To the Point

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

1 919 kr

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To the Point helps readers construct arguments by thinking about their own experiences, reading brief, current essays, and doing writing assignments.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-02-19
Mått10 x 10 x 10 mm
Vikt794 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor544
Upplaga2
FörlagPearson Education (US)
ISBN9780321533715

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I. AN OVERVIEW: CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENTATION. 1. Reading Arguments Why Argue?The Vocabulary of ArgumentJustifying an ArgumentAristotle and the Appeal to ReasonEmotional and Ethical AppealsToulmin ArgumentsReading Visual ArgumentsReading and Writing About Five Current IssuesBarbara Ehrenreich, “From Stone Age to Phone Age”James Traub, “All Go Down Together”Anna Quindlen, “One Nation, Indivisible? Wanna Bet?”Maria Vargas Llosa, “Fence of Lies” 2. Writing Arguments The Writing ProcessFirst StepsIdentifying IssuesLimiting your TopicKnowing Your Purpose and AudienceMaking a Claim in Your ThesisSupporting Your ClaimOrganizing Your ArgumentChecking Your Assumptions (or Warrants)Refutation: Meeting the OppositionAvoiding Traps in Appeals and LogicPerspectives on Love and Marriage: Reading and Writing About a Critical IssueJudy Brady, “I Want a Wife”Nicholas Kristof, “Love and Race”Ann Patchett, “Kissing Cousins”Andrew Sullivan, “Let Gays Marry”Barbara Kantrowitz, “Unmarried, With Children.” 3. Literary Arguments: Getting to the Point About Literature and the Arts Reading Arguments about Literature and the ArtsDiscoveryInterpretationEvaluationReading Literary Arguments: A Checklist Writing Arguments about Literature and the ArtsWriting Literary Arguments: A ChecklistA Student’s Literary Argumente.e. cummings, “in just”Harry Singh, “Delights and Dangers of Childhood” [student essay] Literary Arguments for Reading and Analysis Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour”Daniel P. Deneau, Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”Robert E. Fleming, “Wallace Stevens’ ‘The Snow Man’ and Hemingway’s ‘A Clean Well-Lighted Place’”Carrie O’Maley, “Dickinson’s ‘I Started Early — Took My Dog —’”Caroline Weber, “Tabloid Princess: Review of The Diana Chronicles by Tiny Brown”Anthony Lane, “Acting Out: Review of Spider-Man 3”II. CONTEMPORARY DEBATES4. Rap Culture: Is It Too Negative? Gregg Jones, “Rap Fans Desire a More Positive Product”Barbara Ehrenreich, “Ice-T: The Issue Is Creative Freedom” 5. SUVs: Safe or Dangerous Kim Pittaway, “Terror on the Roads”Woody Hochswender, “Did My Car Join Al Qaeda?” 6. Wal-Mart: Good or Evil? Jack and Suzy Welch, “What’s Right About Wal-Mart”Paul Krugman, “Low Pay, Few Benefits 7. Animal Rights: Should They Compromise Human Needs? Jane McCabe, “Is a Lab Rat's Fate More Poignant Than a Child's?”Jane Goodall, “A Question of Ethics” 8. Stem Cell Research: Yes or No? Michael Kinsley, “False Dilemma on Stem Cells”Gary Rosen, “What Would a Clone Say?” 9. Capital Punishment: Should We Take a Human Life? Terry Golway, “Wrongly Convicted?”David Gelernter, “What Do Murderers Deserve?”III. PERSPECTIVES ON CRITICAL ISSUES.10. The Internet: How Do We Relate to Each Other in Cyberspace? Libby Copeland, “Anyone Need a Friend?”Judith Levine, “I Surf, Therefore I Am”Beth Brophy, “Saturday Night and You're All Alone? Maybe You Need a Cyberdate”Joshua Green, “YouTube: Maker of Dreams, Destroyer of Lives” [student essay] 11. Campus Violence: What is the Answer? Michael Barone, “Feeling Safe Isn’t Safe”Warren Goldstein, “Why It’s Ok to Rat On Other Students”Judi S. Cohen and Rex W. Huppke, “How Safe Are America’s Campuses?”Adam Gopnik, “Shootings” 12. Work, Money, and Class: Who Benefits? Linda Hirshman, “Off to Work She Should Go”Jane Smiley, “The Case Against Chores”David Brooks, “The Triumph of Hope Over Self-Interest”Herbert J. Gans, “Fitting the Poor into the Economy” 13. The Media: Do We Control It, or Does It Control Us? Karen Springen, “Why We Tuned Out”Tony Sachs and Sal Nunziato, “Spinning into Oblivion” Wendy Kaminer, “Toxic Media” 14. The Environment: How Can We Preserve It? Bob Herbert, “No Margin for Error”Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Out of the Wild”Barry Lopez, “Apologia”Wendell Berry, “In Distrust of Movements” 15. Globalization: How Are We Interconnected? Thomas L. Friedman, “Globalization, Alive and Well”William Ecenbarger, “We Are the World”Lewis M. Branscomb, “Innovate or Perish”Bob Davis and John Lyons, “Wealth of Nations” 16. Terrorism: How Should We Meet the Challenge? Reshma Memon Yaqub, “You People Did This”Joyce Carol Oates, “Words Fail, Memory Blurs, Life Wins”Jeffrey Rosen, “Bad Luck: Why Americans Exaggerate the Terrorist Threat”IV. SIX CLASSIC ARGUMENTS Plato, “The Allegory of the Cave”Jonathan Swift, “A Modest Proposal”Virginia Woolf, “Professions for Women”George Orwell, “A Hanging”Rachel Carson, “The Obligation to Endure”Martin Luther King, Jr., “I Have a Dream”V. A CASEBOOK ON AMERICANS EATING HABITS: ARE WE WHAT WE EAT? Paul Rozin and Andrew B. Geier, “Want Fewer Fries With That?”Shannon Brownlee, “Were Fatter but Not Smarter”David Zinczenko, “Don't Blame the Eater”Cast-A-Way, “Instructions for Stress Diet”Adam Cohen, “The McNugget of Truth in Lawsuits Against Fast-Food Restaurants”Adbusters, “Grease”Jonathan Rauch, “The Fat Tax: A Modest Proposal”Roz Chast, “Trick or Treat”Michele Ingrassia, “The Body of the Beholder”Jay Walljasper, “The Joy of Eating”“Weight Loss Guide” Ellen Goodman, “The Culture of Thin Bites Fiji”Dawn Mackeen, “Waifs on the Web” VI. Constructing a Brief Argumentative Research Paper. Using Research and Documentation to Support Your ArgumentThe Research ProcessStage One: Choosing an IssueStage Two: Establishing Your ClaimStage Three: Gathering and Organizing EvidenceStage Four: Writing the PaperStage Five: Documenting SourcesSample Student Research Paper: Nelson Rivera, “Combating Childhood Obesity: Why Can’t Johnny Touch His Toes?” [student essay]

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