A streamlined argument guide plus provocative thematic reader,<em>Everything's an Argument with Readings</em>helps students understand and analyze the arguments around them as well as create their own. Lucid explanations cover the classical rhetoric of the ancient Greeks through the multimodal rheto
Everything’s An Argument With Readings 7th Ed.
✍ Scribed by Andrea A. Lunsford
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin’s
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 863
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
Pairing a best-selling argument text with a thematic reader, Everything’s an Argument with Readings teaches students to analyze the arguments that surround them every day and to create their own. The book starts with proven instructional content by composition luminaries Andrea Lunsford and John Ruszkiewicz, covering five core types of arguments. Revised based on feedback from its large and devoted community of users, the seventh edition offers a new chapter on multimedia argument and more than 35 readings across perspectives and genres, from academic essays and newspaper editorials to tweets and infographics. Combine the text with LaunchPad for Everything’s an Argument with Readings for even more engaging content and new ways to get the most out of your course. Access unique, book-specific materials in a fully customizable online course space; then adapt, assign, and integrate our resources with yours. This LaunchPad includes: Interactive exercises and tutorials for reading, writing, and research. LearningCurve adaptive, game-like practice that helps students focus on the topics where they need the most help, such as fallacies, claims, evidence, and other key elements of argument. Reading comprehension quizzes. Everything’s an Argument is also available in a brief version without the reader.
✦ Subjects
Argument
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