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The Challenges and Rewards of Writing |
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2 | (2) |
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Guidelines for Active Reading |
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Guided Reading: William Raspberry, ``An End to Our American Argot?'' |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (2) |
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``I Think (and Write in a Journal), Therefore I Am'' |
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14 | (3) |
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``The Watcher at the Gates'' |
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17 | (4) |
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``On Reading and Becoming a Writer'' |
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21 | (6) |
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``How to Write with Style'' |
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27 | (5) |
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``Little Red Riding Hood Revisited'' |
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32 | (4) |
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36 | (1) |
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Topics and Guidelines for Writing |
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36 | (2) |
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Using Narration: Growing Up, Growing Wiser |
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38 | (36) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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Getting Started: Reflections on Growing Up |
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40 | (31) |
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41 | (4) |
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``The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl'' |
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45 | (4) |
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``The End of My Childhood'' |
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49 | (3) |
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52 | (8) |
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60 | (7) |
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67 | (4) |
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71 | (1) |
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Topics and Guidelines for Writing |
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72 | (2) |
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Using Description: Reflecting on People and Places |
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74 | (1) |
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How to Use Descriptive Details |
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75 | (2) |
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Getting Started: Reflections on a Painting |
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77 | (1) |
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Six Paintings: Goya, The Third of May, 1808; Vermeer, Young Girl with a Water Jug; Bazille, Young Woman with Peonies; Degas, The Dance Class; Picasso, Three Dancers; Dali, The Persistence of Memory |
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77 | (4) |
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81 | (5) |
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86 | (4) |
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90 | (7) |
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97 | (7) |
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104 | (11) |
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Student Essay: ``A Relaxing Retreat'' |
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115 | (3) |
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118 | (1) |
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Topics and Guidelines for Writing |
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118 | (3) |
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Using Comparison and Contrast: Ways of Learning |
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When to Use Comparison and Contrast |
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121 | (1) |
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How to Use Comparison and Contrast |
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122 | (2) |
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Getting Started: Reflecting on Expectations of College |
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124 | (34) |
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``Conversational Ballgames'' |
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125 | (5) |
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130 | (4) |
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``A Tale of Two Schools'' |
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134 | (7) |
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``Girls Are Beneficiaries of Gender Gap'' |
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141 | (4) |
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``Boys and Girls: Anatomy and Destiny'' |
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145 | (7) |
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``Pedestrian Students and High-Flying Squirrels'' |
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152 | (5) |
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157 | (1) |
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Student Essay: ``The Faded Stain'' |
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158 | (5) |
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163 | (1) |
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Topics and Guidelines for Writing |
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164 | (3) |
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Explaining and Illustrating: Examining Media Images |
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167 | (48) |
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167 | (1) |
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168 | (1) |
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Getting Started: Thinking about Advertising |
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169 | (43) |
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``To Be or Not to Be as Defined by TV'' |
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170 | (9) |
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``Caution: Children Watching'' |
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179 | (9) |
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``Sex, Lies, and Advertising'' |
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188 | (6) |
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``The Issue Isn't Sex, It's Violence'' |
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194 | (5) |
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``In Fact, We're Dumbing Up'' |
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199 | (3) |
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202 | (6) |
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208 | (4) |
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212 | (1) |
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Topics and Guidelines for Writing |
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213 | (2) |
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Using Process Analysis: How We Work and Play |
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215 | (48) |
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When to Use Process Analysis |
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215 | (1) |
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How to Use Process Analysis |
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216 | (1) |
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Getting Started: Reflections on Your Favorite Game |
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217 | (42) |
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``Putting Your Job Interview into Rehearsal'' |
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218 | (5) |
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``How to Give Orders Like a Man'' |
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223 | (11) |
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``Improving Your Body Language Skills'' |
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234 | (11) |
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245 | (4) |
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249 | (6) |
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``The Day That I Sensed a New Kind of Intelligence'' |
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255 | (3) |
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``Plus C'est la Meme Chose'' |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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Topics and Guidelines for Writing |
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260 | (3) |
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Using Division and Classification: Examining Human Connections |
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263 | (50) |
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When to Use Division and Classification |
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263 | (1) |
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How to Use Division and Classification |
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264 | (2) |
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Getting Started: Classifying Recent Reading or Viewing |
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266 | (43) |
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``Friends, Good Friends---and Such Good Friends'' |
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266 | (7) |
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273 | (6) |
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``Hot Boxes for Ex-Smokers'' |
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279 | (5) |
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``The Science and Secrets of Personal Space'' |
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284 | (6) |
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``There's Three Kinds of Teams'' |
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290 | (6) |
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Jr., ``Class Acts: America's Changing Middle Class'' |
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296 | (6) |
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``The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' |
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302 | (7) |
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309 | (1) |
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Topics and Guidelines for Writing |
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310 | (3) |
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Using Definition: Understanding Ideas and Values |
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313 | (37) |
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313 | (1) |
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How to Develop an Extended Definition |
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314 | (1) |
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Getting Started: Reflections on E. B. White's Ideas of Democracy |
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315 | (28) |
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316 | (6) |
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322 | (5) |
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327 | (5) |
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``Discrimination Is a Virtue'' |
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332 | (5) |
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337 | (3) |
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340 | (3) |
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Student Essay: ``Everyday Heroes'' |
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343 | (4) |
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347 | (1) |
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Topics and Guidelines for Writing |
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347 | (3) |
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Using Causal Analysis: Examining Social and Political Issues |
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350 | (50) |
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When to Use Causal Analysis |
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350 | (1) |
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How to Use Causal Analysis |
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351 | (2) |
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Getting Started: Reflections on Why You Are in College |
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353 | (44) |
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``Why We Crave Horror Movies'' |
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353 | (5) |
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``Duty: The Forgotten Virtue'' |
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358 | (6) |
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364 | (7) |
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``Enough Blame to Go Around'' |
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371 | (4) |
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``Family Values Go to Work'' |
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375 | (3) |
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``When Parents Are Toxic to Children'' |
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378 | (6) |
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``Social Science Finds: `Marriage Matters''' |
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384 | (11) |
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395 | (2) |
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397 | (1) |
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Topics and Guidelines for Writing |
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397 | (3) |
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Using Argument and Persuasion: Preserving the Health of Our World |
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400 | (43) |
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The Characteristics of Argument |
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400 | (2) |
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Causes of Bad Argument: Logical Fallacies |
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402 | (1) |
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How to Use Argument and Persuasion |
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403 | (3) |
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Getting Started: Reflections on the Challenges Facing Ourselves, Our Society, Our World |
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406 | (31) |
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``Border Hazards: An Obsession to Become Unhealthy'' |
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406 | (5) |
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411 | (3) |
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``Save the Kids, Fight Tobacco'' |
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414 | (4) |
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``Ban the Things. Ban Them All'' |
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418 | (4) |
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``Gun Registration: It's Common Sense'' |
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422 | (3) |
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425 | (4) |
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429 | (5) |
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``In the Death of a Friend, A Lesson for the Living'' |
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434 | (3) |
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Student Essay: ``Blame It on the Media and Other Ways to Dress a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing'' |
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437 | (3) |
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440 | (1) |
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Topics and Guidelines for Writing |
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441 | (2) |
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Works for Further Reading and Analysis |
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443 | (35) |
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Responses to Reading: Summary, Analysis, Synthesis |
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443 | (33) |
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449 | (3) |
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452 | (4) |
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``Science and the Sense of Wonder'' |
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456 | (4) |
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``Declaration of Sentiments'' |
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460 | (3) |
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463 | (4) |
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``Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts'' |
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467 | (4) |
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471 | (3) |
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``Learning to Brake for Butterflies'' |
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474 | (2) |
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Topics and Guidelines for Writing |
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476 | (2) |
| Glossary |
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478 | (6) |
| Index |
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484 | (4) |
| Acknowledgments |
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