Good Reasons: Designing and Writing Effective Arguments (2nd Edition)

Faigley, Lester; Selzer, Jack; Davis, Victoria; Lupfer, Eric

ISBN 10: 0321105311 / ISBN 13: 9780321105318

Published by Longman, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Good Reasons: Designing and Writing Effective Arguments (2nd Edition)
• Publisher: Longman
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321105311
• ISBN 13: 9780321105318
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition, Teacher's Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 14 ounces

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Synopsis

Engaging and accessible to all students, Good Reasons is a brief, very readable introduction to argument by two of the country's foremost rhetoricians. By stressing the rhetorical situation and the audience, this rhetoric avoids complicated schemes and terminology in favor of providing students with the practical means to find "good reasons" for the positions they want to advocate to their audiences. Supporting the authors' instruction are numerous readings by professional and student writers. Good Reasons is distinctive in its emphasis on visual persuasion and the presentation of arguments in various media, including electronic media. It includes a thorough discussion of visual design and how good document design can support good reasons, as well as a unique introduction to arguments on the World Wide Web. Good Reasons is also distinctive in considering narratives as an important aspect of argument.

About the Author

When Lester Faigley started college, he thought he was going to become an architect. Instead, he wound up majoring in English and teaching middle school English and history. Three years after he received a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1976, he joined the faculty of the Department of English at the University of Texas at Austin, where he now holds the Robert Adger Law and Thos. H. Law Professorship in Humanities. He has also been a visiting professor at several universities in the United States and abroad, and he is past chair of College Composition and Communication. Faigley served as the founding Director of both the Division of Rhetoric and Composition and the concentration in Technology, Literacy, and Culture at the University of Texas. He teaches undergraduate writing courses on writing and technology and graduate courses on rhetorical theory, discourse analysis, and issues of literacy and technology. He and his wife Linda have been married for more than three decades, and they have two grown sons. His sports passion is kayaking — both in rivers and on the ocean.