Jeanne Fahnestock,
University of Maryland--College Park Marie Secor,
Pennsylvania Sate University--University Park
ISBN: 0072938234 Copyright year: 2004
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Organization: Part One provides a thorough introduction to the elements of arguments, with chapters on building the case (logos) and establishing credibility and appealing to emotion (ethos and pathos), along with chapters on generating claims and using language in argument. Each of the chapters in Part Two covers one of the four basic issues in argument: definition, cause, value, and policy. Part Three provides two new chapters on research, and Part Four is an anthology of readings on six themes of current interest to students.
Readings: Over 60 new readings on topics of current interest such as globalization, sports, public taste, the First Amendment, and the state of marriage and the family in our society provide compelling examples of how the four types of arguments are developed in real situations on a variety of subjects.
The Toulmin Model and Aristotelian Appeals:A Rhetoric of Argument now includes a thorough explanation of the popular Toulmin model for analyzing arguments, as well as enhanced coverage of the three Aristotelian appeals: logos, ethos, and pathos.
Writing Your Argument: In Part One, Writing Your Argument boxes offer students practical advice on applying the instruction on argument to their own writing. In Part Two, sections on writing your own argument provide students with step-by-step advice for constructing their own arguments.
In the Media: Opening each chapter, these short arguments on a variety of topics, including contemporary public issues, are drawn from newspapers from across the country. Each is followed by a rhetorical analysis focusing on the argumentative strategy that is taught in the chapter.
Visual Rhetoric: Most chapters include a section on analyzing the arguments found in visuals such as photographs, political cartoons, graphs and charts, and advertisements.
Conducting Research: Chapters 10 and 11 include advice on conducting both Internet and library research, as well as documentation models and sample student papers in both MLA and APA styles.
For You to Discover Online: Provided with the readings in Part Two, these activities give students suggestions for online research.
Brief Version Available: An alternate version of this text--without the anthology of arguments--is also available.
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