Title:
Good reasons with contemporary arguments : reading, designing, and writing effective arguments
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Edition:
3rd ed.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Pearson/Longman, 2007
ISBN:
9780321364968
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Library | Item Barcode | Call Number | Material Type | Item Category 1 | Status |
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Searching... | 30000010129162 | PE1431 F34 2007 | Open Access Book | Book | Searching... |
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Summary
Summary
This popular rhetoric/reader combines a brief, accessible introduction to argument with an anthology of provocative readings on contemporary issues. Helps the reader write and understand various types of arguments, including visual as well as verbal arguments. Anthology features more than 80 selections on topics such as privacy, globalization, science and ethics, the media and the environment. General interest; Contemporary issues
Table of Contents
| New selections in Part Four are marked with an asterisk |
| I Persuading with Good Reasons: What Do We Mean by Argument? |
| 1 What to Argue About. A Book that Changed the World |
| Why Silent Spring Became a Classic |
| Tactics of Silent Spring |
| Analyzing Arguments: Pathos, Ethos, and Logos |
| Reading Arguments |
| Become a Critical Reader |
| Position and Proposal Arguments |
| Rachel Carson, "The Obligation to Endure." |
| Union of Concerned Scientists, The Impact of Global Warming in North America |
| 2 Finding Arguments. W |
