Product Identifiers

PublisherLongman Publishing Group

ISBN-100205665764

ISBN-139780205665761

eBay Product ID (ePID)71114780

Product Key Features

Number of Pages480 Pages

Publication NameWriting Arguments : a Rhetoric with Readings

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

SubjectRhetoric, Readers, Composition & Creative Writing

FeaturesBrief Edition

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

AuthorJohn C. Bean, John D. Ramage, June Johnson

SeriesRamage/Bean/Johnson Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight25 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width7.5 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number8

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal808/.0427

Edition DescriptionBrief Edition

Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgments Part 1 Overview of Argument 1 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 *Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., 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),"Petition to Waive the University Mathematics Requirement" Conclusion 2 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 Argument's Claims *John Kavanaugh, Amnesty? Summary Writing as a Way of Reading to Believe Practicing Believing: Willing Your Own Belief in the Writer's Views Reading to Doubt Thinking Dialectically Questions to Stimulate Dialectic Thinking *Fred Reed, Why Blame Mexico? Three Ways to Foster Dialectic Thinking <P style="MARGIN: 0

SynopsisThe 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. With its student-friendly tone, clear explanations, high-interest readings and examples, and well-sequenced critical thinking and writing assignments, Writing Arguments offers a time-tested 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 in the construction of an argument. Writing Arguments moves students beyond a simplistic debate model of argument to a view of argument as inquiry and consensus-building as well as persuasion, in which the writer negotiates with others in search of the best solutions to problems., The market-leading guide to arguments, Writing Arguments, Brief edition, 8/e, has proven highly successful in teaching readers to read arguments critically and to produce effective arguments of their own. The text teaches how to write better arguments, and how to research for arguments.