Imaginative Argument A Practical Manifesto for Writers

Name: Imaginative Argument A Practical Manifesto for Writers
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ISBN: 9780691122908

ISBN-10: 0691122903

ISBN-13: 9780691122908

Edition: 2005

Authors: Frank L. Cioffi

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More than merely a writing text,The Imaginative Argumentoffers writers instruction on how to use their imaginations to improve their prose. Cioffi shows writers how they can enliven argument--the organizing rubric of all persuasive writing--by drawing on emotion, soul, and creativity, the wellsprings of imagination. While Cioffi suggests that argument should become a natural habit of mind for writers, he goes still further, inspiring writers to adopt as their gold standard theimaginativeargument: the surprising yet strikingly apt insight that organizes disparate noises into music, that makes out of chaos, chaos theory. Rather than offering a model of writing based on established formulas…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 4/3/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface xi


Acknowledgments xxi



An Introduction to the Writing of Essays 1



Audience, or For Whom Are You Writing? 12



Prewriting and the Writing Process 31



The Thesis 43



Saying Something New: Ways toward Creativity 61



Paragraph Design 72



Developing an Argument 85



Different Structures, Novel Organizational Principles 104



The Imaginative Research Paper 116



Figures and Fallacies, or Being Forceful but Not Cheating at Argument 135



The Argument of Style 149



Concluding a Manifesto: The Future of Writing 172



Sample Essays 183



Writing Prompts 202


Works Cited 209


Index 215