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Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments 7th Edition by Lester Faigley, ISBN-13: 978-0134392875
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- Publisher: Pearson; 7th edition (January 15, 2017)
- Language: English
- 560 pages
- ISBN-10: 0134392876
- ISBN-13: 978-0134392875
For courses in Argument.
A practical, visually engaging introduction to argument supported by provocative readings on contemporary issues.
Nothing you learn in college will prove to be more important than the ability to create an effective argument. That’s the philosophy embodied in Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments, 7th Edition, an argument rhetoric/reader which avoids complicated schemes and terminology in favor of providing readers with the practical ways of finding “good reasons” to argue for the positions they take. The text uses lively, nontechnical language, an attractive visual design, numerous examples, and fresh, timely readings to engage readers’ interest. The revised 7th Edition includes more than 40 new readings, along with new case studies, chapters, and projects.
Table of Contents:
Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments
Table of Contents
Selections by Types of Arguments
Preface
What This Book Offers You
New to This Edition
Resources for Teachers and Students
Part 1 Reading and Discovering Arguments
Chapter 1 Making an Effective Argument
Quick Take
What Exactly Is an Argument?
Writing Arguments in College
What Does Inquiry Have to Do with Argument?
How can you argue responsibly?
How can you argue respectfully?
Arguments as Turns in a Conversation
Build Your Credibility
Chapter 2 Reading Arguments
Quick Take
Explore Controversies
Find controversies
Read Critically
Before you begin reading, ask these questions:
Read the argument once without making notes to gain a sense of the content
Read the argument a second and third time, asking more questions and making notes
Annotate what you read
Map a controversy
Recognize Fallacies
Fallacies of logic
Fallacies of emotion and language
Note fallacies while you read
Map and Summarize Arguments
Draw a map
Write a summary
Chapter 3 Finding Arguments
Quick Take
Find Arguments in Everyday Conversations
Distinguish arguments from other kinds of persuasion
The Basics of Arguments
Find a Topic
Read your assignment carefully
Think about what interests you
List and analyze issues
Campus
Community
Nation/World
Narrow your list
Explore Your Topic
Read About Your Topic
The skeptic: Disagreeing with a source
The contributor: Agreeing with a source with an additional point
The analyst: Agreeing and disagreeing simultaneously with a source
Use Inquiry to Find Good Reasons
Can you argue by definition?
Can you argue from value?
Can you argue from consequence?
Can you counter objections to your position?
Find Evidence to Support Good Reasons
Chapter 4 Drafting Arguments
Quick Take
Think About Your Purpose
State and Evaluate Your Thesis
Focus your thesis
Evaluate your thesis
Sample thesis
Revised thesis
Sample thesis
Revised thesis
Think About Your Readers
Understand what your readers know—and do not know
Understand your readers’ attitudes toward you
Understand your readers’ attitudes toward your subject
Organize Your Argument
Write an Engaging Title and Introduction
Write a Strong Conclusion
Chapter 5 Revising and Editing Arguments
Quick Take
Evaluate Your Draft
Respond to the Writing of Others
First reading
Second reading
Third reading
Revise Your Draft
Edit and Proofread Carefully
Edit for style
Proofread carefully
Part 2 Analyzing Arguments
Chapter 6 Analyzing Written Arguments
Quick Take
What Is Rhetorical Analysis?
Build a rhetorical analysis
Analyze the Rhetorical Features: Textual Analysis
Jordan’s purpose and argument
Logos
Pathos
Ethos
Jordan’s arrangement
Jordan’s style
Analyze the Rhetorical Context
Communication as conversation
Jordan’s life and works
The context of the speech
The larger conversation
Write a Rhetorical Analysis
Steps to Writing a Rhetorical Analysis
Projects
Chapter 7 Analyzing Visual and Multimedia Arguments
Quick Take
What Is a Visual Argument?
Can there be an argument without words?
Visuals contain implicit arguments
What is a multimedia argument?
Analyze Visuals Used as Evidence
Evaluate photographs and videos as evidence
Visual fallacies
Evaluate informational graphics
Build a Visual Analysis
Analyze context
Analyze visual and textual elements
Reach an interpretation
Write a Visual Analysis
Projects
Part 3 Writing Arguments
Chapter 8 Definition Arguments
Quick Take
Understand How Definition Arguments Work
Recognize Kinds of Definitions
Formal definitions
Operational definitions
Definitions from example
Build a Definition Argument
Steps to Writing a Definition Argument
Projects
Chapter 9 Causal Arguments
Quick Take
Understand How Causal Arguments Work
Why causal arguments?
Three forms for causal argument claims
Find Causes
Build a Causal Argument
Steps to Writing a Causal Argument
Projects
Chapter 10 Evaluation Arguments
Quick Take
Understand How Evaluation Arguments Work
Recognize Kinds of Evaluations
Build an Evaluation Argument
Steps to Writing an Evaluation Argument
Projects
Chapter 11 Narrative Arguments
Quick Take
Understand How Narrative Arguments Work
Recognize Kinds of Narrative Arguments
Build a Narrative Argument
Steps to Writing a Narrative Argument
Projects
Chapter 12 Rebuttal Arguments
Quick Take
Understand How Rebuttal Arguments Work
Recognize Kinds of Rebuttal Arguments
Refutation
Counterargument
Build a Rebuttal Argument
Steps to Writing a Rebuttal Argument
Projects
Chapter 13 Proposal Arguments
Quick Take
Understand How Proposal Arguments Work
Recognize Components of Proposal Arguments
Build a Proposal Argument
Steps to Writing a Proposal Argument
Projects
Part 4 Designing and Presenting Arguments
Chapter 14 Designing Multimedia Arguments
Quick Take
Know When to Use Visual Evidence
Think about what an image or graphic communicates
Think About the Argument an Image Makes
Think about the argument a chart or graph makes
Think about the argument a video makes
Know When to Use Audio Evidence
Think about what sound communicates
Think about the argument an audio interview makes
Think about the argument that sounds make
Think About Your Good Reasons and the Best Media for Delivering Them
Design Multimedia Arguments
Creating multimedia projects
Oral presentation with visuals
Essay with images
Web site production
Audio production
Video production
Design arguments for print
Chapter 15 Presenting Arguments
Quick Take
Plan a Presentation
Start with your goals in mind
It’s all about your audience
Get organized
Build content
Design Visuals for a Presentation
Keep it simple
Use audio and video clips strategically
Deliver an Effective Presentation
It’s all about you
Prepare in advance
Be professional
Convert a Written Text into a Presentation
Part 5 Researching Arguments
Chapter 16 Planning Research
Quick Take
Analyze the Research Task
Look for keywords
Identify your potential readers
Assess the project’s length, scope, and requirements
Set a schedule
Find a Subject
Ask a Research Question
Gather Information About the Subject
Conducting field research
Interviews
Arrange interviews
Conduct interviews
Surveys
Plan surveys
Administer surveys
Observations
Make observations
Analyze observations
Draft a Working Thesis
Chapter 17 Finding Sources
Quick Take
Develop Strategies for Finding Sources
Determine where to start looking
Learn the art of effective keyword searches
Find Sources in Databases
Locate databases
Use databases
Find Sources on the Web
Use search engines wisely
Kinds of search engines
Advanced searches
Find online government sources
Find online reference sources
Search interactive media
Find Multimedia Sources
Find images
Find videos
Find podcasts
Find charts, graphs, and maps
Respect copyright
Find Print Sources
Find books
Locating books in your library
Locating e-books
Find journal articles
Chapter 18 Evaluating and Recording Sources
Quick Take
Read Sources Critically
Determine the Relevance of Sources
Determine the Quality of Sources
Distinguish individual and anonymous sources from edited sources
Distinguish popular sources from scholarly sources
Distinguish primary sources from secondary sources
Evaluate the quality of visual sources
Evaluate Database and Print Sources
Evaluate Online Sources
Pay attention to domain names
Be alert for biased web sites
Keep Track of Sources
Locate elements of a citation in database sources
Locate elements of a citation in online sources
Locate elements of a citation in print sources
Chapter 19 Writing the Research Project
Quick Take
Review Your Goals and Plan Your Organization
Review your assignment and thesis
Determine your contribution
Determine your main points
Understand Plagiarism
Deliberate plagiarism
Patch plagiarism
What you are not required to acknowledge
What you are required to acknowledge
Avoid Plagiarism When Taking Notes
Avoid Plagiarism When Quoting Sources
Quoting directly
Attributing every quotation
Quoting words that are quoted in your source
Avoid Plagiarism When Summarizing and Paraphrasing
Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Choose and Integrate Quotations
Decide when to quote and when to paraphrase
Use quotations effectively
Use signal phrases
Signal phrases that report information or a claim
Signal phrases when you agree with the source
Signal phrases when you disagree with the source
Signal phrases in the sciences
Introduce block quotations
Double-check quotations
Write a Draft
Write a specific title
Write an engaging introduction
Write a strong conclusion
Review and Revise
Chapter 20 Documenting Sources in MLA Style
Quick Take
Elements of MLA Documentation
Citing a source in your paper
Citing an entire work, a Web site, or other digital source
Creating an MLA-style works-cited list
Works-cited entries for books
Works-cited entries for periodicals
Works-cited entries for online-only sources
Works-cited entries for other sources
MLA In-Text Citations
MLA Works-Cited List: Books
One author
Multiple authors
Anonymous and group authors
E-books and reprints
Parts of books
Editions and translations
Multivolume works
MLA Works-Cited List: Periodicals
Scholarly journal articles
Magazine articles
Newspapers
Reviews, editorials, letters to the editor
MLA Works-Cited List: Online-Only Sources
Web publications
MLA Works-Cited List: Other Sources
Sample MLA Paper
Chapter 21 Documenting Sources in APA Style
Quick Take
Elements of APA Documentation
Citing a source in your paper
Creating an APA-style references list
References entries for books
References entries for periodicals
References entries for online sources
APA In-Text Citations
APA References List: Books
APA References List: Periodicals
APA References List: Library Database Sources
APA References List: Online Sources
APA References List: Other Sources
Part 6 Contemporary Arguments
Chapter 22 Sustainability
Quick Take
Environmentalism and Sustainability
Contemporary Arguments
Projects: From Reading to Writing
Chapter 23 City Life
Quick Take
City Spaces and Public Life
Contemporary Arguments
Projects: From Reading to Writing
Chapter 24 Education
Quick Take
Education in American Society
Contemporary Arguments
Projects: From Reading to Writing
Chapter 25 Science and Ethics
Quick Take
The Ethics of Science and Technology
Contemporary Arguments
Projects: From Reading to Writing
Chapter 26 Regulating Substances, Regulating Bodies
Quick Take
Private Bodies, Public Controls
Contemporary Arguments
Projects: From Reading to Writing
Chapter 27 Brave New Gadgets
Quick Take
New Technologies vs. Personal Privacy
Contemporary Arguments
Projects: From Reading to Writing
Glossary
Credits
Photo Credits
Text Credits
Index
Lester Faigley holds the Robert Adger Law and Thos. H. Law Professorship in Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. He was the founding director of the Division (now Department) of Rhetoric and Writing at Texas in 1993, and he later served as Director of the University Writing Center. He was the 1996 Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Faigley has published over 30 books and editions, including Fragments of Rationality (Pittsburgh, 1992), which received the MLA Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize.
Jack Selzer has collaborated with colleagues at Penn State and elsewhere in all kinds of ways. With his long-time friend Lester Faigley, he has written two Pearson books, Good Reasons and Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments, now in their 7th Editions, and he also has edited a number of versions of Conversations: Readings for Writing, currently in its 8th Edition (now edited by Dominic Delli Carpini). A Fellow of the Rhetoric Society of America, once a president of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, and the creator of Penn State’s innovative Paterno Fellows Program, he has published or edited a number scholarly articles and books, including Rhetorical Bodies (with Sharon Crowley), Kenneth Burke in the 1930s (with Ann George), and Kenneth Burke in Greenwich Village. He enjoys teaching a first-year seminar on the rhetoric of the civil rights movement, and happens to be a charter member of the longest continuously running fantasy sports league on the face of the earth.
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