Toc: Cover Page......Page 2 Inside Front Cover......Page 3 Halftitle Page......Page 4 Title Page......Page 5 Copyright Page......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Brief Contents......Page 24 Contents......Page 26 Part 1 Understanding Argument......Page 49 Chapter 1 Approaches to Argument......Page 50 What Is Argument?......Page 55 Aristotelian Rhetoric......Page 57 Logos......Page 58 Research Skill Using Databases......Page 60 Argument Essentials Aristotelian Rhetoric......Page 62 Richard J. Davis, In Gun Control Debate, Logic Goes out the Window......Page 63 The Shelter Pet Project, A Person Is the Best Thing to Happen to a Shelter Pet (advertisement)......Page 66 Liza Long, I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother......Page 67 The Stasis Questions......Page 73 Stasis Theory Claims......Page 77 Rogerian Argument......Page 78 Argument Essentials Rogerian Argument......Page 80 Julia Belluz And Steven J. Hoffman, Katie Couric and the Celebrity Medicine Syndrome......Page 81 Sarah Seltzer, Teaching Trigger Warnings: What Pundits Don’t Understand about the Year’s Most Controversial Higher-Ed Debate......Page 82 The Claim......Page 91 The Support......Page 94 The Assumption......Page 95 Toulmin and the Syllogism......Page 96 Argument Essentials The Toulmin Model......Page 97 Robert J. Samuelson, In Health, We’re Not No. 1......Page 98 Steven Reinberg, Embryo Selection May Help Prevent Some Inherited Disorders......Page 101 Assignments for Understanding Approaches to Argument......Page 104 Chapter 2 Critical Reading of Written Arguments......Page 106 Strategies for Prereading......Page 108 Carol Rose, On Pins and Needles Defending Artistic Expression......Page 109 Amin Ahmad, I Belong Here......Page 111 Strategies for Annotating a Text......Page 114 Christopher Elliott, A Tale of Two Airlines......Page 116 Summarizing......Page 119 Research Skill Summarizing......Page 120 Strategies for Writing Rhetorical Summaries......Page 121 Mallory Simon, Gun Debate: Where Is the Middle Ground?......Page 122 Stephanie Fairyington, The Gay Option......Page 127 Strategies for Evaluating Arguments......Page 132 Argument Essentials Examining Written Arguments......Page 133 Bruce Schneier, The Internet Is a Surveillance State......Page 134 Whitney Cramer, Giving Up Our Privacy: Is It Worth It? (student essay)......Page 137 Assignments for Critical Reading of Written Arguments......Page 140 Chapter 3 Critical Reading of Multimodal Arguments......Page 142 Visual Rhetoric......Page 143 Photographs......Page 144 Dave Martin, Looting (photograph)......Page 145 Rick Loomis, Los Angeles Airport Police Remove the Camouflaged Gun Case That Caused the Evacuation (photograph)......Page 146 Dinendra Haria, Hey Mister! Hands Off My Sister! (photograph)......Page 147 Michael Krasowitz, Texting and Driving (photograph)......Page 148 Print Advertisements......Page 149 Argument Essentials Visual Rhetoric......Page 150 World Wildlife Fund, Stop Climate Change before It Changes You (advertisement)......Page