137 pages : color illustrations,1map, portraits ; 28 cm
Contents
Part A. Analysis of argument -- Unit 1. What can you belive? -- Unit 2. Facts versus opinion -- Unit 3. Experts and other sources -- Unit 4. Generalisations -- Unit 5. Statistics -- Unit 6. Visual language -- Unit 7. Cause and effect -- Unit 8. Deductive arguments -- Unit 9. Persuasive language -- Unit 10. Faulty arguments: rationalisations, analogies and irrelevance -- Unit 11. Faulty arguments: bias, distortion and scapegoating -- Unit 12. The basic structure of an argument: contentions and evidence -- Unit 13. How to analyse and summarise an argument -- Unit 14. Do-it-yourself: build your own argument from scratch -- Part B. Argument in Action -- Unit 15. Star or starve -- Unit 16. Bay of Whales -- Unit 17. Who's the bully? -- Unit 18. Design your own baby -- Unit 19. A natural disaster -- Unit 20. Responding to crisis: the new fuel rules -- Unit 21. Who's looking after the children? -- Unit 22. The case of the putrid politician -- Unit 23. Drugs without crime -- Unit 24. The COLIN card
Summary
Provides an ideal balance between the theory and practice of critical literacy and supplies the key concepts to prepare students for senior English studies by offering unique and dramatic hypothetical senarios to help students explore argument in action. Suitable for Years 9-10
