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Controversy : Issues for Reading and Writing by Audrey T. Edwards, R. Allan Dermott and Judith J. Pula (2004, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPrentice Hall PTR

ISBN-100131850962

ISBN-139780131850965

eBay Product ID (ePID)30241991

Product Key Features

Number of Pages352 Pages

Publication NameControversy : Issues for Reading and Writing

LanguageEnglish

SubjectRhetoric, Composition & Creative Writing, Readers

Publication Year2004

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

AuthorAudrey T. Edwards, R. Allan Dermott, Judith J. Pula

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight16.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number3

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2003-070652

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal808/.0427

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Table Of ContentIntroduction. Winter Survival, David W. Johnson and Frank P. Johnson. 1. Overview: The Process of Critical Reading and Writing. The Process of Critical Reading. The Writing Process. 2. The Juvenile Justice System: Does It Work? Mapping the Streets of Crime, fromNewsweek.Enough Is Enough,Judy Sheindlin with Josh Getlin. 3. Should Witnesses Become Involved? Triple Slaying Probed, from The Associated Press.37 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police,Martin Gansberg. 4. Keeping Secrets: Should Adoption Records Be Confidential? I Have a Right to Know,Jessica Branch, featuring an interview of Shanna Wells.I Have a Right to My Privacy,Jessica Branch, featuring an interview of an anonymous birth mother. 5. Aggression in Sports. Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll, George Plimpton.A Humanistic Approach to Sports,Irving Simon. 6. Affirmative Action in College Admissions: Essential or Unfair? Diversity Is Essential, Lee C. Bollinger.But Not at This Cost,Armstrong Williams. 7. Obedience: A Good Quality? When I Need Your Opinion I'll Give It to You, Sam Levenson.Would You Obey a Hitler?,Jeanne Reinert. 8. Controlling Our Own Fates. God Helps Those Who Stop Hurting Themselves, Harold Kushner.Heart Attack!,Michael Crichton. 9. Rap as a Cultural Force. If Hip-Hop Ruled the World, Aisha K. Finch.Organizing the Hip-Hop Generation,Angela Ards. 10.Welfare vs. Workfare. Guess What? Welfare Reform Works, Gary S. Becker.A Step Back to the Workhouse?,Barbara Ehrenreich. 11. Human Cloning and Human Rights. Should the United States Ban Human Cloning? Yes: Individual Dignity Demands Nothing Less, George J. Annas.Human Cloning? Don't Just Say No,Ruth Macklin. 12. The Right to Bear Arms. American Revolutionary, Matthew Edwards.The Hydrogen Bomb Lobby,Art Buchwald. 13. Sex Education: What Is the Best Approach? Ignorance Won't Curb STIs,, Jamie Fetty.Frequently-Asked Questions About Sex Education,the National Coalition for Abstinence Education. 14. Should High School Be Required? The Value of Higher Education, from Degrees to Succeed.Obsessive Compulsion: The Folly of Mandatory High-School Attendance,Jackson Toby. 15. Pornography: Free Speech or Harm to Women? Why We Must Put Up with Porn,Susan Isaacs.Pornography and Civil Liberties, Catharine A. Itzin. 16. Is Freedom Worth Dying For? Quakers and the American Revolution, Jeremiah Benezet.Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death,Patrick Henry. 17. The Effects of Technology on Society. A New Declaration of Independence: How to Win Back Our Freedom from the Technocrats, Charles Siegel.On the Edge of the Digital Age: The Historic Moment,Peter Leyden. Appendix A: Word Parts.<

SynopsisThis innovative reader helps readers develop a strong cognitive approach to critical reading and writing by challenging them to express their own ideas on controversial issues and to respond to those of others on the same issues. It features opposing, accessible readings on sixteen current topics-with questions to stimulate application of prior knowledge, critical response, and persuasive writing-and with a focus on developing an active, questioning, skeptical approach toward ideas in print. The volume introduces the process of critical reading and writing, and provides issues for writing including the juvenile justice system, should witnesses become involved?, should adoption records be confidential?, aggression in sports, affirmative action in college admissions, obedience, controlling our own fates, rap as a cultural force, welfare vs. workfare, human cloning and human rights, the right to bear arms, sex education, should high school be required?, the effects of technology on society, pornography, and is freedom worth dying for? For those interested in improving their critical reading and writing skills., This innovative reader helps readers develop a strong cognitive approach to critical reading and writing by challenging them to express their own ideas on controversial issues and to respond to those of others on the same issues. It features opposing, accessible readings on sixteen current topics with questions to stimulate application of prior knowledge, critical response, and persuasive writing and with a focus on developing an active, questioning, skeptical approach toward ideas in print. The volume introduces the process of critical reading and writing, and provides issues for writing including the juvenile justice system, should witnesses become involved?, should adoption records be confidential?, aggression in sports, affirmative action in college admissions, obedience, controlling our own fates, rap as a cultural force, welfare vs. workfare, human cloning and human rights, the right to bear arms, sex education, should high school be required?, the effects of technology on society, pornography, and is freedom worth dying for? For those interested in improving their critical reading and writing skills. ", For courses in Developmental Writing and Freshman Composition. This innovative pro/con reader helps students develop a strong cognitive approach to critical reading and writing by challenging them to express their own ideas on controversial issues and to respond to those of others on the same issues. It features opposing, accessible readings on sixteen current topics with questions to stimulate application of prior knowledge, critical response, and persuasive writing and with a focus on developing an active, questioning, skeptical approach toward ideas in print.

LC Classification NumberPE1417.C6543 2005