This popular rhetoric/reader combines a brief, accessible introduction to argument with an anthology of provocative readings on contemporary issues and a detailed handbook on grammar and mechanics.
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Preface
PART 1 Reading and Discovering Arguments
Chapter 1: Making an Effective Argument
What Exactly Is an Argument?
Finding Good Reasons
Writing Arguments in College
Arguments as Turns in a Conversation
A Case Study: The Microcredit Debate
Think About Your Credibility
Chapter 2: Reading Arguments
Explore Controversies
Read Critically
Finding Good Reasons
Recognize Fallacies
Map and Summarize Arguments
Chapter 3: Finding Arguments
Find Arguments in Everyday Conversations
Find a Topic
What Is Not Arguable
Finding Good Reasons
Campus
Community
Nation World
Explore Your Topic
Read About Your Topic
Find Good Reasons
Find Evidence to Support Good Reasons
Chapter 4: Drafting and Revising Arguments
State and Evaluate Your Thesis
Finding Good Reasons
Think About Your Readers
Organize Your Argument
Write an Engaging Title and Introduction
Write a Strong Conclusion
Evaluate Your Draft
Checklist for Evaluating Your Draft
Respond to the Writing of Others
Edit and Proofread Carefully
PART 2 Analyzing Arguments
Chapter 5: Analyzing Written Arguments
What Is Rhetorical Analysis?
Build a Rhetorical Analysis
Analyze the Rhetorical Features
Analyze the Rhetorical Context
Write a Rhetorical Analysis
STEPS TO WRITING A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS
Barbara Jordan, Statement on the Articles of Impeachment
Sample Student Rhetorical Analysis
T. Jonathan Jackson,An Argument of Reason and Passion: Barbara Jordan’s “Statement on the Articles of Impeachment” 70
Chapter 6: Analyzing Visual and Multimedia Arguments
What Is a Visual Argument?
What Is a Multimedia Argument?
Analyze Visual Evidence
Ask These Questions when you are Analyzing Charts and Graphs
Build a Visual Analysis
Write a Visual Analysis
Sample Student Visual Analysis
Chrissy Yao,“Use Only What You Need”: The Denver Water Conservation Campaign
PART 3 Writing Arguments
Chapter 7: Putting Good Reasons into Action
Find a Purpose for Writing an Argument
Finding Good Reasons
Get Started Writing About Complex Issues
Chapter 8: Definition Arguments
Understand How Definition Arguments Work
Recognize Kinds of Definitions
Build a Definition Argument
King’s Extended Definition Argument
Finding Good Reasons
STEPS TO WRITING A DEFINITION ARGUMENT
Michael Pollan, Eat Food: Food Defined
Sample Student Definition Argument
Patrice Conley, Flagrant Foul: The NCAA’s Definition of Student Athletes as Amateurs
Chapter 9: Causal Arguments
Understand How Causal Arguments Work
Find Causes
Build a Causal Argument
STEPS TO WRITING A CAUSAL ARGUMENT
Finding Good Reasons
Emily Raine,Why Should I Be Nice to You? Coffee Shops and the Politics of Good Service
Sample Student Causal Argument
Armadi Tansal,Modern Warfare:Video Game’ Link to Real-World Violence
Chapter 10: Evaluation Arguments
Understand How Evaluation Arguments Work
Recognize Kinds of Evaluations
Build an Evaluation Argument
Finding Good Reasons
STEPS TO WRITING AN EVALUATION ARGUMENT
P. J.O’Rourke, The End of the Affair
Sample Student Evaluation Argument
Rashaun Giddens, Stop Loss or “Loss of Trust”
Chapter 11: Narrative Arguments
Understand How Narrative Arguments Work
Recognize Kinds of Narrative Arguments
Build a Narrative Argument
Finding Good Reasons
STEPS TO WRITING A NARRATIVE ARGUMENT
Leslie Marmon Silko, The Border Patrol State
Chapter 12: Rebuttal Arguments
Understand How Rebuttal Arguments Work
Recognize Kinds of Rebuttal Arguments
Build a Rebuttal Argument
Finding Good Reasons
STEPS TO WRITING A REBUTTAL ARGUMENT
Dan Stein, Crossing the Line
Gregory Rodriguez, Illegal Immigrants–They’re Money
Sample Student Rebuttal Argument
Marta Ramos,Oversimplifying the Locavore Ethic
Chapter 13: Proposal Arguments
Understand How Proposal Arguments Work
Recognize Components of Proposal Arguments
Build a Proposal Argument
STEPS TO WRITING A PROPOSAL ARGUMENT
Finding Good Reasons
Glenn Loury, A Nation of Jailers
Sample Student Proposal Argument
Kim Lee, Let’s Make It a Real Melting Pot with Presidential Hopes for All
PART 4 Designing and Presenting Arguments
Chapter 14: Designing Multimedia Arguments
Think About Which Media Will Reach Your Audience
Know When to Use Visual Evidence
Think About the Argument an Image Makes
Design Arguments for Print
Design Multimedia Arguments
Chapter 15: Presenting Arguments
Plan a Presentation
Design Visuals for a Presentation
Deliver an Effective Presentation
PART 5 Researching Arguments
Chapter 16: Planning Research
Analyze the Research Task
Find a Subject
Ask a Research Question
Gather Information About the Subject
Draft a Working Thesis
Chapter 17: Finding Sources
Develop Strategies for Finding Sources
Find Sources in Databases
Find Sources on the Web
Know the Limitations of Wikipedia
Find Multimedia Sources
Find Print Sources
Chapter 18: Evaluating and Recording Sources
Determine the Relevance of Sources
Determine the Quality of Sources
Evaluate Database and Print Sources
Checklist for Evaluating Database and Print Sources
Evaluate Web Sources
Checklist for Evaluating Web Sources
Keep Track of Sources
Chapter 19: Writing the Research Project
Review Your Goals and Plan Your Organization
Avoid Plagiarism
Plagiarism in College Writing
Avoid Plagiarism When Quoting Sources
Avoid Plagiarism When Summarizing and Paraphrasing
Decide When to Quote and When to Paraphrase
Write a Draft
Chapter 20: Documenting Sources in MLA Style
Elements of MLA Documentation
MLA In-Text Citations
MLA Works-Cited List: Books
MLA Works-Cited List: Periodicals
MLA Works-Cited List: Library Database Sources
MLA Works-Cited List: Online Sources
MLA Works-Cited List: Other Sources
Sample MLA Paper
Brian Witkowski,Need a Cure for Tribe Fever? How About a Dip in the Lake?
Chapter 21: Documenting Sources in APA Style
Elements of APA Documentation
APA In-Text Citations
APA References List: Books
APA References List: Periodicals
APA References List: Library Database Sources
APA References List: Online Sources
APA References List: Other Sources
PART 6 Contemporary Arguments
Chapter 22: Negotiating the Environment
American Environmentalism
Contemporary Arguments
Rachel Carson, The Obligation to Endure
Edward O. Wilson, The Conservation Ethic
Sidebar: Aldo Leopold, from The Land Ethic
Chris Packham and Mark Wright, Should Pandas Be Left to Face Extinction?
Wallace Stegner, A Wilderness Letter
ISSUE IN FOCUS: SUSTAINABILITY
High Moon, We’re Almost There (cartoon)
Wendell E. Berry, “It All Turns on Affection”: 2012 Jefferson Lecture
Kentucky Appalachian Ministry, Locally Grown … Heaven Sent Ad
Jared Diamond, Will Big Business Save the Earth?
Joy of Tech, Look on the Bright Side (cartoon)
National Association of Scholars, Fixing Sustainability and Sustaining Liberal Education
Nicolette Hahn Niman, The Carnivore’s Dilemma
Mark Bittman, Eating Food That’s Better for You, Organic or Not
David B. Resnik, Urban Sprawl, Smart Growth, and Deliberative Democracy
From Reading to Writing
Chapter 23: Education
Education in American Society
Contemporary Arguments
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The American Scholar
W.E.B. Dubois, The Talented Tenth
Joe Heller, My Kid Went to College … (cartoon)
Garry B. Trudeau, Doonesbury: Teaching Is Dead (cartoon)
Margaret Spellings, Remarks at the 2006 No Child Left Behind Summit
Gerald W. Bracey, The Condition of Public Education
David Horsey, Come Away from the Window! (cartoon)
David Brooks, Sam Spade at Starbucks
John Gatto, Against Education: How Public Education Cripples Our Kids, and Why
ISSUE IN FOCUS: IS COLLEGE WORTH THE PRICE?
Anthony P. Carvenale, College Is Still Worth It
Richard Vedder, For Many, College Isn’t Worth It
Jim Borgman, College Loan Debt (cartoon)
Clive Crook, A Matter of Degrees: Why College Is Not an Economic Cure-All
Gregory Kristof, On the Ground with a “Gap Year”
From Reading to Writing
Chapter 24: Globalization: Importing and Exporting America
America’s Place in the World—and the World’s Place in America
Contemporary Arguments
Todd Gitlin, Under the Sign of Mickey Mouse & Co.
Aislin, Ain’t Globalization Grand? (cartoon)
Laura Carlsen, WalMart vs. Pyramids
Thomas Friedman, Why the World Is Flat
Sidebar: The 10 Great Levelers
Richard Florida, The World Is Spiky
Chappatte, Our Outsourced World (cartoon)
Robyn Meredith and Suzanne Hoppough, Why Globalization Is Good
Sadanand Dhume, Slumdog Paradox
ISSUE IN FOCUS: IMMIGRATION
Roy Beck, A Nation of (Too Many) Immigrants?
Wiley Miller, What’s the Worst That Can Happen? (cartoon)
Mae M. Ngai, No Human Being Is Illegal
Lance Morrow, Cowboys and Immigrants
Sidebar: Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus
Sidebar: Thomas Bailey Aldrich, The Unguarded Gates 000
From Reading to Writing
Chapter 25: Science and Ethics
The Ethics of Science and Technology
Contemporary Arguments
Doug Savage, At Last! (cartoon)
Bill Joy, Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us
Ralph C. Merkle, Nanotechnology: Designs for the Future
Bill Gates, A Robot in Every Home
Paul Marks, Armchair Warlords and Robot Hordes
Sally Satel, Organs for Sale
Ron Reagan, Speech at the Democratic National Convention, July 27, 2004
Richard M. Doerflinger, Don’t Clone Ron Reagan’s Agenda
Ed Fischer, Good News (cartoon)
ISSUE IN FOCUS: IS GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD A BOON OR A RISK?
Mark Anslow, Ten Reasons Why GM Won’t Feed the World
James Freeman, You’re Eating Genetically Modified Food
Jeffrey Smith, Another Reason for Schools to Ban Genetically Engineered Foods
James E. McWilliams, The Green Monster: Could Frankenfoods Be Good for the Environment?
Ben Burkett, Green Revolution a Failure in Africa
Gregory Jaffe, Lessen the Fear of Genetically Engineered Crops
From Reading to Writing
Chapter 26: Privacy
New Challenges to Personal Privacy
Contemporary Arguments
Adam Penenberg, The Surveillance Society
Mike Luckovich, I’m Glad Facebook’s Taking Privacy Issues Seriously (cartoon)
Robert X. Cringely, Facebook Puts Your Privacy on Parade
Jonathan Locker, OnStar: Big Brother’s Eye in the Sky
Dahlia Lithwick, Teens, Nude Photos and the Law
Jay Stanley, ACLU Opposes Body Cavity Searches for Airline Passengers
Adam Cohen, A Casualty of the Technology Revolution: “Locational Privacy”
ISSUE IN FOCUS: BIOMETRICS: MEASURING THE BODY FOR IDENTITY
Steven C. Bennett, Privacy Implications of Biometrics
Paul Saffo, A Trail of DNA and Data
FBI, Using Technology to Catch Criminals
Sidebar: Voice Verification for Transactions
Ben Goldacre, Now for ID Cards—and the Biometric Blues
From Reading to Writing
Chapter 27: Regulating Substances, Regulating Bodies
Private Bodies, Public Controls
Contemporary Arguments
Joe Klein, Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense
Bernadine Healy, Legalize Marijuana? Obama Was Right to Say No
Bill James, Cooperstown and the ’Roids
Terrence Rafferty, Kate Winslet, Please Save Us!
Rebecca Traister, “Real Beauty”—Or Really Smart Marketing?
Consumer Freedom, Obesity Ads
David Edelstein, Up in Smoke: Give Movies with Tobacco an Automatic ‘R’
Tony Newman, Criminalizing Smoking Is Not the Answer: Bans on Cloves and Outdoor Smoking Will Backfire!
New York State Department of Health, “Skip” Legault Antismoking Ad
Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury: The Sin Lobby Gins Up for Another Year (cartoon)
Jordan Rubin, Beware of Saturday Morning Cartoons
Jeffrey Friedman, The Real Cause of Obesity
Consumer Freedom, The Nanny Ad
New York City Department of Health, Are You Pouring on the Pounds? Ad
Patrick Johnson, Obesity: Epidemic or Myth?
ISSUE IN FOCUS: DRINKING ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
Jeff Keacher, Accomplishments As … (cartoon)
John McCardell, A Drinking Age of 21 Doesn’t Work
Morris E. Chafetz, The 21-Year-Old Drinking Age: I Voted for It; It Doesn’t Work
Toben F. Nelson, Traci L. Toomey, and co-authors, The Drinking Age of 21 Saves Lives
James Hibberd, Barhopping with the Bud Girls
Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Last Round with My Buddies Ad
Sidebar: Some Signs that Substance Use Is a Problem
From Reading to Writing
Chapter 28: New Media
Personal Space in Cyberspace
Contemporary Arguments
Andrew Keen, Is Google’s Data Grinder Dangerous?
Sidebar: John Perry Barlow, A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
John Seigenthaler, A False Wikipedia “Biography”
Walt Handelsman, Information Superhighway (cartoon)
Michael Gerson, Where the Avatars Roam
Daniel Okrent, The Death of Print?
David Fitzsimmons, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (cartoon)
David Carr, Why Twitter Will Endure
Neil Richards, The Perils of Social Reading
ISSUE IN FOCUS: ARE VIDEOGAMES GOOD FOR YOU?
John C. Beck and Mitchell Wade, How the Gamer Revolution Is Reshaping Business Forever (excerpt)
James Paul Gee, Games, Not Schools, Are Teaching Kids to Think
Kevin Moss, The Enemy of My Irony Is My Friend
Clay Shirky, Gin, Television, and Social Surplus–A Speech, April 26, 2008
From Reading to Writing
PART 7 Handbook
1 Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices
2 Subject—Verb Agreement
3 Verbs
4 Pronouns
5 Shifts
6 Modifiers
7 Grammar for Multilingual Writers
8 Commas
9 Semicolons and Colons
10 Dashes and Parentheses
11 Apostrophes
12 Quotation Marks
13 Other Punctuation Marks
14 Capitalization, Italics, Abbreviations, Numbers
Glossary of Grammatical Terms and Usage
Glossary
Credits
Index for Handbook
Index
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