Ch. 1

Face to Face with   Hurricane Camille

1.1

Hurricane and Hurricane Camille

1.2

Interposition and Narration

1.3

Heroism and Action

1.4

Natural Disasters and Rescue

1.5

Language   and Specific Effect

Ch. 2

Hiroshima -- the “Liveliest” City in Japan

2.1

Hiroshima   and World War II

2.2

Feature   Story and Journalistic Writing

2.3

Humor and   Seriousness

2.4

Irony and   Anticlimax

2.5

Japan and   Westernization

Ch. 3

 Blackmail

3.1

Arthur   Hailey and His Hotel

3.2

Blackmail   and Fictional Narration

3.3

The   Croydons and “Hit and Run”

3.4

Ogilvie   and His Smoke

3.5

Character   and Characterization

Ch. 4

The Trial That   Rocked the World

4.1

John   Scopes and the “Monkey Trial”

4.2

Defendant   and Prosecution

4.3

Fundamentalism   and Modernism

4.4

Darrow   and His Cross Examination

4.5

Verdict   and Oxymoron

Ch. 5

The Libido for the Ugly

5.1

Henry L.   Mencken and His Prose Style

5.2

Description   and Emotion

5.3

Satire   and Juvenalian Satire

5.4

Hyperbole   and Exaggeration

5.5

Ugliness   and Its Images

Ch. 6

Mark Twain--Mirror of America

6.1

Mark   Twain and Regionalism

6.2

The   Feature Article and Biography

6.3

Metaphor   and Mirror

6.4

Pathos and   Expressions

6.5

Bitterness   and Its Images

Ch. 7

Everyday Use

7.1

Alice   Walker and Her Short Stories

7.2

First   Person and Second Person Narration

7.3

Names and   African-American Women

7.4

Narrative   Voice and Racism and Sexism

7.5

Quilts   and Quilting and Symbolism

Ch. 8

Three Cups of Tea

8.1

Greg   Mortenson and His Three Cup of Tea

8.2

Action   and Motivation

8.3

Central   Asia and Korphe

8.4

Promise   and Determination

8.5

Westerners   and Their Prejudices

Ch. 9

“A More Perfect Union” (Part I)

9.1

Barack   Obama and His Presidency

9.2

The   Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence

9.3

Presidential   Election and Its Procedures

9.4

Transitional   Sentences with But and Their Effects

9.5

Biblical   Allusion and American Presidential Speech

Ch.10

“A More Perfect Union” (Part II)

10.1

William   Faulkner and His Works

10.2

Racial   Unity and American Classes

10.3

Zero-sum   game

10.4

Abraham Lincoln   and His Gettysburg Address

10.5

Rhetoric   and the Effect of Political Speeches

Ch.11

The Way to Rainy Mountain

11.1

N. Scott   Momaday and His Special Racial Identity

11.2

American   Indian and Kiowa People

11.3

First   Person Narrator and the Narration of History

11.4

Cultural   and Ethnic Heritage and Seeking Roots

11.4

Naturalism   and Symbolism

Ch. 12

Ships in the Desert

12.1

Al Gore   and His Earth in the Balance

12.2

Greenhouse   Gases and Global Warming

12.3

An   Integrated Model of Modes of Discourse

12.4

Environmental   Threats and Military System

12.5

Images in   Ships in the Desert

Ch. 13

No Signposts in the Sea

13.1

Victoria   Mary Sackville- West and Her Works

13.2

Lyrical   and Poetic Description and Natural Beauty

13.3

Journal   and Life Experience

13.4

Man and   Nature

13.5

Metaphor   and Human Life

Ch. 14

Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S. R

14.1

Winston   Churchill and Adolf Hitler

14.2

The House   of Commons and The House of Rimmon

14.3

World War   II and Its Dramatic Effects

14.4

Argumentation   and Skills of Argumentation

14.5

Rhetoric   and Images for U.S.S.R and Nazi Germany