The Rhetoric of Argument | |
The Nature and Process of Argument | |
Why Argue? | |
What Is an Argument? | |
Using Evidence in Argument | |
Communicating with a Purpose | |
The Process of Composing an Argument | |
Using Appeals in Argument | |
Organizing the Argument | |
Drafting the Argument | |
High Score Education | |
Revising the Argument: A Form of Reevaluation | |
Reading to Revise | |
Visual Aids as Tools for Argumentative Writing | |
Tribal Relations | |
The Cartoon | |
Methods of Critical Reading | |
Reading as a Construction of Meaning | |
Active versus Passive Reading | |
Reading as a Writer of Arguments | |
Writing a Summary | |
Reading with a Pencil | |
Say No to Trash | |
Reading Visuals in Arguments | |
Becoming a Highly Motivated Reader | |
Reading Responsibly | |
High Noon (editorial) | |
Active Reading as Shared Reading | |
Using the Modes of Argument as a Schema for Analysis | |
The Importance of Open-Mindedness when Reading | |
Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina | |
Using the Classical Model in Your Arguments | |
Argument in the Ancient World | |
The Classical Model of Argument | |
Student Essay | |
Ecology vs. Land Development in Trinidad and Tobago | |
Reinforcing Aristotelian Appeals with Visuals | |
Anti-Defamation League, School Vouchers: The Wrong Choice for Public Education | |
Why School Vouchers Can Help Inner-City Children | |
Using the Toulmin Model in Your Arguments | |
The Toulmin Model of Argument | |
Professions for Women | |
Student Essay | |
Tobacco: Ignorance Is No Longer an Excuse | |
Organizing Your Argument Using the Toulmin Model | |
Declaration of Independence | |
Using the Rogerian Model in Your Arguments | |
The Rogerian Model of Argument | |
Let's Talk About Sexual Harassment in Middle School | |
Letter from Birmingham Jail | |
Student Essay | |
Who Owns Our Children? | |
Reasoning: Methods and Fallacies | |
Argumentative Reasoning | |
The Nature of Fallacies | |
Strategies of Reasoning | |
Errors in reasoning | |
A Taxonomy | |
Love Is a Fallacy | |
Researching Your Argument | |
The Three Faces of Resaerch | |
Searching Before You Research: Taking a Mental Inventory | |
Focusing Your Research for Argumentative Essays | |
Formulating a Strong Thesis | |
Researching Using the Internet | |
Searching on the Web | |
Useful Websites for Writers of Arguments | |
Researching Using Print Resources | |
Gathering Information from Email, Telephone Conversations, Interviews, and Surveys | |
Taking Effective Research Notes | |
The Role of Serendipity in Research | |
Evaluating Your Sources | |
Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism | |
Incorporating Outside Sources into Your Argument | |
Documenting Your Sources: MLA and APA Styles | |
Citation of Source Material: A Rationale | |
Which Documentation Style to Use? | |
A Guide to MLA Documentation Style | |
Presenting Quoted Material | |
Index for Citing Sources: MLA Style | |
Using Author/Page In-Text Citations | |
Preparing the MLA List of Works Cited | |
Sample Student Paper: MLA Documentation Format | |
Why We Should Punish | |
A Guide to APA Documentation Style | |
Presenting Quoted Material | |
Index for Citing Sources: APA Style | |
Using Author/Year In-Text Citations | |
Preparing the APA List of References | |
Sample Student Paper: APA Documentation Format | |
Child Molestation: Anything but Your Typical Crime | |
Reading Custers | |
Athletics and Academics: How Do They Benefit Each Other? | |
Are Student Athletes Really Students? | |
Game Score, Test Scores (editorial cartoon) | |
Brawn & Brains: Student Athletes Get a Bum Rap | |
Is Athletics Meeting Its Purpose | |
For True Reform, Athletic Scholarships Must Go | |
Student Essay | |
Academic Performance of Student Athletes | |
Issues for Further Research: The Intrinsic Value of College Athletics | |
Student Visual Essay | |
The Faces of Sports | |
Student Essay | |
Play for Pride, Not for Pay | |
Intellectual Property: How Should IP Rights be Protected? | |
How Might the Downloading of Music Files Best Be Regulated? | |
Troubletown (editorial cartoon) | |
Speaks on Intellectual Property Rights: "We Have to Treat Theft as Theft" | |
Protecting Music | |
The Internet Debacle: An Alternate View | |
Thread My Music's Yours | |
Penalties Frighten Music Traders: Survey Reports Copyright Laws Are Not Daunting | |
Student Essay | |
Why I've Stopped Sharing Music | |
Student Essay | |
A Language All Their Own | |
Issues for Further Research: Copyright Term Limits | |
Mouse Trap: Disney's Copyright Conquest | |
Needed: Sane IP Laws | |
Issues for Further Research: Copyright Complexities | |
Negativland, Changing Copyright | |
Issues for Further Research: Plagiarism | |
The Rules of Attribution | |
Rule No. 1: Don't Copy | |
Media Regulation: What Are the Issues? | |
How Should the First Amendment's Freedom of Speech Guarantee Be Applied? | |
Internet and Censorship (editorial cartoon) | |
Speech Overview | |
Campus Speech Issues | |
The Web Police | |
Student Essay | |
Speech Codes: An Insult to Education and a Threat to Our Future | |
Issues for Futher Research: Book Banning | |
A Letter to the Chairman of the Drake School Board | |
Student Essay | |
The Myth of Book Censoring Within the American Educational System | |
Student Essay | |
Censorship of Books for Public High Schools: When Necessary | |
When Not Issues for Further Research: Effects of Media Violence | |
Statement Linking Media Violence to Violence in Kids Draws Criticism | |
TV Isn't Violent Enough | |
Issues for Further Research: Textbook Sanitizing | |
CNN Student News, Language Police Bar "Old," "Blind" | |
Multicultural Learning: What Are the Priorities? | |
Who, If Anyone, Benefits from Multicultural Education? | |
Politically Correct (editorial cartoon) | |
Perspectives: Improving Race Relations One Journalism Class at a Time | |
Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective | |
Issues for Further Research: The Canon Debate | |
Equality and the Classics | |
A Historian in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass | |
Student Essay | |
The Importance of Multicultural Education in Global Society | |
Issues for Further Research: Bilingual Education | |
English: The National Language (editorial cartoon) | |
Linguistic Police (editorial cartoon) | |
Bilingual or Immersion | |
Two Languages Are Better Than One | |
Speaking a Public Language | |
Student Essay | |
Education in English: The Proven Benefits of a Bilingual Academic Program | |
Student Essay: Yung Le English First | |
Ann Russell, Literacy Development for Students with No Voice: Scheme and Schema | |
Eliminating Standardized Tests in College Admissions: The New Affirmative Action | |
Should the SAT Account for Race | |
National Security: How Can the United Stated Best Protect Itself? | |
What Effects Could the Patriot Act Have on Individual Liberties? | |
So, It's Agreed (editorial cartoon) | |
Patriot Act a Vital Tool Against Terrorism | |
Faking Out the Constitution | |
USA Patriot Act: What's Next | |
Condorville (comic strip) | |
The USA Patriot Act and Patron Privacy on Library Internet Terminals | |
Big Brother Is Listening | |
Student Essay | |
New British Measure Will Harm Civil Liberties | |
Issues for Further Research: Budgeting for Security | |
The Cost of Securing the Homeland | |
Issues for Further Research: Border Security | |
6000 Guardsmen Are Not Enough | |
Mexicans See InsultDanger in Border Plan | |
Science and Religion: If Common Ground Exists, Where Does It Lie? | |
What Is the Basis of the Conflict Between Science and Religion? | |
A Designer Universe | |
The New Convergence | |
Miracles and Explanations | |
Fossils | |
Cynthia Bass, Great Minds Needn't Think Alike to Be Right: Advocates of Science and Religion Can Co-Exist | |
Student Essay: Kareem Raad, Can One Compare Science and Religion? | |
Issues for Further Research: Teaching Human Origins in the Public Schools | |
It's Really Oz | |
Teaching Evolution at a Christian College | |
Issues for Further Research: Religion in Public Schools | |
The Real Message of Creationism | |
Student Essay | |
The Battle over Creationism | |
Biomedical Research: What Role Should Ethics Play? | |
Can Biomedical Issues Be Separated from Politics? | |
Political Science/Politicized Science (cartoon) | |
Who Should Read Your Mind | |
Bioengineering and Self-Improvement | |
Ethics, Politics, and Genetic Knowledge | |
Designer Babies: One Step Closer | |
Issues for Further Research: The Stem Cell Debate | |
The Stem Cell Debate | |
Bonnie Steinbock, The Morality of Killing Human Embryos | |
A Middle Ground for Stem Cells | |
Editors of The New Atlantis, Stem Cell Spin | |
Issues for Further Research: Transgenic Animals | |
Genetically Engineered Animals and the New "Pharm" Animal Factories | |
Patenting Life | |
A Question of Chimeras | |
Student Essay: Nikolay Balbyshev, Priorities of Gene Therapy | |
Masterpieces of Argument: What Do They Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion? | |
Nick UtTragedy of Vietnam (photograph) | |
Plato, Allegory of the Cave | |
To His Coy Mistress | |
A Modest Proposal | |
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God | |
Keynote Adderss at the First Woman's Rights Convention | |
I Hear the Mournful Wail of Millions | |
The Obligation to Endure | |
The Perils of Obedience | |
The Character of Hamlet's Mother | |
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