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Book Description: This book is divided into two parts. Part I is a Composition Handbook designed to teach students the components of the writing process and the conventions of various forms of school and college writing assignments. Part II is an Anthology of Literature designed to help students read actively, analyze, understand, enjoy, and appreciate stories, poems, and plays by a diverse and inclusive group of exceptional writers.

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  3. About BCcampus Open Education

  4. Preface

    1. Organization of this book
  5. I. The Writing Process

    1. 1. Access and Acquire Knowledge

      1. Research Your Topic
      2. Generate Ideas
    2. 2. Find Your Thesis

      1. A Blueprint Thesis
      2. A General Thesis
      3. A Question Thesis
      4. An Implied Thesis
      5. An Argumentative Thesis
    3. 3. Make a Plan

    4. 4. Write Your First Draft

      1. Introductory Paragraph(s)
      2. Body Paragraphs
      3. Concluding Paragraph
    5. 5. Revise and Edit

      1. Revise Your Work
      2. Edit Your Work
    6. 6. Cite Your Sources

      1. The MLA Method
      2. The APA Method
  6. II. Common Writing Assignments

    1. 7. The Narrative Essay

      1. Example: Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell
      2. Activities
    2. 8. The Examples Essay

      1. Example: Red Wine Grapes of British Columbia
      2. Activities
    3. 9. The Extended Definition Essay

      1. Example: On Feminism
      2. Activities
    4. 10. The Process (“How to”) Essay

      1. Example: How to Treat a Common Cold
      2. Activities
    5. 11. The Cause/Effect Essay

      1. Example: Why Our Forests Are Burning
      2. Activities
    6. 12. The Compare/Contrast Essay

      1. Example: The Wind and the Sun as Sources of Green Energy
      2. Activities
    7. 13. The Argument Essay

      1. Example: Why Our Kids Need to Learn About Residential Schools by Bonnie Schiedel
      2. Activities
    8. 14. Further Reading

  7. III. Poetry

    1. 15. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth (Regular Verse)

      1. Biography
      2. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
      3. Analysis
      4. Related Activities and Questions for Study and Discussion
    2. 16. “Birches” by Robert Frost (Blank Verse)

      1. Biography
      2. Birches
      3. Analysis
      4. Related Activities and Questions for Study and Discussion
    3. 17. “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes (Free Verse)

      1. Biography
      2. The Negro Speaks of Rivers
      3. Analysis
      4. Related Activities and Questions for Study and Discussion
    4. 18. “How Do I Love Thee?” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Sonnet)

      1. Biography
      2. How Do I Love Thee?
      3. Analysis
      4. Related Activities and Questions for Study and Discussion
    5. 19. “The Cremation of Sam McGee” by Robert Service (Ballad)

      1. Biography
      2. The Cremation of Sam McGee
      3. Analysis
      4. Activities
    6. 20. “Ode to a Nightingale” by John Keats (Ode)

      1. Biography
      2. Ode to a Nightingale
      3. Analysis
      4. Related Activities and Questions for Study and Discussion
    7. 21. “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning (Dramatic Monologue)

      1. Biography
      2. My Last Duchess
      3. Analysis
      4. Related Activities and Questions for Study and Discussion
    8. 22. “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop (Villanelle)

      1. Biography
      2. One Art
      3. Analysis
      4. Related Activities and Questions for Study and Discussion
    9. 23. “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman (Elegy)

      1. Biography
      2. To an Athlete Dying Young
      3. Analysis
      4. Related Activities and Questions for Study and Discussion
    10. 24. “Eastern Guard Tower” by Etheridge Knight (Haiku)

      1. Biography
      2. Eastern Guard Tower
      3. Analysis
      4. Related Activities and Questions for Study and Discussion
    11. 25. An Anthology of Poems for Further Study

      1. Philip Kevin Paul (1971–)
      2. Gregory Scofield (1966–)
      3. Marilyn Dumont (1955–)
      4. Rita Dove (1952–)
      5. Emma Laroque (1949–)
      6. Yusef Komunyakaa (1947–)
      7. Wendy Cope (1945–)
      8. Kay Ryan (1945–)
      9. Billy Collins (1941–)
      10. Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941–)
      11. Margaret Atwood (1939–)
      12. Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)
      13. Adrienne Rich (1929–2012)
      14. Maya Angelou (1928–2014)
      15. Maxine Kumin (1925–2014)
      16. Feature Unit: The Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance
      17. John Magee (1922–1941)
      18. Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
      19. Stevie Smith (1902–1971)
      20. E.E. Cummings (1894–1962)
      21. T.S. Eliot (1888–1965)
      22. E. J. Pratt (1882–1964)
      23. Feature Unit: The Poetry of World War I
      24. Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
      25. E.A. Robinson (1869–1935)
      26. William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
      27. Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)
      28. Pauline Johnson (1861–1913)
      29. A.E. Housman (1859–1936)
      30. Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
      31. Archibald Lampman (1861–1899)
      32. Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
      33. Christina Rossetti (1830–1894)
      34. Feature Poet: Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
      35. Robert Browning (1812–1889)
      36. Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
      37. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
      38. Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)
      39. John Keats (1795–1821)
      40. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
      41. George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788–1824)
      42. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
      43. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
      44. William Blake (1757–1827)
      45. Richard Lovelace (1617–1657)
      46. Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672)
      47. John Milton (1608–1674)
      48. John Donne (1572–1631)
      49. Feature Unit: The Sonnets of William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
  8. IV. Short Stories

    1. 26. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)

      1. Biography
      2. Young Goodman Brown
      3. Activities
    2. 27. Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

      1. Biography
      2. The Cask of Amontillado
      3. Activities
    3. 28. Kate Chopin (1850–1904)

      1. Biography
      2. Désirée’s Baby
      3. The Story of an Hour
      4. Activities
    4. 29. Charles G.D. Roberts (1860–1943)

      1. Biography
      2. The Truce
      3. Activities
    5. 30. E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) (1861–1913)

      1. Biography
      2. A Red Girl’s Reasoning
      3. Activities
    6. 31. O. Henry (1862–1910)

      1. Biography
      2. After Twenty Years
      3. Activities
    7. 32. Edith Wharton (1862–1937)

      1. Biography
      2. Roman Fever
      3. Activities
    8. 33. Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) (1870–1916)

      1. Biography
      2. The Open Window
      3. Activities
    9. 34. Stephen Crane (1871–1900)

      1. Biography
      2. The Blue Hotel
      3. Activities
    10. 35. Willa Cather (1873–1947)

      1. Biography
      2. Paul’s Case
      3. Activities
    11. 36. James Joyce (1882–1941)

      1. Biography
      2. Dubliners: Eveline
      3. Dubliners: Araby
      4. Dubliners: After the Race
      5. Dubliners: Counterparts
      6. Activities
    12. 37. D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)

      1. Biography
      2. The Horse Dealer’s Daughter
      3. The Rocking Horse Winner
      4. Activities
    13. 38. Ring Lardner (1885–1933)

      1. Biography
      2. Haircut
      3. The Golden Honeymoon
      4. Activities
    14. 39. Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923)

      1. Biography
      2. Miss Brill
      3. The Fly
      4. A Cup of Tea
      5. Activities
    15. 40. William Faulkner (1897–1962)

      1. Biography
      2. A Rose for Emily
      3. Barn Burning
      4. Activities
    16. 41. Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)

      1. Biography
      2. My Old Man
      3. Hills Like White Elephants
      4. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
      5. Activities
    17. 42. Eudora Alice Welty (1909–2001)

      1. Biography
      2. A Worn Path
      3. Activities
    18. 43. Roald Dahl (1916–1990)

      1. Biography
      2. The Landlady
      3. Activities
    19. 44. Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)

      1. Biography
      2. A Good Man Is Hard to Find
      3. Activities
    20. 45. Fay Weldon (1931–)

      1. Biography
      2. Weekend
      3. Activities
    21. 46. Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010)

      1. Biography
      2. Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
      3. Activities
    22. 47. William Dempsey Valgardson (1939–)

      1. Biography
      2. Bloodflowers
      3. Granite Point
      4. Activities
    23. 48. Alice Walker (1944–)

      1. Biography
      2. Everyday Use
      3. Activities
    24. 49. Leslie Marmon Silko (1948–)

      1. Biography
      2. Yellow Woman
      3. Activities
    25. 50. Andrea Levy (1956–2019)

      1. Biography
      2. Loose Change
      3. Activities
  9. V. The Novella

    1. 51. Turn of the Screw by Henry James (1843-1916)

      1. Biography
      2. Introduction
      3. Chapter 1
      4. Chapter 2
      5. Chapter 3
      6. Chapter 4
      7. Chapter 5
      8. Chapter 6
      9. Chapter 7
      10. Chapter 8
      11. Chapter 9
      12. Chapter 10
      13. Chapter 11
      14. Chapter 12
      15. Chapter 13
      16. Chapter 14
      17. Chapter 15
      18. Chapter 16
      19. Chapter 17
      20. Chapter 18
      21. Chapter 19
      22. Chapter 20
      23. Chapter 21
      24. Chapter 22
      25. Chapter 23
      26. Chapter 24
      27. Activities
    2. 52. The Awakening by Kate Chopin (1850–1904)

      1. Chapter I
      2. Chapter II
      3. Chapter III
      4. Chapter IV
      5. Chapter V
      6. Chapter VI
      7. Chapter VII
      8. Chapter VIII
      9. Chapter IX
      10. Chapter X
      11. Chapter XI
      12. Chapter XII
      13. Chapter XIII
      14. Chapter XIV
      15. Chapter XV
      16. Chapter XVI
      17. Chapter XVII
      18. Chapter XVIII
      19. Chapter XIX
      20. Chapter XX
      21. Chapter XXI
      22. Chapter XXII
      23. Chapter XXIII
      24. Chapter XXIV
      25. Chapter XXV
      26. Chapter XXVI
      27. Chapter XXVII
      28. Chapter XXVIII
      29. Chapter XXIX
      30. Chapter XXX
      31. Chapter XXXI
      32. Chapter XXXII
      33. Chapter XXXIII
      34. Chapter XXXIV
      35. Chapter XXXV
      36. Chapter XXXVI
      37. Chapter XXXVII
      38. Chapter XXXVIII
      39. Chapter XXXIX
      40. Review by Willa Cather
      41. Additional Resources
  10. VI. The Novel

    1. 53. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)

      1. Biography
      2. The Great Gatsby
      3. Chapter 1
      4. Chapter 2
      5. Chapter 3
      6. Chapter 4
      7. Chapter 5
      8. Chapter 6
      9. Chapter 7
      10. Chapter 8
      11. Chapter 9
      12. Activities
  11. VII. Drama

    1. 54. Twelfth Night: Act 1

      1. Scene 1
      2. Scene 2
      3. Scene 3
      4. Scene 4
      5. Scene 5
    2. 55. Twelfth Night: Act 2

      1. Scene 1
      2. Scene 2
      3. Scene 3
      4. Scene 4
      5. Scene 5
    3. 56. Twelfth Night: Act 3

      1. Scene 1
      2. Scene 2
      3. Scene 3
      4. Scene 4
    4. 57. Twelfth Night: Act 4

      1. Scene 1
      2. Scene 2
      3. Scene 3
    5. 58. Twelfth Night: Act 5

      1. Scene 1
    6. 59. Twelfth Night: Study Guide

      1. Themes
      2. Act Notes
      3. Some Key Ideas
    7. 60. Hamlet: Act 1

      1. Scene 1
      2. Scene 2
      3. Scene 3
      4. Scene 4
      5. Scene 5
    8. 61. Hamlet: Act 2

      1. Scene 1
      2. Scene 2
    9. 62. Hamlet: Act 3

      1. Scene 1
      2. Scene 2
      3. Scene 3
      4. Scene 4
    10. 63. H