A Little Argument Plus NEW MyCompLab -- Access Card Package

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Table of Contents:
1 Making an Effective Argument     What Exactly Is an Argument?    Writing Arguments in College    Think About Your Credibility    Arguments as Turns in a Conversation   2 Analyzing an Argument     What Is Rhetorical Analysis?    Build a Rhetorical Analysis    Analyze the Rhetorical Features    Analyze the Rhetorical Context    Analyze a Visual Argument    Write a Visual Analysis Barbara Jordan, “Statement on the Articles of Impeachment” You Try It: Write a rhetorical analysis   3 Writing an Argument    Find a Topic That Interests You   Feature: What is not arguable    Explore Your Topic Read About Your Topic Feature: Recognize fallacies Find Good Reasons Find Evidence to Support Good Reasons State and Evaluate Your Thesis Think About Your Readers  Organize Your Argument Write an Engaging Title and Introduction Write a Strong Conclusion   4 Constructing an Argument Definition Arguments   Understand how definition arguments work   Recognize kinds of definitions   Build a definition argument   Sample student definition argument Patrice Conley, "Flagrant Foul: The NCAA's Definition of Student Athletes as Amateurs" You Try It:  Write a definition argument Causal Arguments   Understand how causal arguments work   Find causes   Build a causal argument                     Sample student causal argument                            Armandi Tansel, "Modern Warfare: Video Games' Link to Real-World Violence"   You Try It: Write a causal argument Evaluation Arguments   Understand how evaluation arguments work   Recognize kinds of evaluations   Build an evaluation argument   You Try It: Write an evaluation argument Rebuttal Arguments   Understand how rebuttal arguments work   Recognize the tactics of rebuttal arguments   Build a rebuttal argument   You Try It: Write a rebuttal argument Proposal Arguments   Understand how proposal arguments work   Recognize components of proposal arguments   Build a proposal argument   Sample student proposal argument  Kim Lee, “Let’s Make It a Real Melting Pot with Presidential Hopes for All”   You Try It: Write a proposal argument   5 Researching an Argument  Find a Subject Think about possible questions Browse a subject directory Browse a general or specialized encyclopedia Ask a Research Question and Gather Information  Find information about the subject Interviews Surveys Observations  Draft a Working Thesis  Find Sources Search with keywords Find sources in databases Find sources on the Web Find print sources  Evaluate Sources Evaluate print and database sources Evaluate Web sources    6 Documenting an Argument  Avoid Plagiarism  What you don’t have to document  What you do have to document Use caution with online source material  Quote Sources without Plagiarizing Quoting directly using quotation marks Attribute every quotation Quote words that are quoted in your source with single quotation marks  Summarize and Paraphrase Sources without Plagiarizing Summarize Paraphrase  Incorporate Quotations  Document Sources in MLA Style How to cite a source in your paper How to cite an entire work, a Web site, or another electronic source  Create an MLA-style works-cited list  Sample MLA paper: Brian Witkowski, "Need a Cure for Tribe Fever? How About a Dip in the Lake?"   7 Revising an Argument  Evaluate Your Draft  Respond to the Writing of Others  Edit and Proofread Carefully   Credits and Index