The composition of everyday life : a guide to writing / John Mauk, John Metz.

Contents
Using CEL as a Thematic Reader.
Acknowledgments.
Note to Students.

Chapter 1. REMEMBERING WHO YOU WERE.
Readings.
How I Lost the Junior Miss Pageant.
A Beat Education.
The Thrill of Victory?The Agony of Parents.
The Grapes of Mrs. Rath.
The Greatest Gift.


Chapter 2. EXPLAINING RELATIONSHIPS.
Readings.
Americans and the Land.
We Love Them. We Hate Them. We Take Them.
What the Honey Meant.
Dog-Tied. Dean
Friend or Foe?
Outside Reading.


Chapter 3. OBSERVING.
Readings.
Living Like Weasels.
Planting a Tree.
Gombe. Royce Flores,
Onward, Gamers, Onward!
The Front Porch.

Chapter 4. ANALYZING CONCEPTS.
Readings.
In Praise of the Humble Comma.
What It Means to Be Creative.
"Have It Your Way": Consumerism Invades Education.
In Search of?Something.
Why We No Longer Use the "H" Word.
Outside Reading.


Chapter 5. ANALYZING IMAGES.
Readings.
Addiction as a Relationship.
Rise of the Image Culture: Re-Imagining the American Dream.
Cartoons'N Comics: Communication to the Quick.
The Mighty Image.
The Power of Images: Creating the Myths of Our Time.
Outside Reading.


Chapter 6. MAKING ARGUMENTS.
Readings.
Crimes Against Humanity.
Why a Great Books Education Is the Most Practical!
Cruelty, Civility, and Other Weighty Matters.
Floppy Disk Fallacies.
Beware of Drug Sales.
Outside Reading.


Chapter 7. RESPONDING TO ARGUMENTS.
Readings.
The Tyranny of the Majority.
Response to Juliet Schor.
Entitlement Education.
Is Hunting Ethical?
Outside Reading.


Chapter 8. EVALUATING.
Readings.
Star Wars.
Whales R Us.
The Andy Griffith Show: Return to Normal.
Revealing the Ugly Cartoonish Truth: The Simpsons.
Rethinking Divorce.
Outside Reading.

Chapter 9. SEARCHING FOR CAUSES.
Readings.
The New Politics of Consumption: Why Americans Want So Much More Than They Need.
Throwing Up Childhood.
Sex, Lies, and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other?
When Bright Girls Decide That Math Is a "Waste of Time."
Outside Reading.


Chapter 10. PROPOSING SOLUTIONS.
Readings.
The Obligation to Endure.
In Bed.
How to Say Nothing in 500 Words.
Technology, Movement, and Sound.
A Uterus Is No Substitute for a Conscience.
Television: Destroying Childhood.
Outside Reading.

Chapter 11. EXPLORING THE ARTS.
Readings.
Artistic Works.
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings. J
Fire.
Dover Beach.
Running to Stand Still.
Knuckle Down.
Train at Night in the Desert.
Essays Responding to the Arts.
The Plight of High-Status Women.
The Parting Breath of the Now Perfect Woman.
Hip-Hop: A Roadblock or Pathway to Black Empowerment?
The Faces of the Mona Lisa.
Outside Reading.

Chapter 12. THINKING RADICALLY (RE-SEEING THE WORLD).
Readings.
Farming and the Global Economy.
Why Doesn't GM Sell Crack?
The Menstrual Cycle.
An Apology to Future Generations.
Group Minds.
Outside Reading.

Chapter 13. RESEARCH AND WRITING (GATHERING AND USING INFORMATION FROM SOURCES).
Basic Concepts.
Primary Research.
Observation,
Interviews,
Surveys.
Secondary Research.
Print and Electronic Sources.
Documenting Sources.
MLA Style.
APA Style.
Frequently Asked Questions.

Chapter 14. EVERYDAY RHETORIC.

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