Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments
ISBN: 9780205616800 | 0205616801
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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<>This popular rhetoric/reader combines a brief, accessible introduction to argument with an anthology of provocative readings on contemporary issues. By stressing the rhetorical situation and audience, this argument rhetoric/reader avoids complicated schemes and terminology in favor of providing students with the practical ways of finding "good reasons" to argue for the positions they take. Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments helps students read, analyze, and write various types of arguments, including visual, verbal, and written. Support... MORE
| Alternate Contents: Types of Arguments | p. xiv |
| Preface | p. xx |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Persuading with Good Reasons | p. 1 |
| What Do We Mean by Argument? | p. 2 |
| What Does Argument Mean for College Writers? | p. 2 |
| How Can You Argue Responsibly? | p. 3 |
| How Can You Argue Respectfully? | p. 4 |
| Reading and Discovering Arguments | |
| Why Ar... MORE | p. 9 |
| Why Do People Write Arguments? | p. 9 |
| Finding Good Reasons | p. 10 |
| Why Do Some Arguments Succeed? | p. 12 |
| What Are the Goals of Arguments? | p. 16 |
| What Are Rhetorical Appeals? | p. 17 |
| Rachel Carson, The Obligation to Endure | p. 19 |
| Reading Arguments | p. 22 |
| Read Critically | p. 22 |
| Read Actively | p. 22 |
| Finding Good Reasons | p. 24 |
| Recognize Fallacies | p. 26 |
| Respond as a Writer | p. 28 |
| Finding Arguments | p. 30 |
| Find Arguments in Everyday Conversations | p. 30 |
| Find a Topic that Interests You | p. 33 |
| Find a Claim by Exploring | p. 37 |
| Finding Good Reasons | p. 39 |
| Find a Claim by Reading | p. 40 |
| Find Good Reasons | p. 44 |
| Find Evidence to Support Good Reasons | p. 50 |
| Drafting and Revising Arguments | p. 52 |
| State and Evaluate Your Thesis | p. 52 |
| Think about Your Readers | p. 54 |
| Finding Good Reasons | p. 55 |
| Organize Your Argument | p. 57 |
| Write an Engaging Title and Introduction | p. 58 |
| Write a Strong Conclusion | p. 59 |
| Evaluate Your Draft | p. 60 |
| Respond to the Writing of Others | p. 62 |
| Edit and Proofread Carefully | p. 64 |
| Analyzing Arguments | |
| Analyzing Written Arguments | p. 69 |
| What Is Rhetorical Analysis? | p. 69 |
| Build a Rhetorical Analysis | p. 69 |
| Analyze the Rhetorical Features | p. 70 |
| Analyze the Rhetorical Context | p. 75 |
| Write a Rhetorical Analysis | p. 79 |
| Barbara Jordan, Statement on the Articles of Impeachment | p. 80 |
| T. Jonathan Jackson (student), An Argument of Reason and Passion: Barbara Jordan's "Statement on the Articles of Impeachment" | p. 84 |
| Steps to Writing a Rhetorical Analysis | p. 87 |
| Analyzing Visual Arguments | p. 90 |
| What Is a Visual Argument? | p. 90 |
| Analyze Visual Persuasion | p. 92 |
| Analyze Visual Evidence | p. 93 |
| Build a Visual Analysis | p. 100 |
| Write a Visual Analysis | p. 100 |
| Angela Yamashita (student), Got Roddick? | p. 101 |
| Steps to Writing a Visual Analysis | p. 104 |
| Writing Arguments | |
| Putting Good Reasons into Action | p. 109 |
| Use Different Approaches to Construct an Argument | p. 110 |
| Finding Good Reasons | p. 111 |
| Definition Arguments | p. 113 |
| Understand How Definition Arguments Work | p. 113 |
| Recognize Kinds of Definitions | p. 114 |
| Finding Good Reasons | p. 117 |
| Build a Definition Argument | p. 118 |
| Scott McCloud, Setting the Record Straight | p. 121 |
| Chris Nguyen (student), Speech Doesn't Have to Be Pretty to Be Protected | p. 129 |
| Steps to Writing a Definition Argument | p. 134 |
| Causal Arguments | p. 137 |
| Understand How Causal Arguments Work | p. 137 |
| Find Causes | p. 138 |
| Finding Good Reasons | p. 140 |
| Build a Causal Argument | p. 142 |
| Annie Murphy Paul, The Real Marriage Penalty | p. 144 |
| Emily Raine, Why Should I Be Nice to You? Coffee Shops and the Politics of Good Service | p. 147 |
| Steps to Writing a Causal Argument | p. 153 |
| Evaluation Arguments | p. 156 |
| Understand How Evaluation Arguments Work | p. 156 |
| Recognize Kinds of Evaluations | p. 157 |
| Finding Good Reasons | p. 159 |
| Build an Evaluation Argument | p. 160 |
| Michael Eric Dyson, Gangsta Rap and American Culture | p. 162 |
| Rashaun Giddens (student), Stop Loss or "Loss of Trust" | p. 163 |
| Steps to Writing an Evaluation Argument | p. 174 |
| Narrative Arguments | p. 177 |
| Understand How Narrative Arguments Work | p. 178 |
| Recognize Kinds of Narrative Arguments | p. 179 |
| Finding Good Reasons | p. 180 |
| Build a Narrative Argument | p. 181 |
| Leslie Marmon Silko, The Border Patrol State | p. 182 |
| Dagoberto Gilb, My Landlady's Yard | p. 187 |
| Steps to Writing a Narrative Argument | p. 190 |
| Rebuttal Arguments | p. 192 |
| Understand How Rebuttal Arguments Work | p. 193 |
| Finding Good Reasons | p. 195 |
| Recognize Kinds of Rebuttal Arguments | p. 196 |
| Build a Rebuttal Argument | p. 199 |
| Dan Stein, Crossing the Line | p. 200 |
| Gregory Rodriguez, Illegal Immigrants-They're Money | p. 202 |
| Steps to Writing a Rebuttal Argument | p. 205 |
| Proposal Arguments | p. 210 |
| Understand How Proposal Arguments Work | p. 211 |
| Recognize Components of Proposal Arguments | p. 212 |
| Finding Good Reasons | p. 213 |
| Build a Proposal Argument | p. 214 |
| Thomas Homer-Dixon and S. Julio Friedmann, Coal in a Nice Shade of Green | p. 216 |
| Kim Lee (student), Let's Make It a Real Melting Pot with Presidential Hopes for All | p. 219 |
| Steps to Writing a Proposal Argument | p. 223 |
| Designing and Presenting Arguments | |
| Designing Arguments | p. 229 |
| Think About Your Readers | p. 229 |
| Know When to Use Images and Graphics | p. 230 |
| Compose and Edit Images | p. 231 |
| Create Tables, Charts, and Graphs | p. 234 |
| Design Pages for Print | p. 236 |
| Design Pages for the Web | p. 238 |
| Presenting Arguments | p. 238 |
| Plan in Advance | p. 238 |
| Design Effective Visuals | p. 240 |
| Focus on Your Delivery | p. 242 |
| Researching Arguments | |
| Planning Research | p. 247 |
| Analyze the Research Task | p. 247 |
| Find a Subject | p. 247 |
| Ask a Research Question | p. 249 |
| Gather Information About the Subject | p. 249 |
| Draft a Working Thesis | p. 252 |
| Finding Sources | p. 254 |
| Search with Keywords | p. 255 |
| Find Books | p. 256 |
| Find Journal Articles | p. 256 |
| Find Web Sources | p. 259 |
| Evaluating and Recording Sources | p. 263 |
| Evaluate Print Sources | p. 263 |
| Find Information to Cite Print Sources | p. 264 |
| Evaluate Database Sources | p. 266 |
| Find Information to Cite a Database Source | p. 266 |
| Evaluate Web Sources | p. 267 |
| Find Information to Cite a Web Source | p. 269 |
| Writing the Research Paper | p. 270 |
| Review Your Goals and Thesis | p. 270 |
| Determine Your Contribution | p. 270 |
| Determine Your Main Points | p. 271 |
| Avoid Plagiarism | p. 271 |
| Quote Sources Without Plagiarizing | p. 273 |
| Summarize and Paraphrase Sources Without Plagiarizing | p. 274 |
| Incorporate Quotations | p. 276 |
| Incorporate Visuals | p. 278 |
| Documenting Sources in MLA Style | p. 280 |
| Elements of MLA Documentation | p. 280 |
| MLA In-Text Citations | p. 284 |
| MLA Works-Cited List: Books | p. 287 |
| MLA Works-Cited List: Periodicals | p. 291 |
| MLA Works-Cited List: Library Database Sources | p. 293 |
| MLA Works-Cited List: Online Sources | p. 293 |
| MLA Works-Cited List: Other Sources | p. 295 |
| Sample MLA Paper: Brian Witkowski (student), Need a Cure for Tribe Fever? How About a Dip in the Lake? | p. 297 |
| Documenting Sources in APA Style | p. 304 |
| Elements of APA Documentation | p. 304 |
| APA In-Text Citations | p. 307 |
| APA References List: Books | p. 309 |
| APA References List: Periodicals | p. 310 |
| APA References List: Library Database Sources | p. 311 |
| APA References List: Online Sources | p. 311 |
| APA References List: Other Sources | p. 312 |
| Contemporary Arguments | p. 313 |
| Negotiating the Environment | p. 315 |
| American Environmentalism | p. 315 |
| Contemporary Arguments | p. 316 |
| Edward O. Wilson, The Conservation Ethic | p. 318 |
| Sidebar: Aldo Leopold, From The Land Ethic | p. 320 |
| N. Scott Momaday, The Way to Rainy Mountain | p. 323 |
| Robert Bullard, How Race Affected the Federal Government's Response to Katrina | p. 328 |
| Wendell Berry, Manifesto: Mad Farmer Liberation Front | p. 331 |
| Issue in Focus: Climate Change | p. 333 |
| Al Gore, What Is Global Warming? | p. 335 |
| Al Gore, Ten Things to Do to Help Stop Global Warming | p. 338 |
| Christopher C. Horner, Top Ten "Global-Warming" Myths | p. 339 |
| Glenn McCoy, And Looking at Our Extended Forecast ... (cartoon) | p. 340 |
| Philip Jenkins, Burning at the Stake | p. 343 |
| Alex Williams, Buying into the Green Movement | p. 345 |
| Chicago Tribune, Fast Clothes vs. Green Clothes (editorial) | p. 349 |
| Elisabeth Rosenthal, Environmentally Unfriendly Trend: Fast Fashion | p. 350 |
| Sidebar: How "Green" Is Your T-Shirt? | p. 351 |
| From Reading to Writing | p. 352 |
| Confronting Sexual Difference | p. 353 |
| Sexual Difference in American Culture | p. 353 |
| Contemporary Arguments | p. 354 |
| Carmen Vazquez, Appearances | p. 356 |
| Peter J. Gomes, Homophobic? Read Your Bible | p. 362 |
| Ryan T. Anderson, Struggling Alone | p. 365 |
| Issue in Focus: Same-sex Marriage | p. 368 |
| Proposed Amendment to the U.S. Constitution | p. 370 |
| Matt Davies, We're Here to Defend ... (cartoon) | p. 370 |
| House of Representatives, The Defense of Marriage Act | p. 371 |
| Anna Quindlen, Evan's Two Moms | p. 373 |
| Sonya Geis, A New Tactic in Fighting Marriage Initiatives | p. 374 |
| From Reading to Writing | p. 376 |
| William F. Jasper, Subversion Through Perversion | p. 377 |
| Marc Haeringer, Coming Out in the Line of Fire | p. 380 |
| Emily Martin and Katie Schwartzmann, Bad for Both Boys and Girls | p. 383 |
| Andrew Sullivan, The End of Gay Culture | p. 384 |
| Alexa Hackbarth, Vanity, Thy Name Is Metrosexual | p. 396 |
| Globalization: Importing and Exporting America | p. 400 |
| America's Place in the World | p. 400 |
| Contemporary Arguments | p. 401 |
| Henry Payne, The Bad News Is ... (cartoon) | p. 401 |
| Mae M. Ngai, No Human Being Is Illegal | p. 406 |
| Michelle Malkin, Beware of Illegal Aliens Seeking Hazmat Licenses | p. 411 |
| Sidebar: Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus | p. 408 |
| Sidebar: Thomas Bailey Aldrich, The Unguarded Gates | p. 410 |
| Helen Epstein, Immigration Maze | p. 413 |
| Wiley Miller, What's the Worst That Can Happen ...? (cartoon) | p. 414 |
| Todd Gitlin, Under the Sign of Mickey Mouse & Co. | p. 415 |
| Urvashi Butalia, Living the Dream | p. 419 |
| Sidebar: National Readership Survey 2006: Women's Attitudes in India | p. 421 |
| Laura Carlsen, Wal-Mart vs. Pyramids | p. 422 |
| Darla K. Deardorff, In Search of Intercultural Competence | p. 421 |
| Science and Ethics | p. 427 |
| The Ethics of Science and Technology | p. 427 |
| Contemporary Arguments | p. 428 |
| Bill Joy, Why the Future Doesn't Need Us | p. 429 |
| Francis Fukuyama, A Tale of Two Dystopias | p. 438 |
| Ralph C. Merkle, Nanotechnology: Designs for the Future | p. 446 |
| Ursula Franklin, Beautiful, Functional, and Frugal | p. 452 |
| Bill Gates, A Robot in Every Home | p. 453 |
| Christine Soares, Attitude Screen | p. 460 |
| Issue in Focus: Stem Cell Research | p. 462 |
| Ron Reagan, Speech at the Democratic National Convention, July 21, 2004 | p. 464 |
| Pat Oliphant, The Ronald Reagan Eulogy Will Be Delivered ... (cartoon) | p. 466 |
| Steven Milloy, Ron Reagan Wrong on Stem Cells | p. 466 |
| Richard M. Doerflinger, Don't Clone Ron Reagan's Agenda | p. 468 |
| From Reading to Writing | p. 470 |
| Privacy | p. 472 |
| New Challenges to Personal Privacy | p. 472 |
| Contemporary Arguments | p. 474 |
| David Brin, Three Cheers for the Surveillance Society! | p. 475 |
| Ted Koppel, Take My Privacy, Please! | p. 484 |
| John McPherson, It's Part of the Government's New Emphasis ... (cartoon) | p. 488 |
| Randall Larsen, Traveler's Card Might Just Pave the Way for a National ID Card | p. 488 |
| Jennifer Burk, Counselors Walk a Fine Line Weighing the Rights of Student and College | p. 490 |
| Jeffrey Zaslow, The End of Youthful Indiscretions: Internet Makes Them Permanent Blots | p. 492 |
| Issue in Focus: Biometrics: Measuring the Body for Identity | p. 494 |
| Steven C. Bennett, Privacy Implications of Biometrics | p. 496 |
| Paul Saffo, A Trail of DNA and Data | p. 502 |
| FBI, Using Technology to Catch Criminals | p. 506 |
| Russ Ryan, Emerging Biometric Technologies | p. 507 |
| Sidebar: Voice Verification for Transactions | p. 510 |
| J. G. Domke, Will Cash and Credit Cards Become Extinct in the Not-So-Distant Future? | p. 511 |
| From Reading to Writing | p. 513 |
| Regulating Substances, Regulating Bodies | p. 515 |
| Private Bodies, Public Controls | p. 515 |
| Contemporary Arguments | p. 517 |
| Joseph A. Califano Jr., The Right Drug to Target: Cutting Marijuana Use | p. 518 |
| Eric Schlosser, Make Peace with Pot | p. 520 |
| Issue in Focus: Regulating Tobacco | p. 523 |
| Philip Morris, Camel Lights Ad | p. 523 |
| American Legacy Foundation, Antismoking Ad | p. 524 |
| Gary Trudeau, Doonesbury: The Sin Lobby Gins Up ... (cartoon) | p. 525 |
| Douglas Bettcher and Chitra Subramaniam, The Necessity of Global Tobacco Regulations | p. 526 |
| Walter E. Williams, Nazi Tactics | p. 528 |
| From Reading to Writing | p. 530 |
| Malcolm Gladwell, Drugstore Athlete | p. 531 |
| Bill Amend, What's This? (cartoon) | p. 532 |
| Michael Berube, Citizenship and Disability | p. 540 |
| Barry Blitt, New Yorker Cover | p. 547 |
| Terrence Rafferty, Kate Winslet, Please Save Us! | p. 548 |
| Susan Llewelyn Leach, Those Extra Pounds-Are They Government's Business? | p. 554 |
| Mim Udovitch, A Secret Society of the Starving | p. 556 |
| Consumer Freedom, Obesity Ads | p. 565 |
| Pippa Wysong, Modified | p. 566 |
| Eric Lewis, The Subtext of All Tattoos (cartoon) | p. 568 |
| Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Like Father, Like Son Ad | p. 570 |
| Susan Kinzie, A Rare Kind of Rush: A Sorority Based on Islamic Principles | p. 571 |
| New Media | p. 574 |
| Personal Space in Cyberspace | p. 574 |
| Contemporary Arguments | p. 575 |
| Andrew Keen, Is Google's Data Grinder Dangerous? | p. 576 |
| Sidebar: John Perry Barlow, A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace | p. 578 |
| John Seigenthaler, A False Wikipedia "Biography" | p. 579 |
| Walt Handelsman, Information Superhighway (cartoon) | p. 583 |
| Michael Gerson, Where the Avatars Roam | p. 583 |
| Jessica Bennett and Malcolm Beith, Alternate Universe | p. 585 |
| Marcelle S. Fischler, Putting on Lip Gloss, and a Show, for YouTube Viewers | p. 591 |
| Sidebar: Joe Duffy and Andrew Keen, Can Anyone Be a Designer? | p. 592 |
| danah boyd, Facebook's "Privacy Trainwreck": Exposure, Invasion, and Social Convergence | p. 595 |
| Stephen Williams, Getting Off the Couch | p. 604 |
| A Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism | p. 607 |
| Glossary | p. 615 |
| Credits | p. 619 |
| Index | p. 622 |
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