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grammar in context Exemplification when 'u'or-r r.lrite an erer-r-rplification essar,, voLr mav introcluce vour ex- arrples r'ith tra,sitional r'ords and phases rike Fisr u, t,, nrili-tio,r. tI vou do, be su.e to Llse a com[ra afte. the transitional *,ord or phrase.

First, extreme sports are dan_eerous.

In addition, extreme sports are \.en.di1ficult.

Finalll', alrnost all ertreme sporls require specizilized equipme,t.

For irlbntrcttiort ort ttsittg corrtutcLs tt,itlt ilttrodtLctot\ rutcl trutnsitir_trttLl v'orcls curcl pltruses, see 26b.

ET EEl For practice wrth comma usage, complete the LearningCurve Commas activity at bedfordstmartins.com/forw.

No*', it is tir-r're to practice uirat von ha'e lear-,ed and purt'onr.readirg zind *'r'iting skills togr'ther: Thc Iu]lurrire ess;r\,; "Arolrnd the wrirrd,wonre' Are on the M.r'e," b' Richarrcl Rirdr.igiiez, sllppor-ts its thesis rr,rith e-ranrples. Read tl,e .-rrarl, tollorr i'c tl're u.iir,. ,-.,,ji,-,g- pr,cess,urt- lirccl in chaptL, l,.rcl then a,s,,r,e. tie qr-rcstio,s .,. prr-ues 202-203. whcrr rorr h:ive linishecl, r'ou u,ill write an exenrplili.uti,.,n ess.v i.r r-c- sponsc to Rodriglrez's iclezrs.

AROUND THE WORLD, WOMEN ARE ON THE M()VE Richard Bodriguez

Richard Rodriguez, a Mexican-American writer whose work exprores the issues of class, race, and ethnicity, is best known for his autobiographicar trilogy, which includes Hunger of Memory (i9g2), Days of Oiligation: An Argument with My Mexican Father (i9g2), and Brown: The Last Discovery of America (2002).ln i g97, Rodriguez won a peabody Award, one of television's highest honors, for the essays on American rife that he contributes regurarry to pBS's NewsHour, where ,,Around the worrd Women Are On the Move,,first aired in 2009.

Before you read, think about the ,'women on the move,, in your own life.

lntegrating Reading and Writing

ln 1996, Pr-esiclcnt Bill Clinton appc,iinted Madeleine Albright as Secrc- tliyr ol' State.. Bec:tt-tse ol- Mzrdeleine Albright, becailtse ol'C<;llcltllcezzit Rice riho c.tnte soon;i[tet-, because of Hillarv Clinton, ue scarcelt'nlark the gender r-errolutior-i that has taken place in just o\rel- a deczrde. Todar, tl-ie diplonrzrtic face o[ Americar is a uoman's face.

All over tlte u,or'ld, \\'()nlelt iind gills are on the morre. In Paki- stuni anci Af'ghan t'illages, girls rllake their- wary to school, sonletilllcs lr-rltirelr. ri'arv of bovs or nten \\'ho rnight splash tl-rern u'ith acid for derrilg to lealn to read and to q'rite. ln the last half-cerr1s11', hun- clrecls ol'thor-rsands ol' Mericzin \\romen have left tl'reir villages trl lind iobs in Anter.icar or tci s'ork in Meric;in bot'cler tou,n assenlblv pllirlts. In Ciudad Ju6rez, l-rundreds of u'omen rvho ventured into tl.re u'orlci alone har,e been murdered. The ri,orld remains a dangerous place for \\-onten.

Evel se, i.rt U.S. collegcs, ler.nale stuclents a1c sigt.tit-lg up for-studr'- abroacl pl'ogl'titlts br a 2-to-l retti<.t over nliiles. Irldeecl, lerllttle sturdents, marl\' the daughters and granddaughters of r.vomen rvho did not as- sr-rrne college in lheir 1ives, norn,outnumber male students on Arnerican c,rmpuscs.

In An'rcr.iclin legencl, lts ir-r so nteinv itf tl're r.r,orlcl'.s trtrll'rs, it is thc \olurg ntiur tho leaves home to find gold or slav the dragon. Leu'is anci C1a;k are paracligmatic American erplorers, blazing a trsil fron'r Si. Lor-ii-s to the Pacific Coast. But as it happened, thev rier-e led up the tr{issor-rli River ancl across tlre Rockies bv er Shoshotte It'rdiau. Het'nernle u as Saciioari c':t.

Ir-r the Amet'icas, thet-e rvere other stories like hers, native \vomen 5 u.ho becarne go-betrieens, translators, even lovers of the foreign. In coloniail \,'irgit'ria, Pocahontars left her tribe to nl.lI'I'\. arn Englishnlzrr-r, lincl slre trar,elccl uith hir.n to Lond<lr-r to becot't-tc ii l'igtrre itt histot'r'. Itt Mcrico, ntarlc histon still rer.iles Dona M;iriua, Lar Malir-rche, as a sexLtal traitor. She u,as an lndian \\Ioman u'ho became the lover oI tl're Spaniard Cort6s. Marinar conspired n,ith Cort6s a-sainst the Aztecs rvho had inrpris- oned her or,r,n tribe.

Wltatt are \ve to rttitke ol tltese stor-ies o['r'r,otttc't'r rlroving 2il-llollg cr-rltnres and conflict? Todal' rve have the stor-v- of Kansas-bortt At-tt-t Dunham, an anthropologist, r'r,hose son is n611, president of the United States. In intervieu,s, Barack Obanrii describes his n'rothel els sezrrching br-rt:,rlso reckless. Her'liIe \v.rs il scries ol .ioltt'neys. In Har.r'zlii, u'hitc- Aln Dunhant rnarried a black Ketrvan. When tl'reir uurriage failed, he returned to Af ica, u'hich lor hirn u'as the knou,n u'orld. She ventur:ed outrverrd to Muslim Indor-resia.

In An1crican h<>n1cs u,hen ntnn'iagcs Iail, it is r-rsr-ral]r' the husbanci u,l-ro clisappe.trs. \,\rontcn bccolle tl-re l.rc'ercl ol' tlre l'anlilr; r-esporrsible for ir-rstilling in sor-rs as $ell as clallghtel's the meanir-rg of adulthood.

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furtively cautiously and secretly

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paradigmatic typical; serving as a model

Chapter 7 Reading and Writing Exemplification Essays 7 C

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oligarchies organi- zations led by small groups of people

ordination the giving of ministerial or priestly authority galfe a noticeable mistake

PxrIessior-r:rl athlctcs, nror ic stars, ir-nporterncc ol singlc r-nothcls. At sziri, N4ichael Phelps erner-se fi-on'r the croucl lor his nrother'.

Ihe neu's this evening is oI failing nr.lle oligarchies on Wall Street. The neus this ever-ring is of tribal chieftains at \\rar ii,ith nrodernit_r,: The neu's is of religious leaclers riho forbid the ordination of \\.omen, e\ren as the]'stumble from one diplomatic gaffe to another-.

Throu,shout historl', the n,orld has been largelv -eoverned bv men. When the male orcler I'alter-s ar-rd fails-as it seems no\\.-\\e u,ould rnake;i n'ristake if ri'e assumed tl-ie u'orld uas collapsirlq. All over tl're u,orld, millions of uomen are r':rliantlr vc'ntr-rring [ar-Irrrnr cnstoln, litlle girls are ri'zrlking .tcr'()ss the desert to scl-rool.

Focus on Reading

l. Look b:rck at tl're riork rotr dicl rihen vorr prer.icriecl, highli-qhtecl, iincl arnnotertecl tl-ris essar. Dicl vr.u r-runrber R<tdriglrez's kev ex-n-i- ples? If not, do so no\\.

2. \ou', put a check mark beside the erample that r,'ot-t think r-r-rost con- r incin-slv sllpports the essar"s thesis.

Focus on Meaning

conlicls, presiclerrts zrll testilv to the lzrsl sur-r-rr-rrc'r's Olr r-npics, the u,or-lcl the pool af'tcr- czrch cvent to sealch

men have been respor-isible hztve oI r-n;rle riorlcl leaclers, Do von a-ercc ri ith these

1 . \\'hat failures cloes Rodrigllez slresest for'? Whzrt specif ic cliticisms does he fir-rnnciels, and rclieior-rs leaclers.) criticisms?

2. Hori clocs Roclrielrez e\pect \\'()nren to solve 1he prrrblenrs nren hzrve cle'atecl? Do vou think he is rigltt to expc-ct this?

Focus on Strategy

1. At the end of para-erapl-r 1, Rodrigi-iez s.rvs, "Todar, the diplomatic face of Americzr is a n.oman's face." Is this sentence his essav's the- sis? Erplain.

2. In paragraph 6, Rodri_euez notes that Barack Obama "describes his motl-ier zrs searching but also reckless." Hou, cloes this paragraph support Roch'isLrez's thesis?

Focus on Language and Style

l. What cli{'lererrt nre:ininss cor-rlcl tl-re erpression "on the nrove" hal,e? Which rneaning do r,ou tl-rink RocLislrez hzis in n'iincl? What r-r-rakes rorr think so?

2. \\'hat ri,ords are repeatecl in the three sentences in paragraph 8? \\hr ?