Dialogues: An Argument, Rhetoric, and Reader, 5th

Goshgarian, Gary;Krueger, Kathleen; Minc, Janet B.

ISBN 10: 0321288467 / ISBN 13: 9780321288462

Published by Longman, White Plains, NY, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dialogues: An Argument, Rhetoric, and Reader, 5th
• Publisher: Longman, White Plains, NY
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321288467
• ISBN 13: 9780321288462
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: 5th Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Dialogues represents argument not as a battle to be won, but as a process of dialogue and deliberation--the exchange of opinions and ideas--among people with different values and perspectives. Part One contains succinct instruction on analyzing and developing arguments, including critical reading, source documentation, and analyzing visual arguments. Part Two, updated with many new readings addressing current issues, offers a diverse collection of provocative essays from both the popular and scholarly medium. The lucid, lively, and engaging writing addresses students as writers and thinkers, without overwhelming them with unnecessary jargon or theory.

From the Back Cover

This newer concept of argument informs every page of this dramatically revised third edition, now titled Dialogues: An Argument Rhetoric and Reader. Part One of the text demonstrates how students can use the strategies of debate, dialogue, and deliberation to engage meaningfully with people holding diverse viewpoints. In Part Two, Current Dialogues, four major new themes and 17 new subtopics present a multiplicity of viewpoints on various timely topics. New writing assignments after each subtopic ask students to synthesize their understanding of different arguments as they write their own. With 90 percent new readings, this edition of Dialogues represents a substantial revision of argument.

Highlights of Dialogues, Third Edition:

• Entirely new strategies for debate, dialogue, and deliberation
• Entirely new Chapter 2, "Reading Arguments: Thinking Like a Critic"
• Twenty sample arguments for analysis in Part One
• The latest material on finding and evaluating Internet resources
• New sample student arguments cited in MLA and APA styles
• Logical fallacies coverage in Chapter 2 and integrated throughout
• 90 percent new readings in Part Two
• Two casebooks on high-interest topics: "Juvenile Crime, Adult Punishment?" and "Teen Parents: Children Having Children?"
• The Black Freedom Struggle: Arguments That Shaped History": arguments of the civil rights movement on education, nonviolence, equal opportunity, and the effects of the movement today