Forms of argument: Persuasive writing; Induction; Deduction; Fallacies; Argument by authority; Semantic argument; Statistics
Argument for analysis: Ugliness problem / D. Seligman; Give hotel guests a Bible-free room / A.L. Gaylor; Women don't belong in the cockpit / E. Anger; In defense of lies / J. Leo; Our youth aren't learning our history / H. London; For a better life, don't eat any beef / D. Ornish; Simple trade-off is key to finding time to read / J. Sledge; Should priests marry? / M. Ridgeway; Is it any wonder the prisons are full? / Dakin; Reasonable rate of divorce can be good for society / P.D. Harvey
Literary argument: To his coy mistress / A. Marvell; Vindication of the rights of woman / M. Wollstonecraft; Modest proposal / J. Swift; My last duchess / R. Browning
Eight rules for good writing: Find a subject you can work with; Get your facts; Limit your topic to manageable size; Organize your material; Make your writing interesting; Make your writing emphatic; Avoid language that draws attention to itself; Avoid mechanical errors; Final reminders
Appendixes: Exercises for review; Subjects for argumentative essays; Good words, bad words, and persuasive words; Writing a business letter; Making a speech; MLA system for citing sources.
