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Author of Making Content
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Glencoe National Reading and Language Arts Advisory Council
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School of Teacher Education
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Reading Education
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Brownsville, Texas
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Howard County Public Schools
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Bloomington High School
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
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La Mesa, California
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Toledo Public Schools
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Florien High School
Florien, Louisiana
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Fort Myers, Florida
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Many High School
Many, Louisiana
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Radnor Middle School
Wayne, Pennsylvania
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Cleveland, Tennessee
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Waverly Middle School
Lansing, Michigan
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Aiken Optional School
Alexandria, Louisiana
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O’Fallon Township High School
O’Fallon, Illinois
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Howard County Public Schools
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New Castle, Pennsylvania
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Washington, DC
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Torrington, Connecticut
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Cab Calloway High School of the Arts
Wilmington, Delaware
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Lafayette, Louisiana
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Hopkins High School
Minnetonka, Minnesota
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Friends’ Central School
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Owasso Mid-High School
Owasso, Oklahoma
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T6 TEACHER EDITION OVERVIEW Table of Contents for the Student Edition and Teacher Edition T10 Correlations by Standard ............................................................. T44 Correlations by Selection ............................................................ T48 How to Use Glencoe Literature ................................................... T52 American Literature Scope and Sequence ............................ T56 Essential Course of Study T60 Teacher Edition Walk-Through T64 Guide to Readability .................................................................. T72
T7
African American Vernacular English .................................. T73 Language Transfers T76 Classroom Resources Print Resources T88 Technology Resources T91 Library Resources T95
The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane, 1858. John Quidor. Oil on canvas. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.
The Jolly Flatboatmen, 1877–78. George Caleb Bingham. Oil on canvas, 261/16 x 363/8 in. Daniel J. Terra Acquisition Endowment Fund, 1992. Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, IL.
How to Use Glencoe Literature .............................................................. T44 Be Cyber Safe and Smart 3 Early America Beginnings–1800 5 Part 1: The Sacred Earth and the Power of Storytelling......................................19 Part 2: Life in the New World ..............................................................................55 Part 3: The Road to Independence.....................................................................103 American Romanticism 1800–1860 173 Part 1: Individualism and Nature........................................................................187 Part 2: The Dark Side of Romanticism...............................................................237 The Civil War Era 1850–1880................................................... 329 Part 1: Resistance to Slavery...............................................................................343 Part 2: The Civil War: A Nation Divided..........................................................373 Part 3: A Poetic Revolution................................................................................407 Regionalism and Realism 1880–1910 ....................................... 481 Part 1: Regionalism and Local Color..................................................................495 Part 2: Realism and Naturalism ..........................................................................535 UNIT ONE UNIT TWO UNIT THREE UNIT FOUR
Book Overview
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Room in New York, 1932. Edward Hopper. Oil on Canvas, 28½ x 35½ in. F.M. Hall Collection.
Book Overview Beginnings of the Modern Age 1910–1930s........................... 645 Part 1: Modern Poetry.........................................................................................659 Part 2: Modern Fiction........................................................................................739 Part 3: The Harlem Renaissance.........................................................................785 From Depression to Cold War 1930s–1960s .......................... 851 Part 1: The New Regionalism and the City .......................................................865 Part 2: The United States and the World ..........................................................969 Into the 21st Century 1960s–Present 1137 Part 1: An Era of Protest...................................................................................1151 Part 2: Nature and Technology.........................................................................1213 Part 3: Extending and Remaking Traditions.....................................................1263 Reference Section Literary Terms Handbook R1 Foldables® ........................................................................................... R22 Functional Documents R24 Writing Handbook .................................................................................. R30 Reading Handbook R40 Language Handbook R42 Logic and Persuasion Handbook............................................................... R62 Glossary/Glosario R66 Academic Word List ............................................................................... R89 Index of Skills R92 Index of Authors and Titles ..................................................................... R107 Acknowledgments R110 UNIT FIVE UNIT SIX UNIT SEVEN
T9
“There
Contents Timeline ......................................................................................... 6 By the Numbers.............................................................................. 8 Being There 9 Historical, Social, and Cultural Forces ........................................ 10 Big Ideas 11 ANONYMOUS I Have Killed the Deer Song 13 WILLIAM BRADFORD from Of Plymouth Plantation Memoir 15 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN from The Autobiography Autobiography 17 Wrap-Up ...................................................................................... 18 Literary History Native American Mythology 20 JAMES MOONEY How the World Was Made Myth 22
—Cherokee Myth Tlingit Raven Rattle, ca. 1850. Native American. The Lowe Art Museum, The University of Miami. Cultural Perspective N. SCOTT MOMADAY from The Way to Rainy Mountain ......................... Memoir ...... 27 Skills and Standards Archetype, Identify Sequence UNIT ONE T10
is another world under this, and it is like ours in everything . . .”
“I had never seen among any people such instances of brutal cruelty . . .” —Olaudah
Contents Comparing Literature Across Time and Place..................................................33 JOSEPH BRUCHAC The Sky Tree Myth 34 CHINUA ACHEBE AND JOHN IROAGANACHI How the Leopard Got His Claws Myth 38 LESLIE MARMON SILKO Prayer to the Pacific Poem 44 DEKANAWIDA from The Iroquois Constitution .............. Public Document ...... 47 Vocabulary Workshop Academic Vocabulary 53 ÁLVAR NÚÑEZ CABEZA DE VACA from La Relación...................................................... Memoir ...... 56 WILLIAM BRADFORD from Of Plymouth Plantation ................................. Memoir ...... 62 OLAUDAH EQUIANO from The Life of Olaudah Equiano .............Autobiography ...... 69
MARY ROWLANDSON from A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson Memoir 80 Grammar Workshop Sentence Combining ................................... 87 Oral Tradition, Question Author’s
Draw Conclusions About Culture Point of View, Recognize Bias Diction, Monitor Comprehension The Slave Narrative, Respond Allusion, Analyze Historical Context T11
Equiano
Purpose,
“. . . the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
—Thomas
ANNE BRADSTREET Upon the Burning of Our House............................... Poem ...... 89 To My Dear and Loving Husband Poem 92 JONATHAN EDWARDS from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Speech 95 Vocabulary Workshop Dictionary Usage ..................................... 102 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin...................................Autobiography .... 104 from Poor Richard’s Almanac Proverb 110 Literary History The Rhetoric of Revolution ................................ 112 PATRICK HENRY Speech to the Second Virginia Convention Speech 114 THOMAS JEFFERSON The Declaration of Independence Public Document 120 WALTER ISAACSON How They Chose These Words 128 Vocabulary Workshop Word Origins: Understanding Political and Historical Terms 131 THOMAS PAINE from The Crisis, No. 1 ............................. Public Document .... 132
Paine Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851. Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. Oil on canvas, 122/5 x 211/4 in. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Metaphor, Draw Conclusions About Author’s Beliefs Imagery, Examine Connotation Autobiography, Analyze Voice Aphormism, Connect Rhetorical Question, Analyze Figures of Speech Text Structure, Evaluate Argument Tone, Summarize T12
Contents PHILLIS WHEATLEY To His Excellency, General Washington ................... Poem .... 139 ABIGAIL ADAMS Letter to John Adams Letter 144 Grammar Workshop Commas: Missing Commas with Nonessential Elements 149 Historical Perspective DAVID MCCULLOUGH from John Adams Biography 150 Writing Workshop Writing a Persuasive Speech .......................... 154 Professional Model BECKY CAIN from Proposals for Electoral College Reform.......... Speech .... 155 Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop Delivering a Persuasive Speech 162 Independent Reading ................................................................ 164 Assessment ................................................................................ 166 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN from The Whistle Essay 166 UNIT TWO Timeline......................................................................................174 By the Numbers ..........................................................................176 Being There ................................................................................177 Historical, Social, and Cultural Forces.......................................178 Big Ideas......................................................................................179 RALPH WALDO EMERSON from Self-Reliance Essay 181 Couplet, Analyze Structure Description, Recognize Author’s Purpose T13
“All men are privately influenced by women.”
—Margaret Fuller
HENRY DAVID THOREAU from The Journal Journal 183 EDGAR ALLAN POE from The Fall of the House of Usher Short Story 185 Wrap-Up .................................................................................... 186 RALPH WALDO EMERSON from Nature ................................................................. Essay .... 188 from Self-Reliance Essay 194 MICHAEL D. LEMONICK The Biology of Joy Science Article 198 MARGARET FULLER from Woman in the Nineteenth Century Essay 203
University
Literary History The Fireside Poets ............................................. 210 HENRY DAVID THOREAU from Walden Memoir 212 Theme, Recognize Author’s Purpose Figurative Language, Draw Conclusions Thesis, Summarize Metaphor and Connect T14
The Morning Bell (a.k.a. The Old Mill), 1871. Winslow Homer. Oil on canvas, 24 x 381/8 x 1 in. Yale
Art Gallery.
“He looked not unlike the weather horizon when a storm is coming up . . . ” —Herman Melville
Contents Comparing Literature Across Time and Place...............................................220 HENRY DAVID THOREAU from Civil Disobedience .............................................. Essay .... 221 MOHANDAS K. GANDHI On the Eve of Historic Dandi March ..................... Speech .... 229 NELSON MANDELA from Long Walk to Freedom .......................Autobiography .... 231 Literary History American Short Stories 238 WASHINGTON IRVING The Devil and Tom Walker Short Story 240 EDGAR ALLAN POE The Raven ............................ Poem .... 254 The Pit and the Pendulum Short Story 262 Vocabulary Workshop Context Clues.......................................... 277 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE The Minister’s Black Veil Short Story 278 Grammar Workshop Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers 293 HERMAN MELVILLE from Moby-Dick Novel 294
Argument, Evaluate Evidence Characterization, Make and Verify Predictions Narrative Poem, Analyze Sound Devices Suspense, Identify Sequence Symbol, Make Inferences Motivation, Monitor Comprehension T15
Perspective NATHANIEL PHILBRICK from In the Heart of the Sea Essay 306 Writing Workshop Writing a Reflective Essay .............................. 310 Professional Model ANNIE DILLARD from An American Childhood ................................ Memoir .... 311 Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop Delivering a Reflective Essay ........................................................................ 318 Independent Reading 320 Assessment 322 RALPH WALDO EMERSON from Self-Reliance Essay 322 UNIT THREE Timeline ..................................................................................... 330 By the Numbers 332 Being There................................................................................ 333 Historical, Social, and Cultural Forces 334 Big Ideas ..................................................................................... 335 FREDERICK DOUGLASS from The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro Speech 337 ABRAHAM LINCOLN from Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865 Speech 339 WALT WHITMAN Cavalry Crossing a Ford............. Poem .... 341 EMILY DICKINSON The Lightening is a Yellow Fork .............................................................. Poem .... 341 Wrap-Up 342 T16
Historical
Contents ANONYMOUS Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Song 344 Go Down, Moses.......................................................... Song .... 347 Keep Your Hand on the Plow Song 348
so hard they could not stand, Let my people go.” —from “Go Down, Moses” Going to Church, 1940–1941. William H. Johnson. Oil on burlap, 38⅛ x 45½ in. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC. Comparing Literature Across Time and Place...............................................350 FREDERICK DOUGLASS from My Bondage and My Freedom...........................................Autobiography .... 351 ROBERT HAYDEN Frederick Douglass Poem 359 QUINCY TROUPE In Texas Grass........................... Poem .... 360 Literary History Slave Narratives and Civil War Memoirs, Letters, and Diaries ...................................................................... 362 RICHARD LACAYO Slavery Under Glass 364 SOJOURNER TRUTH And Ain’t I a Woman? ..... Speech .... 368 Vocabulary Workshop Denotation and Connotation 372 Refrain, Analyze Historical Context Autobiography, Analyze Cause and Effect Oratory, Evaluate Argument T17
“Oppressed
“I am old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise . . .”
MARY CHESNUT from Mary Chesnut’s Civil War ................................................................. Memoir .... 374 Grammar Workshop Using Transitional Expressions 381 ROBERT E. LEE from Letter to His Family Letter 382 AMBROSE BIERCE An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Short Story 387 ABRAHAM LINCOLN The Gettysburg Address Speech 400 Political Perspective GARY WILLS from Lincoln at Gettysburg Essay 404 WALT WHITMAN I Hear America Singing ............. Poem .... 408 When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer Poem 411 A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim..... Poem .... 413 Beat! Beat! Drums! Poem 414 from Specimen Days Memoir 416 from Song of Myself ................................................... Poem .... 421
Journal, Distinguish Fact and Opinion Diction, Determine Main Idea and Supporting Details Point of View, Make and Verify Predictions Parallelism, Analyze Style Free Verse, Paraphrase Free Verse, Paraphrase Historical Narrative Voice, Draw Conclusions T18
—Walt Whitman
Contents Literary Perspective JUSTIN KAPLAN from Walt Whitman: A Life Biography 430 EMILY DICKINSON If you were coming in the Fall Poem 437 My life closed twice before its close........................... Poem .... 440 The Soul selects her own Society Poem 441 Much Madness is divinest Sense Poem 442 Success is counted sweetest........................................ Poem .... 443 I heard a Fly buzz when I died Poem 445 The Bustle in a House ................................................ Poem .... 446 Because I could not stop for Death Poem 448 There’s a certain Slant of light ................................... Poem .... 450 This is my letter to the World Poem 451 Literary Perspective BILLY COLLINS from Emily Dickinson: An Introduction ................... Essay .... 455 Writing Workshop Historical Research Paper 458 Multimedia Presentation Workshop Delivering a Multimedia Report on a Historical Investigation........................... 468 Independent Reading ............................................................... 472 Assessment ................................................................................ 474 FREDERICK DOUGLASS from My Bondage and My Freedom Autobiography 474 UNIT FOUR Timeline 482 By the Numbers.......................................................................... 484 Being There 485 Rhyme, Analyze Sound Devices Personification, Clarify Meaning T19
Historical, Social, and Cultural Forces ...................................... 486 Big Ideas 487 WILLA CATHER from O Pioneers! .......................... Novel .... 489 KATE CHOPIN from The Awakening Novel 491 STEPHEN CRANE from The Red Badge of Courage Novel 493 Wrap-Up .................................................................................... 494 MARK TWAIN The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Short Story 496 Two Views of the River .......................................... Memoir .... 504 NANCY GIBBS Life Along the Mississippi .............................................. 508 EDGAR LEE MASTERS Lucinda Matlock ......................................................... Poem .... 514 Fiddler Jones Poem 517 WILLA CATHER A Wagner Matinée.............. Short Story .... 519 Grammar Workshop Appositives 530 CHIEF JOSEPH I Will Fight No More Forever Speech 531 Literary History Urban America’s Two Faces 536 EDITH WHARTON April Showers Short Story 538 Vocabulary Workshop Thesaurus Use 549 Dialect, Analyze Comic Devices Analogy, Compare and Contrast Language Dramatic Monologue, Draw Conclusions About Characters Point of View, Identify Sequence Tone, Evaluate Style Flashback, Make and Verify Predictions T20
Rhyme Scheme, Clarify Meaning
Irony, Make Inferences About Characters
Author’s Purpose, Summarize
“White waves paced to and fro in the moonlight.” —Stephen Crane
Contents Comparing Literature Across Time and Place...............................................550 KATE CHOPIN The Story of an Hour Short Story 551 ANTON CHEKHOV The Darling ................... Short Story .... 557 GABRIELA MISTRAL Richness Poem 566
LAURENCE DUNBAR Douglass Poem 568 We Wear the Mask...................................................... Poem .... 571
ARLINGTON ROBINSON Richard Cory ............................................................... Poem .... 573 Miniver Cheevy Poem 576 STEPHEN CRANE The Open Boat Short Story 578
PAUL
EDWIN
Moonlit Shipwreck at Sea, 1901. Thomas Moran. Oil on canvas, 30 x 401/4 in. Private collection. JACK LONDON To Build a Fire..................... Short Story
601 Geographic Perspective BARRY LOPEZ from Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape Essay 617 Writing Workshop Literary Analysis ............................................ 624 Professional Model BETTINA L. KNAPP from Stephen Crane: Tales of Adventure .................. Essay .... 625 Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop Oral Response to Literature ......................................................... 634 Independent Reading ................................................................ 636
....
Conflict, Apply Background Knowledge
Setting,
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Analyze Cause-and-Effect Relationships
Assessment ................................................................................ 638 UPTON SINCLAIR from The Jungle Novel 638 UNIT FIVE Timeline 646 By the Numbers.......................................................................... 648 Being There 649 Historical, Social, and Cultural Forces ...................................... 650 Big Ideas 651 E. E. CUMMINGS from I: Six Nonlectures Speech 653 ERNEST HEMINGWAY from The Sun Also Rises Novel 655 LANGSTON HUGHES from The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain Essay 657 Wrap-Up .................................................................................... 658 Literary History Symbolist and Imagist Poetry 660 EZRA POUND A Pact Poem 662 In a Station of the Metro ........................................... Poem .... 662 T. S. ELIOT The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ........................ Poem .... 666 WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS The Red Wheelbarrow ............................................... Poem .... 676 This Is Just to Say Poem 679 Imagery, Question Allusion, Connect to Cultural Context Form, Recognize Author’s Purpose T22
Contents
me They were delicious So sweet And so cold”
“Forgive
14 in.
Vocabulary Workshop Compound Words 681 AMY LOWELL Summer Rain ................................... Poem .... 682 Fireworks Poem 685 Comparing Literature Across Time and Place...............................................687 ARCHIBALD MACLEISH Ars Poetica..................... Poem .... 688 RAINER MARIA RILKE from Letters to a Young Poet ..................................... Letter .... 692 MARK STRAND Eating Poetry Poem 694 ISHMAEL REED beware: do not read this poem .... Poem .... 696 WALLACE STEVENS Study of Two Pears............... Poem .... 699 from The Man with the Blue Guitar Poem 702 E. E. CUMMINGS somewhere I have never travelled,gladly beyond Poem 704 anyone lived in a pretty how town............................. Poem .... 707 CARL SANDBURG Chicago Poem 709 Grass ............................................................................ Poem .... 712 ROBERT FROST Mending Wall Poem 714 Birches Poem 718 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening................... Poem .... 721 Structure, Interpret Imagery Theme, Analyze Style Tone, Recognize Author’s Purpose Rhythm, Analyze Style Apostrophe, Make Inferences About Theme Blank Verse, Compare and Contrast Speakers T23
—William Carlos Williams Plums and Pears. Paul Cezanne. Oil on canvas, 7¾ x
The Barnes Foundation Collection, Merion Station, PA.
Sonnet, Interpret Imagery Voice, Analyze Language Meter, Analyze Tone Repetition, Make Predictions About Theme Juxtaposition, Analyze Concrete Details
Acquainted with the Night......................................... Poem .... 723 The Death of the Hired Man Poem 725 Political Perspective
F.
In Praise of Robert Frost ........................................ Speech .... 735 Literary History The Modern American Short Story 740 ERNEST HEMINGWAY In Another Country Short Story 742 Grammar Workshop Sentence Structure: Using Coordinating Conjunctions 751 F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Winter Dreams Short Story 752 KATHERINE ANNE PORTER The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Short Story 773 JAMES WELDON JOHNSON My City Poem 786 ZORA NEALE HURSTON from Dust Tracks on a Road Autobiography 790 Vocabulary Workshop Distinct Meanings: Understanding Homonyms 800 CLAUDE MCKAY If We Must Die Poem 801 The Tropics in New York........................................... Poem .... 804
Stanzas from a Black Epic .............................................. 806 LANGSTON HUGHES I, Too Poem 810 The Negro Speaks of Rivers Poem 813 When the Negro Was in Vogue ..................Autobiography .... 817
of
JOHN
KENNEDY
ROBERT HUGHES
Rhyme Scheme, Compare and Contrast Speakers Style, Recognize Author’s Purpose Motivation, Evaluate Sensory Details Stream
Consciousness, Draw Conclusions About the Protagonist
T24
“Your grief and mine must intertwine Like sea and river.”
—Countee Cullen
Contents
A black man talks of reaping Poem 824 COUNTEE CULLEN Any Human to Another ........ Poem .... 828
ARNA BONTEMPS
Rondout, New York, c. 1907. Leon Dabo. Oil on canvas. Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN. Writing Workshop Writing a Literary Analysis: Poetry .................. 832 Professional Model LAWRENCE RAAB from Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” ......................... Essay .... 833 Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop Presenting an Oral Interpretation of a Poem ................................................. 840 Independent Reading ................................................................ 842 Assessment ................................................................................ 844 LANGSTON HUGHES Early Autumn ........... Short Story .... 844 UNIT SIX Timeline 852 By the Numbers.......................................................................... 854 Being There 855 Historical, Social, and Cultural Forces ...................................... 856 Big Ideas 857 Metaphor, Connect to Personal Experience
Connect to
T25
Stanza,
Contemporary Issues
JOHN
Foreshadowing, Identify Sequence
Description, Visualize
Flashforward, Compare and Contrast Characters
Dialogue, Apply Background Knowledge
Plot, Analyze Text Structure
Rhyme Scheme, Evaluate Diction
Dialect, Analyze Characterization
Foil, Make Generalizations About Characters
Novel 859
STEINBECK from The Grapes of Wrath
Poem 861
GWENDOLYN BROOKS kitchenette building from A Street in Bronzeville
Speech 863 Wrap-Up
864
Breakfast ........................ Short Story .... 866 Vocabulary Workshop Word Parts: Understanding Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes ........................................................ 873
FAULKNER A Rose for Emily Short Story 874 Address upon Receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature Speech 884
WELTY A Worn Path ..................... Short Story .... 888 RICHARD WRIGHT from Black Boy Autobiography 898 Historical Perspective
CALDWELL AND MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE You Have Seen Their Faces Photo Essay 909
O’CONNOR The Life You Save May Be Your Own Short Story 913 Grammar Workshop Sentence Structure: Introductory Phrases
Clauses 927
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT from The Four Freedoms
....................................................................................
JOHN STEINBECK
WILLIAM
EUDORA
ERSKINE
FLANNERY
and
Short
928
E. B. WHITE The Second Tree from the Corner
Story
940
GWENDOLYN BROOKS To Don at Salaam ............ Poem .... 937 The Bean Eaters Poem
Short
942
BERNARD MALAMUD The Magic Barrel ....
Story ....
JAMES BALDWIN The Rockpile Short Story 959
Implied Theme, Connect to Personal Experience
T26
Author’s Purpose, Distinguish Fact and Opinion Imagery, Visualize
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Narrator, Activate Prior Knowledge
RANDALL JARRELL
ELIE WIESEL
Point of View, Draw Conclusions
Idiom, Respond to Plot and Characters
Dialogue, Draw Conclusions About Characters
“The rumor of witchcraft is all about . . .”
Contents
War Message to Congress ........................ Public Document .... 970 Vocabulary Workshop Word Origins: Math and Science 975
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner Poem 976
Literature Across Time and Place...............................................980
Comparing
from All Rivers Run to the Sea Memoir 981 GARRETT HONGO from Kubota.......................... Memoir .... 993
from Maus: A Survivor’s Tale...................... Graphic Novel .... 998 JOHN HERSEY from Hiroshima ............................... Essay .. 1002 TOMÁS RIVERA The Portrait Short Story 1017 Literary History Cultural Rebels: Writers of the Beat Generation 1024 ARTHUR MILLER The Crucible Drama 1026
ART SPIEGELMAN
Literary History Modern American Drama 1116
—Arthur Miller
T27
Writing Workshop Writing an Autobiographical Narrative 1118 Professional Model EUDORA WELTY from One Writer’s Beginnings Autobiography 1119 Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop Presenting an Art or Photo Essay 1126 Independent Reading 1128 Assessment .............................................................................. 1130 MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE from Dust Changes America Essay 1130 UNIT SEVEN Timeline 1138 By the Numbers 1140 Being There.............................................................................. 1141 Historical, Social, and Cultural Forces 1142 Big Ideas ................................................................................... 1143 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. from Letter from a Birmingham Jail Letter 1145 DAVID WAGONER from Lost ................................... Poem .. 1147 JUDITH ORTIZ COFER from The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica ........................ Poem .. 1149 Wrap-Up 1150 RITA DOVE The Torchbearer Profile 1152 T28
Contents MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. from Stride Toward Freedom Memoir 1155 ALICE WALKER Choice: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essay 1161 Vocabulary Workshop Loaded Words 1166 STUDS TERKEL from Working: Roberto Acuna, Farm Worker ........................ Oral History .. 1167 Grammar Workshop Avoid Run-On Sentences ........................................................... 1179 Comparing Literature Across Time and Place............................................1180 TIM O’BRIEN Ambush Short Story 1181 TRAN MONG TU The Gift in Wartime .................. Poem .. 1186 PIN YATHAY from Stay Alive, My Son Memoir 1187 YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA Camouflaging the Chimera Poem 1190 W. S. MERWIN The Asians Dying Poem 1192 Separation .................................................................... Poem .. 1195 When You Go Away Poem 1195 Artistic Perspective MAYA LIN Proposal for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.................... Public Document .. 1198 BOB DYLAN A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.............. Song .. 1202
T29
Structure, Paraphrase Anecdote, Activate Prior Knowledge Oral History, Analyze Cause-and-Effect Relationships Mood, Analyze Concrete Details Figurative Language, Clarify Meaning Rhythm, Analyze Rhetorical Devices
“I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken . . .”
—Bob Dylan
Verse Paragraph, Examine Connotation and Denotation
Tone, Evaluate Sensory Details
Simile, Interpret Imagery
Mood, Analyze Voice
Personification, Evaluate Figures of Speech
Satire, Identify Genre
Indirect Characterization, Connect to Contemporary Issues
Free Verse, Make Inferences About Theme
SEXTON Courage Poem 1208 ELIZABETH BISHOP The Fish ............................... Poem .. 1214 Filling Station .............................................................. Poem .. 1218 THEODORE ROETHKE Root Cellar Poem 1222 SYLVIA PLATH Sleep in the Mojave Desert............ Poem
1226 Crossing the Water Poem 1229
KUNITZ The War Against the Trees
Poem
Essay
K. LE GUIN SQ
Short Story
1239
ALVAREZ Snow Short Story 1253
GLÜCK Cottonmouth Country
Poem
Poem
ANNE
..
STANLEY
......
.. 1232 Scientific Perspective RACHEL CARSON from Silent Spring
1236 URSULA
..............................
..
JULIA
LOUISE
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.. 1257 Daisies
1260
T30
Exposition, Make Inferences About Characters
MAXINE HONG KINGSTON
from The Woman Warrior ...................................... Memoir .. 1264
“Finally Brave Orchid’s children quit wandering and drooped on a railing.”
—Maxine Hong Kingston
A Sunny Day with Gentle Breeze, 1993. Zifen Qian. Oil on canvas, 42 x 56 in. Private collection.
Frame Story, Question
Point of View, Examine Connotations
Symbol, Summarize
RAYMOND CARVER
Everything Stuck to Him Short Story 1274
JUDITH ORTIZ COFER
El Olvido (Según las Madres) Poem 1282
NAOMI SHIHAB NYE
My Father and the Figtree Poem 1286
Contents
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BILLY COLLINS I Chop Some Parsley
While Listening to Art Blakey’s Version of “Three Blind Mice”................................................ Poem .. 1291 LOUISE ERDRICH The Names of Women Essay 1296
CISNEROS Salvador Late or Early Short Story 1304
MORRISON Thoughts on the African-American Novel Essay 1308 Vocabulary Workshop Word Parts: Suffixes That Form Nouns... 1315 Literary History From Comic Strips to Graphic Novels............... 1316
DANTICAT Nineteen Thirty-Seven Short Story 1318 AI The Man With the Saxophone Poem 1331 ROSARIO MORALES AND AURORA LEVINS MORALES Ending Poem ............................................................... Poem .. 1336 Writing Workshop Editorial........................................................ 1342 Professional Model JEREMY BLACHMAN Job Posting: The New York Times Editorial 1343 Media Literacy Workshop Campaign Commercials 1352 Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop Conducting a Debate................................................................. 1350 Independent Reading .............................................................. 1358 Assessment .............................................................................. 1360
DILLARD from “Transfiguration” Essay 1360
STAFFORD Traveling Through the Dark Poem 1361 Personification, Connect to Personal Experience
Imagery,
Devices Essay, Determine
Magical Realism, Visualize Narrative Poetry, Connect to Cultural Context Motif, Make Generalizations T32
SANDRA
TONI
EDWIDGE
ANNIE
WILLIAM
Catalog, Distiguishing Fact and Opinion
Analyze Sound
Main Idea and Supporting Details
Contents Reference Section Literary Terms Handbook R1 Foldables® .................................................................................... R22 Functional Documents R24 Writing Handbook .......................................................................... R30 Using the Traits of Strong Writing R30 Research Paper Writing ..................................................................... R33 Reading Handbook R40 Language Handbook ...................................................................... R42 Grammar Glossary ........................................................................... R42 Troubleshooter R49 Mechanics...................................................................................... R55 Spelling R59 Logic and Persuasion Handbook...................................................... R62 Glossary/Glosario R66 Academic Word List........................................................................ R89 Index of Skills R92 Index of Authors and Titles R107 Acknowledgments........................................................................ R110
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Family in Interior. Poisson. Haitian Folk Art.
