Anatomy of an Essay: Instructions and Readings
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 264
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Anatomy of an Essay guides students in the essential elements of essay composition.
Anatomy of an Essay:
- Focuses on Thesis, development and support, organization, and mechanics
- Provides readings from professional and student writers
- Promotes critical thinking through research and literary analysis
After practicing the lessons in this textbook, students will gain confidence in their own writing skills as they progress through college classes and into their careers.
A Note about Spelling
Chapter 1: Thesis
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
“Taming Silence” by DeAnna Beachley
“I Was Young, Had Hair, and Went to War” by H. Lee Barnes
“Is Carbonated Water Just as Healthy as Still Water?” by Christina Caron
Discussion Questions for Chapter 1
Chapter 2: Development and Support
“Being Good” by Frankie Mac
“Black Halo” by Christine Boyka Kluge
“So This Is Freedom” by S. L. Kelly
“Black and White and Blue All Over” by Lisa Bailey
“Drowning” by Violet E. Baldwin
“Body Ritual among the Nacirema” by Horace Miner
“O Christmas Tree” by Jack Simmons
“Love in a Time of Terror” by Barry Lopez
Discussion Questions for Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Organization
Excerpt from On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder: Chapter 11, “Investigate”
“Two Ways of Seeing a River” by Mark Twain
“Consider It Joy” by S. L. Kelly
“RuPaul’s Effects on Gender Expression through Drag Culture” by Brooke Workman
“Morbid? No—Coco Is the Latest Children’s Film with a Crucial Life Lesson” by Lucinda Everett
“Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?” by Ursula K. Le Guin
Discussion Questions for Chapter 3
Chapter 4: Mechanics
“To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically” by Roxane Gay
Excerpt from On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder: Chapter 17, “Listen for Dangerous Words”
Excerpts from Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss: From “Introduction: The Seventh Sense”
“In Orbit” by Dariel Suarez
Discussion Questions for Chapter 4
Exercises—Set One
Exercises—Set Two
Chapter 5: Strategies for Advanced Essays and for Research
Sample Essay: “Jane Err” by Kassity Higgins
Sample Essay: “A Flawed Law” by Michele Olson
Chapter 6: The Literature Essay
“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin
“Brothers” by Sherwood Anderson
“The Suitcase” by Meron Hadero
“Border Lines” by Alberto Ríos
“Mending Wall” by Robert Frost
“Inventing New Bodies” by Christine Boyka Kluge
“Black Pearl” by Christine Boyka Kluge
“The World Is Too Much with Us” by William Wordsworth
“Leaving Forever” by Denise Levertov
Sample Essay: “Othello: Three Deaths and a Promotion” by Kassity Higgins
Sample Essay: “Father Earth, the Tyrant” by Joshua Dycus
Discussion Questions for Chapter 6
Glossary of Important Terms