Writing Arguments A Rhetoric with Readings

Name: Writing Arguments A Rhetoric with Readings
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ISBN: 9780205648368

ISBN-10: 0205648363

ISBN-13: 9780205648368

Edition: 8th 2010

Authors: John D. Ramage, John C. Bean, June Johnson

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The market-leading guide to arguments,Writing Arguments,8/e has proven highly successful in teaching readers to read arguments critically and to produce effective arguments of their own. Teaches readers to write better arguments. How to write arguments; how to do research for arguments; an anthology of argumentative readings. MARKET:Anyone interested in writing better arguments.

Book details

List price: $90.80
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/7/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 720
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Overview of Argument



Argument: An Introduction


What Do We Mean by Argument?


Argument Is Not a Fight or a Quarrel


Argument Is Not Pro-Con Debate


Arguments Can Be Explicit or Implicit


Let the Facts Decide, Not Fear



The Defining Features of Argument


Argument Requires Justification of Its Claims


Argument Is Both a Process and a Product


Argument Combines Truth Seeking and Persuasion


Argument and the Problem of Truth


A Successful Process of Argumentation: The Well-Functioning Committee Gordon Adams (student)


ldquo;Petition to Waive the University Mathematics Requirementrdquo;


Conclusion



Argument as Inquiry: Reading and Exploring


Finding Issues to Explore


Do Some Initial Brainstorming


Be Open to the Issues All Around You


Explore Ideas by Freewriting


Explore Ideas by Idea-Mapping


Explore Ideas by Playing the Believing and Doubting


Game Placing Texts in a Rhetorical Context


Genres of Argument


Cultural Contexts: Who Writes Arguments and Why?


Analyzing Rhetorical


Context and Genre Reading to Believe an Argumentrsquo;s Claims


Amnesty?



Summary Writing as a Way of Reading to Believe


Practicing Believing: Willing Your Own Belief in the Writerrsquo;s Views


Reading to Doubt


Thinking Dialectically


Questions to Stimulate Dialectic Thinking


Why Blame Mexico?



Three Ways to Foster Dialectic Thinking


Conclusio