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Smart Arguments: Critical Thinking and Writing for College

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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.

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Angelina Misaghi
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Santa Monica College
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LibreTexts
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CC BY-SA
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EN
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Tiếng Anh
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  1. 01: Introduction
  2. 1.01: Why Study Argument
  3. 1.02: A Closer Look at Fast and Slow Thinking
  4. 1.03: What This Book Offers
  5. 02: Handouts
  6. 2.01: Critical Reading Worksheet
  7. 2.02: Revising and Editing
  8. 03: Artificial Intelligence and College Writing
  9. 3.01: Template Phrases for Reflecting on AI Feedback
  10. 3.02: Template Phrases for Critiquing AI Outputs
  11. 3.03: Acknowledging and Citing Generative AI in Academic Work
  12. 3.04: AI Copies Patterns It Doesnt Think
  13. 3.05: Don't Trust AI to Cite Its Sources
  14. 3.06: Student Essay Critiquing a New York Times Article on the Dangers of AI
  15. 04: Reading to Figure out the Argument
  16. 4.01: Overview- Reading to Write
  17. 4.02: Types of Claims to Look out for
  18. 4.03: Making Notes on the Writers Claims
  19. 4.04: Deciding Which Is the Main Claim
  20. 4.05: Findingthe Reasons
  21. 4.06: Finding the Counterarguments
  22. 4.07: Finding the Responses to the Counterarguments
  23. 4.08: Finding the Limits on the Argument
  24. 4.09: Common Argument Phrases
  25. 05: Writing a Summary of Another Writers Argument
  26. 5.01: What Is a Summary
  27. 5.02: Introducing the Argument and the Main Claim
  28. 5.03: Describing the Reasoning
  29. 5.04: Describing How the Author Treats Counterarguments
  30. 5.05: Describing How the Author Limits the Claim
  31. 5.06: Putting the Summary Together
  32. 5.07: Writing a Short Summary of a Long Argument
  33. 5.08: Sample Summaries
  34. 5.8.01: Sample Summary- Spread Feminism Not Germs
  35. 5.8.02: Sample Summary- Typography and Identity
  36. 5.09: Comparing and Contrasting Arguments
  37. 5.10: A Sample Compare-and-Contrast Essay
  38. 5.10.01: Annotated Compare-and-Contrast Essay
  39. 5.11: Common Summary Phrases
  40. 06: Essay Prompts
  41. 6.01: Essay 1 (Rhetorical Analysis text)
  42. 6.02: Essay 2 (Rhetorical Analysis Visual)
  43. 6.03: Essay 3 (Self-Analysis)
  44. 07: Sample Essays
  45. 7.01: Sample Rhetorical Analysis text
  46. 7.02: Sample Rhetorical Analysis visual
  47. 08: Assessing the Strength of an Argument (Logos)
  48. 8.01: Use a Summary to Launch an Opinion
  49. 8.02: Check If the Meaning Is Clear
  50. 8.03: Look for Exceptions
  51. 8.04: Decide How Strong the Evidence Is
  52. 8.05: Check the Argument's Assumptions
  53. 8.06: Check How Well the Argument Addresses Counterarguments
  54. 8.07: Reflect on an Arguments Strengths
  55. 8.08: Come up with an Overall Assessment
  56. 8.09: Fallacies List
  57. 8.10: Common Assessment Phrases
  58. 8.11: Sample Assessment Essays
  59. 8.11.01: Sample Assessment- Spread Feminism Not Germs
  60. 8.11.02: Sample Assessment- Typography and Identity
  61. 09: How Arguments Appeal to Emotion (Pathos)
  62. 9.01: The Place of Emotion in Argument
  63. 9.02: Word Choice and Connotation
  64. 9.03: Powerful Examples
  65. 9.04: Tone
  66. 9.05: Varying the Emotions
  67. 9.06: Fitting the Emotions to the Audience
  68. 9.07: Legitimate and Illegitimate Emotional Appeals
  69. 10: How Arguments Establish Trust and Connection (Ethos)
  70. 10.01: An Argument Implies a Relationship
  71. 10.02: Authority
  72. 10.03: Distance and Intimacy
  73. 10.04: Shared Sense of Identity
  74. 10.05: Respect and Goodwill
  75. 10.06: Moral Character
  76. 10.07: Combining Different Approaches to Trust and Connection
  77. 10.08: Reaching a Hostile Audience (Rogerian Argument)
  78. 10.09: Faulty Appeals to Trust
  79. 11: Peer Review Forms
  80. 11.01: Peer Review 1
  81. 12: The Research Process
  82. 12.01: The Ultimate Tool for Thinking and Sharing Our Thoughts
  83. 12.02: Approaching a Research Paper Assignment
  84. 12.03: Choosing a Focused Topic
  85. 12.04: Find the Conversation That Interests You
  86. 12.05: Types of Sources
  87. 12.06: Getting Familiar with Academic Journal Articles
  88. 12.07: Searching Databases of Academic Journal Articles
  89. 12.08: Strategies for Each Phase of the Research Process
  90. 12.09: Creating an Annotated Bibliography
  91. 12.10: MLA Essay Format
  92. 12.11: MLA In-Text Citations
  93. 12.12: MLA Works Cited Pages
  94. 13: Forming a Research-Based Argument
  95. 13.01: Deciding the Purpose of a Research-Based Argument
  96. 13.02: Tailoring an Argument to an Audience
  97. 13.03: Definition Arguments
  98. 13.3.01: Annotated Sample Definition Argument
  99. 13.3.02: Sample Definition Outline
  100. 13.04: Evaluation Arguments
  101. 13.4.01: Sample Evaluation Argument Prompt and Outline
  102. 13.4.02: Annotated Sample Evaluation Argument
  103. 13.05: Causal Arguments
  104. 13.5.01: Annotated Sample Causal Argument
  105. 13.06: Proposal Arguments
  106. 13.6.01: Annotated Sample Proposal Argument
  107. 14: Writing Argument Analysis
  108. 14.01: How Argument Analysis Essays are Structured
  109. 14.02: Analyzing an Argument's Situation (Kairos or the Rhetorical Situation)
  110. 14.03: Generating Ideas for an Argument Analysis Paper
  111. 14.04: Reviewing an Argument Analysis Essay
  112. 14.05: A Brief Sample Argument Analysis
  113. 14.5.01: Annotated Brief Sample Argument Analysis
  114. 14.06: A Longer Sample Argument Analysis
  115. 14.6.01: Annotated Longer Sample Argument Analysis
  116. 14.07: A Sample Visual Argument Analysis
  117. 14.7.01: Annotated Sample Visual Argument Analysis
  118. 15: The Writing Process
  119. 15.01: An Overview of the Writing Process
  120. 15.02: Annotation
  121. 15.03: Brainstorming
  122. 15.04: Outlining
  123. 15.05: Drafting
  124. 15.06: Revision
  125. 15.07: Giving and Receiving Feedback
  126. 16: Essay Organization
  127. 16.01: Developing a Thesis Statement
  128. 16.02: Topic Sentences
  129. 16.03: Showing How a New Idea Fits in (Transitions)
  130. 16.04: Referring Back to Make the Connection (Cohesion)
  131. 16.05: Developing Paragraphs
  132. 16.06: Quoting and Paraphrasing
  133. 16.07: Introductions
  134. 16.08: Conclusions
  135. 17: MLA Conventions
  136. 17.01: General Formatting
  137. 17.02: Titles and Authors
  138. 17.03: In-Text Citations
  139. 17.04: Works Cited Guidelines and Example
  140. 17.05: Creating a Works Cited List
  141. 18: Grammar and Style
  142. 18.01: Correcting Grammar and Punctuation
  143. 18.1.01: Why Spend Time on Correct Standard English
  144. 18.1.02: Proofreading Strategies
  145. 18.1.03: Subject-Verb Agreement
  146. 18.1.04: Fragments
  147. 18.1.05: Run-on Sentences
  148. 18.1.06: Verb Tense
  149. 18.1.07: Pronoun Agreement
  150. 18.1.08: Word Choice
  151. 18.1.09: Prepositions
  152. 18.1.10: Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns
  153. 18.1.11: Capitalization
  154. 18.1.12: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
  155. 18.1.13: Parallelism
  156. 18.1.14: Using Quotation Marks
  157. 18.1.15: Fitting a Quotation into a Sentence
  158. 18.1.16: Commas
  159. 18.1.17: Semicolons and Colons
  160. 18.1.18: Apostrophes
  161. 18.1.19: Dashes
  162. 18.1.20: Hyphens
  163. 18.1.21: Parentheses
  164. 18.1.22: Additional Resources on Grammar and Mechanics
  165. 18.02: Style- Shaping Our Sentences
  166. 18.2.01: What Defines Good Style in Academic Writing
  167. 18.2.02: Keeping It Concise
  168. 18.2.03: Making Sentences Clear
  169. 18.2.04: Giving the Reader Pleasure
  170. 18.2.05: Understanding Convoluted Sentences
  171. 18.2.06: Sentence Variety