Unit 1 Hit the Nail on the Head The Maker's Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts Writing Topic Unit 2 The Great Escape Beware the Dirty Seas Topic Sentence Unit 3 My Friend, Albert Einstein The Monster Description Unit 4 Preparing for College Why America's Universities Are Better Than Its Schools Exposition Unit 5 Why Nothing Works The Plot Against People Exposition: Cause and Effect Unit 6 Where Is the News Leading Us? Should the Press Be Human? Narration Unit 7 Things: The Throw-Away Society The Do-It-Yourselfers Exposition: Comparison Unit 8 Cultivating a Hobby A Debt to Dickens Exposition: Contrast Unit 9 What Makes a Leader? Make Your Leadership Case for B-School Admission Exposition: Definition Unit 10 The Science of Custom Customs Exposition: Example Unit 11 What Life Means to Me, Part I What Life Means to Me, Part II Figurative Language Unit 12 I Have a Dream ... Champion of the World Exposition: Argumentation References