Read reason write : an argument text and reader
Publication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2008. Edition: 8th edDescription: xxiv, 770 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780073533209Subject(s): 1. English language -- Rhetoric. 2. Persuasion (Rhetoric). 3. College readers. 4. Report writingDDC classification: 808.0427 SEY| Item type | Current library | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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English Lending
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Villa College Library | Villa College Library | 808.0427 SEY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 4705 |
Contents:
SECTION I: CRITICAL READING AND ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 1. Writers and Their Sources
CHAPTER 2. Responding Critically to Sources
SECTION II: THE WORLD OF ARGUMENT
CHAPTER 3. Understanding the Basics of Argument
CHAPTER 4. Writing Effective Arguments
CHAPTER 5. Learning More about Argument: Logical Fallacies, Induction, and Deduction
CHAPTER 6. Reading, Analyzing, and Writing Definition Arguments and Position Papers
CHAPTER 7. Reading, Analyzing, and Using Visuals and Statistics in Argument
CHAPTER 8. Reading, Analyzing, and Writing Causal and Problem/Solution Arguments
SECTION III: THE RESEARCHED AND FORMALLY DOCUMENTED ARGUMENT
CHAPTER 9. Getting Started and Locating Sources (in the Library, Online, in the Field)
CHAPTER 10. Exploring Sources, Selecting Support, and Documenting (Using MLA)
CHAPTER 11. Writing the Researched Essay
CHAPTER 12. Using Other Styles of Documentation
SECTION IV: A COLLECTION OF READINGS
CHAPTER 13. The Media: Image and Reality
CHAPTER 14. Violence and American Society
CHAPTER 15. Sports Talk--Sports Battles
CHAPTER 16. Open Society vs. Homeland Security: The American Balancing Act
CHAPTER 17. Criminal Justice Issues
CHAPTER 18. Affirmative Action for Colleges? Improving Public Schools? The Debates over Making Education Fair
CHAPTER 19. Censorship and Free Speech
CHAPTER 20. Access and Privacy in a Technological Age
CHAPTER 21. Traditional Institutions, Changing Definitions: Marriage and Family in the New Century
CHAPTER 22. Bioethics: A Brave New World?
CHAPTER 23. Some Classic Arguments
Includes bibliographical references and index
English Lending
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