What’s in LaunchPad for Everything’s an Argument, 8th Edition?

LaunchPad for Everything’s an Argument, 8th Edition, is packed with digital content that works with your textbook to help you sharpen your ability to read analytically and write successfully in first-year composition and in your coursework across campus. Whether your instructor assigns the resources in LaunchPad or encourages you to work with the material at your own pace, we’re confident that LaunchPad will help you develop the skills you need to succeed in college and beyond. For help using LaunchPad, please explore the College Students Support CommunityWill be opened in a new tab. or contact Tech Support. You can find Tech Support contact information by clicking “Help” in the upper right corner of your LaunchPad home screen.

E-book

In the e-book you’ll find all the great content and activities from the printed book, including:

A brief guide establishes key argument concepts, including fallacies of argument; appeals to pathos, ethos, and logos; Toulmin and Rogerian argument; and rhetorical analysis.

• Discussions around five common types of argument: arguments of fact, arguments of definition, evaluations, causal arguments, and proposals.
• Coverage of presentations, visual rhetoric, and multimodal arguments, to address the full range of media.
• Guidance in research for academic arguments, including finding, evaluating, integrating, and documenting sources and avoiding plagiarism.

A wealth of provocative examples show argument in the real world, from politics and economics to journalism and media.

• Short, snappy examples, from #metoo tweets to protest posters, weave in the debates that rage around us.
• Samples in chapters 7 through 12 exemplify the types of arguments.

Five readings chapters illustrate contemporary arguments across the political and social spectrum on provocative issues, including “How Free Should Campus Speech Be?” and “How Does What We Eat Define Who We Are?”

• Drawing from scholarly books to newspaper articles and blogs, these chapters offer a rich array of arguments in multiple genres.
• Timely topics engage student interest, from cautions about protecting online privacy to an exploration of whether cooking certain foods can be considered cultural appropriation.

Bright visuals and a full-color design showcase each reading as it was originally published, teaching students to recognize distinctions in genre and design.

Interactive content and tutorials

Over 100 Grammar Girl podcasts offer new ways for you to learn about a variety of grammar and language topics. Access Mignon Fogarty’s popular grammar discussions by going to the “Menu of Grammar Girl podcasts” page and selecting those that interest you.

In addition, you’ll find helpful tutorials on topics such as reading critically, working with and citing sources, and using digital writing tools.

LearningCurve

Developed in light of the latest advances in learning research, LearningCurve is a game-like adaptive quizzing program that covers topics from grammar and usage to reading critically and argument. The less you know about a topic, the more LearningCurve focuses on it, and the better you do, the more challenging the questions become, helping you concentrate on exactly what you need to learn.