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Understanding Informational Texts NE WS ARTICLE Trapped New Orleans Pets Still Being Rescued, Laura Parker and Anita Manning L I T E R AT U R E C O N N EC T IO N NARR ATI V E NE WS ARTICLE E125 176 Te x t-t o -Te x t Close Encounter of the Human Kind, Abraham Verghese 182 COMPARING TEXTS HOW-TO WRITING Furor Scribendi, Octavia Butler 186 INDEPENDENT READING Reading Nonfiction Independently ESSAY PE R SONAL ESSAY E129 It’s Not Talent; It’s Just Work, Annie Dillard E131 An Ethnic Trump, Gish Jen E133 L I T E R AT U R E C O N N EC T IO NS Te x t-t o -Te x t Saying Yes, Diana Chang E136 PE R SONAL ESSAY Only Daughter, Sandra Cisneros E137 PE R SONAL ESSAY This Is Not Who We Are, Naomi Shihab Nye An “A” in Failure, Twyla Tharp E141 E144 E146 The Burden of Expectations, Jere Longman E149 Climbing Mount Fuji, Dave Barry E155 F OR YOUR R E A DING L IS T 190 SPE A K ING & L IS T ENING WOR K SHOP Deliver a Persuasive Speech 191 W R I T ING WORK SHOP Argumentative Writing 192 POEM Histor y Connection HOW-TO WRITING BIOGR APH Y PE R SONAL NARR ATI V E I s ra eli a n d Pa l e st i n i a n C o n f li c t T E S T PR AC T IC E WORK SHOP Reading Skills: Identify the Author’s Purpose Speech to the Convention of the American Equal Rights Association, New York City, 1867, by Sojourner Truth Writing Skills: Argumentative Writing Revising and Editing Skills CONTENTS 198 200 201 xiii 11

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