The Craft of ArgumentPearson Longman, 2007 - 492 pages The Craft of Argument is designed to help integrate the skills of writing, critical thinking, and arguing for the purpose of enabling the writer to write arguments that are clear, sound, and persuasive.
Integrating the skills of writing, critical thinking, and arguing in order to write arguments that are clear, sound, and persuasive is the key benefit of The Craft of Argument. Part 1 presents an overview of the nature of argument. Part 2 offers a detailed discussion of the five elements of argument (finding and stating a claim; reasons and evidence; reporting evidence; acknowledgments and responses; and warranting claims and reasons). Part 3 focuses on meaning and causation. Part 4 emphasizes language-how to write clearly and vividly, and how to use language persuasively. Part 5, Readings, comprises a wide range of sample arguments for analysis and springboards for discussion and further writing. General Interest: Improving Wrtiting |
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Joseph M. Williams, Gregory G. Colomb. PART IV : THE LANGUAGES OF ARGUMENT 301 Chapter 12 : Clear Language 303 Some Principles of Clear and Direct Writing 304 The Principles in a Nutshell 311 Concision and Vividness 312 How to Be Concise ...
... language is that it does just that . In this matter , everyone who makes a thoughtful argument has a duty not to invoke feelings in others that replace ... Language When Emotional Language Undermines Sound Thinking Polarizing Language.
... language encourages nuanced thinking , in both you and your reader . Strong language might make you feel good , but it can also make you look very bad . Emotional Language and Ethos Here a reviewer complains that a writer of an ...
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Argument Critical Thinking and Rationality | 3 |
Thinking and Talking | 16 |
Planning an Argument Assigning Personal | 26 |
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