Everything's an Argument with Readings
by Andrea A. Lunsford, John J. Ruszkiewicz, Keith Walters
10th Edition
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781319474454 |
| eText ISBN | 9781319594411 |
| Publisher | Bedford/St. Martin's |
| Publishing Year | 2026 |
| Edition | 10th Edition |
| Language | English |
Everything's an Argument with Readings, 10th Edition, authored by Andrea A. Lunsford, John J. Ruszkiewicz, and Keith Walters, is a college composition textbook published by Bedford/St. Martin's. This volume delivers structured instruction for college students focused on writing and analyzing arguments, helping learners build strong arguments while developing the critical thinking skills required to identify weak arguments.
By emphasizing analytical methods, the text assists students in evaluating persuasive claims across academic environments. Learners practice breaking down rhetorical strategies, assessing the quality of supporting evidence, and constructing clear counterarguments. This approach offers practical preparation for identifying logical fallacies and composing reasoned claims when working with diverse texts.
To keep pace with evolving writing technologies, this 10th edition incorporates a brand-new chapter focused on AI literacy. This structural addition provides practical guidance for college students examining automated text tools critically, making the book a modern resource for introductory composition and rhetoric courses.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Understanding Arguments and Reading Them Critically
- • Everything Is an Argument
- • Reading Arguments Rhetorically and Critically
- • Listening to Arguments Rhetorically and Respectfully
- • Why We Make Arguments
- • Occasions for Argument
- • Kinds of Argument
- • Appealing to Audiences
- • CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT: Considering What’s "Normal"
Chapter 2: Arguments Based on Emotion: Pathos
- • Reading Critically for Pathos
- • Using Emotions to Build Bridges
- • Using Emotions to Sustain an Argument
- • Using Humor
- • Using Arguments Based on Emotion
Chapter 3: Arguments Based on Character: Ethos
- • Thinking Critically about Arguments Based on Character
- • Establishing Trustworthiness and Credibility
- • Claiming Authority
- • Examining Motives and Assumptions
- • CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT: Ethos
Chapter 4: Arguments Based on Facts and Reason: Logos
- • Dealing with Fake News and Deep Fakes
- • Thinking Critically about Facts and Reason
- • Providing Logical Structures for Argument
- • CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT: Logos
Chapter 5: Fallacies of Argument
- • Fallacies of Emotional Argument
- • Fallacies of Ethical Argument
- • Fallacies of Logical Argument
Chapter 6: Argument Meets AI
- • Just Exactly What is Generative Artificial Intelligence?
- • What Can Generative Artificial Intelligence Do?
- • Prompting Artificial Intelligence
- • What Can’t Generative Artificial Intelligence Do?
- • Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
- • So What’s New about Artificial Intelligence and Argument?
- • Artificial Intelligence, Argument, and Multimodality
Chapter 7: Rhetorical Analysis
- • Composing a Rhetorical Analysis: Reading and Viewing Critically
- • Understanding the Purpose of Arguments You Are Analyzing
- • Understanding Who Makes an Argument
- • Identifying and Appealing to Audiences
- • Examining Arguments Based on Emotion: Pathos
- • Examining Arguments Based on Character: Ethos
- • Examining Arguments Based on Facts and Reason: Logos
- • Examining the Arrangement and Media of Arguments
- • Looking at Style
- • Examining a Rhetorical Analysis
- • Kevin Garcia, Can You Lose a Language You Never Knew?
- • Marielys Diaz, The Loss of a Language Kevin Garcia Never Knew: A Rhetorical Analysis
- • Examining an AI Rhetorical Analysis
- • GUIDE TO WRITING A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS
Chapter 8: Structuring Arguments
- • The Classical Oration
- • Rogerian Argument
- • A Sample Rogerian Argument
- • Jeannie Suk Gersen, What if Trigger Warnings Don’t Work?
- • Invitational Argument
- • Toulmin Argument
- • A Toulmin Analysis
- • Stephen L. Carter, Offensive Speech Is Free Speech. If Only We’d Listen.
- • CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT: Organization
Chapter 9: Arguments of Fact
- • Understanding Arguments of Fact
- • Characterizing Factual Arguments
- • Developing a Factual Argument
- • GUIDE TO WRITING AN ARGUMENT OF FACT
- • Two Sample Factual Arguments
- • Ahlan Filstrup, The Negative Influence of Social Media Advertisements on Children’s Nutritional Habits (student essay)
- • Chris Stokel-Walker, Do Phone Bans Help Students Perform Better in School?
Chapter 10: Arguments of Definition
- • Understanding Arguments of Definition
- • Kinds of Definition
- • Developing a Definitional Argument
- • GUIDE TO WRITING AN ARGUMENT OF DEFINITION
- • Two Sample Definitional Arguments
- • Natasha Rodriguez, Who Are You Calling Underprivileged? (student essay)
- • Evgeny Morozov, The Problem with Artificial Intelligence? It’s Neither Artificial Nor Intelligent
Chapter 11: Evaluations
- • Understanding Evaluations
- • Criteria of Evaluation
- • Characterizing Evaluation
- • Developing an Evaluative Argument
- • GUIDE TO WRITING AN EVALUATION
- • Two Sample Evaluations
- • Jenny Kim, The Toxicity in Learning (student essay)
- • Kyle Smith, Barbie Review: Beyond Her Ken
Chapter 12: Causal Arguments
- • Understanding Causal Arguments
- • Characterizing Causal Arguments
- • Developing Causal Arguments
- • GUIDE TO WRITING A CAUSAL ARGUMENT
- • Two Sample Causal Arguments
- • Laura Tarrant, Forever Alone (and Perfectly Fine) (student essay)
- • Lauren A. Wright, How Liberal College Campuses Benefit Conservative Students
Chapter 13: Proposals
- • Understanding and Categorizing Proposals
- • Characterizing Proposals
- • Developing Proposals
- • GUIDE TO WRITING A PROPOSAL
- • Two Sample Proposals
- • Caleb Wong, Addiction to Social Media: How to Overcome It (student essay)
- • Melissa Nicolas, Eliminate the Required First-Year Writing Course
Chapter 14: Style in Arguments
- • Narrative and Argument
- • Word Choice and Argument
- • CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT: Pronouns
- • Sentence Structure and Argument
- • CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT: “Standard,” “Formal,” and Other Conventions
- • Punctuation and Argument
- • Style and Artificial Intelligence
- • Special Effects: Figurative Language
Chapter 15: Visual Rhetoric
- • The Power of Visual Arguments
- • Using Visuals in Your Own Arguments
- • Remember to Check for Copyrighted Material
Chapter 16: Multimodal Arguments
- • Class and Public Discussions
- • Oral-based Presentations
- • Assess the Rhetorical Situation
- • Deliver a Good Show
- • Poster Sessions
- • Podcasts
- • Text- and Image-based Presentations
- • Social Media and Arguments
- • Blogs and Newsletters
- • Comics
Chapter 17: Academic Arguments
- • Understanding What Academic Argument Is
- • Conventions in Academic Argument Are Not Static
- • CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT: Considering English(es)
- • Developing an Academic Argument
- • Two Sample Academic Arguments
- • Charlotte Geaghan-Breiner, Where the Wild Things Should Be: Healing Nature Deficit Disorder through the Schoolyard (student essay)
- • Sidra Montgomery, The Emotion Work of “Thank You for Your Service”
Chapter 18: Finding Evidence
- • Considering the Rhetorical Situation
- • CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT: The Rhetorical Situation
- • Searching Effectively
- • SEARCHING ONLINE OR IN DATABASES
- • Collecting Data on Your Own
- • Draw Upon Narratives as Evidence
Chapter 19: Evaluating Sources
- • Identifying Bias
- • Assessing Sources
- • Practicing Crap Detection
- • CASE STUDY: Lateral Reading
- • Assessing Field Research
Chapter 20: Using Sources
- • Information Overload
- • Building a Critical Mass
- • Synthesizing Information
Chapter 21: Maintaining Academic Integrity and Crediting Sources
- • CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR ARGUMENT: Intellectual Property and Remix Culture
- • Crediting Sources
- • WHAT COPYRIGHT DOESN’T PROTECT
- • Getting Permission for and Using Copyrighted Internet Sources
- • Acknowledging Your Sources Accurately and Appropriately
- • Crediting Collaborators
Chapter 22: Documenting Sources
- • MLA Style
- • APA Style
Chapter 23: How Does Popular Culture Stereotype You?
- • D.K., Shooting Guns: It’s Rather Fun, Actually
- • Ella Houston, Featuring Disabled Women in Advertisements: The Commodification of Diversity?
- • Abeer Yusuf, Finally, There’s a Bechdel Test for Muslim Representation
- • Ashton Corsetti, Romancing the Avatar
- • Making a Visual Argument:
- • Gemma Correll, Let’s Play Feminist Social Media Bingo!
- • Viet Thanh Nguyen, Asian Americans Are Still Caught in the Trap of the “Model Minority” Stereotype. And It Creates Inequality for All.
Chapter 24: How Does Language Influence Our World?
- • Patrick Cox, Will climate change wipe out French in Louisiana?
- • Making a Visual Argument
- • U.S. Census Bureau, What Languages Does the US Speak? A Geographic Analysis of the Languages Spoken at Home
- • John McWhorter, Thick of Tongue
- • Anandi Mishra, Why Do I Write in My Colonizers’ Language
- • Roxane Gay, The Careless Language of Sexual Violence
Chapter 25: How Is Artificial Intelligence Changing Our Lives?
- • Mascha Kurpicz-Briki, More than a Chatbot
- • Making a Visual Argument
- • Claire Quigley, Machine Learning with Labeled Data and Machine Learning with Raw Data
- • Evan Halper and Caroline O’Donovan, AI is Exhausting the Power Grid
- • Madhumita Murgia, How Vulnerable Low-Wage Workers Power AI Algorithms
- • Ethan Mollick, Centaurs and Cyborgs on the Jagged Frontier
- • Mohana Ravindranath, This AI chatbot was trained on drag queens, and it wants to help protect your sexual health
Chapter 26: How Free Should Speech on Campus Be?
- • Ryan Coonerty, Pop Quiz: My Students Understand Free Speech. Do You?
- • Making a Visual Argument
- • Knight Foundation (excerpt), College Student Views on Free Expression and Campus Speech 2024: A Look at Key Trends in Student Speech Views Since 2016
- • Ross Douthat, 10 Theses about Cancel Culture
- • Nicholas C. Burbules, How Activist Speech Threatens Educational Values
- • Walter Feinberg, Deliberative Speech and Activist Speech Both Have Value
- • Danielle K. Brown, Media Coverage of Campus Protest Tends to Focus on the Spectacle, Rather than the Substance
- • Stephen L. Carter, College is All About Curiosity. And That Requires Free Speech
Chapter 27: What is the Purpose of Narrative?
- • Dinaw Mengestu, The Border is Not the Problem
- • Julian Mark, He Never Saw Himself as Disadvantaged. Then the Government had Him Write an Essay
- • Robert Jago and Angel Ellis, Pretendians: Indigenish
- • Making a Visual Argument
- • Sarah Mirk and Archie Bongiovanni, Gender Isn’t Binary and Neither is Anatomy
- • Melissa Febos, In Praise of Navel Gazing
- • Dina Nayeri, from Who Gets Believed
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