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Feature Summary- Introduction to Reading and Writing Arguments: The text opens with a substantial introduction that covers why and how we argue; what we can and cannot argue; types of appeals; the Toulmin system of logic; kinds of arguments; fallacies; and how to read and write arguments.
- Unique Appeals-Based Apparatus: Post-reading questions in the “Current Controversies from Three Points of View” section are organized around the three types of appeals covered in the book's introduction: ethos, logos, and pathos. Additionally, a simplified Toulmin diagram of each reading follows the questions.
- Three Longer Arguments: In addition to its 68 short arguments (averaging 2–3 pages each), this text also includes three longer arguments in Part Three: Martin Luther King's “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Elizabeth Cady Stanton's “Address to the National Woman Suffrage Convention,” and Jonathan Swift's “A Modest Proposal.”
- Casebook on Censoring Rap and Rock: Part Four comprises over 10 written and visual texts on this high-interest topic.
- 10 Individual Arguments: While the arguments in Part One are grouped around 16 topics, Part Two presents single essays on topics such as distance learning and fertility technology.
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