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Instructor’s manual
For
Read, Reason, Write: An Argument Text and
Reader Thirteenth Edition
Dorothy U. Seyler
Allen Brizee
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PREFACE
Ideally, a textbook serves as a tool in the student’s learning kit and as a link between instructor
and students, a shared experience that both teaches students and supports the teaching of the
instructor. We hope that this manual will help you achieve the best possible support from the
text in your teaching efforts, thus strengthening your bond with students.
We have based the discussion and suggestions here on our classroom experiences with the text’s
materials. When appropriate, we have given answers to exercises and questions. But, because
many of these have more than one right response, we have often given a typical student response
or suggested ways that the exercise or questions can be used in class. When discussing the
readings, we offer possible answers to questions and suggest strategies for class use or possible
writing assignments.
We welcome your questions, comments, and suggestions. You may email Allen at
.
Dorothy U. Seyler
Allen Brizee
© McGraw Hill LLC. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of
McGraw Hill LLC.
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CONTENTS
SECTION 1 CRITICAL READING AND ANALYSIS
1 Writers and Their Sources
2 Responding Critically to Sources
SECTION 2 THE WORLD OF ARGUMENT
3 Understanding the Basics of Argument
4 Writing Effective Arguments
5 Reading, Analyzing, and Using Visuals and Statistics in Argument
6 Learning More about Argument: Induction, Deduction, Analogy, and Logical
Fallacies
SECTION 3 STUDYING SOME ARGUMENTS BY GENRE
7 Definition Arguments
8 Evaluation Arguments
9 The Position Paper: Claims of Value
10 Arguments about Cause
11 Presenting Proposals: The Problem/Solution Argument
SECTION 4 THE RESEARCHED AND FORMALLY DOCUMENTED ARGUMENT
12 Locating, Evaluating, and Preparing to Use Sources
13 Writing the Researched Essay
14 Formal Documentation: MLA Style, APA Style
SECTION 5 A COLLECTION OF READINGS
15 The Media: Image and Reality
Heather C. McGhee, “‘I’m Prejudiced,’ He Said. And Then We Kept Talking”
Tim Wu, “Mother Nature Is Being Bought to You By . . .”
Michael J. O’Brien and Izzat Alsmadi, “Misinformation, Disinformation, and
Hoaxes: What’s the Difference?”
H. Colleen Sinclair, “7 Ways to Avoid Becoming a Misinformation
Superspreader”
16 Misinformation, Disinformation, and the Role of Social Media
Jennifer Mercieca, “We Are All Propagandists Now”
Alexandre Alaphilippe, “Disinformation Is Evolving to Move Under the Radar”
George Yancy, “I Am a Dangerous Professor”
Amy Yee, “How to Combat Disinformation Targeting Black Communities”
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Karsonya Wise, “A Never Ending War”
Barack H. Obama, “Remarks by President Obama at the 50th Anniversary of the
Selma to Montgomery Marches”
Amy Chua, “Immigrate, Assimilate”
Adam Mahoney, “Deb Haaland Is Taking On Racist Names on Federal Lands”
Xinrou Shu, “What Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings Gets Right About
Chinese Food”
Brian Lopez, “Texas Republicans to Investigate School Districts’ Books that
Mention Race and Sexuality”
18 Gender and Gender Identity
Lisa Jaster, “Women Will Male Strong Units”
Gloria Steinem, “Supremacy Crimes”
Sean G. Massey, Mei-Hsiu Chen, and Sarah Young, “Feminism’s Legacy Sees
College Women Embracing More Diverse Sexuality”
Catherine Armstrong, “The Trans History You Weren’t Taught in Schools”
Braden Hill and Stevie Lane, “No, You Can’t Identify as ‘Transracial.’ But You Can
Affirm Your Gender”
Erin Brodwin, “The Secret to Efficient Teamwork Is Ridiculously Simple”
19 Laws and Rights: Issues of Gun Safety and Policing
Phillip Levin and Robin McKnight, “Three Million More Guns: The Spring 2020
Spike in Firearm Sales”
Kassidy Tarala, “The Sentencing of Derek Chauvin Is Punishment—Not Justice”
Amanda Calhoun, “End Police Violence Against Black Americans”
Lornet Turnbull, “Gun Violence Research Matters. Here’s Why”
20 The Environment: How Do We Address the Climate Crises?
Kate Yoder, “How to Sabotage Climate Legislation? An Exxon Lobbyist
Explains”
Pablo Fajardo Mendoza and Sriram Madhusoodanan, “The Key to Beating Fossil
Fuel Corps? Global Collaboration”
Gregory M. Kennedy, S.J., “Trash Talk: Reflections on Our Throwaway Society”
Neil deGrasse Tyson, “Cosmic Perspectives”
Homi Kharas, “Missing from COP26: Lifestyle Choices of Middle-Class and Rich
Consumers”
David Shiffman, “An Ambitious Strategy to Preserve Biodiversity”
APPENDIX: UNDERSTANDING LITERATURE
© McGraw Hill LLC. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of
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Instructor’s manual
For
Read, Reason, Write: An Argument Text and
Reader Thirteenth Edition
Dorothy U. Seyler
Allen Brizee
© McGraw Hill LLC. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of
McGraw Hill LLC.
, 2
PREFACE
Ideally, a textbook serves as a tool in the student’s learning kit and as a link between instructor
and students, a shared experience that both teaches students and supports the teaching of the
instructor. We hope that this manual will help you achieve the best possible support from the
text in your teaching efforts, thus strengthening your bond with students.
We have based the discussion and suggestions here on our classroom experiences with the text’s
materials. When appropriate, we have given answers to exercises and questions. But, because
many of these have more than one right response, we have often given a typical student response
or suggested ways that the exercise or questions can be used in class. When discussing the
readings, we offer possible answers to questions and suggest strategies for class use or possible
writing assignments.
We welcome your questions, comments, and suggestions. You may email Allen at
.
Dorothy U. Seyler
Allen Brizee
© McGraw Hill LLC. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of
McGraw Hill LLC.
, 3
CONTENTS
SECTION 1 CRITICAL READING AND ANALYSIS
1 Writers and Their Sources
2 Responding Critically to Sources
SECTION 2 THE WORLD OF ARGUMENT
3 Understanding the Basics of Argument
4 Writing Effective Arguments
5 Reading, Analyzing, and Using Visuals and Statistics in Argument
6 Learning More about Argument: Induction, Deduction, Analogy, and Logical
Fallacies
SECTION 3 STUDYING SOME ARGUMENTS BY GENRE
7 Definition Arguments
8 Evaluation Arguments
9 The Position Paper: Claims of Value
10 Arguments about Cause
11 Presenting Proposals: The Problem/Solution Argument
SECTION 4 THE RESEARCHED AND FORMALLY DOCUMENTED ARGUMENT
12 Locating, Evaluating, and Preparing to Use Sources
13 Writing the Researched Essay
14 Formal Documentation: MLA Style, APA Style
SECTION 5 A COLLECTION OF READINGS
15 The Media: Image and Reality
Heather C. McGhee, “‘I’m Prejudiced,’ He Said. And Then We Kept Talking”
Tim Wu, “Mother Nature Is Being Bought to You By . . .”
Michael J. O’Brien and Izzat Alsmadi, “Misinformation, Disinformation, and
Hoaxes: What’s the Difference?”
H. Colleen Sinclair, “7 Ways to Avoid Becoming a Misinformation
Superspreader”
16 Misinformation, Disinformation, and the Role of Social Media
Jennifer Mercieca, “We Are All Propagandists Now”
Alexandre Alaphilippe, “Disinformation Is Evolving to Move Under the Radar”
George Yancy, “I Am a Dangerous Professor”
Amy Yee, “How to Combat Disinformation Targeting Black Communities”
17 Race in America
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McGraw Hill LLC.
, 4
Karsonya Wise, “A Never Ending War”
Barack H. Obama, “Remarks by President Obama at the 50th Anniversary of the
Selma to Montgomery Marches”
Amy Chua, “Immigrate, Assimilate”
Adam Mahoney, “Deb Haaland Is Taking On Racist Names on Federal Lands”
Xinrou Shu, “What Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings Gets Right About
Chinese Food”
Brian Lopez, “Texas Republicans to Investigate School Districts’ Books that
Mention Race and Sexuality”
18 Gender and Gender Identity
Lisa Jaster, “Women Will Male Strong Units”
Gloria Steinem, “Supremacy Crimes”
Sean G. Massey, Mei-Hsiu Chen, and Sarah Young, “Feminism’s Legacy Sees
College Women Embracing More Diverse Sexuality”
Catherine Armstrong, “The Trans History You Weren’t Taught in Schools”
Braden Hill and Stevie Lane, “No, You Can’t Identify as ‘Transracial.’ But You Can
Affirm Your Gender”
Erin Brodwin, “The Secret to Efficient Teamwork Is Ridiculously Simple”
19 Laws and Rights: Issues of Gun Safety and Policing
Phillip Levin and Robin McKnight, “Three Million More Guns: The Spring 2020
Spike in Firearm Sales”
Kassidy Tarala, “The Sentencing of Derek Chauvin Is Punishment—Not Justice”
Amanda Calhoun, “End Police Violence Against Black Americans”
Lornet Turnbull, “Gun Violence Research Matters. Here’s Why”
20 The Environment: How Do We Address the Climate Crises?
Kate Yoder, “How to Sabotage Climate Legislation? An Exxon Lobbyist
Explains”
Pablo Fajardo Mendoza and Sriram Madhusoodanan, “The Key to Beating Fossil
Fuel Corps? Global Collaboration”
Gregory M. Kennedy, S.J., “Trash Talk: Reflections on Our Throwaway Society”
Neil deGrasse Tyson, “Cosmic Perspectives”
Homi Kharas, “Missing from COP26: Lifestyle Choices of Middle-Class and Rich
Consumers”
David Shiffman, “An Ambitious Strategy to Preserve Biodiversity”
APPENDIX: UNDERSTANDING LITERATURE
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