Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric With Readings/Concise Edition

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

• ISBN13: 9780205317479
• ISBN10: 0205317472
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• 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	(60)
Argument: An Introduction	3	(16)
Reading Arguments	19	(19)
Writing Arguments	38	(23)
PART TWO PRINCIPLES OF ARGUMENT	61	(74)
The Core of an Argument: A Claim with Reasons	61	(12)
The Logical Structure of Arguments	73	(13)
Evidence in Arguments	86	(15)
Moving Your Audience: Audience-Based Reasons, Ethos, and Pathos	101	(15)
Accommodating Your Audience: Treating Differing Views	116	(19)
PART THREE ARGUMENTS IN DEPTH: SIX TYPES OF CLAIMS	135	(115)
An Introduction to the Types of Claims	137	(9)
Categorical and Definitional Arguments: X Is (Is Not) a Y	146	(21)
Causal Arguments: X Causes (Does Not Cause) Y	167	(20)
Resemblance Arguments: X Is (Is Not) like Y	187	(13)
Evaluation Arguments: X Is (Is Not) a Good Y	200	(15)
Proposal Arguments: We Should (Should Not) Do X	215	(23)
Ethical Arguments	238	(12)
APPENDIXES	250	(29)
Appendix 1 Informal Fallacies	250	(7)
Appendix 2 A Concise Guide to Evaluating and Documenting Sources	257	(22)
Index	279