Writing Arguments, Concise Edition

Ramage, John D.; Bean, John C.

ISBN 10: 0205269060 / ISBN 13: 9780205269068

Published by Allyn & Bacon (edition Concise), 1998

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Writing Arguments, Concise Edition
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon (edition Concise)
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205269060
• ISBN 13: 9780205269068
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Concise.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

The market leader in argumentative rhetorics, Writing Arguments has proven highly successful in teaching students to read arguments critically and to produce effective arguments of their own.

With its student-friendly tone, clear explanations, high-interest readings and examples, and well-sequenced critical thinking and writing assignments, Writing Arguments offers a time-tested approach to argument that is interesting and accessible to students and eminently teachable for instructors.

From the Back Cover

Argument is a part of our daily lives. Whether we use or are confronted by it through the written or the spoken word, we rely on and encounter it often. Yet what exactly constitutes an effective argument? How do we construct one? And how are we able to recognize an ineffective argument? These topics, and many more, are the focus of this book on writing arguments. This book presents four approaches to argument: the enthymeme, Toulmin's system of analyzing arguments, stasis theory on categories of claims, and the three classical appeals of logos, pathos and ethos. With a strong focus on the argument as a social act, the book treats the argument as a means of clarification, truth-seeking and persuasion, thereby highlighting the power of debate and dialectic. Writers, teachers, debaters, lawyers, and others using argument.