Inventing Arguments Brief Edition, 2016 MLA Update and 2019 APA Updates (Inventing Arguments Series)

Mauk, John; Metz, John

ISBN 10: 1337280860 / ISBN 13: 9781337280860

Published by Thomson Learning, 2016

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pp. 528.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inventing Arguments Brief Edition, 2016 MLA Update and 2019 APA Updates (Inventing Arguments Series)
• Publisher: Thomson Learning
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1337280860
• ISBN 13: 9781337280860
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Organized around common rhetorical situations that occur all around us, INVENTING ARGUMENTS shows you that argument is a living process rather than a form to be modeled. Through the text's prominent focus on invention, you will learn to recognize the rhetorical elements of any argumentative situation and apply the tools of argument effectively in your own writing. The basic layers of argument are introduced in early chapters, with material arranged into increasingly sophisticated topics beginning with the most obvious or explicit layers (claims) and moving to more implied or "hidden" layers (assumptions, values, beliefs, ideology). By the time you finish Part 1, you will have a thorough understanding of argument, which you can then apply not just to the invention projects in Chapters 7-12 but also to your writing for other college courses and beyond. This edition has been updated to reflect guidelines from the 2016 MLA HANDBOOK, Eighth Edition.

About the Authors

John Mauk, Ph.D., has a doctorate in rhetoric and writing from Bowling Green State University and a master's degree in language and literature from the University of Toledo. Over a 24-year career, he taught composition at Owens Community College, Northwestern Michigan College and Miami University. He was twice named professor of the year. He now writes in various genres, edits manuscripts for professional writers and teaches in continuing education programs. He also hosts Prose from the Underground, a video series featuring interviews and practical advice for working writers.

John Metz began teaching college writing as a graduate student at the University of Toledo in 1983. He then taught at University of Toledo, Umpqua Community College and Kent State University over the next forty years. He focused on helping students learn to invent ideas, make appropriate rhetorical decisions and redefine what writing is or can be. His students sometimes said, “I thought this was supposed to be a writing course.”