The Informed Argument
by Yagelski, Robert P.Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-01-01
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Summary
Treating argument as a problem-solving tool, featuring an innovative marginalia program that contains the contextual information students need to enter thematic conversations, and providing the most extensive coverage of argument in all forms of media, THE INFORMED ARGUMENT is the complete solution for teaching writing and argument.
Table of Contents
| Understanding Argument | |
| The Purposes of Argument | |
| What is an Argument? | |
| Understanding the Purposes of Argument | |
| Arguments to Assert | |
| Arguments to Prevail | |
| Arguments to Inquire | |
| Arguments to Negotiate and Reconcile | |
| The Contexts of Argument | |
| The Rhetorical Situation | |
| Analyzing Your Audience | |
| Imagining Your Audience | |
| Cultural Context | |
| Understanding Culture | |
| Considering Culture in Argument | |
| Considering Gender | |
| Consider Age | |
| Considering Sexual Orientation | |
| Historical Context | |
| The Media for Argument | |
| Analyzing Arguments in Print | |
| Reading Arguments Critically in Print Form | |
| Analyzing Arguments in Visual Media | |
| Photographs as Argument | |
| Advertisements as Argument | |
| Art as Argument | |
| Integrating Visual Elements and Text | |
| Analyzing Arguments in Electronic Media | |
| The Internet | |
| Websites | |
| Online Versions of Print Arguments | |
| Websites as Arguments | |
| Social Media | |
| The Strategies for Argument | |
| Understanding Ethos: Appeals to Character | |
| Understanding Pathos: Appeals to Emotion | |
| Understanding Logos: Appeals to Reason | |
| Patterns of Logic | |
| Reasoning Inductively | |
| Reasoning Deductively | |
| The Syllogism | |
| The Enthymeme | |
| Cultural Differences in Logical Arguments | |
| The Toulmin Model of Argumentation | |
| Understanding Claims and Warrants | |
| Evaluating Claims and Warrants | |
| Appraising Evidence | |
| Facts as Evidence | |
| Personal Experience as Evidence | |
| Authority as Evidence | |
| Values as Evidence | |
| Presenting Evidence in Visual Form | |
| Recognizing Logical Fallacies | |
| Appealing to Pity | |
| Appealing to Prejudice | |
| Appealing to Tradition | |
| Arguing by Analogy | |
| Attacking the Character of Opponents | |
| Attributing False Causes | |
| Attributing Guilt by Association | |
| Begging the Question | |
| Equivocating | |
| Ignoring the Question | |
| Jumping to Conclusions | |
| Opposing a Straw Man | |
| Presenting a False Dilemma | |
| Reasoning That Does Not Follow ("Non Sequitur") | |
| Sliding Down a Slippery Slope | |
| Composing Arguments | |
| Constructing Arguments | |
| Managing the Composing Process | |
| Understanding Composing as Inquiry | |
| Defining Your Topic | |
| Considering Audience | |
| Identifying Your Audience | |
| Making Concessions | |
| Understanding Audience Expectations | |
| How One Student Addresses Her Audience | |
| Defining Your Terms | |
| Structuring an Argument | |
| Classical Arrangement | |
| Rogerian Argument | |
| Logical Arrangements | |
| Inductive Reasoning | |
| Deductive Reasoning | |
| Using the Toulmin Model | |
| Supporting Claims and Presenting Evidence | |
| Using Language Effectively | |
| Doing Research | |
| Reading Critically | |
| Previewing | |
| Annotating | |
| Summarizing | |
| Synthesizing | |
| Integrating Source Material Into Your Paper | |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| Finding Relevant Material | |
| Using the Internet | |
| Searching for Magazine and Journal Articles | |
| Looking for Books | |
| Conducting Interviews and Surveys | |
| Documenting Your Sources | |
| Compiling a Preliminary Bibliography | |
| Citing Sources | |
| MLA and APA Sources | |
| Using Footnote and Content Notes | |
| Parenthetical (In-Text) Citation | |
| Organizing a Bibliography | |
| MLA-Style Documentation | |
| Citing Sources in MLA Style | |
| Creating a Bibliography or Works Cited Page in MLA Style | |
| APA-Style Documentation | |
| Citing Sources in APA Style | |
| Creating a Bibliography or Works Cited Page in APA Style | |
| Preparing Your Final Draft | |
| Negotiating Differences | |
| Ownership | |
| Who Owns Words and Ideas? | |
| "Standing Up for the Power of Learning" | |
| "What's Yours? (Ownership of Intellectual Property)" | |
| "Copyright Crusaders" | |
| "The Responsible Plagiarist: Understanding Students Who Misuse Sources" | |
| Who Owns Music? | |
| "Free Downloads Play Sweet Music," | |
| "Ringtones," | |
| "Hello, Cleveland," | |
| "Collecting Music in the Digital Realm," | |
| What Should We Own? | |
| Excerpt from "Economy" in Walden (new selection) | |
| "Rethinking Rent" (new selection) | |
| "Defining an Ownership Society" (new selection) | |
| "The End of the Ownership Society" (new selection) | |
| Relationships | |
| How Should We Conduct Our Relationships? | |
| "Why I'm Selling My Virginity" (new selection) | |
| "Get Your Hand Out of My Pocket" | |
| "Dorm Brothel" | |
| "We're Here! We're Queer! We're 13!" (new selection) | |
| What Does it Mean to be a Good Parent? | |
| "Designer Babies and Other Myths," | |
| "Victims From Birth," | |
| "The Good Enough Mother," | |
| "What Fathers Do Best," | |
| What Are Family Values? | |
| "Fidelity with a Wandering Eye" | |
| "A More Perfect Union" | |
| "The Future of Marriage" (new selection) | |
| "The Marriage Gap" (new selection) | |
| Communication. (new chapter) Should There Be Limits on Free Speech? | |
| "The Globalization of Censorship" (new selection) | |
| "Them Damn Pictures" (new selection) | |
| "Why We Have Free Speech in America" (new selection) | |
| "The Price of Free Speech: Campus Hate Speech Codes" (new selection) | |
| What Responsibilities Do Popular Media Have? | |
| "Empire of Images in Our World of Bodies" (new selection) | |
| "Racism in the Media"(new selection) | |
| "Symbolic Gestures" (new selection) | |
| "Why I Love Al-Jazeera"(new selection) | |
| How Should We Talk to One Another in the Digital Age? | |
| "The Daily We: Is the Internet Really a Blessing for Democracy?" | |
| "The Revolution Will Not Be Digitized"(new selection) | |
| "Why Gen-Y Johnny Can't Read Non-Verbal Cues"(new selection) | |
| "The Daily Show and Political Activism" (new selection) | |
| Education | |
| What Should Students Be Taught? | |
| "The Humanities for Cocktail Parties and More" | |
| "Liberal Educations on the Ropes" | |
| "Designing a Signature General Education Program" | |
| "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Aptitude" (new selection) | |
| How Should Students Be Taught? | |
| "Lost in the Life of the Mind" | |
| "Moving Away from the Authoritarian Classroom". bell hooks, "Toward a Radical Feminist Pedagogy" | |
| "The Art of Teaching Science" | |
| How Should Learning Be Measured? | |
| "Tests, Tracking, and Derailment" | |
| "Unintended Consequences of High Stakes Testing" | |
| "Why So Many Exams? | |
| A Marxist Response" | |
| "Getting Along Without Grades--and Getting Along With Them too" (new selection) | |
| American National Identity | |
| Who Gets to Be an American? | |
| "By the Time I Get to Cucaracha" | |
| "A Nation of Immigrants" | |
| "Keep the Borders Open" | |
| "Too Many: Looking Today's Immigration in the Face" | |
| What Does It Mean to be a Good Citizen? | |
| "Needed: Informed Voters" | |
| "America: Idea or Nation?" | |
| "A Patriotic Left" | |
| "Class Warfare: It is Wrong that America's Most Privileged Families Have Abandoned Military Service" | |
| How Should Americans Govern Themselves? | |
| First Inaugural Address (new selection) | |
| "Where Did "We" Go?" (new selection) | |
| "Letter from Birmingham Jail," | |
| "Americans, Common Law, and Freedom: What You Need to Know" (new selection) | |
| Environments | |
| How Should We Design Communities? | |
| "The Lived-In City" | |
| "So What Can We Do--Really Do--About Sprawl?" | |
| "Enough Snickering | |
| Suburbia Is More Complicated and Varied Than We Think" | |
| "The Green Case for Cities"(new selection) | |
| What (and How) Should We Eat? | |
| "Eat This Now!" | |
| "Voting With Your Fork" (new selection) | |
| "The Omnivore's Delusion" (new selection) | |
| Capital Times editorial, "In Defense of Michael Pollan" (new selection) | |
| What is Our Responsibility to the Earth? | |
| "The Obligation to Endure" | |
| "Silent Spring at 40" | |
| "Human Nature" (new selection) | |
| "Forget Short Showers" (new selection) | |
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