The Purposeful Argument : A Practical Guide (with 2016 MLA Update Card)

Bostian, Patricia, Phillips, Harry

ISBN 10: 1337284912 / ISBN 13: 9781337284912

Editore: Wadsworth, 2016

Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Codice articolo 52347431-6

Riassunto:

Emphasizing the practical and the local, THE PURPOSEFUL ARGUMENT: A PRACTICAL GUIDE, 2E effectively brings argument into real life with community-based writing activities, illustrating that the tools and skills of argument are critical to readers today-and wherever their careers take them. With a focus on accessibility, the text encourages students to argue in response to issues in a variety of environments-school, workplace, family, neighborhood, social-cultural, consumer, and concerned citizen-and learn how argument can become an essential negotiating skill in everyday life. It offers thorough treatments of Toulmin-based and Rogerian approaches to argument as well as teaches the value of fully understanding the opposition, the importance of aiming for the middle ground, and how to use a microhistory to forge an unconventional position. The only introduction to argument written with the today's diverse student body in mind, THE PURPOSEFUL ARGUMENT uses vivid explanations, detailed examples, and practical exercises to guide students step by step through the process of building an effective argument. In addition, a rich anthology of arguments covers a wide range of today's leading issues. Each student text is packaged with a free Cengage Essential Reference Card to the MLA HANDBOOK, Eighth Edition.

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Titolo: The Purposeful Argument : A Practical Guide ...
Casa editrice: Wadsworth
Data di pubblicazione: 2016
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Good
Edizione: seconda edizione