Perspectives on argument / Nancy V. Wood.

Contents;

Part one: Engaging with argument for reading and writing
1. A perspective on argument
2. Developing your personal argument style
3. A process for reading argument
4. A process for writing argument

Part two: Understanding the nature of argument for reading and writing
5. The essential parts of an argument: The Toulmin model
6. Types of claims
7. Types of proof

Part three: Writing a research paper that presents an argument
8. The research paper: clarifying purpose and understanding the audience
9. The research paper: Invention and research
10. The research paper: Organizing, writing, and revising

Part four: Further applications: Rogerian argument/argument and literature
11. Rogerian argument and common ground
12. Argument and literature

Part five: The reader
Introduction to "The reader": Reading and writing about issue areas
Purpose of "The reader"
How to use "The reader"

Section I: Issues concerning families
Section II: Issues in education
Section III: Issues concerning crime and the treatment of criminals
Section IV: Issues concerning computers
Section V: Issues concerning race and culture in America
Section VI: Issues concerning genetic engineering
Section VII: Issues concerning responsibility

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.