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9781413009972

Inventing Arguments

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    9781413009972

  • ISBN10:

    1413009972

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-06-22
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

Organized around common rhetorical situations that occur all around us, INVENTING ARGUMENTS shows students that argument is a living process rather than a form to be modeled. The text's prominent focus on invention teaches students to recognize the rhetorical elements of any argumentative situation and apply the tools of argument effectively in their own writing.

Table of Contents

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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