Read, Reason, Write with APA Update and Powersite

*New to this edition SECTION I: CRITICAL READING AND ANALYSIS *CHAPTER 1: WRITERS AND THEIR SOURCES The Writer in a Writing Course The Student Writer's Roles Responses to Sources Abraham Lincoln, 'The Gettysburg Address' *Bruce Sterling, 'Learning to Love Obsolescence' Guidelines for Active Reading Exercise: Active Reading *Rebecca J. Donatelle and Lorraine G. Davis, 'Child Sexual Abuse' Understanding Your Sources Writing Summaries Sample Longer Summary: Aaron Dalton, 'The Ties That Unbind' Writing Paraphrases Bertrand Russell, From 'A Free Man's Worship' *Robert J. Samuelson, 'Century of Freedom' Acknowledging Sources Informally *William Raspberry, 'The Real Pregnancy Problem' Presenting Direct Quotations: A Guide to Form and Style *Bill Gates, 'Beyond Guttenberg' Writing Assignments *CHAPTER 2: RESPONDING CRITICALLY TO SOURCES Traits of the Critical Reader/Thinker Examining the Context Understanding Attitude Recognizing Tone Analyzing Style *Dave Barry, 'Remote Control' Writing about Style Ellen Goodman, 'Choosing Families' Student Essay: Style Analysis by Alan Peterson-'Goodman's Feast of Style' Recognizing Language Abuses Combining Summary, Analysis, and Evaluation: The Review Annotated Review: Frederick Turner, 'Rediscovering America: John Muir in His Time and Ours' Student Review: 'Winchester's Alchemy: Two Men and a Book' Analyzing Two or More Sources Sean O'Connell, 'Dinosaur' Stephen Hunter, 'Disney's Digital 'Dinosaur': A Cretaceous Bambi'; *John Leo, 'Word Games We Play' *Ronald R. Fraser, 'Let the Going Get Tough-We Have Our SUVs' Writing Assignments SECTION II: THE WORLD OF ARGUMENT CHAPTER 3: THE BASICS OF ARGUMENT Characteristics of Argument The Shape of Argument: The Aristotelian Model The Shape of Argument: The Toulmin Model The Language of Claims and Support *Richard Morin, 'Paradise Lost' More on Toulmin's Analysis of Argument The Language of Argument Exercises: Readings for Analysis Marie Winn, 'A Commitment to Language' *Richard Leakey, 'Extinctions Past and Present' CHAPTER 4: TYPES OF ARGUMENTS: CLASSICAL PATTERNS AND CURRENT APPROACHES Induction Deduction 'The Declaration of Independence' Analogy *Zbigniew Brzezinski, 'War and Football' Arguments about Cause *Pietro Nivola, 'Pumps and Pocketbooks' The Rogerian or Conciliatory Argument *Abigail Trafford, 'On the Streets of Philadelphia, Prescriptions of Progress' The Uses of Authority and Statistics Responding to Visual Arguments Arguments That Do Not Work: Logical Fallacies Student Essay: 'Death' Exercises: Analyzing ArgumentsWriting Assignments Lester C. Thurow, 'Why Women Are Paid Less Than Men' CHAPTER 5: PREPARING GOOD ARGUMENTS Knowing Your Audience Understanding Your Writing Purpose Moving from Topic to Claim to Support Drafting Your Argument Revising Your Draft Guidelines for Preparing Specific Kinds of Arguments Student Essay: 'Magazine Advertising for Computer Products' Student Essay: 'Examining the Issue of Gun Control' Student Essay: 'Wisdom' James Q. Wilson, 'A New Strategy for the War on Drugs' David Sadker, 'Gender Games' Exercise: Analyzing an Argument Robert H. Bork, 'Addicted to Health' Writing Assignments SECTION III: THE RESEARCH PROCESS CHAPTER 6: GETTING STARTED AND LOCATING SOURCES (IN THE LIBRARY, ONLINE, IN THE FIELD) Defining the Research Process Stages in the Research Process Finding a Workable Topic Writing a Tentative Thesis or Research Proposal Locating Sources Preparing a Working Bibliography Knowing Your Library Using the Reference Collection Using Indexes to Periodicals Locating Government Documents and Related Publications Searching the IntSeyler, Dorothy U. is the author of 'Read, Reason, Write with APA Update and Powersite', published 2003 under ISBN 9780072870480 and ISBN 0072870486.