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The Aims of Argument, a comprehensive text for teaching argument, recognizes that people argue with a range of purposes in mind: to inquire, to convince, to persuade, and to negotiate. It offers a clear, logical learning sequence rather than merely a collection of assignments: inquiry is the search for truth, what we call an earned opinion, which then becomes the basis of efforts to convince others to accept our earned opinions. Case-making, the essence...
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Argument is all around us-in school hallways and on social media, from capitol buildings to television newsrooms. With lively, real-world examples on topics that matter, Everything's an Argument helps you listen-really listen-to the arguments that affect you and provides the tools to respond, challenge, and explore your own.
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This best-selling combination rhetoric and thematically organized reader shows students how to analyze all kinds of arguments -- not just essays and editorials, but clothes, cars, ads, and Web site designs -- and then how to use what they learn to write their own effective arguments. With engaging, informal, and jargon-free instruction that emphasizes cultural currency, humor, and visual argument, "Everything's an Argument "is student-centered and...