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Acknowledgments | |
Brief Contents | |
Contents Arranged by Theme | |
Note to Students | |
Invention | |
Arguing the Past (What happened?) Readings | |
"A Nation Made of Poetry," | |
"Shakespeare and Narcotics," | |
"Dr. King''s Dream: Freedom, Not Space Travel," | |
"Somewhere in the Past: Clarksville''s Schools and Community Life," | |
"Selective Memory and a Dishonest Doctrine," | |
From They Went Whistling | |
Song, Schoolhouse Rock''s "Elbow Room," | |
Photos, Apache Children | |
Song, "Paradise," | |
Cartoon, Lost in Translation | |
Invention | |
Starting Places | |
Analyzing the Situation | |
Exploring for Principles and Precedent | |
Collecting Opinions | |
Conducting Secondary Research | |
Developing a Thesis | |
Caution about Cliches | |
Developing Support | |
Counterarguments, Concessions, and Qualifiers | |
Arrangement | |
Audience and Voice | |
Peer Review | |
Revision | |
Everyday Argument | |
Arguing Origins (How did this begin?) Readings | |
"Can Evolution Produce an Eye? Not a Chance!" | |
"The Origins of Anorexia Nervosa," | |
"The Law of Human Nature," | |
"The Origin of Grunge," | |
"Rhubarb, Good for What Ails You?" | |
"What a Factory Can Teach a Housewife," | |
Ad, Drug control Invention | |
Starting Places | |
Analyzing the Situation | |
Conducting Primary Research | |
Conducting Secondary Research | |
Collecting Opinions | |
Developing a Thesis | |
Developing Support | |
Counterarguments, Concessions, and Qualifiers | |
Arrangement | |
Audience and Voice | |
Revision | |
Evaluation Essay | |
Everyday Argument | |
Arguing Definitions (What is it?) Readings | |
"Natural Passions," | |
"Separating the Killers from the Boys," | |
Major''s speech from ANIMAL FARM | |
From Mein Kampf | |
"Standardized Testing vs. Education," | |
"Definition: Flying," | |
"If it''s not a baby?" | |
Cartoon, Abortion definition | |
Invention | |
Starting Places | |
Analyzing the Situation | |
Conducting Surveys | |
Researching Sources | |
Developing a Thesis | |
Developing Support | |
Counterarguments, Concessions, and Qualifiers | |
Arrangement | |
Audience and Voice | |
Revision | |
Seeing the "Final" Essay as Rough Draft | |
Everyday Argument | |
School | |
Work | |
Home | |
Arguing Meaning (What does it mean?) Readings | |
"Dystopia Revisited," | |
"Consumed by the Other: What Spam Means," | |
"On Housman," | |
"I Am Not Your Role Model," | |
"Wears Jump Suit | |
Sensible Shoes | |
Uses Husband''s Last Name," | |
"Tending to the Cultural Dream," | |
Cartoon, "What''s it all about?" | |
Image, Gabrielle | |
Invention | |
Starting Places | |
Analyzing the Situation | |
Conducting Surveys | |
Conducting Secondary Research | |
Context | |
Subtext | |
Intertextuality | |
Literary Perspectives | |
Developing a Thesis | |
Developing Support | |
Counterarguments, Concessions, and Qualifiers | |
Arrangement | |
Audience and Voice | |
Revision | |
Everyday Argument | |
Arguing Value (What good is this?) Readings | |
"Culture in Need of an Extreme Makeover," | |
"Ad Nation," | |
"I Do?For Now," | |
"Don''t Call!" | |
"Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer," | |
"Letter to Kohl''s," | |
Song, "Politics of the Sneaker Pimps" Public Enemy | |
Image, Subversion of Gap ad, Adbusters | |
Cartoon, Patriot Act | |
Image from "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint," | |
Invention | |
Starting Places | |
Analyzing the Situation | |
Conducting Surveys | |
Conducting Secondary Research | |
Developing a Thesis | |
Developing Support | |
Counterarguments, Concessions, and Qualifiers | |
Arrangement | |
Audience and Voice | |
Revision | |
Everyday Argument | |
Political Cartoons | |
Advertisements | |
Recasting Your Argument | |
Arguing Crisis (What are we going to do?) Readings | |
"A Shock to the System," | |
"Big House in the Wilderness: Moratoriums | |
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