Envision in Depth : Reading, Writing, and Researching Arguments

by Alfano, Christine; O'Brien, Alyssa

• ISBN13: 9780321355713
• ISBN10: 0321355717
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Envision in Depthteaches core skills in argument and research with over 100 readings on issues that engage readers and provide occasions for persuasive writing. Readers usingEnvision in Depthwill learn how to analyze and compose arguments, design and conduct research projects, and produce persuasive visual and oral presentations in response to over 100 contemporary arguments in a wide range of verbal and visual genres. Writing Arguments Designing Arguments Writing Researched Arguments Market: Improving Writing

Table of Contents

Analysis and Argument

Analyzing Texts

Understanding Texts Rhetorically

Understanding Rhetoric

Analyzing Texts Rhetorically

Strategies for Analyzing Persuasive Texts

Reading: P. Huntington "Under God"

Reading: Doug Marlette "I Was a Tool of Satan"

Writing a Rhetorical Analysis Student

Writing: Jason Benhaim "Tapping into the American Psyche"

Turning to Texts of Your Choice

Prewriting Checklist

Understanding

Strategies of Persuasion

Analyzing Ads as Arguments

Reading: Seth Stevenson "You and Your Shadow"

Understanding the Rhetorical Appeals

Considering Context

Using Strategies of Persuasion

Prewriting Checklist

Composing Arguments

Understanding the Canons of Rhetoric

Invention in Argument

Arrangement in Argument

Style in Argument

Crafting a Position Paper

Student Writing: Angela Rastegar Position papers

Writing Multiple Sides of an Argument

Student Writing: Aisha Ali Multiple Sides project (excerpt)

Synthesizing Multiple Perspectives

Reading: Nora Ephron "The Boston Photographs"

Constructing Your Own Argument

Prewriting Checklist

Research Arguments

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