Writing Arguments : A Rhetoric with Readings

by Ramage, John D.; Bean, John C.; Johnson, June

• ISBN13: 9780205317455
• ISBN10: 0205317456
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

The market-leading guide to arguments, "Writing Arguments" has proven highly successful in teaching readers to read arguments critically and to produce effective arguments of their own. Teaches readers to write better arguments. How to write arguments; how to do research for arguments; an anthology of argumentative readings. Anyone interested in writing better arguments.

Table of Contents

PART ONE OVERVIEW OF ARGUMENT	1	(72)
Argument: An Introduction	3	(21)
Reading Arguments	24	(24)
Writing Arguments	48	(25)
PART TWO PRINCIPLES OF ARGUMENT	73	(108)
The Core of an Argument: A Claim with Reasons	75	(13)
The Logical Structure of Arguments	88	(19)
Evidence in Arguments	107	(25)
Moving Your Audience: Audience-Based Reasons, Ethos, and Pathos	132	(20)
Accommodating Your Audience: Treating Differing Views	152	(29)
PART THREE ARGUMENTS IN DEPTH: SIX TYPES OF CLAIMS	181	(178)
An Introduction to the Types of Claims	183	(9)
Categorical and Definitional Arguments: X Is (Is Not) a Y	192	(36)
Causal Arguments: X Causes (Does Not Cause) Y	228	(33)
Resemblance Arguments: X Is (Is Not) like Y	261	(19)
Evaluation Arguments: X Is (Is Not) a Good Y	280	(27)
Proposal Arguments: We Should (Should Not) Do X	307	(39)
Ethical Arguments	346	(13)
PART FOUR WRITING FROM SOURCES: THE ARGUMENT AS A FORMAL RESEARCH PAPER	359	(72)
Finding and Selecting Sources: The Library and the Internet	361	(26)
Using and Documenting Sources	387	(44)
APPENDIXES	431	(32)
Appendix One Informal Fallacies	431	(14)
Appendix Two The Writing Community: Working in Groups	445	(18)
PART FIVE AN ANTHOLOGY OF ARGUMENTS	463	(282)
Credits	745	(6)
Index	751