The well-crafted argument : a guide and reader

The Well-Crafted Argument guides students through the process of writing effective argumentative essays across the disciplines. The two-part structure of this rhetoric/reader includes a complete pedagogical apparatus--with coverage of reading, writing, and researching a topic--and an anthology of readings grouped into eight thematic clusters. In-depth instruction, combined with real student writings, engages students and helps them discover their own voices. The Third Edition features a greater emphasis on visual argument, while maintaining the authors' practical, skill-building approach. Each chapter ends with a summary, checklist, and writing projects that allow students to apply what they learn. In addition to guidance on drafting and revising arguments, the authors provide a variety of composition strategies, from free-writing to outlining. Active reading tools, such as note-taking, summary writing, and shared reading, are also encouraged.

• Part I The Rhetoric of Argument
• 1 The Nature and Process of Argument
• Why Argue?
• What Is an Argument?
• Using Evidence in Argument
• Communicating with a Purpose
• The Process of Composing an Argument
• Using Appeals in Argument
• Organizing the Argument
• Drafting the Argument
• High Score Education James Paul Gee
• Revising the Argument: A Form of Reevaluation
• Reading to Revise
• Visual Aids as Tools for Argumentative Writing
• Tribal Relations Steven Waldman and John C. Green
• The Cartoon Herb Block
• 2 Methods of Critical Reading
• Reading as a Construction of Meaning
• Active versus Passive Reading
• Reading as a Writer of Arguments
• Writing a Summary
• Reading with a Pencil
• Say No to Trash Samuel Lipman
• Reading Visuals in Arguments
• Becoming a Highly Motivated Reader
• Reading Responsibly
• High Noon (editorial)
• Active Reading as Shared Reading
• Using the Modes of Argument as a Schema for Analysis
• The Importance of Open-Mindedness when Reading
• Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina Galileo Galilei
• 3 Using the Classical Model in Your Arguments
• Argument in the Ancient World
• The Classical Model of Argument
• Student Essay
• Ecology vs. Land Development in Trinidad and Tobago Justine Hearn
• Reinforcing Aristotelian Appeals with Visuals
• Anti-Defamation League, School Vouchers: The Wrong Choice for Public Education
• Why School Vouchers Can Help Inner-City Children Kurt L. Schmoke
• 4 Using the Toulmin Model in Your Arguments
• The Toulmin Model of Argument
• Professions for Women Virginia Woolf
• Student Essay
• Tobacco: Ignorance Is No Longer an Excuse Daniel Neal
• Organizing Your Argument Using the Toulmin Model
• Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson
• 5 Using the Rogerian Model in Your Arguments
• The Rogerian Model of Argument
• Let's Talk About Sexual Harassment in Middle School Kimberly Shearer Palmer
• Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King, Jr
• Student Essay
• Who Owns Our Children? Daniela Gibson
• 6 Reasoning: Methods and Fallacies
• Argumentative Reasoning
• The Nature of Fallacies
• Strategies of Reasoning
• Errors in reasoning
• A Taxonomy
• Love Is a Fallacy Max Shulman
• 7 Researching Your Argument
• The Three Faces of Resaerch
• Searching Before You Research: Taking a Mental Inventory
• Focusing Your Research for Argumentative Essays
• Formulating a Strong Thesis
• Researching Using the Internet
• Searching on the Web
• Useful Websites for Writers of Arguments
• Researching Using Print Resources
• Gathering Information from Email, Telephone Conversations, Interviews, and Surveys
• Taking Effective Research Notes
• The Role of Serendipity in Research
• Evaluating Your Sources
• Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism
• Incorporating Outside Sources into Your Argument
• 8 Documenting Your Sources: MLA and APA Styles
• Citation of Source Material: A Rationale
• Which Documentation Style to Use?
• A Guide to MLA Documentation Style
• Presenting Quoted Material
• Index for Citing Sources: MLA Style
• Using Author/Page In-Text Citations
• Preparing the MLA List of Works Cited
• Sample Student Paper: MLA Documentation Format
• Why We Should Punish Daniela Gibson
• A Guide to APA Documentation Style
• Presenting Quoted Material
• Index for Citing Sources: APA Style
• Using Author/Year In-Text Citations
• Preparing the APA List of References
• Sample Student Paper: APA Documentation Format
• Child Molestation: Anything but Your Typical Crime Jarrett Green
• Part II Reading Custers
• 1 Athletics and Academics: How Do They Benefit Each Other?
• Are Student Athletes Really Students?
• Game Score, Test Scores (editorial cartoon) Edward Koren
• Brawn & Brains: Student Athletes Get a Bum Rap Dave Newhouse
• Is Athletics Meeting Its Purpose? John R. Gerdy
• For True Reform, Athletic Scholarships Must Go John R. Gerdy
• Student Essay
• Academic Performance of Student Athletes Scott Klausner
• Issues for Further Research: The Intrinsic Value of College Athletics
• Student Visual Essay
• The Faces of Sports Kelly Ryan
• Student Essay
• Play for Pride, Not for Pay Kelly Ryan
• 2 Intellectual Property: How Should IP Rights be Protected?
• How Might the Downloading of Music Files Best Be Regulated?
• Troubletown (editorial cartoon) Lloyd Dangle
• U.S. Newswire, Jim Rogan Speaks on Intellectual Property Rights: "We Have to Treat Theft as Theft"
• Protecting Music Lawrence Lessig
• The Internet Debacle: An Alternate View Janis Ian
• Thread My Music's Yours Bill Thompson
• Penalties Frighten Music Traders: Survey Reports Copyright Laws Are Not Daunting Benny Evangelista
• Student Essay
• Why I've Stopped Sharing Music Powell Fraser
• Student Essay
• A Language All Their Own Nathan Salha
• Issues for Further Research: Copyright Term Limits
• Mouse Trap: Disney's Copyright Conquest Jeffrey Rosen
• Needed: Sane IP Laws Jason Brooks
• Issues for Further Research: Copyright Complexities
• Negativland, Changing Copyright
• Issues for Further Research: Plagiarism
• The Rules of Attribution Deborah R. Gerhardt
• Rule No. 1: Don't Copy Lisa Takeuchi Cullen
• 3 Media Regulation: What Are the Issues?
• How Should the First Amendment's Freedom of Speech Guarantee Be Applied?
• Internet and Censorship (editorial cartoon) Patrick Chappatte
• Speech Overview Rodney Smolla
• Campus Speech Issues Martin P. Golding
• The Web Police Matthew Quirk
• Student Essay
• Speech Codes: An Insult to Education and a Threat to Our Future Quentin Clark
• Issues for Futher Research: Book Banning
• A Letter to the Chairman of the Drake School Board Kurt Vonnegut Jr
• Student Essay
• The Myth of Book Censoring Within the American Educational System Kiley Strong
• Student Essay
• Censorship of Books for Public High Schools Gaby Caceres
• When Necessary, When Not Issues for Further Research: Effects of Media Violence
• Statement Linking Media Violence to Violence in Kids Draws Criticism Cheryl Arvidson
• TV Isn't Violent Enough Mike Oppenheim
• Issues for Further Research: Textbook Sanitizing
• CNN Student News, Language Police Bar "Old," "Blind"
• 4 Multicultural Learning: What Are the Priorities?
• Who, If Anyone, Benefits from Multicultural Education?
• Politically Correct (editorial cartoon) Jim Huber
• Perspectives: Improving Race Relations One Journalism Class at a Time Breea C. Willingham
• Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective Leslie Marmon Silko
• Issues for Further Research: The Canon Debate
• Equality and the Classics Dinesh D'Souza
• A Historian in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass Lawrence W. Levine
• Student Essay
• The Importance of Multicultural Education in Global Society Chris Garber
• Issues for Further Research: Bilingual Education
• English: The National Language (editorial cartoon) John Darkow
• Linguistic Police (editorial cartoon) Monte Wolverton
• Bilingual or Immersion? Kendra Hamilton
• Two Languages Are Better Than One Wayne P. Thomas and Virginia Collier
• Speaking a Public Language Richard Rodriguez
• Student Essay
• Education in English: The Proven Benefits of a Bilingual Academic Program Regina Patzelt
• Student Essay: Yung Le English First
• Literacy Development for Students with No Voice: Scheme and Schema Ann Russell
• Eliminating Standardized Tests in College Admissions: The New Affirmative Action? Rebecca Zwick
• Should the SAT Account for Race? Nathan Glazer and Abigail Thernstrom
• 5 National Security: How Can the United Stated Best Protect Itself?
• What Effects Could the Patriot Act Have on Individual Liberties?
• So, It's Agreed (editorial cartoon) Chris Slane
• Patriot Act a Vital Tool Against Terrorism Kevin V. Ryan
• Faking Out the Constitution Kevin Danaher and Scott Lynch
• USA Patriot Act: What's Next? George H. Pike
• Condorville (comic strip) Darrin Bell
• The USA PATRIOT Act and Patron Privacy on Library Internet Terminals Mary Minow
• Big Brother Is Listening James Bamford
• Student Essay
• New British Measure Will Harm Civil Liberties Mohammed Surve
• Issues for Further Research: Budgeting for Security
• The Cost of Securing the Homeland Michael Scardaville
• Issues for Further Research: Border Security
• 6000 Guardsmen Are Not Enough Charlie Norwood
• Mexicans See Insult, Danger in Border Plan Monica Campbell
• 6 Science and Religion: If Common Ground Exists, Where Does It Lie?
• What Is the Basis of the Conflict Between Science and Religion?
• B.C. (comic strip) Johnny Hart
• A Designer Universe? Steven Weinberg
• The New Convergence Gregg Easterbrook
• Miracles and Explanations Chet Raymo
• Fossils J.T. Barbarese
• Great Minds Needn't Think Alike to Be Right: Advocates of Science and Religion Can Co-Exist Cynthia Bass
• Student Essay
• Can One Compare Science and Religion? Kareem Raad
• Issues for Further Research: Teaching Human Origins in the Public Schools
• Dorothy, It's Really Oz Stephen Jay Gould
• Teaching Evolution at a Christian College David Ludden
• Issues for Further Research: Religion in Public Schools
• The Real Message of Creationism Charles Krauthammer
• Student Essay
• The Battle over Creationism Patrick Green
• 7 Biomedical Research: What Role Should Ethics Play?
• Can Biomedical Issues Be Separated from Politics?
• Political Science/Politicized Science (cartoon) Dave Coverly
• Who Should Read Your Mind? Francine Russo
• Bioengineering and Self-Improvement Arthur Caplan
• Ethics, Politics, and Genetic Knowledge Robert P. George
• Designer Babies: One Step Closer Samuel Hensley
• Issues for Further Research: The Stem Cell Debate
• The Stem Cell Debate John W. Donohue
• The Morality of Killing Human Embryos Bonnie Steinbock
• A Middle Ground for Stem Cells Yuval Levin
• Editors of The New Atlantis, Stem Cell Spin
• Issues for Further Research: Transgenic Animals
• Genetically Engineered Animals and the New "Pharm" Animal Factories Michael W. Fox
• Patenting Life Michael Crichton
• A Question of Chimeras Clare Kittredge
• Student Essay
• Priorities of Gene Therapy Nikolay Balbyshev
• 8 Masterpieces of Argument: What Do They Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion?
• Tragedy of Vietnam (photograph) Nick Ut
• Allegory of the Cave Plato
• To His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell
• A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift
• Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Jonathan Edwards
• Keynote Adderss at the First Woman's Rights Convention Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• I Hear the Mournful Wail of Millions Frederick Douglass
• The Obligation to Endure Rachel Carson
• The Perils of Obedience Stanley Milgram
• The Character of Hamlet's Mother Carolyn G. Heilbrun