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Smart Arguments: Critical Thinking and Writing for College
This book is designed for English C1001, the critical thinking and writing course at Santa Monica College. It is built from Anna Mill's How Arguments Work, with additional materials added to new chapters such as essay prompts, sample essays, peer review forms, and other handouts.
- Tác giả
- Angelina Misaghi
- Nhà xuất bản
- Santa Monica College
- Nguồn
- LibreTexts
- Giấy phép
- CC BY-SA
- Ngôn ngữ
- EN
- Danh mục
- Tiếng Anh
Mục lục· 171 mục
- 01: Introduction
- 1.01: Why Study Argument
- 1.02: A Closer Look at Fast and Slow Thinking
- 1.03: What This Book Offers
- 02: Handouts
- 2.01: Critical Reading Worksheet
- 2.02: Revising and Editing
- 03: Artificial Intelligence and College Writing
- 3.01: Template Phrases for Reflecting on AI Feedback
- 3.02: Template Phrases for Critiquing AI Outputs
- 3.03: Acknowledging and Citing Generative AI in Academic Work
- 3.04: AI Copies Patterns It Doesnt Think
- 3.05: Don't Trust AI to Cite Its Sources
- 3.06: Student Essay Critiquing a New York Times Article on the Dangers of AI
- 04: Reading to Figure out the Argument
- 4.01: Overview- Reading to Write
- 4.02: Types of Claims to Look out for
- 4.03: Making Notes on the Writers Claims
- 4.04: Deciding Which Is the Main Claim
- 4.05: Findingthe Reasons
- 4.06: Finding the Counterarguments
- 4.07: Finding the Responses to the Counterarguments
- 4.08: Finding the Limits on the Argument
- 4.09: Common Argument Phrases
- 05: Writing a Summary of Another Writers Argument
- 5.01: What Is a Summary
- 5.02: Introducing the Argument and the Main Claim
- 5.03: Describing the Reasoning
- 5.04: Describing How the Author Treats Counterarguments
- 5.05: Describing How the Author Limits the Claim
- 5.06: Putting the Summary Together
- 5.07: Writing a Short Summary of a Long Argument
- 5.08: Sample Summaries
- 5.8.01: Sample Summary- Spread Feminism Not Germs
- 5.8.02: Sample Summary- Typography and Identity
- 5.09: Comparing and Contrasting Arguments
- 5.10: A Sample Compare-and-Contrast Essay
- 5.10.01: Annotated Compare-and-Contrast Essay
- 5.11: Common Summary Phrases
- 06: Essay Prompts
- 6.01: Essay 1 (Rhetorical Analysis text)
- 6.02: Essay 2 (Rhetorical Analysis Visual)
- 6.03: Essay 3 (Self-Analysis)
- 07: Sample Essays
- 7.01: Sample Rhetorical Analysis text
- 7.02: Sample Rhetorical Analysis visual
- 08: Assessing the Strength of an Argument (Logos)
- 8.01: Use a Summary to Launch an Opinion
- 8.02: Check If the Meaning Is Clear
- 8.03: Look for Exceptions
- 8.04: Decide How Strong the Evidence Is
- 8.05: Check the Argument's Assumptions
- 8.06: Check How Well the Argument Addresses Counterarguments
- 8.07: Reflect on an Arguments Strengths
- 8.08: Come up with an Overall Assessment
- 8.09: Fallacies List
- 8.10: Common Assessment Phrases
- 8.11: Sample Assessment Essays
- 8.11.01: Sample Assessment- Spread Feminism Not Germs
- 8.11.02: Sample Assessment- Typography and Identity
- 09: How Arguments Appeal to Emotion (Pathos)
- 9.01: The Place of Emotion in Argument
- 9.02: Word Choice and Connotation
- 9.03: Powerful Examples
- 9.04: Tone
- 9.05: Varying the Emotions
- 9.06: Fitting the Emotions to the Audience
- 9.07: Legitimate and Illegitimate Emotional Appeals
- 10: How Arguments Establish Trust and Connection (Ethos)
- 10.01: An Argument Implies a Relationship
- 10.02: Authority
- 10.03: Distance and Intimacy
- 10.04: Shared Sense of Identity
- 10.05: Respect and Goodwill
- 10.06: Moral Character
- 10.07: Combining Different Approaches to Trust and Connection
- 10.08: Reaching a Hostile Audience (Rogerian Argument)
- 10.09: Faulty Appeals to Trust
- 11: Peer Review Forms
- 11.01: Peer Review 1
- 12: The Research Process
- 12.01: The Ultimate Tool for Thinking and Sharing Our Thoughts
- 12.02: Approaching a Research Paper Assignment
- 12.03: Choosing a Focused Topic
- 12.04: Find the Conversation That Interests You
- 12.05: Types of Sources
- 12.06: Getting Familiar with Academic Journal Articles
- 12.07: Searching Databases of Academic Journal Articles
- 12.08: Strategies for Each Phase of the Research Process
- 12.09: Creating an Annotated Bibliography
- 12.10: MLA Essay Format
- 12.11: MLA In-Text Citations
- 12.12: MLA Works Cited Pages
- 13: Forming a Research-Based Argument
- 13.01: Deciding the Purpose of a Research-Based Argument
- 13.02: Tailoring an Argument to an Audience
- 13.03: Definition Arguments
- 13.3.01: Annotated Sample Definition Argument
- 13.3.02: Sample Definition Outline
- 13.04: Evaluation Arguments
- 13.4.01: Sample Evaluation Argument Prompt and Outline
- 13.4.02: Annotated Sample Evaluation Argument
- 13.05: Causal Arguments
- 13.5.01: Annotated Sample Causal Argument
- 13.06: Proposal Arguments
- 13.6.01: Annotated Sample Proposal Argument
- 14: Writing Argument Analysis
- 14.01: How Argument Analysis Essays are Structured
- 14.02: Analyzing an Argument's Situation (Kairos or the Rhetorical Situation)
- 14.03: Generating Ideas for an Argument Analysis Paper
- 14.04: Reviewing an Argument Analysis Essay
- 14.05: A Brief Sample Argument Analysis
- 14.5.01: Annotated Brief Sample Argument Analysis
- 14.06: A Longer Sample Argument Analysis
- 14.6.01: Annotated Longer Sample Argument Analysis
- 14.07: A Sample Visual Argument Analysis
- 14.7.01: Annotated Sample Visual Argument Analysis
- 15: The Writing Process
- 15.01: An Overview of the Writing Process
- 15.02: Annotation
- 15.03: Brainstorming
- 15.04: Outlining
- 15.05: Drafting
- 15.06: Revision
- 15.07: Giving and Receiving Feedback
- 16: Essay Organization
- 16.01: Developing a Thesis Statement
- 16.02: Topic Sentences
- 16.03: Showing How a New Idea Fits in (Transitions)
- 16.04: Referring Back to Make the Connection (Cohesion)
- 16.05: Developing Paragraphs
- 16.06: Quoting and Paraphrasing
- 16.07: Introductions
- 16.08: Conclusions
- 17: MLA Conventions
- 17.01: General Formatting
- 17.02: Titles and Authors
- 17.03: In-Text Citations
- 17.04: Works Cited Guidelines and Example
- 17.05: Creating a Works Cited List
- 18: Grammar and Style
- 18.01: Correcting Grammar and Punctuation
- 18.1.01: Why Spend Time on Correct Standard English
- 18.1.02: Proofreading Strategies
- 18.1.03: Subject-Verb Agreement
- 18.1.04: Fragments
- 18.1.05: Run-on Sentences
- 18.1.06: Verb Tense
- 18.1.07: Pronoun Agreement
- 18.1.08: Word Choice
- 18.1.09: Prepositions
- 18.1.10: Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns
- 18.1.11: Capitalization
- 18.1.12: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
- 18.1.13: Parallelism
- 18.1.14: Using Quotation Marks
- 18.1.15: Fitting a Quotation into a Sentence
- 18.1.16: Commas
- 18.1.17: Semicolons and Colons
- 18.1.18: Apostrophes
- 18.1.19: Dashes
- 18.1.20: Hyphens
- 18.1.21: Parentheses
- 18.1.22: Additional Resources on Grammar and Mechanics
- 18.02: Style- Shaping Our Sentences
- 18.2.01: What Defines Good Style in Academic Writing
- 18.2.02: Keeping It Concise
- 18.2.03: Making Sentences Clear
- 18.2.04: Giving the Reader Pleasure
- 18.2.05: Understanding Convoluted Sentences
- 18.2.06: Sentence Variety