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Creating America Reading and Writing Arguments

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ISBN-10: 0131443860

ISBN-13: 9780131443860

Edition: 4th 2005

Authors: Joyce Moser, Ann Watters

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List price: $121.60
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 7/15/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 664
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Contexts for Reading and Writing Arguments
Arguments in American Cultures
Reading American Cultures
Persuasion
Persuasion in American Cultures
The Art and Craft of Persuasion
Persuasion and Audience
Rhetor and Audience
Audiences and Cultures
Audiences from Other Times
Audiences and Appeals: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
Errors in Logic
Understanding Persuasion in Practice
Persuasion in Diverse Genres
Essays
Fiction and Poetry
Legal Cases
Visual Rhetoric
Films
Analyzing an Image
Student Essay on Visual Persuasion: ldquo;Persuasiveness in 'Saigon Execution'rdquo;
Elements of Persuasion
Assumptions and Assertions
Examples
Refutation
Refutation
Writing Essays
Developing Essays
Techniques for Developing Essays
Developing a Core Assertion: The Thesis Statement
Organizing and Drafting the Essay
Index Cards and Notebooks
Laptops and computers
Sample essays
Expository Essay: ldquo;A Korean Discovers New Yorkrdquo;
Analytical Essay: ldquo;I Want Outrdquo;
Analytical Essay: ldquo;Affirmative Action in Contextrdquo;
Student Writing Process and Essay on ldquo;Hasten the Homecoming.rdquo; Outline
Draft
Revision
Reflection
Research
Integrating Research into Writing
Beginning the Process
Using On-line Resources in Research
Strategies for Internet Research
Using Library Sources
Focusing the Search
Working with Source
Writing Drafts
Documentation
Internet and World Wide Web Sources
Argument in the American Tradition
Identities Chapter Introduction
Franklin, ldquo;Join, or Dierdquo; (1754), Franklin's eighteenth-century woodcut, reportedly the first American cartoon
De Tocqueville, ldquo;Origin of the Anglo Americansrdquo; (1939), An introductory chapter to the renowned work,Democracy in America
Howard Chandler Christy, ldquo;Victory Liberty Loanrdquo; (1919), An early twentieth-century poster designed to garner financial support for World War I
Luther Standing Bear, ldquo;What the Indian Means to Americardquo; (1933), An American Indian's view of the conflict of Anglo and Indian cultures
John F. Kennedy, ldquo;Inaugural Addressrdquo; (1961), A speech that powerfully invoked a national call to service. Arthur M. Schlesinger, ldquo;The Cult of Ethnicityrdquo; (1991), An e