Timothy Crusius,
Southern Methodist University Carolyn Channell,
Southern Methodist University
ISBN: 0073326178 Copyright year: 2009
Table of Contents
PART ONE: RESOURCES FOR READING AND WRITING ARGUMENTS
Chapter 1 Understanding Argument
Chapter 2 Reading an Argument
Chapter 3 Analyzing Arguments: A Simplified Toulmin Method
Chapter 4 Reading and Writing about Visual Arguments
Chapter 5 Writing Research-Based Arguments
Chapter 6 Ethical Writing and Plagiarism
PART TWO: THE AIMS OF ARGUMENT
Chapter 7 Looking for Some Truth: Arguing to Inquire
Chapter 8 Making Your Case: Arguing to Convince
Chapter 9 Motivating Action: Arguing to Persuade
Chapter 10 Resolving Conflict: Arguing to Mediate
PART THREE: TWO CASEBOOKS FOR ARGUMENT
Chapter 11 The Consumer Society: The Urge to Splurge
Chapter 12 Romantic Relationships: Sex, Love, and Maybe Marriage
PART FOUR: READINGS: ISSUES AND ARGUMENTS
Chapter 13 Global Warming: What Should Be Done?
Chapter 14 Twenty-Something: Issues Facing Young Adults
Chapter 15 Immigration Revisited: A New Look at a Permanent Issue
Chapter 16 Countering Terrorism: Where to from Here?
Chapter 17 Genetics and Enhancement: Better Than Human?