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Designed to provoke powerful student response, The Language of Argument's collection of over 100 short, compelling, and deeply-felt arguments touch on some of today's most hotly debated issues: gun control, gay rights, censorship, and the tobacco industry. Appropriate for students of all levels, the text opens with brief, accessible discussions of the different forms of argument illustrated with sample essays and print advertisements. This coverage is followed by a rich assortment of brief, but provocative arguments for analysis. "Eight Rules for Good Writing" at the end of the text reviews topics like finding a subject and organizing material. The text's appendixes include MLA citation guidelines, a discussion of word choice, and review exercises. Over half the readings are new to this edition including an all-new section on literary and classic arguments.

Table of Contents:
FRONTISPIECE. Pennsylvania State University - "There's a Nasty Name for Everyone". Persuasive Writing. Mona Charen - "Here She Is: Miss Divorced America". "Earn $300 to $500 a Week Stuffing Envelopes". Cal Thomas - "Can't Read? Can't Write? Break Education Monopoly". Redstone Wire Service - "Dr. Durant Demonstrates Psychokinesis". Mitchell Farnum - "Color Me Pro-Choice". James L. Battersby - "The Inescapability of Humanism". INDUCTION. Cynthia Tucker - "Capital Punishment? Not in a Just America". Dan Stein - "Why Don't Need Immigrants". Robert E. McAfee - "Ban Boxing". American Cancer Society - "Smoking Is Very Glamorous". David Ho - "Life with Father a Factor in Teen Drug Use". Timothy Wheeler - "Fast Food Terror: A Tale of Two Cities". DEDUCTION. Bill Cosby - "Ebonics Be a Complex Issue". Strom Thurmond - "Death Penalty Deters Violent Crime". John Leo - "Justice Department Detects Discrimination Against Native Americans". Biteen - "The Supreme Court Also Legalized Slavery". Jerry Derring - "A Broader Approach to Respect for Life". Charles Krauthammer - "AIDS Research Doesn't Need Moonshotmoney". SEMANTICS. David St. Clair - "Psychometry: Getting the Vibrations". Jud Blakely - "How I learned Not to Worry and Love the NCAA". Jeff Jacoby - "State Religion: What a Pain the ACLU Can Be". Sugar Association - "Which Would you Rather Put on Your Kids' Cereal?" Randall Hayes - "Greed and Overconsumption Are Killing the Rainforest". Judy Jarvis - "Women Can Dump Jerks Without Help of Lawyers". STATISTICS. Anheuser-Busch - "100,000 Beer Commercials". William R. Mattox, Jr. - "Is It Sports, the Weather or Love of God That Keeps Us Married". Health After 50 - "The Whole Scoop on Coffee". Handgun Control, Inc. - "God Bless America". Bruce Handy - "No, Virginia, There Isn't a Santa Claus". Bill Pryor - "Only the Guilty Are Executed". ARGUMENT FOR ANALYSIS. Faye Girsh - "Would You Take a House Call from Dr. Kevorkian?" John DeRosier - "The Baby Grew Up to Be a Monster". SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS - "Cencus Isn't a Poll". USA TODAY - "Bilingual Education Fails Test, Exposing Deeper Problem". Delia Pompa - "Bilingual Education Works". ASPRS - "I Had Liposuction Instead". Annie Laurie Gaylor - "Give Hotel Guests a Bible-Free Room". Sledge Clark - "Hooters and Good Values". Horace B. Deets - "Balanced Budget Amendment Is Bad Policy". John DeRosier - "School Prayer and Participles". Peterson - "Let's Not Blame Wrestling for All the Violence". Carol Jago - "Entrance to High School Should Not Be Automatic". Ed Anger - "Women Don't Belong in the Cockpit". Jerome P. Kassirer - "Federal Foolishness and Marijuana". Santa Monica Hospital - "A Lot of Campus Rapes Start Here". Irene B. McDonald - "The Need for Vision - Funding The NEH". Timothy Backous - "Making Sheep: Possible, But Right?" William Raspberry - "The Case for Fact-Based Education". PETA - "Impotence: Ever Since Brad Went Vegetarian...". Lawrence A. Bullis - "Let's Do Away With Safety". Deborah Mathis - "Tiny Killer Says Lots About Handguns". Dexter Martin - "Asking God to Cheat in Sports". Jack Valenti - "Young Children Need Moral Instruction in School". Michigan Right to Life - "They're Forgetting Someone". Tom Teppen - "School Vouchers Are Unwise". Roiphe - "Adultery's Double Standard". OUR SUNDAY VISITOR - "Dying Is Not a Solely Private Decision". Council for Responsible Nutrition - "So I Have A Vitamin Gap, Big Deal". Ann Victoria - "Vitamin C Will Help You Win the Lottery". Herbert London - "Our Youth Aren't Learning Our History". Deborah Mathis - "Little Girls Shouldn't Count Calories". Michael S. Brown - "Handgun Freedom: Where Have All the Feminists Gone?" National Dairy Board - "Butter: Now More Than Ever the Natural Choice". USA TODAY - "Equal Treatment Is Real Issue - Not Same-Sex Marriage". Dean Ornish - "For a Better Life, Don't Eat Any Beef". Schwarz - "Some Lawyers Ask, Why Wait for Injury? Sue Now!" Dana Summers - "Causes of Teen Violence". Jim Watts - "Step 1 Toward Greatness: Win Powerball". John Sledge - "Simple Tradeoff Is Key to Finding Time to Read". "Diary of an Unborn Child". Art Levine - Roswell: "A Little Less Balance, Please". American Red Cross - "When You Give Blood...". Bob Dole - "America Needs a Flag-Protection Amendment". Luke Thompson - "Blame It on Dr. Jekyll". Brian J. Axsmith - "Biologist: Creationism Is 'Bad Religion'". John DeRosier - "Delegates Then Called for a Suspension of the Law of Gravity". Mitch Albom - "Does Hollywood Market Violence to Children?" Nutrio.com - "This is Not Normal". S.L. Varnado - "Women Priests? Never!" PETA - "Animal Experiments and Human Health". Adam Meyerson - "When Schools Excel, So Will Poor Children". Dakin - "Is It Any Wonder the Prisons Are Full?" Phillip D. Harvey - "Reasonable Rate of Divorce Can Be Good for America". James Lileks - "New Federal Drunken Driving Law Runs Over States' Rights".


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780321087850
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Longman Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 448
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0321087852
  • Publisher Date: 15 Aug 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 517 gr


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