Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings (10th Edition)

✍ Scribed by John D. Ramage, John C. Bean, June Johnson

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 608
• Edition: 10th
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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For courses in Argument and Research.

The most thorough theoretical foundation available

Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings, 10/e integrates four different approaches to argument: the enthymeme as a logical structure, the classical concepts of logos, pathos, and ethos, the Toulmin system, and stasis theory. Focusing on argument as dialogue in search of solutions instead of a pro-con debate with winners and losers, it is consistently praised for teaching the critical-thinking skills needed for writing arguments. Major assignment chapters each focus on one or two classical stases (e.g. definition, resemblance, causal, evaluation, and policy). Each concept is immediately reinforced with discussion prompts, and each chapter ends with multiple comprehensive writing assignments. This comprehensive version contains a superlative thematic anthology of arguments on contemporary topics and some classics for balance.

Also available in a Brief version with rhetoric only ( 0321964276 ) and a Concise version ( 0321964284) which is a redaction of the Brief edition .

 

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✦ Table of Contents

Brief Contents
Part One Overview of Argument 1
1 Argument: An Introduction 2
2 Argument as Inquiry: Reading and Exploring 17
Part Two Writing an Argument 51
3 The Core of an Argument: A Claim with Reasons 52
4 The Logical Structure of Arguments 67
5 Using Evidence Effectively 88
6 Moving Your Audience: Ethos, Pathos, and Kairos 104
7 Responding to Objections and Alternative Views 121
Part Three Analyzing Arguments 153
8 Analyzing Arguments Rhetorically 154
9 Analyzing Visual Arguments 175
Part Four Arguments in Depth: Types of Claims 209
10 An Introduction to the Types of Claims 210
11 Definition and Resemblance Arguments 220
12 Causal Arguments 248
13 Evaluation and Ethical Arguments 278
14 Proposal Arguments 304
Part Five The Researched Argument 339
15 Finding and Evaluating Sources 340
16 Incorporating Sources into Your Own Argument 359
17 Citing and Documenting Sources 375
Appendix Informal Fallacies 397
Part Six An Anthology of Arguments 405
The Future of Food and Farming 406
Higher Education: How and Why We Learn Matters 432
Immigration in the Twenty-First Century 460
Millennials Entering Adulthood 477
Choices for a Sustainable World 499
Digital Literacies 519
Argument Classics 542

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