Practical Argument: Short Edition

by Kirszner, Laurie G.; Mandell, Stephen R.

• ISBN13: 9781457683886
• ISBN10: 1457683881
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-01-06
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

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No one writes for the introductory composition student like Kirszner and Mandell—the best-selling authors of the most successful reader in America, Patterns for College Writing. Now available as a briefer and lower-cost version of their groundbreaking and highly successful argument book, Practical Argument, Short Second Edition simplifies the study of argument. A straightforward, full-color, accessible introduction to argumentative writing, it employs an exercise-driven, thematically focused, step-by-step approach to get to the heart of what students need to understand argument.

Practical Argument, Short Second Edition focuses on basic principles of classical argument and includes alternative approaches. It forgoes the technical terminology that confuses students and instead explains concepts in understandable, everyday language, with examples that are immediately relevant to students’ lives. 

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Author Biography

During their long collaboration, Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell have written a number of best-selling college texts for Bedford/St. Martin's, including Patterns for College Writing, Foundations First, Writing First, Focus on Writing, and, most recently, Practical Argument. Laurie Kirszner is a Professor of English, Emeritus at the University of the Sciences, where she has taught composition, literature, creative writing, and scientific writing, and served as coordinator of the first-year writing program.  Stephen Mandell is a Professor of English at Drexel University, where he founded and directed the basic writing program and has taught composition, literature, speech, and technical and business writing.

Table of Contents

New essays and topics illustrate real-world arguments. New professional and student essays and new images provide even better examples for students. For instance, Nicholas D. Kristof writes about the virtues of sweatshops, and Vernon R. Wiehe criticizes child beauty pageants.

More help with the writing process and academic writing.

Augmented coverage of developing and finalizing an essay. There’s more on the rhetorical situation, more on developing the body of an essay, more on editing and proofreading, and more grammar help.

Additional material on using sources in argument. New templates that guide students in developing an argumentative paragraph have been added, including ones on thesis, paraphrase, and summary; and there’s now more help with finding sources.

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