EmpoWord - A Student-Centered Anthology & Handbook for College Writers, 2018a

How to Use This Book
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Table of Contents – Readings (continued)
Skills or Rhetorical
Modes Showcased
Excerpt from Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
“Seems its marble walls have been “bleeding” onto the brass
fixtures, and can I scrub the grouting extra hard? That’s not
your marble bleeding, I want to tell her, it’s the worldwide
working class.”
Research
Concepts
Inquiry-based
research
Interacting with
Sources
Thesis (Claim of
phenomenon)
Evidence (primary
sources)
449
Gaycation
starring Ellen Page and Ian Daniel
Every day since the attack, vigils have been taking place all
over Metro Orlando. Tonight we are standing with the
community of Davenport, an Orlando suburb, as they mourn
two of their young women.
Research
Concepts
Inquiry-based
research
Ongoing conversation
Interacting with
Sources
Evidence (primary
sources)
449
Sweet Crude
directed by Sandy Cioffi
“We don’t know what we are going to leave for our children,
because the oil company wants to stay and operate. They don’t
care about the human beings who are here; all they care about
is the money they make.”
Research
Concepts
Inquiry-based
research
Interacting with
Sources
Thesis (Claim of
phenomenon)
Evidence (primary
sources)
449