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Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments: Reading, Designing, and Writing Effective Arguments, 2/E
Lester Faigley, University of Texas at Austin
Jack Selzer, The Pennsylvania State University

ISBN-10: 0321172779
ISBN-13: 9780321172778

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 768 pp
Published: 05/15/2003

This item has been replaced by Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments, MLA Update, 4/E.

This popular rhetoric/reader combines a brief, accessible introduction to argument with an anthology of provocative readings on contemporary issues.

By stressing the rhetorical situation and the audience, this rhetoric avoids complicated theories in favor of providing students with the practical means to find “good reasons” for their positions. Supporting the authors' instruction are numerous readings by professional and student writers on contemporary issues. The anthology features more than 70 selections on interesting current issues such as body image, immigration, affirmative action, and the environment. Distinctive in its emphasis on visual rhetoric, the text includes a thorough discussion of how good document design can support good reasons, as well as a unique introduction to presenting arguments on the Web.

Presents steps for writing a rhetorical analysis and six kinds of arguments—definitions, evaluations, causal arguments, narrative arguments, rebuttals, and proposals.

Arguments in the anthology represent various points of view on compelling issues, such as censorship, Title IX, and “Controlling Substances,” presented in an appealing “magazine” format.

Provides an extensive discussion of the basics of visual design, as well as an introduction to arguments on the Web, Web design, and new student samples.

Chapter 3, “Thinking About Your Audience,” teaches students to think about their readers and how to tailor their arguments accordingly.

Chapter 15, “Effective Research,” discusses how to research arguments using both print sources and the Internet, while Chapters 16 and 17 offer fully updated coverage of both MLA and APA documentation styles.

An expanded selection of arguments in Part IV, “Contemporary Arguments,” includes visual arguments on child labor, a new section on issues related to immigration, and more than thirty new selections.

New two-color design highlights pedagogical features more clearly.

A new Chapter 11, “Putting It All Together,” describes how multiple lines of argument can be used and how arguments can be effectively revised.

Chapter 14, “Effective Oral Presentations,” discusses oral arguments—from planning to presenting—and includes advice on using visual aids.

Seven new sample essays appear in the rhetoric section to illustrate the principles and model different forms of argument.

* denotes new selections

Preface.

I. PERSUADING WITH GOOD REASONS: What Do We Mean by Argument?

1. What to Argue About.

A Book That Changed the World.

Why Silent Spring Became a Classic.

Reading Arguments.

Finding Arguments.

Rachel Carson, “The Obligation to Endure.”

2. Finding Good Reasons.

The Basics of Arguments.

The Basics of Reasoning.

Finding Good Reasons.

Supporting Good Reasons.

Deciding Which Good Reasons to Use.

*Lani Guinier, “The Tyranny of the Majority.”

3. Thinking More About Your Audience.

What Exactly Is an “Audience?”

Who Will Read Your Argument?

Why People Reach Different Conclusions from the Same Evidence.

Creating Your Readers.

Letters to the Editor, Sports Illustrated, September 4, 2000.

*Rick Reilly, “Bare in Mind.”

*“Got Milk?” ad with Mark McGwire.

4. The Rhetoric of Arguments.

Facts Alone Do Not Persuade.

Ethos: Creating an Effective Persona.

Choosing an Appropriate Voice.

Pathos: Appealing to Your Readers' Values.

The Language of Arguments.

Rhetorical Analysis.

*E.B. White, “Education.”

II. PUTTING GOOD REASONS INTO ACTION: Options for Arguments.

5. Definition Arguments.

Kinds of Definitions.

Building a Definitional Argument.

*Scott McDonald, “Understanding Comics.”

Meghann O'Connor (student), “Cheerleading Is a Competitive Sport.”

6. Causal Arguments.

Kinds of Definitions.

Building a Definitional Argument.

*Edward R. Tufte, “The Cholera Epidemic in London, 1854.”

7. Evaluation Argument.

Kinds of Evaluations.

Building an Evaluation Argument.

Eric Gable and Richard Handler, “In Colonial Williamsburg, the New History Meets the Old.”

(student) Natascha Pocek, “The Diet Zone: A Dangerous Place.”

8. Narrative Arguments.

Kinds of Narratives.

Building a Narrative Argument.

Leslie Marmon Silko, “The Border Patrol State.”

9. Rebuttal Arguments.

Critical Thinking.

Building a Rebuttal Argument.

*Lance Armstrong, “A Defense of the Open Road.”

10. Proposal Arguments.

Components of Proposals.

Building a Proposal Argument.

*Donna Lopiano, “Don't Blame Title IX.”

11. Revision: Putting It All Together.

Keep Your Goals in Mind—But Stay Flexible.

Read As You Write.

Switch from Writer to Reader.

Focus on Your Argument.

Focus on Your Style and Proofread Carefully.

Get Responses to Your Draft.

III. MAKING EFFECTIVE ARGUMENTS: DESIGNING, PRESENTING, AND DOCUMENTING.

12. Effective Visual Design.

Understanding Visual Arguments.

Print Is a Visual Medium.

Design Basics.

Rhetoric of Type.

Graphic Presentation of Information.

13. Effective Web Design.

Arguments on the Web.

Creating a Web Site.

Principles of Web Design.

Audience Considerations on the Web.

14. Effective Oral Presentations.

Planning an Oral Presentation.

Delivering an Oral Presentation.

Multimedia Presentations.

15. Effective Research.

Research: Knowing What Information You Need.

Planning Your Research.

Finding What You Are Looking for in Print Sources.

Finding What You Are Looking for in Electronic Sources.

Evaluating Sources.

Taking Notes.

16. MLA Documentation.

Intellectual Property and Scholastic Honesty.

MLA Work-Cited List.

Citing Books.

Citing Periodicals.

Citing Online Sources.

Citing Other Sources.

Sample Argument Paper Using Sources:

(student) Chris Thomas, “Should Race Be a Qualification to Attend College?”

17. APA Documentation.

APA References List.

Citing Books.

Citing Periodicals.

Citing Online Sources.

Citing Other Sources.

IV. CONTEMPORARY ARGUMENTS.

Negotiating the Environment.

Aldo Leopold, The Land Ethic.

Ronald Bailey, Seven Doomsday Myths About the Environment.

Bill McKibben, Power Play Endangers Hawaii's Rain Forest.

Rosa Ehrenreich, I Hate Trees.

N. Scott Momaday, The Way to Rainy Mountain.

Alice Walker, Am I Blue?

Terry Tempest Williams, The Clan of One-Breasted Women.

Saturn, Environmentalism in Advertising.

*Child Labor: Visual Arguments, Then and Now

Photos by Jacob Riis

Photos by Louis Hine

Photo by Jean-Pierre Laffont for Benetton

Confronting Sexual Difference

Andrew Sullivan, Here Comes the Groom.

Hadley Arkes, The Closet Straight.

*Anna Quindlen, Evan's Two Moms.

Peter J. Gomes, Homophobic? Read Your Bible.

*J. Budziszewski, Homophobia: An Unfinished Story.

*J. Budziszewski, The Seeker.

Carmen Vasquez, Appearances.

*“I'm Living Proof the Truth Can Set You Free” (ad).

*Erik Meers, Keeping It Real.

*Norah Vincent, Listen, Hollywood!

Immigration.

*Patrick Buchanan, To Reunite a Nation.

*Richard Rayner, What Immigration Crisis?

*Michelle Malkin, The Deportation Abyss.

*David Cole, Enemy Aliens and American Freedoms.

*Luz Suarez, My Illegal Status Shouldn't Keep Me from Learning.

*Kyoko Mori, Becoming Midwestern.

Body Language.

Entartete Musik, How the Nazis Interpreted Jazz.

Emily Jenkins, Inkmarks.

*Malcolm Gladwell, True Colors.

*Terrence Rafferty, Kate Winslet, Please Save Us!

Richard Rodriguez, Complexion.

bell hooks, Straightening Our Hair.

Brainchild, Advertising Safer Sex Practices.

Ynestra King, The Other Body: Disability and Identity Politics.

Evan Wright, Sister Act.

Controlling Substances.

Joseph P. Kane, The Challenge of Legalizing Drugs.

Gerald W. Lynch, Legalizing Drugs Is Not the Solution.

Joseph Califano, It's Drugs, Stupid.

Robert Samuelson, The Amazing Smoke Screen.

*Gary Trudeau cartoon.

*To My Family (ad).

John Trevor, Mr. Chairman, I Propose $1.10 Per Pack Tax on Twinkies!

*Did You Hear the One about the Fat Guy Suing the Restaurant? (ad)

Binge Beer, Binge Drinking on College Campuses.

*Absolut Impotence, An Argument About Alcohol.

*Tom Verducci, A Dopey Policy.

*Malcolm Gladwell, Drugstore Athlete.

*Joshua Wolf Shenk, America's Altered States.

On Censorship.

Irving Kristol, Pornography, Obscenity, and the Case for Censorship.

Nadine Strossen, The Perils of Pornophobia.

*Diana E. H. Russell, Nadine Strossen: The Pornography Industry's Wet Dream.

Cathleen Cleaver, The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger.

Walt Handelsman, Information Superhighway.

*American Civil Liberties Union, Fahrenheit 451.2: Is Cyberspace Burning?

Ray Bradbury, The Afterword to Fahrenheit 451.

John Perry Barlow, A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace.

*John Grisham, Unnatural Killers.

Chuck Asay, I Objected to This Book...

Henry Louis Gates, Truth or Consequences: Putting Limits on Limits.

Affirmative Action.

Linda Chavez, Promoting Racial Harmony.

*Jesse Jackson, Save the Dream.

Judy Lichtman, Jocelyn Frye, and Helen Norton, Why Women Need Affirmative Action.

*Roger Wilkins, Racism Has Its Privileges.

Dinesh D'Souza, Sins of Admission.

Henry Paine, A Beginners' Guide to Universityspeak.

Title IX: Women in College Sports.

*Michael Lynch, Title IX's Pyrrhic Victory.

Ira Berkow, The Other Side of Title IX.

Alisa Solomon, Twisting and Tainting Title IX.

*Christine Brennan, Colleges Should Kick Off the Excesses of Football.

Index.

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Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments, 4/E
Faigley & Selzer
©2009 | Longman | Paper; 656 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205616801 | ISBN-13: 9780205616800
Brief Description

<>This popular rhetoric/reader combines a brief, accessible introduction to argument with an anthology of provocative readings on contemporary issues.

By stressing the rhetorical situation and audience, this argument rhetoric/reader avoids complicated schemes and terminology in favor of providing students with the practical ways of finding "good reasons" to argue for the positions they take. Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments helps students read, analyze, and write various types of arguments, including visual, verbal, and written. Supporting the authors' instruction are readings by professional and student writers and over 150 visuals.

Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments is distinctive for its discussion of why people write arguments, its coverage of rhetorical analysis and visual analysis in a brief format, its close attention to reading arguments, its thorough attention to research, and its emphasis on new, provocative topics in the reader section of the book.
Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments, MLA Update, 4/E
Faigley & Selzer
©2009 | Longman | Paper; 656 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205743374 | ISBN-13: 9780205743377
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This edition includes the most current MLA citation, documentation, and style guidelines.

This popular rhetoric/reader combines a brief, accessible introduction to argument with an anthology of provocative readings on contemporary issues.

By stressing the rhetorical situation and audience, this argument rhetoric/reader avoids complicated schemes and terminology in favor of providing students with the practical ways of finding "good reasons" to argue for the positions they take. Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments helps students read, analyze, and write various types of arguments, including visual, verbal, and written. Supporting the authors' instruction are readings by professional and student writers and over 150 visuals.

Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments is distinctive for its discussion of why people write arguments, its coverage of rhetorical analysis and visual analysis in a brief format, its close attention to reading arguments, its thorough attention to research, and its emphasis on new, provocative topics in the reader section of the book.

Author Bios

When Lester Faigley started college, he thought he was going to become an architect. Instead, he wound up majoring in English and teaching middle school English and history. Three years after he received a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1976, he joined the faculty of the Department of English at the University of Texas at Austin, where he now holds the Robert Adger Law and Thos. H. Law Professorship in Humanities. He has also been a visiting professor at several universities in the United States and abroad, and he is past chair of College Composition and Communication. Faigley served as the founding Director of both the Division of Rhetoric and Composition and the concentration in Technology, Literacy, and Culture at the University of Texas. He teaches undergraduate writing courses on writing and technology and graduate courses on rhetorical theory, discourse analysis, and issues of literacy and technology. He and his wife Linda have been married for more than three decades, and they have two grown sons. His sports passion is kayaking — both in rivers and on the ocean.

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