Welcome Page for Students
Welcome Page for Instructors
Everything Is an Argument
Why We Make Arguments
Occasions for Argument
Kinds of Argument
STASIS QUESTIONS AT WORK
Appealing to Audiences
CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT
Respond Questions for Chapter 1
Respond: Everything is an Argument
Respond: Arguments to Persuade
Respond: Arguments to Understand and Explore
Respond: Arguments about the Present
Respond: Appealing to Audiences
Respond: Bringing It Home: Kairos and the Rhetorical Situation
Arguments Based on Emotion: Pathos
Reading Critically for Pathos
Using Emotions to Build Bridges
Using Emotions to Sustain an Argument
Using Humor
Using Arguments Based on Emotion
Respond Questions for Chapter 2
Respond: Reading Critically for Pathos
Respond: Using Arguments Based on Emotion
Arguments Based on Character: Ethos
Thinking Critically about Arguments Based on Character
Establishing Trustworthiness and Credibility
Claiming Authority
Coming Clean about Motives
CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT
Respond Questions for Chapter 3
Respond: Coming Clean about Motives
Arguments Based on Facts and Reason: Logos
Thinking Critically about Hard Evidence
Using Reason and Common Sense
CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT
Providing Logical Structures for Argument
Respond Questions for Chapter 4
Respond: Thinking Critically About Hard Evidence
Respond: Statistics
Respond: Surveys and Polls
Respond: Testimonies and Narratives
Fallacies of Argument
Fallacies of Emotional Argument
Fallacies of Ethical Argument
Fallacies of Logical Argument
Respond Questions for Chapter 5
Respond: Faulty Analogy
Rhetorical Analysis
Composing a Rhetorical Analysis
Understanding the Purpose of Arguments You Are Analyzing
Understanding Who Makes an Argument
Identifying and Appealing to Audiences
Examining Arguments Based on Emotion: Pathos
Examining Arguments Based on Character: Ethos
Examining Arguments Based on Facts and Reason: Logos
Examining the Arrangement and Media of Arguments
Looking at Style
Examining a Rhetorical Analysis
David Brooks, It's Not about You
Rachel Kolb, Understanding Brooks's Binaries (student essay)
GUIDE TO WRITING A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS
Respond Questions for Chapter 6
Respond: Understanding Who Makes an Argument
Respond: Examining Arguments Based on Emotion: Pathos
Respond: Looking at Style
Respond: Examining a Rhetorical Analysis
Structuring Arguments
The Classical Oration
Rogerian and Invitational Arguments
Toulmin Argument
Deborah Tannen, Why Is "Compromise" Now a Dirty Word?
What Toulmin Teaches
CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT
Respond Questions for Chapter 7
Respond: Rogerian and Invitational Arguments
Respond: Toulmin Argument
Respond: Determining Warrants
Respond: Understanding Conditions of Rebuttal
Arguments of Fact
Understanding Arguments of Fact
Characterizing Factual Arguments
Developing a Factual Argument
GUIDE to writing an argument of fact
PROJECTS
Taylor Pearson, Why You Should Fear Your Toaster More Than Nuclear Power
Neil Irwin, What the Numbers Show about N.F.L. Player Arrests
Respond Questions for Chapter 8
Respond: Understanding Arguments of Fact
Respond: Developing a Factual Argument
Respond: Identifying an Issue
Arguments of Definition
Understanding Arguments of Definition
Kinds of Definition
Developing a Definitional Argument
GUIDE to writing an argument of fact
PROJECTS
Natasha Rodriguez, Who Are You Calling Underprivileged?
Joyce Xinran Liu, Friending: The Changing Definition of Friendship in the Social Media Era
Respond Questions for Chapter 9
Respond: Understanding Arguments of Definition
Respond: Operational Definitions
Evaluations
Understanding Evaluations
Criteria of Evaluation
Characterizing Evaluation
Developing an Evaluative Argument
GUIDE TO WRITING A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS
PROJECTS
Sean Kamperman, The Wikipedia Game: Boring, Pointless, or Neither?
Hayley Tsukayama, My Awkward Week with Google Glass
Respond Questions for Chapter 10
Respond: Understanding Evaluations
Respond: Criteria of Evaluation
Respond: Qualitative Evaluations
Respond: Formulating Criteria
Respond: Presenting Evidence
Causal Arguments
Understanding Causal Arguments
Characterizing Causal Arguments
Developing Causal Arguments
GUIDE TO WRITING A CAUSAL ARGUMENT
PROJECTS
Raven Jiang, Dota 2: The Face of Professional Gaming
John Tierney, Can a Playground Be Too Safe?
Respond Questions for Chapter 11
Respond: Arguments that Move Through a Series of Links: A Causes B, Which Leads to C and Perhaps to D
Respond: Exploring Possible Claims
Respond: Defining the Causal Relationships
Respond: Supporting Your Point
Proposals
Understanding and Categorizing Proposals
Characterizing Proposals
Developing Proposals
GUIDE to writing a proposal
PROJECTS
Manasi Deshpande, A Call to Improve Campus Accessibility
Virginia Postrel, Let's Charge Politicians for Wasting Our Time
Respond Questions for Chapter 12
Respond: Understanding and Categorizing Proposals
Respond: Understanding and Categorizing Proposals Characterizing Proposals
Respond: Defining a Need or Problem
Respond: Making a Strong and Clear Claim
Style in Arguments
Style and Word Choice
Sentence Structure and Argument
Punctuation and Argument
Special Effects: Figurative Language
CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT
Respond Questions for Chapter 13
Respond: Style and Word Choice
Respond: Sentence Structure and Argument
Respond: Punctuation and Argument
Respond: Tropes
Respond: Schemes
Visual Rhetoric
The Power of Visual Arguments
Using Visuals in Your Own Arguments
Respond Questions for Chapter 14
Respond: The Power of Visual Arguments
Respond: Using Images to Establish Ethos
Presenting Arguments
Class and Public Discussions
CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT
Preparing a Presentation
Respond Questions for Chapter 15
Respond: Fashion a Script or Plan Designed to Be Heard
Respond: A Note About Webcasts: Live Presentations Over the Web
Multimedia Arguments
Old Media Transformed by New Media
New Content in New Media
New Audiences in New Media
Analyzing Multimedia Arguments
Making Multimedia Arguments
Respond Questions for Chapter 16
Respond: Questions about Design
Respond: Social Media
Academic Arguments
Understanding What Academic Argument Is
Developing an Academic Argument
Charlotte Geaghan-Breiner, Where the Wild Things Should Be: Healing Nature Deficit Disorder through the Schoolyard (student essay)
Lan Xue, China: The Prizes and Pitfalls of Progress
Respond Questions for Chapter 17
Respond: Developing an Academic Argument
Finding Evidence
Considering the Rhetorical Situation
CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT
Using Data and Evidence from Research Sources
SEARCHING ONLINE OR IN DATABASES
Collecting Data on Your Own
Respond Questions for Chapter 18
Respond: Collecting Data on Your Own
Evaluating Sources
Assessing Print Sources
Assessing Electronic Sources
Assessing Field Research
Respond Questions for Chapter 19
Respond: Assessing Field Research
Using Sources
Practicing Infotention
Building a Critical Mass
Synthesizing Information
Respond Questions for Chapter 20
Respond: Avoiding Patchwriting
Plagiarism and Academic Integrity
Giving Credit
Getting Permission for and Using Copyrighted Internet Sources
Acknowledging Your Sources Accurately and Appropriately
Acknowledging Collaboration
Respond Questions for Chapter 21
Respond: Acknowledging Collaboration
Documenting Sources
MLA Style
APA Style
Respond Questions for Chapter 22
Respond: List of References
How Does Popular Culture Stereotype You?
Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect
Making a Visual Argument: Cartoons and Stereotypes
Steve Kelley Cartoon
Adam Zyglis Cartoon
Harley Schwadron Cartoon
Barry Deutsch Cartoon
Clay Bennett Editorial
John Deering Cartoon
Amy Stretten, Appropriating Native American Imagery Honors No One but the Prejudice
Charles A. Riley II, Disability and the Media: Prescriptions for Change
Claude M. Steele, "An Introduction: At the Root of Identity,
Black Death (1346–1353): plague originating in Asia that traveled to Europe, likely via fleas on the rats in ships, and killed 30 to 60 percent of the continent’s population.
from Whistling Vivalidi and Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect UsMelina C. R. Burgess, et. al., Playing with Prejudice: The Prevalence and Consequences of Racial Stereotypes in Video Games
Amy Zimmerman, It Ain't Easy Being Bisexual on TV, It Ain't Easy Being Bisexual on TV
Respond Questions for Chapter 23
Respond: Stephanie Hanes, Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect
Respond: Cartoons and Stereotypes
Respond: Amy Stretten, Appropriating Native American Imagery Honors Now One But the Prejudice
Respond: Charles A. Riley II, Disability and the Media: Prescriptions for Change
Respond: Claude M. Steele, An Introduction: At the Root of Identity," from Whistling Vivalidi and Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us
Respond: Melina C. R. Burgess, et. al., Playing with Prejudice: The Prevalence and Consequences of Racial Stereotypes in Video Games
Respond: Amy Zimmerman, It Ain't Easy Being Bisexual on TV
What's Globalization Doing to Language?
Lebanon Daily News, Coca-Cola' Multilingual "America" Ad Didn't Hit Any Wrong Notes
Kirk Semple, Immigrants Who Speak Indigenous Languages Encounter Isolation
Scott L. Montgomery, "Chapter 4: Impacts: A Discussion of Limitations and Issues for a Global Language" from Does Science Need a Global Language: English and the Future of Research
Santos Henarejos, Infographic: Speak My Language
Nicholas Ostler, Is It Globalization That Endangers Languages?
Rose Eveleth, Saving Languages through Korean Soap Operas
Respond Questions for Chapter 24
Respond: Lebanon Daily News, Coca-Cola' multilingual "America" ad didn't hit any wrong notes
Respond: Kirk Semple, Immigrants Who Speak Indigenous Languages Encounter Isolation
Respond: Scott L. Montgomery, "Chapter 4: Impacts: A Discussion of Limitations and Issues for a Global Language" from Does Science Need a Global Language: English and the Future of Research
Respond: Santos Henarejos, Speak My Language [Infographic]
Respond: Nicholas Ostler, Is It Globalization that Endangers Languages?
Respond: Rosa Eveleth, Saving Languages Through Korean Soap Operas
Why Is Sustainability Important When It Comes to Food?
Christian Weisser, Sustainability
Robert Paarlberg, Attention Whole Food Shoppers
Barbara Kingsolver & Steven L. Hopp, "'Springing Forward'" and "'The Strange Case of Percy Schmeiser'" from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
David H. Freedman, Are Engineered Foods Evil?
Making a Visual Argument: Claire Ironside, Apples to Oranges
Eric Mortenson, A Diversified Farm Prospers in Oregon's Willamette Valley by Going Organic and Staying Local
Katherine Gustafson, "School Bus Farmers' Market"
Respond Questions for Chapter 25
Respond: Christian Weisser, Sustainability
Respond: Robert Paarlberg, Attention Whole Food Shoppers
Respond: Barbara Kingsolver & Steven L. Hopp, "'Springing Forward'" and "'The Strange Case of Percy Schmeiser'" from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Respond: David H. Freedman, Are Engineered Foods Evil?
Respond: Making a Visual Argument: Claire Ironside, Apples to Oranges
Respond: Eric Mortenson, A Diversified Farm Prospers in Oregon's Willamette Valley by Going Organic and Staying Local
Respond: Katherine Gustafson, "School Bus Farmers' Market"
Chapter 26: What Should "Diversity on Campus" Mean and Why?
Making a Visual Argument: Diversity Posters
Western Washington University, Talk About It, Be About It
Western Washington University, Unity within the Community
University of North Dakota, We All Come From Different Walks of Life
Penn State University, Reflect on Yesterday. Experience Today. Transform Tomorrow
Northeastern University, Diversity Is the Largest Picture
University of North Dakota, Diversity Makes Life Interesting
University of Notre Dame, You Are Not Colorblind
Deena Prichep, A Campus More Colorful than Reality: Beware That College Brochure
Sarah Fraas, Trans Women at Smith: The Complexities of Checking "Female"
Young M. Kim & James S. Cole, Student Veterans/Service Members' Engagement in College and University Education
Shabana Mir, from Muslim American Women on Campus: Undergraduate Social Life and Identity
Sheryll Cashin, from Place, Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America
Walter Ben Michaels, The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality
Respond Questions for Chapter 25
Respond: Making a Visual Argument: Diversity Posters
Respond: Deena Prichep, A Campus More Colorful than Reality: Beware That College Brochure
Respond: Sarah Fraas, Trans Women at Smith: The Complexities of Checking "Female"
Respond: Young M. Kim & James S. Cole, Student Veterans/Service Members' Engagement in College and University Education
Respond: Shabana Mir, from Muslim American Women on Campus: Undergraduate Social Life and Identity
Respond: Sheryll Cashin, from Place, Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America
Respond: Walter Ben Michaels, The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality
How Has the Internet Changed the Meaning of Privacy?
Daniel J. Solove, The Nothing-to-Hide Argument
Rebecca Greenfield, What Your Email Metadata Told the NSA about You
Making a Visual Argument: Cartoons
Nick Anderson, "Thanks to the Supreme Court..."
Alfredo Martirena, "1 Message Reviewed by NSA"
Larry Lambert, "Should I Just Hit 'Reply to All'...?"
danah boyd & Kate Crawford, from "Six Provocations for Big Data"
Todd Zwillich and Christian Rudder, It's Not OK Cupid: Co-Founder Defends User Experiments
Supreme Court of the United States, Riley v. California
Amy Davidson, Four Ways the Riley Ruling Matters for the NSA
Respond Questions for Chapter 27
Respond: Daniel J. Solove, The Nothing-to-Hide Argument
Respond: Rebecca Greenfield, What Your Email Metadata Told the NSA About You
Respond: Making a Visual Argument: Cartoons
Respond: danah boyd & Kate Crawford, from "Six Provocations for Big Data"
Respond: Todd Zwillich and Christian Rudder, It's Not OK Cupid: Co-Founder Defends User Experiments
Respond: Supreme Court of the United States, Riley v. California
Respond: Amy Davidson, Four Ways the Riley Ruling Matters for the NSA
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