Elements of Argument: A Text and Reader

Learn to to approach, develop, and defend arguments one element at a time as Elements of Argument thoroughly explains the major components of argumentation―claims, support, assumptions, logic.

Annette T. Rottenberg, formerly assistant director of the writing program at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has taught composition and literature at Chicago City College, SUNY at Buffalo, Duke University, and schools abroad.   Donna Haisty Winchell has directed the Freshman Composition program and codirected Digital Portfolio Institutes at Clemson University, where she is Professor of English.  She has edited several freshman writing anthologies and is a frequent presenter at professional conferences.