) Composition Program at the University of California, San Diego. She is the co-author, with Charles R. Cooper, of the best-selling textbooks The St. Martin's Guide to Writing and The Concise St. Martin's Guide to Writing, as well as Reading Critically, Writing Well.

Charles R. Cooper

Charles R. Cooper an emeritus professor at the University of California, San Diego served as coordinator of the Third College (now Thurgood Marshall College) Composition Program at the University of California, San Diego, and co-director of the San Diego Writing Project, one of the National Writing Project Centers. He advised the National Assessment of Educational Progress writing study and coordinated the development of California's first statewide writing assessment. He taught at the University of California, Riverside; the State University of New York at Buffalo; and the University of California, San Diego. Co-editor, with Lee Odell, of Evaluating Writing and Research on Composing: Points of Departure, and he was co-author, with Rise Axelrod, of the best-selling textbooks The St. Martin's Guide to Writing and The Concise St. Martin's Guide to Writing, as well as Reading Critically, Writing Well.

Ellen Carillo

Ellen C. Carillo is a Professor of English at the University of Connecticut and the writing program coordinator at its Waterbury Campus. She teaches courses in rhetoric and composition, as well as literature. Her scholarship has appeared in dozens of edited collections and journals, and she has authored the books Securing a Place for Reading in Composition: The Importance of Teaching for Transfer, A Writer's Guide to Mindful Reading, Teaching Readers in Post-Truth America and The MLA Guide to Digital Literacy.