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How To Approach Argument In Real Life | |
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Argue with a Purpose | |
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What Argument Is and What Argument Is Not | |
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… Graduating Debtors … by Thomas Frank | |
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Recognize Where Argument Is Appropriate in Real Life | |
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Argue About Issues that Matter to You | |
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Establish Local Context for an Issue Through the Research Process | |
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Recognize Why Arguments Break Down | |
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Match Argument with Purpose | |
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Explore an Issue that Matters to You | |
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Determine What Matters to You and Why | |
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Choose an Issue within a Topic | |
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Pre-Think About Your Issue | |
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Define and Target Your Audience | |
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Stake, Defend, and Justify Your Claim | |
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Vary the Support You Bring to an Argument | |
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Working with a Target Audience: Two Examples | |
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Argue at the Right Moment | |
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Getting Started | |
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How To Establish Context Through Research | |
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Develop a Research Plan | |
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Use Reference Works, Encyclopedias, and Topic Overviews Profitably | |
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Gather Search Terms | |
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Use Search Engines to Find Internet Sources on the Surface Web and on the Deep Web | |
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Perform Keyword Queries | |
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Find News Sites and Use RSS Feeds to Receive Updates | |
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Find and Use Databases in Libraries | |
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Find and Use Primary Sources | |
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Find and Use Government Sources | |
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Find and Use Multimedia Sources | |
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Find Books | |
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Evaluate and Engage with Your Sources | |
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Take Notes, Read Critically, and Evaluate Internet Sites | |
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Take Notes, Read Critically, and Evaluate Articles | |
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Take Notes and Read Books Critically | |
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Take Notes and Evaluate Primary Sources | |
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Introduce and Comment on Sources | |
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Quote and Cite Quotations | |
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Summarize and Cite Summaries | |
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Paraphrase and Cite Paraphrases | |
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Avoid Plagiarism | |
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Documentation: Works Cited Page | |
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Read Critically and Avoid Fallacies | |
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Define Fallacies | |
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Identify and Avoid Fallacies | |
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Avoid Fallacies of Choice | |
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Avoid Fallacies of Support | |
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Avoid Fallacies of Emotion | |
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Avoid Fallacies of Inconsistency | |
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Work Fairly with the Opposition | |
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Why the Opposition Matters | |
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Resist Easy Generalizations | |
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Listen to Local Voices | |
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Summarize Other Voices Fairly | |
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Value Expertise Over Advocacy | |
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Avoid Bias When You Summarize | |
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Find Points of Overlap | |
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Respond to Other Views | |
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How To Plan, Structure And Deliver An Argument | |
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Develop a Strategy | |
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Consider Toulmin-Based Argument | |
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Consider Middle Ground and Rogerian Argument, and Argument based on Microhistory | |
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Build Arguments | |
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Support an Argument with Fact (Logos), Credibility (Ethos), and Emotion (Pathos) | |
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How To Take Ownership Of Your Argument: A Style Guide | |
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Enhance Your Argument with Visuals and Humor | |
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What Are Visual Arguments? | |
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Read Visual Arguments | |
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Use Humor in Your Argument | |
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When Is Humor Appropriate? | |
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Develop and Edit Argument Structure and Style | |
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An Anthology Of Arguments | |
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Intersections: Contemporary Issues and Arguments | |
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School/Academic Community | |
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Workplace Community | |
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Family/Household Community | |
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Neighborhood Community | |
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Social/Cultural Community | |
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Consumer Community | |
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Concerned Citizen Community | |
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Classic American Arguments | |
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Student-Authored Arguments | |
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Linda Gonzalez, Driving to a Reasonable Solution | |
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Blaine Schmidt, Red Light Cameras-Pursuing Profit Without Process Or Purpose | |
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Ben Szany, Vouching for Our School System? | |