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The art of argument : research-based essays
Title:
The art of argument : research-based essays
Personal Author EPSB:
Year Published:
2014
Physical Description:
ix, 202 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm.
Contents:
Weighing evidence to form considered positions -- Take your argument into a scrimmage: debating to test and strengthen a position -- Bam! bolstering positions by adding relevant evidence -- Stay with me now: balancing evidence with analysis -- Taking stock -- Forming coalition groups -- Bringing a critical perspective to your research -- Debating to prepare to draft -- Introducing and writing your argument -- Self-assessment with an eye toward counterargument -- Studying author's craft, including rhetorical devices -- When company comes: knowing when and how to maintain a formal tone -- Celebration: symposium -- Taking opportunities to stand and be counted -- Revising by qualifying your claim -- Revising with logical fallacies in mind: evaluating evidence -- Cyberactivism.
ISBN:
9780325059488
Publisher:
Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2014]