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Writing Arguments : A Rhetoric with Readings

ISBN: 9780205317455 | 0205317456
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 7/1/2000

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SummaryTable of Contents
The market leader in argumentative rhetorics, Writing Arguments has proven highly successful in teaching students to read arguments critically and to produce effective arguments of their own.. In its studentfriendly tone, clear explanations, highinterest readings and examples, and wellsequenced critical thinking and writing assignments, Writing Arguments offers a timetested approach to argument that is interesting and accessible to students and eminently teachable for instructors. Throughout the book, the authors approach argument rhetorically by emphasizing audience and context at every stage of the construction of an argument. Writing Arguments,D>... MORE
PART ONE OVERVIEW OF ARGUMENT1(72)
Argument: An Introduction
3(21)
Reading Arguments
24(24)
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Writing Arguments
48(25)
PART TWO PRINCIPLES OF ARGUMENT73(108)
The Core of an Argument: A Claim with Reasons
75(13)
The Logical Structure of Arguments
88(19)
Evidence in Arguments
107(25)
Moving Your Audience: Audience-Based Reasons, Ethos, and Pathos
132(20)
Accommodating Your Audience: Treating Differing Views
152(29)
PART THREE ARGUMENTS IN DEPTH: SIX TYPES OF CLAIMS181(178)
An Introduction to the Types of Claims
183(9)
Categorical and Definitional Arguments: X Is (Is Not) a Y
192(36)
Causal Arguments: X Causes (Does Not Cause) Y
228(33)
Resemblance Arguments: X Is (Is Not) like Y
261(19)
Evaluation Arguments: X Is (Is Not) a Good Y
280(27)
Proposal Arguments: We Should (Should Not) Do X
307(39)
Ethical Arguments
346(13)
PART FOUR WRITING FROM SOURCES: THE ARGUMENT AS A FORMAL RESEARCH PAPER359(72)
Finding and Selecting Sources: The Library and the Internet
361(26)
Using and Documenting Sources
387(44)
APPENDIXES431(32)
Appendix One Informal Fallacies
431(14)
Appendix Two The Writing Community: Working in Groups
445(18)
PART FIVE AN ANTHOLOGY OF ARGUMENTS463(282)
Credits745(6)
Index751

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