Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments and Handbook
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
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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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- Utgivningsdatum2013-04-12
- Mått155 x 230 x 25 mm
- Vikt857 g
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor768
- FörlagPearson Education (US)
- EAN9780321878915
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- Preface PART 1 Reading and Discovering Arguments Chapter 1: Making an Effective ArgumentWhat Exactly Is an Argument?Finding Good ReasonsWriting Arguments in CollegeArguments as Turns in a ConversationA Case Study: The Microcredit DebateThink About Your Credibility Chapter 2: Reading ArgumentsExplore Controversies Read Critically Finding Good ReasonsRecognize FallaciesMap and Summarize Arguments Chapter 3: Finding ArgumentsFind Arguments in Everyday ConversationsFind a TopicWhat Is Not ArguableFinding Good ReasonsCampusCommunityNation WorldExplore Your TopicRead About Your TopicFind Good ReasonsFind Evidence to Support Good Reasons Chapter 4: Drafting and Revising ArgumentsState and Evaluate Your ThesisFinding Good ReasonsThink About Your ReadersOrganize Your ArgumentWrite an Engaging Title and IntroductionWrite a Strong ConclusionEvaluate Your DraftChecklist for Evaluating Your DraftRespond to the Writing of OthersEdit and Proofread Carefully PART 2 Analyzing Arguments Chapter 5: Analyzing Written ArgumentsWhat Is Rhetorical Analysis?Build a Rhetorical AnalysisAnalyze the Rhetorical FeaturesAnalyze the Rhetorical ContextWrite a Rhetorical AnalysisSTEPS TO WRITING A RHETORICAL ANALYSISBarbara Jordan, Statement on the Articles of ImpeachmentSample Student Rhetorical AnalysisT. Jonathan Jackson,An Argument of Reason and Passion: Barbara Jordan’s “Statement on the Articles of Impeachment” 70 Chapter 6: Analyzing Visual and Multimedia ArgumentsWhat Is a Visual Argument?What Is a Multimedia Argument?Analyze Visual EvidenceAsk These Questions when you are Analyzing Charts and GraphsBuild a Visual AnalysisWrite a Visual AnalysisSample Student Visual AnalysisChrissy Yao,“Use Only What You Need”: The Denver Water Conservation Campaign PART 3 Writing Arguments Chapter 7: Putting Good Reasons into ActionFind a Purpose for Writing an ArgumentFinding Good ReasonsGet Started Writing About Complex Issues Chapter 8: Definition ArgumentsUnderstand How Definition Arguments WorkRecognize Kinds of DefinitionsBuild a Definition ArgumentKing’s Extended Definition ArgumentFinding Good ReasonsSTEPS TO WRITING A DEFINITION ARGUMENTMichael Pollan, Eat Food: Food DefinedSample Student Definition ArgumentPatrice Conley, Flagrant Foul: The NCAA’s Definition of Student Athletes as Amateurs Chapter 9: Causal ArgumentsUnderstand How Causal Arguments WorkFind CausesBuild a Causal ArgumentSTEPS TO WRITING A CAUSAL ARGUMENTFinding Good ReasonsEmily Raine,Why Should I Be Nice to You? Coffee Shops and the Politics of Good ServiceSample Student Causal ArgumentArmadi Tansal,Modern Warfare:Video Game’ Link to Real-World Violence Chapter 10: Evaluation ArgumentsUnderstand How Evaluation Arguments WorkRecognize Kinds of EvaluationsBuild an Evaluation ArgumentFinding Good ReasonsSTEPS TO WRITING AN EVALUATION ARGUMENTP. J.O’Rourke, The End of the AffairSample Student Evaluation ArgumentRashaun Giddens, Stop Loss or “Loss of Trust” Chapter 11: Narrative ArgumentsUnderstand How Narrative Arguments WorkRecognize Kinds of Narrative ArgumentsBuild a Narrative ArgumentFinding Good ReasonsSTEPS TO WRITING A NARRATIVE ARGUMENTLeslie Marmon Silko, The Border Patrol State Chapter 12: Rebuttal ArgumentsUnderstand How Rebuttal Arguments WorkRecognize Kinds of Rebuttal ArgumentsBuild a Rebuttal ArgumentFinding Good ReasonsSTEPS TO WRITING A REBUTTAL ARGUMENTDan Stein, Crossing the LineGregory Rodriguez, Illegal Immigrants–They’re MoneySample Student Rebuttal ArgumentMarta Ramos,Oversimplifying the Locavore Ethic Chapter 13: Proposal ArgumentsUnderstand How Proposal Arguments WorkRecognize Components of Proposal ArgumentsBuild a Proposal ArgumentSTEPS TO WRITING A PROPOSAL ARGUMENTFinding Good ReasonsGlenn Loury, A Nation of JailersSample Student Proposal ArgumentKim Lee, Let’s Make It a Real Melting Pot with Presidential Hopes for All PART 4 Designing and Presenting Arguments Chapter 14: Designing Multimedia ArgumentsThink About Which Media Will Reach Your AudienceKnow When to Use Visual EvidenceThink About the Argument an Image MakesDesign Arguments for PrintDesign Multimedia Arguments Chapter 15: Presenting ArgumentsPlan a PresentationDesign Visuals for a PresentationDeliver an Effective Presentation PART 5 Researching Arguments Chapter 16: Planning ResearchAnalyze the Research TaskFind a SubjectAsk a Research QuestionGather Information About the SubjectDraft a Working Thesis Chapter 17: Finding SourcesDevelop Strategies for Finding SourcesFind Sources in DatabasesFind Sources on the WebKnow the Limitations of WikipediaFind Multimedia SourcesFind Print Sources Chapter 18: Evaluating and Recording SourcesDetermine the Relevance of SourcesDetermine the Quality of SourcesEvaluate Database and Print SourcesChecklist for Evaluating Database and Print SourcesEvaluate Web SourcesChecklist for Evaluating Web SourcesKeep Track of Sources Chapter 19: Writing the Research ProjectReview Your Goals and Plan Your OrganizationAvoid PlagiarismPlagiarism in College WritingAvoid Plagiarism When Quoting SourcesAvoid Plagiarism When Summarizing and ParaphrasingDecide When to Quote and When to ParaphraseWrite a Draft Chapter 20: Documenting Sources in MLA StyleElements of MLA DocumentationMLA In-Text CitationsMLA Works-Cited List: BooksMLA Works-Cited List: PeriodicalsMLA Works-Cited List: Library Database SourcesMLA Works-Cited List: Online SourcesMLA Works-Cited List: Other SourcesSample MLA PaperBrian Witkowski,Need a Cure for Tribe Fever? How About a Dip in the Lake? Chapter 21: Documenting Sources in APA StyleElements of APA DocumentationAPA In-Text CitationsAPA References List: BooksAPA References List: PeriodicalsAPA References List: Library Database SourcesAPA References List: Online SourcesAPA References List: Other Sources PART 6 Contemporary Arguments Chapter 22: Negotiating the EnvironmentAmerican EnvironmentalismContemporary ArgumentsRachel Carson, The Obligation to EndureEdward O. Wilson, The Conservation EthicSidebar: Aldo Leopold, from The Land EthicChris Packham and Mark Wright, Should Pandas Be Left to Face Extinction?Wallace Stegner, A Wilderness LetterISSUE IN FOCUS: SUSTAINABILITYHigh Moon, We’re Almost There (cartoon) Wendell E. Berry, “It All Turns on Affection”: 2012 Jefferson LectureKentucky Appalachian Ministry, Locally Grown … Heaven Sent AdJared 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 EducationNicolette Hahn Niman, The Carnivore’s DilemmaMark Bittman, Eating Food That’s Better for You, Organic or NotDavid B. Resnik, Urban Sprawl, Smart Growth, and Deliberative DemocracyFrom Reading to Writing Chapter 23: EducationEducation in American SocietyContemporary ArgumentsRalph Waldo Emerson, The American ScholarW.E.B. Dubois, The Talented TenthJoe 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 SummitGerald W. Bracey, The Condition of Public EducationDavid Horsey, Come Away from the Window! (cartoon)David Brooks, Sam Spade at StarbucksJohn Gatto, Against Education: How Public Education Cripples Our Kids, and WhyISSUE IN FOCUS: IS COLLEGE WORTH THE PRICE?Anthony P. Carvenale, College Is Still Worth ItRichard Vedder, For Many, College Isn’t Worth ItJim Borgman, College Loan Debt (cartoon)Clive Crook, A Matter of Degrees: Why College Is Not an Economic Cure-AllGregory Kristof, On the Ground with a “Gap Year”From Reading to Writing Chapter 24: Globalization: Importing and Exporting AmericaAmerica’s Place in the World—and the World’s Place in AmericaContemporary ArgumentsTodd 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 FlatSidebar: The 10 Great LevelersRichard Florida, The World Is SpikyChappatte, Our Outsourced World (cartoon)Robyn Meredith and Suzanne Hoppough, Why Globalization Is GoodSadanand Dhume, Slumdog ParadoxISSUE 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 IllegalLance Morrow, Cowboys and Immigrants Sidebar: Emma Lazarus, The New ColossusSidebar: Thomas Bailey Aldrich, The Unguarded Gates 000From Reading to Writing Chapter 25: Science and EthicsThe Ethics of Science and TechnologyContemporary ArgumentsDoug Savage, At Last! (cartoon)Bill Joy, Why the Future Doesn’t Need UsRalph C. Merkle, Nanotechnology: Designs for the FutureBill Gates, A Robot in Every HomePaul Marks, Armchair Warlords and Robot HordesSally Satel, Organs for SaleRon Reagan, Speech at the Democratic National Convention, July 27, 2004Richard M. Doerflinger, Don’t Clone Ron Reagan’s AgendaEd 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 WorldJames Freeman, You’re Eating Genetically Modified FoodJeffrey Smith, Another Reason for Schools to Ban Genetically Engineered FoodsJames 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 CropsFrom Reading to Writing Chapter 26: PrivacyNew Challenges to Personal PrivacyContemporary ArgumentsAdam Penenberg, The Surveillance SocietyMike Luckovich, I’m Glad Facebook’s Taking Privacy Issues Seriously (cartoon)Robert X. Cringely, Facebook Puts Your Privacy on ParadeJonathan Locker, OnStar: Big Brother’s Eye in the SkyDahlia Lithwick, Teens, Nude Photos and the LawJay Stanley, ACLU Opposes Body Cavity Searches for Airline PassengersAdam Cohen, A Casualty of the Technology Revolution: “Locational Privacy”ISSUE IN FOCUS: BIOMETRICS: MEASURING THE BODY FOR IDENTITYSteven C. Bennett, Privacy Implications of BiometricsPaul Saffo, A Trail of DNA and DataFBI, Using Technology to Catch CriminalsSidebar: Voice Verification for TransactionsBen Goldacre, Now for ID Cards—and the Biometric BluesFrom Reading to Writing Chapter 27: Regulating Substances, Regulating BodiesPrivate Bodies, Public ControlsContemporary ArgumentsJoe Klein, Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes SenseBernadine Healy, Legalize Marijuana? Obama Was Right to Say NoBill James, Cooperstown and the ’RoidsTerrence Rafferty, Kate Winslet, Please Save Us!Rebecca Traister, “Real Beauty”—Or Really Smart Marketing?Consumer Freedom, Obesity AdsDavid 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 AdGarry Trudeau, Doonesbury: The Sin Lobby Gins Up for Another Year (cartoon)Jordan Rubin, Beware of Saturday Morning CartoonsJeffrey Friedman, The Real Cause of ObesityConsumer Freedom, The Nanny AdNew York City Department of Health, Are You Pouring on the Pounds? AdPatrick 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 WorkMorris E. Chafetz, The 21-Year-Old Drinking Age: I Voted for It; It Doesn’t WorkToben F. Nelson, Traci L. Toomey, and co-authors, The Drinking Age of 21 Saves LivesJames Hibberd, Barhopping with the Bud Girls Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Last Round with My Buddies AdSidebar: Some Signs that Substance Use Is a ProblemFrom Reading to Writing Chapter 28: New MediaPersonal Space in CyberspaceContemporary ArgumentsAndrew 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 RoamDaniel Okrent, The Death of Print?David Fitzsimmons, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (cartoon)David Carr, Why Twitter Will EndureNeil Richards, The Perils of Social ReadingISSUE 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 ThinkKevin Moss, The Enemy of My Irony Is My FriendClay Shirky, Gin, Television, and Social Surplus–A Speech, April 26, 2008From Reading to Writing PART 7 Handbook1 Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices2 Subject—Verb Agreement3 Verbs4 Pronouns5 Shifts6 Modifiers7 Grammar for Multilingual Writers8 Commas 9 Semicolons and Colons10 Dashes and Parentheses11 Apostrophes 12 Quotation Marks13 Other Punctuation Marks14 Capitalization, Italics, Abbreviations, Numbers Glossary of Grammatical Terms and UsageGlossaryCreditsIndex for HandbookIndexRevision Guide