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PART 1 AN OVERVIEW: CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENTATION |
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3 | (42) |
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The Vocabulary of Argument |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (1) |
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Aristotle and the Appeal to Reason |
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7 | (3) |
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Emotional and Ethical Appeals |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (4) |
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16 | (3) |
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Reading and Writing About Five Current Issues |
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From Stone Age to Phone Age |
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19 | (5) |
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Did My Car Join Al Qaeda? |
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24 | (5) |
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29 | (5) |
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34 | (5) |
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One Nation, Indivisible? Wanna Bet? |
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39 | (6) |
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45 | (42) |
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46 | (1) |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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Knowing Your Purpose and Audience |
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50 | (1) |
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Making a Claim in Your Thesis |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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Checking Your Assumptions (or Warrants) |
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54 | (1) |
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Refutation: Meeting the Opposition |
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55 | (1) |
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Avoiding Traps in Appeals and Logic |
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56 | (3) |
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Perspectives on Love and Marriage: Reading and Writing About a Critical Issue |
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59 | (28) |
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59 | (5) |
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64 | (5) |
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69 | (5) |
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74 | (5) |
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79 | (8) |
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87 | (56) |
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Argument Through Narrative |
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90 | (6) |
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90 | (6) |
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Argument Through Description |
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96 | (6) |
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96 | (6) |
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Argument Through Illustration |
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102 | (4) |
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An Idea Whose Time Has Come |
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102 | (4) |
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Argument Through Comparison and Contrast |
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106 | (7) |
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And Rarely the Twain Shall Meet |
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106 | (7) |
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Argument Through Definition |
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113 | (6) |
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The Struggle with Celibacy |
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113 | (6) |
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Argument Through Process Analysis |
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119 | (7) |
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How to Duck Out of Teaching |
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119 | (7) |
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Argument Through Causal Analysis |
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126 | (6) |
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The Declaration of Independence |
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126 | (6) |
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Argument Through Classification |
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132 | (5) |
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A World Not Neatly Divided |
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132 | (5) |
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137 | (6) |
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The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority |
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137 | (6) |
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PART 2 CONTEMPORARY DEBATES: ARGUMENTS PRO AND CON |
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143 | (96) |
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Rap Culture: Is It Too Negative? |
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145 | (13) |
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Rap Fans Desire a More Positive Product |
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146 | (5) |
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Ice-T: The Issue Is Creative Freedom |
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151 | (7) |
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College Sports: Should We Seek Equal Rights Between the Sexes? |
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158 | (15) |
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For All the Good It Has Done, Title IX Is Still Plagued by Myths |
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159 | (6) |
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165 | (8) |
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Animal Rights: Should They Compromise Human Needs? |
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173 | (12) |
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Is a Lab Rat's Fate More Poignant than a Child's? |
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173 | (6) |
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179 | (6) |
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Immigration: Should We Limit It? |
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185 | (12) |
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Trouble Is, Native-Born Just Don't Measure Up |
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186 | (6) |
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192 | (5) |
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Affirmative Action: What Role Should It Play in Our Lives? |
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197 | (23) |
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Affirmative Action Is Driving Us Apart |
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198 | (9) |
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207 | (13) |
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Capital Punishment: Should We Take a Human Life? |
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220 | (19) |
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221 | (7) |
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What Do Murderers Deserve? |
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228 | (11) |
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PART 3 PERSPECTIVES ON CRITICAL ISSUES |
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The Internet: What Are the Prospects for Cyberspace? |
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241 | (22) |
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242 | (5) |
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247 | (4) |
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Saturday Night and You're All Alone? Maybe You Need a Cyberdate |
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251 | (7) |
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258 | (5) |
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Work, Money, and Class: Who Benefits? |
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263 | (27) |
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264 | (5) |
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The Triumph of Hope Over Self-Interest |
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269 | (5) |
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Fitting the Poor into the Economy |
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274 | (5) |
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279 | (11) |
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The Media: Do We Control It, or Does It Control Us? |
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290 | (24) |
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291 | (5) |
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296 | (11) |
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307 | (7) |
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Education: How Do We Teach and Learn? |
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314 | (28) |
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Religion in the Textbooks |
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315 | (5) |
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320 | (5) |
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The Dangerous Myth of Grade Inflation |
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325 | (11) |
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Curtailing High School: A Radical Proposal |
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336 | (6) |
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The Environment: How Can We Preserve It? |
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342 | (28) |
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343 | (5) |
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348 | (4) |
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352 | (7) |
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359 | (11) |
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Human Rights: Why Does Society Need Them? |
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370 | (27) |
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A World Criminal Court Is Urgently Needed |
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371 | (5) |
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376 | (5) |
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Two Stubborn Men, Many Dead |
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381 | (5) |
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The Clan of the One-Breasted Women |
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386 | (11) |
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Terrorism: How Should We Meet the Challenge? |
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397 | (24) |
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Globalization, Alive and Well |
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397 | (5) |
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402 | (5) |
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Words Fail, Memory Blurs, Life Wins |
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407 | (6) |
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Bad Luck: Why Americans Exaggerate the Terrorist Threat |
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413 | (8) |
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PART 4 FIVE CLASSIC ARGUMENTS |
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421 | (26) |
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422 | (4) |
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426 | (7) |
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433 | (6) |
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439 | (3) |
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442 | (5) |
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PART 5 A CASEBOOK OF ARGUMENTS ON AMERICANS' EATING HABITS: ARE WE WHAT WE EAT? |
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447 | (40) |
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We're Fatter but Not Smarter |
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449 | (5) |
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454 | (2) |
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Instructions for Stress Diet |
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456 | (2) |
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The McNugget of Truth in the Lawsuits Against Fast-Food Restaurants |
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458 | (3) |
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461 | (1) |
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The Fat Tax: A Modest Proposal |
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462 | (3) |
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465 | (2) |
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467 | (3) |
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470 | (5) |
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475 | (3) |
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The Culture of Thin Bites Fiji |
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478 | (3) |
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481 | (6) |
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PART 6 CONSTRUCTING A BRIEF ARGUMENTATIVE RESEARCH PAPER |
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487 | (30) |
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Using Research and Documentation to Support Your Argument |
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488 | (1) |
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488 | (21) |
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Stage One. Choosing an Issue |
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488 | (4) |
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Stage Two. Establishing Your Claim |
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492 | (1) |
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Stage Three. Gathering and Organizing Evidence |
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493 | (6) |
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Stage Four. Writing the Paper |
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499 | (2) |
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Stage Five. Documenting Sources |
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501 | (8) |
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Sample Student Research Paper |
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509 | (8) |
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Nelson Rivera, ``Combating Childhood Obesity: Why Can't Johnny Touch His Toes?'' |
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| Index |
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