Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments, MLA Update

List of contents

Alternate Table of Contents: Types of Arguments                   
Preface                       
 
INTRODUCTION
Persuading with Good Reasons 
What do we mean by argument?                       
What does “argument” mean for college writers?           
How can you argue responsibly?           
How can you argue respectfully?
 
PART 1
READING AND DISCOVERING ARGUMENTS
 
1 Why Argue?
            Why do people write arguments?           
            Why do some arguments succeed?        
            What are the goals of arguments?         
            What are rhetorical appeals?     
Finding Good Reasons              
Rachel Carson, The Obligation to Endure           
 
2 Reading Arguments
Become a critical reader           
Read actively   
Recognize fallacies
Respond as a reader
Finding good reasons
 
3 Finding Arguments
            Find arguments in everyday conversations
            Find a topic that interests you
            Find a claim by exploring           
            Find a claim by reading 
            Find good reasons         
            Find evidence to support good reasons   
Finding good reasons
 
4 Drafting and Revising Arguments
State and evaluate your thesis   
Think about your readers          
Organize your argument            
Write an engaging title and introduction              
Write a strong conclusion
Evaluate your draft
Respond to the writing of others            
Edit and proofread carefully
Finding good reasons
 
PART 2
ANALYZING ARGUMENTS
 
5 Analyzing Written Arguments        
            What is rhetorical analysis?
            Build a rhetorical analysis          
Analyze the rhetorical features  
Analyze the rhetorical context   
            Write a rhetorical analysis
Barbara Jordan, Statement on the Articles of Impeachment
T. Jonathan Ford (student), An Argument of Reason and Passion: Barbara Jordan's “Statement on the Articles of Impeachment”
Steps to writing a rhetorical analysis      
 
6 Analyzing Visual Arguments          
            What is a visual argument?
            Analyze visual persuasion
            Analyze visual evidence
            Build a visual analysis   
Write a visual analysis
Angela Yamashita (student), Got Roddick?
Steps to writing a visual analysis
 
 
PART 3
WRITING ARGUMENTS
 
7 Options for Arguments
            Use different approaches to construct arguments                       
            Be aware of your goals for argument     
Finding good reasons: What do we mean by diversity?
 
8 Definition Arguments         
            Understand how definition arguments work
            Recognize kinds of definitions    
Build a definition argument
Finding good reasons    
            Scott McCloud, Setting the Record Straight
Chris Nguyen (student), Speech Doesn't Have to Be Pretty to Be Protected       
Steps to writing a definition argument     
 
9 Causal Arguments
            Understand how causal arguments work
            Find causes
            Build a causal argument
Finding good reasons    
            Annie Murphy Paul, The Real Marriage Penalty
Emily Raine, Why Should I Be Nice to You? Coffee Shops and the Politics of Good Service                     
Steps to writing a causal argument
 
10 Evaluation Arguments
            Understand how evaluation arguments work      
            Recognize kinds of evaluations  
            Build an evaluation argument
Finding good reasons    
Michael Eric Dyson, Gangsta Rap and American Culture            
Rashaun Giddens (student), Stop Loss or “Loss of Trust”           
Steps to writing an evaluation argument 
 
11 Narrative Arguments                   
            Understand how narrative arguments work
            Recognize kinds of narrative arguments 
            Build a narrative argument
Finding good reasons    
Leslie Marmon Silko, The Border Patrol State                
Dagoberto Gilb, My Landlady's Yard    
Steps to writing a narrative argument     
 
12 Rebuttal Arguments         
            Understand how rebuttal arguments work
            Recognize the tactics of rebuttal arguments
            Build a rebuttal argument
Finding good reasons
Dan Stein, Crossing the Line
Gregory Rodriguez, Illegal Immigrants-They're Money
Steps to writing a rebuttal argument
 
13 Proposal Arguments         
            Understand how proposal arguments work
            Recognize components of proposal arguments
            Build a proposal argument         
Finding good reasons
Thomas Homer-Dixon and S. Julio Friedmann, Coal in a Nice Shade of Green
Kim Lee (student), Let's Make It a Real Melting Pot with Presidential Hopes for All       
Steps to writing a proposal argument      
 
 
PART 4
DESIGNING AND PRESENTING ARGUMENTS
14 Designing Arguments
Start with your readers
Know when to use images and graphics 
Compose and edit images
Create tables, charts, and graphs
Design pages for print
Design pages for the Web
 
15 Presenting Arguments
Plan a presentation
Design effective visuals
Give a memorable presentation
 
 
PART 5
RESEARCHING ARGUMENTS
 
16 Planning Research
Analyze the research task
Find a subject
Ask a research question
Gather information about the subject
Draft a working thesis
 
17 Finding Sources 
            Search with keywords
Find books
Find journal articles
            Find Web sources
 
18 Evaluating and Recording Sources          
Evaluate print sources
Find information to cite print sources
Evaluate database sources
            Find information to cite a database source
Evaluate Web sources
Find information to cite a Web source
 
19 Writing the Research Paper
Review your goals and thesis
Determine your contribution
Determine your main points
Avoid plagiarism
Quote sources without plagiarizing
Summarize and paraphrase sources without plagiarizing  
Incorporate quotations  
Incorporate visuals
 
20 Documenting Sources in MLA Style       
Elements of MLA documentation
MLA in-text citations
MLA works-cited list: Books
MLA works-cited list: Periodicals
MLA works-cited list: Library database sources 
MLA works-cited list: Other online sources
MLA works-cited list: Other sources
Brian Witkowski (student), Need a Cure for Tribe Fever? How about a Dip in the Lake? 
 
21 Documenting Sources in APA Style         
Elements of APA documentation
In-text citations in APA style    
APA references list: Books
APA references list: Library database sources
APA references list: Periodicals
APA references list: Other online sources
APA references list: Other sources
 
 
PART 6
CONTEMPORARY ARGUMENTS
 
22 Negotiating the Environment
American Environmentalism
Contemporary Arguments
E.O. Wilson, The Conservation Ethic
Sidebar: Aldo Leopold, From The Land Ethic
N. Scott Momaday, The Way to Rainy Mountain
Robert Bullard, How Race Affected the Federal Government's Response to  Katrina
Wendell Berry, Manifesto: Mad Farmer Liberation Front
 
Issue in Focus: Climate Change
Al Gore, What is Global Warming?
Al Gore, Ten Things to Do to Help Stop Global Warming
Christopher C Horner, Top Ten 'Global-Warming' Myths
Alison Moodie, Environment: Healthy Swamps
Glenn McCoy, And Looking At Our Extended Forecast . . . (cartoon)
Philip Jenkins, Burning at the Stake
Alex Williams, Buying into the Green Movement
Chicago Tribune, Fast Clothes vs. Green Clothes (editorial)
Elisabeth Rosenthal, Environmentally Unfriendly Trend: Fast Fashion
            Sidebar: How Green Is Your T-Shirt?    
From Reading to Writing
 
 
23 Confronting Sexual Difference
Sexual Difference in American Culture  
Contemporary Arguments
Carmen Vasquez, Appearances
Peter Gomes, Homophobic? Read Your Bible    
Ryan T. Anderson, Struggling Alone      
 
Issue in Focus: Same Sex Marriage
Matt Davies, We're Here to Defend . . . (cartoon)
House of Representatives, The Defense of Marriage Act           
Anna Quindlen, Evan's Two Moms
Sonya Geis, A New Tactic In Fighting Marriage Initiatives
            From Reading to Writing
 
William F. Jasper, Subversion Through Perversion
Marc Haeringer, Coming Out in the Line of Fire 
Emily Martin and Katie Schwartzmann, Bad for Both Boys and Girls
Andrew Sullivan, The End of Gay Culture
Alexa Hackbarth, Vanity, Thy Name is Metrosexual
 
 
24  Globalization: Importing and Exporting America           
America's Place in the World   
Contemporary Arguments
Henry Payne, The Bad News Is . . . (cartoon)
Mae M. Ngai, No Human Being is Illegal
Michelle Malkin, Beware of Illegal Aliens Seeking Hazmat Licenses
Sidebar, Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus       
Sidebar, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, The Unguarded Gates   
Helen Epstein, Immigration Maze
Wiley Miller, What's the Worst That Can Happen . . . ? (cartoon)           
Todd Gitlin, Under the Sign of Mickey Mouse & Co.
Urvashi Butalia, Living The Dream
Laura Carlsen, Wal-Mart vs. Pyramids
Darla K. Deardorff,  In Search of Intercultural Competence
 
 
25  Science and Ethics           
The Ethics of Science and Technology
Contemporary Arguments
Bill Joy, Why the Future Doesn't Need Us
Francis Fukuyama, A Tale of Two Dystopias
Ralph C. Merkle, Nanotechnology: Designs for the Future          
Ursula Franklin, Beautiful, Functional and Frugal
Bill Gates, A Robot in Every Home       
Christine Soares, Attitude Screen
 
Issue in Focus: Stem Cell Research
Ronald Reagan, Speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention
Pat Oliphant, The Ronald Reagan Eulogy Will Be Delivered . . . (cartoon)
Steven Milloy, Ron Reagan: Wrong on Stem Cells
Richard Doerflinger, Don't Clone Ron Reagan's Agenda
            From Reading to Writing           
 
26  Privacy
New Challenges to Personal Privacy
Contemporary Arguments
David Brin, Three Cheers for the Surveillance Society!   
Ted Koppel, Take my Privacy, Please!
John McPherson, It's Part of the Government's New Emphasis . . . (cartoon)     
Randall Larsen, Traveler's Card Might Just Pave the Way for a National ID Card           
Jennifer Burk, Counselors Walk a Fine Line Weighing Rights of Student and College
Jeffrey Zaslow, The End of Youthful Indiscretions: Internet Makes Them Permanent Blots
 
Issue in Focus: Biometrics and Measuring the Body for Identity
Steven C. Bennett, Privacy Implications of Biometrics
Paul Saffo, A Trail of DNA and Data
Russ Ryan, Emerging Biometric Technologies
            Sidebar: Voice Verification for Transations
J. G. Domke, Will Cash & Credit Cards Become Extinct in the Not-So-Distant Future?    
            From Reading to Writing           
 
27  Regulating Substances/Regulating Bodies
Private Bodies, Public Controls  
Contemporary Arguments
Joseph A. Califano, The Right Drug to Target: Cutting Marijuana Use
Eric Schlosser, Make Peace with Pot    
 
Issue in Focus: Regulating Tobacco
Phillip Morris, Camel Lights Ad 
American Legacy Foundation, Antismoking Ad
            Gary Trudeau, Doonesbury: The Sin Lobby Gins Up . . .  (cartoon)
Douglas Bettcher and Chitra Subramaniam, The Necessity of Global Tobacco Regulations
Walter Williams, Nazi Tactics
From Reading to Writing
 
Bill Amend, What's This? (cartoon)
Malcolm Gladwell, Drugstore Athlete
Michael Berube, Citizenship and Disability         
Barry Blitt,  New Yorker Cover
Terrence Rafferty, Kate Winslet, Please Save Us!
Susan Llewelyn Leach, Those Extra Pounds-Are They Government's Business?
Mim Udovitch, A Secret Society of the Starving 
Consumer Freedom, Obesity Ads
Pippa Wysong, Modified
Eric Lewis, The Subtext of All Tattoos (cartoon)
Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Like Father Like Son Ad
Susan Kinzie, A Rare Kind of Rush: A Sorority Based on Islamic Principles
 
28  New Media          
Personal Space in Cyberspace
Contemporary Arguments
Andrew Keen, Is Google's Data Grinder Dangerous?
John Seigenthaler, A False Wikipedia “Biography”
Sidebar: John Perry Barlow, A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
Walt Handelsman, Information Superhighway (cartoon)  
Michael Gerson, Where the Avatars Roam        
Jessica Bennett and Malcolm Beith, Alternate Universe
Sidebar: Joe Duffy and Andrew Keen, Can Anyone Be a Designer?       
Marcelle S. Fischler, Putting on Lip Gloss, and a Show, for YouTube Viewers
Danah Boyd, Facebook's 'Privacy Trainwreck': Exposure, Invasion, and Drama (blog)
Stephen Williams, Getting off the Couch
 
Appendix: A Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism
Glossary
Credits
Index

Summary

This edition includes the most current MLA citation, documentation, and style guidelines.
 
This popular rhetoric/reader combines a brief, accessible introduction to argument with an anthology of provocative readings on contemporary issues.

 
By stressing the rhetorical situation and audience, this argument rhetoric/reader avoids complicated schemes and terminology in favor of providing students with the practical ways of finding "good reasons" to argue for the positions they take. Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments helps students read, analyze, and write various types of arguments, including visual, verbal, and written. Supporting the authors' instruction are readings by professional and student writers and over 150 visuals.
 
Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments is distinctive for its discussion of why people write arguments, its coverage of rhetorical analysis and visual analysis in a brief format, its close attention to reading arguments, its thorough attention to research, and its emphasis on new, provocative topics in the reader section of the book.

Product details

• Authors: Lester Faigley, Jack Selzer
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9780205743377
• ISBN: 978-0-205-74337-7
• No. of pages: 656
• Weight: 700 g
• Series: Longman; Longman