Writing Arguments - A Rhetoric with Readings

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.

In order to establish credibility with an audience - co-workers, town officials or administrators, or friends - people need to know the appropriate rules for arguing or persuading.

This book offers the most effective combination of rhetoric and readings of any argument books available. It strongly emphasizes argument as the social act it is and treats the topic as a means of clarification and truth-seeking as well as a means of persuading an audience. Designed for anyone who wants to learn the "proper" way to create an argument in writing or in speech, this book is unsurpassable.