To the Point : Reading and Writing Short Arguments

by: Muller, Gilbert H.; Wiener, Harvey S.

ISBN 13:
9780321207869
ISBN 10:
0321207866
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2005
Publisher: Longman
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Summary

With approximately 65 brief, thoughtful essays, fresh but significant topics, integrated visuals and Internet resources, and comprehensive questions and writing assignments,To the Pointpresents concisely and clearly the contemporary world of controversy and persuasion for today¿s students of argumentative writing.

Preface

xix

PART 1 AN OVERVIEW: CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENTATION

(142)

Reading Arguments

(42)

Why Argue?

(1)

The Vocabulary of Argument

(2)

Justifying an Argument

(1)

Aristotle and the Appeal to Reason

(3)

Emotional and Ethical Appeals

(2)

Toulmin Arguments

(4)

Reading Visual Arguments

(3)

Reading and Writing About Five Current Issues

(26)

From Stone Age to Phone Age

(5)

Barbara Ehrenreich

Did My Car Join Al Qaeda?

(5)

Woody Hochswender

All Go Down Together

(5)

James Traub

A Failed Mission

(5)

Paul Krugman

One Nation, Indivisible? Wanna Bet?

(6)

Anna Quindlen

Writing Arguments

(42)

The Writing Process

(1)

First Steps

(2)

Identifying Issues

(1)

Limiting Your Topic

(1)

Knowing Your Purpose and Audience

(1)

Making a Claim in Your Thesis

(1)

Supporting Your Claim

(1)

Organizing Your Argument

(1)

Checking Your Assumptions (or Warrants)

(1)

Refutation: Meeting the Opposition

(1)

Avoiding Traps in Appeals and Logic

(3)

Perspectives on Love and Marriage: Reading and Writing About a Critical Issue

(28)

I Want a Wife

(5)

Judy Brady

Love and Race

(5)

Nicholas Kristof

Kissing Cousins

(5)

Ann Patchett

Let Gays Marry

(5)

Andrew Sullivan

Unmarried, with Children

(8)

Barbara Kantrowitz

Patterns of Argument

(56)

Argument Through Narrative

(6)

False Gold

(6)

Fae Myenne Ng

Argument Through Description

(6)

Marrying Absurd

(6)

Joan Didion

Argument Through Illustration

102

(4)

An Idea Whose Time Has Come

102

(4)

Manning Marable

Argument Through Comparison and Contrast

106

(7)

And Rarely the Twain Shall Meet

106

(7)

Deborah Tannen

Argument Through Definition

113

(6)

The Struggle with Celibacy

113

(6)

Lorenzo Albacete

Argument Through Process Analysis

119

(7)

How to Duck Out of Teaching

119

(7)

Douglas Stalker

Argument Through Causal Analysis

126

(6)

The Declaration of Independence

126

(6)

Thomas Jefferson

Argument Through Classification

132

(5)

A World Not Neatly Divided

132

(5)

Amartya Sen

Mixing Patterns

137

(6)

The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority

137

(6)

Ronald Takaki

PART 2 CONTEMPORARY DEBATES: ARGUMENTS PRO AND CON

143

(96)

Rap Culture: Is It Too Negative?

145

(13)

Rap Fans Desire a More Positive Product

146

(5)

Greg Jones

Ice-T: The Issue Is Creative Freedom

151

(7)

Barbara Ehrenreich

College Sports: Should We Seek Equal Rights Between the Sexes?

158

(15)

For All the Good It Has Done, Title IX Is Still Plagued by Myths

159

(6)

Billie Jean King

Wrestling with Title IX

165

(8)

John Irving

Animal Rights: Should They Compromise Human Needs?

173

(12)

Is a Lab Rat's Fate More Poignant than a Child's?

173

(6)

Jane McCabe

A Question of Ethics

179

(6)

Jane Goodall

Immigration: Should We Limit It?

185

(12)

Trouble Is, Native-Born Just Don't Measure Up

186

(6)

Richard Rodriguez

Our Rainbow Underclass

192

(5)

Mortimer B. Zuckerman

Affirmative Action: What Role Should It Play in Our Lives?

197

(23)

Affirmative Action Is Driving Us Apart

198

(9)

Linda Chavez

In Defense of Preference

207

(13)

Nathan Glazer

Capital Punishment: Should We Take a Human Life?

220

(19)

A Hanging

221

(7)

George Orwell

What Do Murderers Deserve?

228

(11)

David Gelernter

PART 3 PERSPECTIVES ON CRITICAL ISSUES

239

(182)

The Internet: What Are the Prospects for Cyberspace?

241

(22)

I Surf, Therefore I Am

242

(5)

Judith Levine

Error Error Error

247

(4)

Dave Barry

Saturday Night and You're All Alone? Maybe You Need a Cyberdate

251

(7)

Beth Brophy

The Limits of Freedom

258

(5)

Andrew Brown

Work, Money, and Class: Who Benefits?

263

(27)

The Case Against Chores

264

(5)

Jane Smiley

The Triumph of Hope Over Self-Interest

269

(5)

David Brooks

Fitting the Poor into the Economy

274

(5)

Herbert J. Gans

Vanishing Jobs

279

(11)

Jeremy Rifkin

The Media: Do We Control It, or Does It Control Us?

290

(24)

Why We Tuned Out

291

(5)

Karen Springen

Watch and Learn

296

(11)

Gregg Easterbrook

Toxic Media

307

(7)

Wendy Kaminer

Education: How Do We Teach and Learn?

314

(28)

Religion in the Textbooks

315

(5)

Ellen Goodman

Their Cheating Hearts

320

(5)

William Raspberry

The Dangerous Myth of Grade Inflation

325

(11)

Alfie Kohn

Curtailing High School: A Radical Proposal

336

(6)

Leon Botstein

The Environment: How Can We Preserve It?

342

(28)

No Margin for Error

343

(5)

Bob Herbert

Out of the Wild

348

(4)

Verlyn Klinkenborg

Apologia

352

(7)

Barry Lopez

In Distrust of Movements

359

(11)

Wendell Berry

Human Rights: Why Does Society Need Them?

370

(27)

A World Criminal Court Is Urgently Needed

371

(5)

Jimmy Carter

Let It Be

376

(5)

Jonathan Rauch

Two Stubborn Men, Many Dead

381

(5)

Amos Oz

The Clan of the One-Breasted Women

386

(11)

Terry Tempest Williams

Terrorism: How Should We Meet the Challenge?

397

(24)

Globalization, Alive and Well

397

(5)

Thomas L. Friedman

You People Did This

402

(5)

Reshma Memon Yaqub

Words Fail, Memory Blurs, Life Wins

407

(6)

Joyce Carol Oates

Bad Luck: Why Americans Exaggerate the Terrorist Threat

413

(8)

Jeffrey Rosen

PART 4 FIVE CLASSIC ARGUMENTS

421

(26)

The Allegory of the Cave

422

(4)

Plato

A Modest Proposal

426

(7)

Jonathan Swift

Professions for Women

433

(6)

Virginia Woolf

The Obligation to Endure

439

(3)

Rachel Carson

I Have a Dream

442

(5)

Martin Luther King Jr.

PART 5 A CASEBOOK OF ARGUMENTS ON AMERICANS' EATING HABITS: ARE WE WHAT WE EAT?

447

(40)

We're Fatter but Not Smarter

449

(5)

Shannon Brownlee

Don't Blame the Eater

454

(2)

David Zinczenko

Instructions for Stress Diet

456

(2)

Cast-A-Way

The McNugget of Truth in the Lawsuits Against Fast-Food Restaurants

458

(3)

Adam Cohen

Grease

461

(1)

The Fat Tax: A Modest Proposal

462

(3)

Jonathan Rauch

Trick or Treat

465

(2)

Roz Chast

The Body of the Beholder

467

(3)

Michele Ingrassia

The Joy of Eating

470

(5)

Jay Walljasper

Weight Loss Guide

475

(3)

The Culture of Thin Bites Fiji

478

(3)

Ellen Goodman

Waifs on the Web

481

(6)

Dawn Mackeen

PART 6 CONSTRUCTING A BRIEF ARGUMENTATIVE RESEARCH PAPER

487

(30)

Using Research and Documentation to Support Your Argument

488

(1)

The Research Process

488

(21)

Stage One. Choosing an Issue

488

(4)

Stage Two. Establishing Your Claim

492

(1)

Stage Three. Gathering and Organizing Evidence

493

(6)

Stage Four. Writing the Paper

499

(2)

Stage Five. Documenting Sources

501

(8)

Sample Student Research Paper

509

(8)

Nelson Rivera, ``Combating Childhood Obesity: Why Can't Johnny Touch His Toes?''

Credits

517

(3)

Index

520

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