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This highly regarded English Composition text teaches students to read argument and provides material around which they can write their own argumentative essays. Throughout the collection, short and compelling pieces generate classroom debate by touching on today's most controversial issues, including stem cell research and racial profiling. The brevity of each argument allows instructors to assign one or more readings in a single class period. While the majority of reading selections function as models of good writing, the collection also contains poorly structured writing examples so that students can analyze and learn from the flaws. The Twelfth Edition features "Get Your Facts," a new section designed to help students use the latest technology and document electronic resources properly.
Contents
I. Forms of ArgumentPersuasive WritingWin Your AudienceDefine the IssueMake Your CaseExercisesRestoring Perspective: $1,000 for the Prom Is Immoral, Peter A. BrownHelp Wanted Immediately!Even Terri Schiavo's Death Won't Stop the Politicians, Carl HiaasenDr. Durant Demonstrates Psychokinesis, Redstone Wire ServiceColor Me Pro-Choice, Mitchell FarnumOf Paul De Man and Deconstruction, Alice KrackeInductionIs the Sample Known?Is the Sample Sufficient?Is the Sample Representative?PollingOccam's RazorExercisesEssay AssignmentsCast Men Out of Polling Places, Matthew MillerPraying for Pope John Paul II's Death May Be More Appropriate, William F. Buckley, Jr.We Don't Need Immigrants, Dan SteinBan Boxing, Robert E. McAfeeSmoking Is Very Glamorous, American Cancer SocietyFast Food Terror: A Tale of Two Cities, Timothy Wheeler, M.D.DeductionAre the Premises True?Is the Language Unambiguous?Is the Syllogism Valid?Induction or Deduction?ExercisesEssay AssignmentsEbonics Be a Complex Issue, Bill CosbyDeath Penalty Deters Violent Crime, Senator Strom ThurmondJustice Department Detects Discrimination Against Native Americans, John LeoAll in Favor of Gun Control," Raise Your Right HandA Broader Approach to Respect for Life, Jerry DarringStem Cell Research Needs to Proceed, Editorial, Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionResearch Not Equal to Sacrifice, Phil GingreyFallaciesFalse AnalogyPresumed Cause-EffectBegging the QuestionIgnoring the QuestionFallacies in Other FormsExercisesEssay AssignmentsLeft-Handers (Those Sickos) Got No Reason to Live!, Roger L. GuffeyIs This Intelligent Design or What? Timothy JohnsonHow Would You Like the Police to Investigate Your Miscarriage? Planned ParenthoodSizism--One of the Last "Safe" Prejudices, Sally E. SmithPave the Stupid Rainforests! Ed AngerWomen Priests? Never! S. L. VarnadoArgument by AuthorityExpert TestimonyBiased TestimonyDistorting QuotationsExercisesEssay AssignmentsAmerica's Founding Fathers on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, National Rifle AssociationTracking the Werewolf, Fred A. DobsonHow Prozac Saved My Marriage, Tonya KowalsyWhat Jesus Said About Homosexuality, Dignity/USANudity Can't Separate Us From God, Sin Does, Robert BahrThere Is No Safe Sex, Robert C. NobleSemantic ArgumentSnarl and Purr WordsIndirect StatementPersuasive StyleExercisesEssay AssignmentsOffices Revolve Around Doughnuts, Nancy HaugePsychometry: Getting the Vibrations, David St. ClairStauer EMC2 Analog Atomic Watch, NextTen CorporationWhich Would You Rather Put on Your Kids' Cereal? Sugar AssociationSAT Has Outlived Its Usefulness--If It Ever Had Any, That Is, Joe RodriguezWomen Can Dump Jerks Without Help of Lawyers, Judy JarvisStatisticsAveragesQuestionable FiguresIrrelevant NumbersHomemade StatisticsEnhancing a StatisticExercisesEssay AssignmentsTerrorism and You--The Real Odds, Michael L. Rothschild100,000 Beer Commercials? Anheuser-BuschBarry Bonds, Your Records Will Stand, Mike LukovichIs It Sports, the Weather or Love of God That Keeps Us Married? William R. Mattox, Jr.Consider the Bulk Rate for Wide-Bodied Airline Passengers, Marc FisherGod Bless America, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun ViolenceNo, Virginia, There Isn't a Santa Claus! Bruce HandyII. Argument for AnalysisThe Ugliness Problem, Dan SeligmanWould You Take a House Call from Dr. Kevorkian? Faye Girsh, Ed.D.I Had Liposuction Instead, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeonsThe Baby Grew Up to Be a Monster, John De RosierGive Hotel Guests a Bible-Free Room, Annie Laurie GaylorLet's Not Blame Wrestling for All the Violence, R. W. PetersonThe Supreme Court Also Legalized Slavery, BreenEntrance to High School Should Not Be Automatic, Carol JagoWomen Don't Belong in the Cockpit! Ed AngerFederal Foolishness and Marijuana, Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D.A Lot of Campus Rapes Start Here, Santa Monica HospitalMaking Sheep: Possible, but Right? Timothy BackousThe Whole Scoop on Coffee, Health After 50Impotence: Ever Since Brad Went Vegetarian, PETALet's Do Away with Safety, Lawrence A. BullisIn Defense of Lies, John LeoAsking God to Cheat in Sports, Dexter MartinYoung Children Need Moral Instruction in School, Jack ValentiThey're Forgetting Someone, Media: Right to Life of Michigan Educational FundDying Is Not a Solely Private Decision, Our Sunday VisitorSo I Have a Vitamin Gap, Big Deal, Council for Responsible NutritionShocking Study Reveals...Vitamin C Can Help You Win the Lottery! Ann VictoriaOur Youth Aren't Learning Our History, Herbert LondonLittle Girls Shouldn't Count Calories, Deborah MathisHandgun Freedom: Where Have All the Feminists Gone? Dr. Michael S. BrownButter: Now More Than Ever the Natural Choice, National Dairy BoardEqual Treatment Is Real Issue--Not Same-Sex Marriage, USA TodayFor a Better Life, Don't Eat Any Beef, Dean OrnishThat's Racial Profiling, Mike RamirezStep 1 Toward Greatness: Win Powerball, Jim WattsSimple Tradeoff Is Key to Finding Time to Read, John SledgeDiary of an Unborn ChildRoswell: A Little Less Balance, Please, Art LevineWhen You Give Blood..., American Red CrossAmerica Needs a Flag-Protection Amendment, Senator Bob DoleBlame It on Dr. Jekyll, Luke ThompsonBiologist: Creationism Is 'Bad Religion,' Brian J. AxsmithShould Priests Marry? Martin RidgewayIs It Any Wonder the Prisons Are Full? DakinReasonable Rate of Divorce Can Be Good for Society, Philip D. HarveyIII. Literary ArgumentMy Mistress' Eyes--Sonnet CXXX, William ShakespeareFrom Henry V, St. Crispin's Day, William ShakespeareTo His Coy Mistress, Andrew MarvellDeath, Be Not Proud, John DonneFrom Paradise Lost, Book IX, John MiltonA Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary WollstonecraftA Modest Proposal, Jonathan SwiftFrom Northanger Abbey--"Oh! It Is Only a Novel!" Jane AustenMy Last Duchess, Robert BrowningI Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General, W. S. GilbertThe Declaration of Independence as Adopted by CongressDo We Really Need Another Biography of Jane Austen? Irene B. McDonaldCardinal Newman's Rules for Writing Sermons, Cardinal J. H. NewmanIV. Eight Rules for Good WritingRule 1: Find a Subject You Can Work WithExercisesRule 2: Get Your FactsVisit the LibraryUse Your TelephoneUse New TechnologyWrite for Facts You NeedExercisesAlternate ExercisesRule 3: Limit Your Topic to Manageable SizeExercisesRule 4: Organize Your MaterialThe IntroductionThe BodyThe ConclusionExercisesRule 5: Make Your Writing InterestingTruismsClichesGeneralized LanguageInflated LanguageExercisesRule 6: Make Your Writing EmphaticAvoid WordinessWrite in the Active VoiceExpress Your Main Idea in the Subject-Verb of Your SentenceDo Not Waste the Ends of Your SentencesKeep Your Sentences Relatively ShortKeep Your Document as Short as PossibleExercisesRule 7: Avoid Language That Draws Attention to ItselfSexist LanguageRepetitionDangling and Misplaced ModifiersElaborate Figures of SpeechFaulty ParallelismAwkward ConstructionsAbrupt Changes in ToneExercisesRule 8: Avoid Mechanical ErrorsPunctuationApostrophes, Quotation Marks, Italics, and Capital LettersAbbreviationsNumbersSpellingExercisesFinal RemindersCredit Your SourcesUse Your Speaking VoiceGet Help from FriendsMake It NeatRemember Your AudienceRemember Your PurposeBe SmartAppendixesExercises for ReviewSubjects for Argumentative EssaysGood Words, Bad Words, and Persuasive WordsWriting a Business LetterMaking a SpeechThe MLA System for Citing SourcesIndex"
