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| How Good Arguments Work | |
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| Argue In Real Life | |
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| What Argument Is and What Argument Is Not | |
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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 Using the Research Process | |
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| Find Your Place Among Others: Negotiate Opposition | |
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| Stake and Defend Your Claim | |
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| Vary the Support You Bring to an Argument | |
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| Structure Your Argument | |
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| Recognize Why Arguments Break Down | |
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| Take Ownership of Your Argument | |
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| Choose an Issue | |
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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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| Define Your Audience | |
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| Argue at the Right Moment | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Develop a Research Plan | |
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| Collect a basic reference desk and use encyclopedias 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, government, and multimedia sources | |
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| Find books | |
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| Evaluate, Read, and Use Resources in Your Writing | |
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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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| 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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| How To Plan, Structure And Deliver An Argument | |
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| Negotiate 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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| Explore an Issue | |
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| Prewrite on Your Issue | |
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| Develop an Argument Strategy | |
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| Use Definitions | |
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| Discover Causes or Consequences | |
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| Present Comparisons | |
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| Propose a Solution | |
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| Evaluate Your Claim | |
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| Write an Exploratory Essay | |
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| Kinds of Argument | |
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| Structure an Argument to Fit Your Purpose | |
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| Toulmin-Based Argument | |
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| Middle Ground Argument | |
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| Rogerian Argument | |
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| Argument Based on a Microhistory | |
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| Build Arguments | |
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| How a Claim Functions | |
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| Five Kinds of Claims | |
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| Use Reasons to Support Your Claim. | |
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| Build Body Paragraphs Around Reasons | |
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| Use Qualifiers to Make Your Argument Believable | |
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| Justify Your Claim with a Warrant | |
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| Use Your Audience to Construct a Warrant | |
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| Use Backing to Support a Warrant | |
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| Respond to Audience Reservations to Make a Warrant Believable | |
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| Support an Argument with Fact (Logos), Credibility (Ethos), and Emotion (Pathos) | |
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| Field Specific Support | |
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| Use All Three General Kinds of Support | |
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| Use Support Based on Facts and Research (Logos) | |
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| Use Support to Establish Your Credibility (Ethos) | |
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| Use Support to Create 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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| Consider Your Argument's Claim | |
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| Introduce Your Opposition | |
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| Create Strong Introductions | |
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| Write Memorable Conclusions | |
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| Edit and Organize Your Argument's Support | |
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| Supply a Strong Title | |