Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing · A Brief Guide to Argument, Eighth Edition by Barnet, Sylvan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Front Cover Inside Front Cover Title Page Copyright Page Preface

Features

The Text

What's New in the Eighth Edition Acknowledgments You Get More Digital Choices for Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing

Student Resources i-series Instructor Resources

Brief Contents Contents Part One: Critical Thinking and Reading

1. Critical Thinking

2. Critical Reading: Getting Started

Active Reading Summarizing and Paraphrasing Paraphrase, Patchwriting, and Plagiarism Essays for Analysis

3. Critical Reading: Getting Deeper into Arguments

Persuasion, Argument, Dispute Reason versus Rationalization Some Procedures in Argument Nonrational Appeals Does All Writing Contain Arguments? An Example: An Argument and a Look at the Writer's Strategies Arguments for Analysis

4. Visual Rhetoric: Images as Arguments

Some Uses of Images Appeals to the Eye Are Some Images Not Fit to Be Shown? Reading Advertisements Writing about a Political Cartoon Visuals as Aids to Clarity: Maps, Graphs, Tables, and Pie Charts A Note on Using Visuals in Your Own Paper A Note on Formatting Your Paper: Document Design Additional Images for Analysis

Part Two: Critical Writing

5. Writing an Analysis of an Argument

Analyzing an Argument An Analysis of the Student's Analysis

6. Developing an Argument of Your Own

Planning, Drafting, and Revising an Argument Peer Review A Student's Essay, from Rough Notes to Final Version The Essay Analyzed

7. Using Sources

Why Use Sources? Choosing a Topic Finding Material Interviewing Peers and Local Authorities Evaluating Your Sources Taking Notes A Note on Plagiarizing, Paraphrasing, and Using Common Knowledge Compiling an Annotated Bibliography Writing the Paper Quoting from Sources Documentation An Annotated Student Research Paper in MLA Format An Annotated Student Research Paper in APA Format

Part Three: Further Views on Argument

8. A Philosopher’s View: The Toulmin Model

The Claim Grounds Warrants Backing Modal Qualifiers Rebuttals Thinking with Toulmin's Method

9. A Logician’s View: Deduction, Induction, Fallacies

Deduction Induction Fallacies

10. A Psychologist’s View: Rogerian Argument

Rogerian Argument: An Introduction

11. A Rhetorician’s View: Rhetorical Analysis of Nontraditional Texts

12. A Literary Critic’s View: Arguing about Literature

Interpreting Judging (or Evaluating) Theorizing Thinking about the Effects of Literature Thinking about Government Funding for the Arts

13. A Debater’s View: Individual Oral Presentations and Debate

Individual Oral Presentations The Audience Delivery The Talk Formal Debates

Part Four: A Casebook on the State and the Individual

14. What Is the Ideal Society?

Index of Authors and Titles Index of Terms Inside Back Cover Back Cover