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Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. I. THE READER. Introduction. Section 1. Self and Other. Philip Kevin Paul,Belly Button;Emma Lee Warrior,White Breast Flats;Roger Fouts,Brownie;Mordecai Richler,The Summer My Grandmother Was Supposed to Die;Leanna Rutherford,An Anorexic's Recovery;Corinne Wasylewich,Marathon Journal;Thomas LaBrie,Franken-Frogs and the Mushroom Bear;Michel Tremblay,The King and I;Mark Radford,Different Worlds;Nicole Lombard,Speaking South African English in Canada;Roch Carrier,The Hockey Sweater;Frangois Hibert,Je Me Souviens;Pamela Swanigan,I Am Half-Canadian;Alice Munro,Thanks for the Ride;Gisela Becker,Midwife in Rankin Inlet. Section 2. Knowledge and Ideas. Matthew Arnold,Dover Beach;Jane Farrow,Diary Rock;Susan McClelland,The Lure of the Body ℑPat Deiter-McArthur,Saskatchewan's Indian People-Five Generations;Dorothy Williams,The Quebec Experience: Slavery 1628-1834;Susan M. Keaveney,When MTV Goes CEO;Sarah Schmidt,College Girl to Call Girl;Diane Mooney,Newfoundlandese, If You Please;Brenda Platt,Global Warming and Population;Plato,Allegory of the Cave;Carl Jung,On Synchronicity;Anita Lahey,The Genome Generation;John Markoff,The Doomsday Machines;Brian D. Johnson,Atom's Journey;Wayne C. Booth,The Rhetorical Stance. Section 3. Tomorrow and Tomorrow. William Butler Yeats,The Second Coming;Pierre Elliott Trudeau,The Ascetic in a Canoe;Kim Pittaway,Crystal Balls;Bharati Mukherjee,The Tenant;Robertson Davies,The Pleasures of Love;David Suzuki,The Right Stuff;James Downey,A Liberal Education is Key to a Civil Society;Janice Procie,The Case for Active Euthanasia;Gail Deagle,Euthanasia Reconsidered;Margaret Atwood,Canadians: What Do They Want?;Habeeb Salloum,The Other Canadians and Canada's Future;Ellen Clark,Quebec Separation: Anglophones Can Win At this Game, Too;Milena Tomol,Equal Share of Miseries;Daphne Read,A Story to Pass On;Howard Richler,The Seven Deadly Sins are “In” and Proud Of It;George Orwell,Politics and the English.Language Appendix: Language Support for 9 Selected Readings. II. THE RHETORIC. Introduction. Section 1. Preparing. 1. Ways of Starting. Beginning with a Topic. Selecting a Topic for Pre-Writing Practice. Pre-Writing Strategies. Your Topic Narrowed. Section 2. Drafting. 2. Reviewing the Basics. Purpose. Personal Writing. Expository Writing. Persuasive Writing. Combinations of Types. Audience. Tone. Diction. Sentences. Paragraphs. Organization. Voice. Distinguishing Non-fiction from Fiction, Poetry, and Other Forms. Others Form. 3. Thesis Statements. Make Your Thesis the Last Sentence of Your Introduction. 4. Essay Structure. Sample Essay —Willard Dudley, “Causes of Procrastination.” Organizing Principles. Introductions. Body Paragraphs. Conclusions. Essay Topics. Section 3. Types of Writing. 5. The Personal Essay. Defining the Personal Essay. Narration. Description. Reflection. Personal Essay Topics.… (more)
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Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. I. THE READER. Introduction. Section 1. Self and Other. Philip Kevin Paul,Belly Button;Emma Lee Warrior,White Breast Flats;Roger Fouts,Brownie;Mordecai Richler,The Summer My Grandmother Was Supposed to Die;Leanna Rutherford,An Anorexic's Recovery;Corinne Wasylewich,Marathon Journal;Thomas LaBrie,Franken-Frogs and the Mushroom Bear;Michel Tremblay,The King and I;Mark Radford,Different Worlds;Nicole Lombard,Speaking South African English in Canada;Roch Carrier,The Hockey Sweater;Frangois Hibert,Je Me Souviens;Pamela Swanigan,I Am Half-Canadian;Alice Munro,Thanks for the Ride;Gisela Becker,Midwife in Rankin Inlet. Section 2. Knowledge and Ideas. Matthew Arnold,Dover Beach;Jane Farrow,Diary Rock;Susan McClelland,The Lure of the Body ℑPat Deiter-McArthur,Saskatchewan's Indian People-Five Generations;Dorothy Williams,The Quebec Experience: Slavery 1628-1834;Susan M. Keaveney,When MTV Goes CEO;Sarah Schmidt,College Girl to Call Girl;Diane Mooney,Newfoundlandese, If You Please;Brenda Platt,Global Warming and Population;Plato,Allegory of the Cave;Carl Jung,On Synchronicity;Anita Lahey,The Genome Generation;John Markoff,The Doomsday Machines;Brian D. Johnson,Atom's Journey;Wayne C. Booth,The Rhetorical Stance. Section 3. Tomorrow and Tomorrow. William Butler Yeats,The Second Coming;Pierre Elliott Trudeau,The Ascetic in a Canoe;Kim Pittaway,Crystal Balls;Bharati Mukherjee,The Tenant;Robertson Davies,The Pleasures of Love;David Suzuki,The Right Stuff;James Downey,A Liberal Education is Key to a Civil Society;Janice Procie,The Case for Active Euthanasia;Gail Deagle,Euthanasia Reconsidered;Margaret Atwood,Canadians: What Do They Want?;Habeeb Salloum,The Other Canadians and Canada's Future;Ellen Clark,Quebec Separation: Anglophones Can Win At this Game, Too;Milena Tomol,Equal Share of Miseries;Daphne Read,A Story to Pass On;Howard Richler,The Seven Deadly Sins are “In” and Proud Of It;George Orwell,Politics and the English.Language Appendix: Language Support for 9 Selected Readings. II. THE RHETORIC. Introduction. Section 1. Preparing. 1. Ways of Starting. Beginning with a Topic. Selecting a Topic for Pre-Writing Practice. Pre-Writing Strategies. Your Topic Narrowed. Section 2. Drafting. 2. Reviewing the Basics. Purpose. Personal Writing. Expository Writing. Persuasive Writing. Combinations of Types. Audience. Tone. Diction. Sentences. Paragraphs. Organization. Voice. Distinguishing Non-fiction from Fiction, Poetry, and Other Forms. Others Form. 3. Thesis Statements. Make Your Thesis the Last Sentence of Your Introduction. 4. Essay Structure. Sample Essay —Willard Dudley, “Causes of Procrastination.” Organizing Principles. Introductions. Body Paragraphs. Conclusions. Essay Topics. Section 3. Types of Writing. 5. The Personal Essay. Defining the Personal Essay. Narration. Description. Reflection. Personal Essay Topics.

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