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Learning the fundamental principles of essay writing is becoming an ever more important skill for students. In 2005 the SAT gave its stamp to this initiative by adding an essay requirement to the popular college entrance exam. Each book in Greenhaven Press's Writing the Critical Essay: An Opposing Viewpoints Guide includes everything necessary to help students research, outline, draft, edit, and ultimately write successful essays across the curriculum.\ Using the patented Opposing Viewpoints...
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Learning the fundamental principles of essay writing is becoming an ever more important skill for students. In 2005 the SAT gave its stamp to this initiative by adding an essay requirement to the popular college entrance exam. Each book in Greenhaven Press's Writing the Critical Essay: An Opposing Viewpoints Guide includes everything necessary to help students research, outline, draft, edit, and ultimately write successful essays across the curriculum.Using the patented Opposing Viewpoints format, this book focuses on writing a persuasive essay. Persuasion is a frequently used essay technique for writing informational, opinionated, and how-to essays. Readers will find useful information to write a successful persuasive essay, including thesis statements, introductions, and conclusions. In addition, readers will find information to compile a "source cited" list using MLA style. School Library Journal Gr 7 Up-This title provides 15 well-balanced articles written by different authors. Like books in the "Opposing Viewpoints" series (Gale), it has a pro/con format. The text is broken up with color photographs, fact boxes, political cartoons, and questions to engage readers. Each piece ends with a section called "Evaluating the Author's Arguments." The essays are grouped under the questions: "Should Homosexuals Be Allowed to Marry?" "How Should Marriage Be Legislated?" and "Does Gay Marriage Threaten Society?" A short glossary, facts about gay marriage, a list of organizations (with several missing Web sites) and an annotated list for further reading are appended.-Betty S. Evans, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Foreword 5Introduction: The Battle to Legalize Gay Marriage 7Opposing Viewpoints on Gay MarriageGay Marriage Should Be Legal Steven Lubet 14Gay Marriage Should Not Be Legal James E. Phelan 21Gay Marriage Threatens Society Charles Colson 29Gay Marriage Helps Society Sherman Stein 35Gay Marriage Helps Children Dale Carpenter 41Gay Marriage Hurts Children Maggie Gallagher Joshua K. Baker 48Model Essays and Writing ExercisesThe Five-Paragraph Essay 58The Persuasive Essay 60Children Benefit from Gay Marriage 64Create an Outline from an Existing Essay 68Identifying Persuasive Techniques 70What Does Your Marriage Have to Do With Mine, Exactly? Why Gay Marriage Does Not Threaten the Institution of Marriage 73Create an Outline from an Existing Essay 76Create an Outline for Your Own Essay 76The Slippery Slope of Gay Marriage 79Examining Introductions and Conclusions 84Using Quotations to Enliven Your Essay 86Final Writing Challenge: Write Your Own PersuasiveFive-Paragraph Essay 87Supporting Research MaterialFacts About Gay Marriage 91Finding and Using Sources of Information 96Using MLA Style to Create a Works Cited List 100Sample Essay Topics 103Organizations to Contact 105Bibliography 112Index 119Picture Credits 126About the Editor 127
\ School Library JournalGr 7 Up-This title provides 15 well-balanced articles written by different authors. Like books in the "Opposing Viewpoints" series (Gale), it has a pro/con format. The text is broken up with color photographs, fact boxes, political cartoons, and questions to engage readers. Each piece ends with a section called "Evaluating the Author's Arguments." The essays are grouped under the questions: "Should Homosexuals Be Allowed to Marry?" "How Should Marriage Be Legislated?" and "Does Gay Marriage Threaten Society?" A short glossary, facts about gay marriage, a list of organizations (with several missing Web sites) and an annotated list for further reading are appended.-Betty S. Evans, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.\ \ \ \ \ School Library JournalGr 9 Up- This book outlines the skills needed to create a critical essay. By using a hot topic such as gay marriage, the editor keeps students interested enough to learn how to deconstruct and then write an opinion piece of their own. There are writing tips, organizations students can contact, and facts about gay marriage. However, the essays themselves are often poor examples of writing. Both sides of the issues often contradict their "facts" and "research," which might be confusing to students. Also, the illustrations that accompany the pieces are often located in odd places. For example, an entry about why gays and lesbians should not have children includes a photograph of a same-sex couple and their adopted sons looking very happy and content. The most useful part of this book is section two, which has model essays and writing exercises. In the first example, the editor highlights important components, such as the topic sentence and thesis, and then invites students to do the same with another passage. The greatest concern about this book is that it might be used as a reference source on gay marriage, which it is not meant to be.-Jennifer-Lynn Draper, Children's Literature Consultant, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada\ \ \
