Wood, Nancy V.

Essentials of Argument / Nancy V. Wood - Boston Pearson Custom Publishing c2007 - xi, 293 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents
Part one : Understanding argument and conducting research

Chapter 1. Recognizing argument and finding issues

Chapter 2. The Rhetorical situation: Understanding audience and context

Chapter 3. Learning more about issues: Research, Reading Thinking and writing

Chapter 4. Writing the exploratory paper


Part Two: Using argument theory for reading and writing

Chapter 5. The Toulmin model of argument: Understanding the parts

Chapter 6. The types of claims: Establishing purpose and Organization

Chapter 7. The types of proof: Supporting the claim


Prat Three Writing and Presenting arguments

Chapter 8. Writing the researched position paper

Chapter 9. Writing the Rogerian argument paper

Chapter Creating Visual and oral arguments






Index: p. 291-294.

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