PREFACE PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENT
Chapter 1. Approaches to Argument
What Is Argument?
Aristotelian Rhetoric
READING ARGUMENT
*In Gun Control Debate, Logic Goes Out the Window, Richard J. Davis
*A Person Is the Best Thing to Happen to a Shelter Pet (advertisement), The Shelter Pet Project
*I am Adam Lanza's Mother, Liza Long
Rogerian Argument
READING ARGUMENT
*Katie Couric and the Celebrity Medicine Syndrome, Julia Belluz and Steven J. Hoffman
*The "Unnatural" Ashley Treatment Can Be Right for Profoundly Disabled Children, Peter Singer
The Toulmin Model
READING ARGUMENT
*In Health, We're Not No. 1, Robert J. Samuelson
*Latest 3-D Films Add Dimension, Not Appeal, Jonathan Winchell
Assignments for Understanding Approaches to Argument
Chapter 2. Examining Written Arguments
Prereading
READING ARGUMENT
On Pins and Needles Defending Artistic Expression, Carol Rose
*I Belong Here, Amin Ahmad
Reading for Content and Structure
READING ARGUMENT
*A Tale of Two Airlines, Christopher Elliott
*Gun Debate: Where is the Middle Ground?, Mallory Simon
The Gay Option, Stephanie Fairyington
Evaluation
READING ARGUMENT
*The Internet Is a Surveillance State, Bruce Schneier
*Giving Up Our Privacy: Is It Worth It? (student essay), Whitney Cramer
Assignments for Examining Written Arguments
Chapter 3. Examining Multimodal Arguments
Visual Rhetoric
READING ARGUMENT
Looting (photograph), Dave Martin
Finding (photograph), Chris Gaythen
Milvertha Hendricks (photograph), Eric Gay
At the Time of the Louisville Flood (photograph), Margaret Bourke-White
Edgar Hollingsworth Rescued (photograph), Bruce Chambers
*Texting and Driving (photograph), Michael Krasowitz
*Stop Climate Change Before It Changes You (advertisement), World Wildlife Fund
*Takeout Can Eat Up Your Savings (advertisement), American Institute of CPAs
*Obamacare EMT (cartoon), Martin Kozlowski
*Did You Feel That? (cartoon), Pat Bagley
*Tobacco's Shifting Burden (infographic), theworld.org
*Where Your Gas Money Goes (infographic), Union of Concerned Scientists
Audiovisual Rhetoric
READING ARGUMENT
*Let's Go Places (advertisement), Toyota
*[epage] Neon Signs (Buzzed Driving) (video), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
*Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961 (transcript), John F. Kennedy
*[epage] Democratic National Convention Speech (video), Elizabeth Warren
*Coverage of Obama's Announcement in Support of Gay Marriage, CNN Correspondents
Online Environments
READING ARGUMENT
*"Peaceful" Act of Compassion, William Wharton
*Valedictorian Prays but Should Christians Rejoice?, Alan Noble
*[epage] Global Warming Continues with No Slow Down (blog post), Jeff Masters
*[epage] Montessori Madness (visual lecture), Trevor Eissler
*makehellcool.com (website), fastrack
Assignments for Examining Multimodal Arguments
Chapter 4. Responding to Arguments
READING ARGUMENT
*Gun Heart (photograph), Anonymous
*Killing with Kindness (student essay), Karina Namaye
Writing the Claim
Planning the Structure
Using Sentence Forms to Write about Arguments
Providing Support
Documenting Your Sources
Avoiding Plagiarism
READING ARGUMENT
*Internet Gambling Is Anything but Pretty, Sadhbh Walshe
*An Analysis of Sadbhb Walshes Commentary on Online Gambling (student essay), Carson Kennedy
*The Snitch in Your Pocket, Michael Isikoff
*Misuse of Cell-Phone Tracking (student essay), Ray Chong
*How Our Technology Is Used Against Us (student essay), DeRon Williamson
*Social Media: Establishing Criteria for Law Enforcement Use, Robert D. Stuart
*The Facebook Effect (infographic), Rachel Swaby
Assignments for Responding to Arguments
PART TWO: ANALYZING THE ELEMENTS
Chapter 5. Claims: Making a Statement
Claims of Fact
READING ARGUMENT
*Loaded Language Poisons Gun Debate, Josh Levs
*Paper Because (advertisement), Domtar Paper
Claims of Value
READING ARGUMENT
*Morning-After Pill a Boon for Women, Deborah Nucatola
*Spike Jonze's Her Shows Love's Perils — In Any Form, Kenneth Turan
Claims of Policy
READING ARGUMENT
College Life versus My Moral Code, Elisha Dov Hack
*Toxic Beauty, Kiara Ventura
Assignments for Claims: Making a Statement
Chapter 6. Support: Backing Up a Claim
Evidence
READING ARGUMENT
*Are Sports Fans Happier?, Sid Kirchheimer
Safer? Tastier? More Nutritious? The Dubious Merits of Organic Foods, Kristen Weinacker
*I'm Sorry, Steve Jobs: We Could Have Saved You, Siddhartha Mukherjee
Appeals to Needs and Values
READING ARGUMENT
*Building Baby from the Genes Up, Ronald M. Green
*The Baseball Man's Cigarette (advertisement), Chesterfield Cigarettes
*Marketing to "Tweens" Objectifies Women, Jeremy Markel
Assignments for Support: Backing Up a Claim
Chapter 7. Warrants: Examining Assumptions
General Principles
Widely Held Assumptions
READING ARGUMENT
*The Power of a Father's Love Overturns His Beliefs, Scott Simon
Recognizing and Analyzing Warrants
READING ARGUMENT
*Don't Stop Frisking, Terry Eastland
READING ARGUMENT
The Case for Torture, Michael Levin
An Unjust Sacrifice, Robert A. Sirico
*The American Middle Class: Endangered Species (photograph), HRC WENN Photos/Newscom
Assignments for Warrants: Examining Assumptions
PART THREE: USING THE ELEMENTS
Chapter 8. Definition: Clarifying Key Terms
The Purposes of Definition
READING ARGUMENT
*GOP Fear of Common Core Education Standards Unfounded, Michael Gerson
Stop Calling Quake Victims Looters, Guy-Uriel Charles
Defining the Terms in Your Argument
Writing Extended Definitions
READING ARGUMENT
The Definition of Terrorism, Brian Whitaker
*Conscientious Objection in Medicine: A Moral Dilemma, Ishmeal Bradley
Assignments for Definition: Clarifying Key Terms
Chapter 9.