Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments

Faigley, Lester; Selzer, Jack

ISBN 10: 0205616801 / ISBN 13: 9780205616800

Published by Longman, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments
• Publisher: Longman
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205616801
• ISBN 13: 9780205616800
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

This popular rhetoric/reader combines a brief, accessible introduction to argument with an anthology of provocative readings on contemporary issues.

From the Back Cover

This brief rhetoric of argument with an anthology of readings on contemporary issues takes a non-Toulmin based approach to writing arguments in an electronic age.

By stressing the rhetorical situation and the audience, the rhetoric avoids complicated terminology in favor of providing readers with the practical means to find "good reasons" for the positions they want to advocate. The rhetoric includes readings by professional and student writers, including a pivotal selection from Rachel Carson's extraordinarily influential argument, Silent Spring. The anthology reprints over 60 arguments on interesting current issues: the environment, affirmative action, censorship, Title IX, substance abuse, gay rights, and "the body."

For anyone interested in argument composition.