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Preface
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Reading Critically
Preparing to Read
Reading
Rereading
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Reading Inventory
Writing Critically
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Preparing to Write
Writing
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Rewriting
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Writing Inventory
Conclusion
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CHAPTER 1
DESCRIPTION: Exploring Through the Senses
Defining Description
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Using vivid sensory details, Richards takes the reader back to his home
town in a loving yet starkly realistic series of vignettes drawn from his
childhood.
LESLEY CHOYCE Thin Edge of the Wedge
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Choyces essay uses poetic descriptive language to bring alive the vital
forces at work in a small corner of Nova Scotia.
TOMSON HIGHWAY What a Certain Visionary Once Said
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The sights, smells, sounds, and tastes of hockey in a Hong Kong arena
come alive in this humorous excerpt from Tropic of Hockey.
SHERWIN SULLY TJIA Of Lemons & Lemonade
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What does it mean to be a Canadian? Allen Abel takes the reader to his
Oath of Citizenship ceremony.
STEVEN HEIGHTON Elegy in Stone
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Best known for her book about travelling through Iran, in this essay
travel writer Alison Wearing relates the story of taking her son on a
visit to Montreal.
CHAPTER 3
EXAMPLE: Illustrating Ideas
Defining Examples
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What constitutes your Canada? In this essay from the Imperial Oil
Review, Anita Rau Badami uses a multitude of examples to make her
Canada come alive and to explain why it is now her home.
SHARON BUTALA The Myth: The Prairies Are Flat
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Using strongly affective examples drawn from his own and his familys
lives, Foster speaks forthrightly and personally of the insidious
presence of racism in everyday life in Canada.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER Life Without Go-Go Boots
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What fashion item was essential to you when growing up? Barbara
Kingsolver discusses the role of fashion in her life.
CHAPTER 4
PROCESS ANALYSIS: Explaining Step by Step
Defining Process Analysis
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Canadians consume almost one billion aspirin or ASA tablets each year.
In this essay, Maureen Littlejohn considers exactly how ASA works and
traces its history in medicine.
JOE FIORITO Breakfast in Bed
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Children of divorce often have a difficult time coping with their parents
separation, but they can return to a happy, well-adjusted life if they
accomplish a series of important tasks identified in this fascinating
essay.
DAVID FOOT Boomers Dance to a New Beat
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Boom, Bust and Echo, Foots best-selling book, explains the effect of
demographics on Canadian societal and economic trends. In this essay,
Foot gives us an overview of the demographic patterns in Canada and
the way they influence our society.
AMY WILLARD CROSS Life in the Stopwatch Lane
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When was the last time you said you didnt have time? In this amusing
article Amy Willard Cross classifies time according to the ways that we
spend it.
GWYNNE DYER Flagging Attention
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What is your favourite flag in the whole world? Gwynne Dyer considers
the design of various national flags.
SUSAN SWAN Nine Ways of Looking at a Critic
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Writer Susan Swan describes the ideal reviewer along with eight types
of reviewers that writers are less fortunate to encounter.
CHAPTER 6
COMPARISON/CONTRAST: Discovering Similarities and Differences
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Defining Comparison/Contrast
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The president of the World Wildlife Fund Canada explains the roots of
his passion for the environment in this essay from the Queens
Quarterly.
WILL FERGUSON The Sudbury Syndrome
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According to Michael McKinley, hockey and opera may have a lot more
in common than you realize.
EVAN SOLOMON The Babar Factor
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traditional childrens stories, and finds that the elephant king reigns
supreme.
NEIL BISSOONDATH Religious Faith Versus Spirituality
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Like Kermit the Frog, Drew Hayden Taylor doesnt always find it easy to
live with the way that he looks. In this essay he discusses the
difficulties of not looking the part.
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When Canada speaks, does the world listen? How can Canada ensure a
strong voice in world affairs? Janice Gross Stein argues for Canadas
capacity to make a difference on global issues and the steps we must
take to do it.
NAHEED MUSTAFA My Body Is My Own Business
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Almost a decade ago, Naheed Mustafa first published her view on the
traditional Muslim headscarf worn by women and her reasons for
adopting this symbol of her religion.
Opposing Viewpoints: Heroes & Symbols
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CHAPTER 10
DOCUMENTED ESSAYS: Reading and Writing from Sources
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In this documented essay Marilyn Dahl explores the ways that the
media shapes our images of people with disabilities.
ROSS KILPATRICK Winnie-the-Pooh and the Canadian Connection
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RYAN BIGGE Speak English, Dammit: Why Has Jargon Become the
Language of Business?
Credits
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