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Instructor's Notes

Everything's an Argument

Andrea A. Lunsford

Bedford

Copyright © 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007 by Bedford/St. Martin's

Everything's an Argument with

Seventh Edition, as a textbook for a course are autho For information, write: Bedford/St. Martin's, 75 Arlington Street, v

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 23. How Does Popular Culture Stereotype

You?

Little

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Making a Visual Argument: Cartoons and

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vi

Disability and the Media: Prescriptions for

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from 85

Karen E. Dill, S. Paul Stermer,

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92
Chapter 24. What's Globalization Doing to Language? Lebanon Daily News, Coca-Cola's Multilingual "America" Ad 96
99
from 102

Making a Visual Argument: Santos Henarejos,

Infographic: Speak My Language105

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110
Chapter 25. Why Is Sustainability Important When It from 115
118
and from 121
124
Making a Visual Argument: Claire Ironside, Apples to 127
vii 130
from 133
Chapter 26. What Should "Diversity on Campus" Mean

Making a Visual Argument: Diversity Posters 138

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142
147
from 149

Introduction from

152
155
Chapter 27. How Has the Internet Changed the Meaning 160
163
Making a Visual Argument: The Issue of Privacy 166

Excerpt from

171
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177
Riley 180
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Introduction

The title Everything's an Argument represents our conviction that motivated. Because language is a human activity and but motivated. In the words inherently a form of argument. In identi- between themselves and their audience. We cannot escape A Grammar of Motives, Burke introduced the dramatistic pen and analytic ix

A Note on Teaching Strategy

If there's one strategy that we recommend above all others, it's using

Instructor's Notes includes a new sample course

Everything's an Argument with

, includes reading selections from Chapters 23-27.

Notes for Using the Readings

You've probably already noticed that the anthology of readings in Everything's an Argument with Readings is quite different from the x

The Structure of the Instructor's Notes

The text of these notes is arranged to follow the main text chapter

Notes has been updated to re

Everything's an

from the previous edition. Chapter 14 now xi Notes begins with an introduction to the issues addressed xii xiii

Sample Course Plan

Everything's an Argument with Readings

Fourteen-week term, two meetings per week

Week 1, Class 1: Introduction to Argument

Discussion: Introductions, overview of course requirements, de argument

Assignments:

Disability and the

Disability and the Media-

Week 1, Class 2: Introduction to Argument (continued)

Assignments:

Week 2, Class 1: Appeals

Assignments:

Week 2, Class 2: Fallacies

Assignments:

A Campus

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Week 3, Class 1: Structure of Argument

Assignments:

It's Not

Week 3, Class 2: Structure of Argument (continued)

Assignments:

It's Not about You,

Understanding Brooks's Binaries

Week 4, Class 1: Getting Organized

structure Week 4, Class 2: Focus on Sentence and Word Choice

Assignments:

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Week 5, Class 1: Visual Arguments

Assignments:

Week 5, Class 2: Visual Arguments (continued)

Assignments:

Week 6, Class 1: Arguments of Fact

Assignments:

Week 6, Class 2: Arguments of Definition

Assignments:

Dota 2: The Face of Professional Gaming,

Can a Playground Be Too Safe?

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Week 7, Class 1: Causal Arguments

Assignments:

Week 7, Class 2: Proposals

Assignments:

, A Call to Improve Campus Accessibility,

Let's Charge Politicians for Wasting Our Time,

Week 8, Class 1: Evaluations

Assignments:

Week 8, Class 2: Developing Your Argument

Assignments:

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Week 9, Class 1: Academic Arguments

Assignments:

Week 9, Class 2: Academic Arguments (continued)

Assignments:

Where the Wild Things Should Be:

China: The Prizes and Pitfalls of Progress

Week 10, Class 1: A Topical Study in Argumentation

Assignments:

Sustainability

Attention Whole Foods Shoppers

Are Engineered Foods Evil?

School Bus Farmers' Market

Week 10, Class 2: A Topical Study in Argumentation

Assignments:

Trans Women at Smith: The Complexities of Check-

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Student Veterans/Service

Place, Not Race: A New Vision

Week 11, Class 1: Supporting Your Argument

Assignments:

Week 11, Class 2: Looking to the Final Paper

Assignments:

Week 12, Class 1: Evidence

Assignments:

Week 12, Class 2: Sources and Documentation

Assignments:

xix Week 13, Class 1: Sources and Documentation (continued)

Assignments:

You

Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Prin-

Playing with Prejudice: The Preva-

It Ain't Easy Being Bisexual on TV,

Week 13, Class 2: Review

Assignments:

Week 14, Class 1: Review

Assignments:

Week 14, Class 2: Final Class

Assignments:

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Everything Is an Argument

The most important lesson in this chapter is that all language and argument as anything but "disagreement" 2

Respond

From page 6:

Can an argument really be any text that expresses a point of view? [The cap can assert a fan's support [The bracelet may argue that the [A label af [The warning 3 This warning might also serve as a good example of a [The Tesla Model S might [Ray-Ban sunglasses might

From page 9:

Apply the distinction made here between convincing and persuad This exercise will get your students writing early and require

From page 12:

What are your reasons for making arguments? Keep notes for two This exercise will get your students writing early and re 4 or other social media, and discussions about sports or music

From page 16:

In a recent magazine, newspaper, or blog, find three editorials This exercise asks students to practice categorizing argu

From page 23:

You can probably provide concise descriptions of the intended

Everything's an Argument.

Answers will vary, though you might emphasize how the 5 vokes an audience with an agile mind, ready to think seri

From page 26:

Take a look at the bumper sticker below, and then analyze it. What This bumper sticker makes an appeal to values, encourag 6

Arguments Based on Emotion:

If argument is primarily a form of reasoned inquiry, an idea sug because they exist on the

Respond

From page 31:

Working with a classmate, make a list of reasons why speakers 7 Emotional appeals run the risk of creating "us vs. them" sce

From page 39:

1. [appeal to pleasure, boldness] [appeal to pride, [appeal to [ap [appeal to free [appeal to [appeal to (tag line for Calvin Klein jeans) [appeal to pleasure, sexual [ap Davidson) [appeal to patriotic pride, freedom, outsider 8 Cosmopolitan, Wired, Sports Illustrated, Motor Trend, and

Smithsonian adapted to their specific audiences?

Most students can readily appreciate the connections be

Cosmopolitan, aimed at a female demo

Sports Illustrated. Ads in Smithson

will likely be more cultural and artistic than those in Motor Trend. Which would have more ads for video games:

Wired or Sports Illustrated, with its

3-4: These exercises ask students to think about arguments 9 and other signals (e.g., LOL or OMG) to signal emotional and the logical appeals and to explain their com 10

Arguments Based on Character:

Aristotle says in the Rhetoric that the most important of the three 11

Respond

From pages 49-50:

1.

Answers will vary; some suggestions are provided.

[The former NSA con [Her personality has per

The Big Bang Theory, so that audiences

[The distinguished actor with [The first openly gay athlete to be 12 for brands that want to appeal to LGBTQ audiences, or [The Fox News an [The former child star has devel [The former writer for Saturday Night Live is perhaps best known as a wise- [Ronaldo is nearly as fa 13 would probably not be very successful as a spokesman the United States, once raised doubts about his integrity by ask

Would you buy a used car from

Create your own version of the argument of character.

Would you give this

Finally,

You might use these exercises to emphasize how different au 14

Arguments Based on Facts and

Finally, the good stuff: evidence, facts, testimony, statistics aspirin works better than Bayer aspirin. But it's a fact that conceals 15

Respond

From page 55:

Discuss whether the following statements are examples of hard evi [inartistic] or constructed arguments [artistic] are clear-cut. [inartistic; ask students to discuss how the word the defendant was responsible for the assault. [inartistic] 3. [inartistic]

4.[artistic]

5.[artistic]

6. [inartistic]

From pages 60, 62, and 63:

Statistical evidence becomes useful only when interpreted fairly and

USA Today Web site and look for the daily

16 This chapter distinguishes between artistic and inartistic ineffective artistic appeals. First-year writers are 17

Fallacies of Argument

Our experience has been that first-year writers can really enjoy a some way particular audience. Argu 18

Respond

From pages 85-86:

1.

Star Trek: The Next

) [scare tactic, begging the question, possibly campaign headquarters) [bandwagon appeal; possibly [either/or; dogmatism] [non sequitur [faulty causality] [ad homi ; hasty generalization; bandwagon] to Harry S. Truman) [either/or]quotesdbs_dbs33.pdfusesText_39
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