
Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments
Pearson (Publisher)
7th Edition
Published on 15. January 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-0-13-439287-5 (ISBN)
Description
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For courses in Argument.
A practical, visually engaging introduction to argument supported by provocative readings on contemporary issues
Nothing you learn in college will prove to be more important than the ability to create an effective argument. That's the philosophy embodied in Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments, 7th Edition, an argument rhetoric/reader which avoids complicated schemes and terminology in favor of providing readers with the practical ways of finding "good reasons" to argue for the positions they take. The text uses lively, nontechnical language, an attractive visual design, numerous examples, and fresh, timely readings to engage readers' interest. The revised 7th Edition includes more than 40 new readings, along with new case studies, chapters, and projects.
For courses in Argument.
A practical, visually engaging introduction to argument supported by provocative readings on contemporary issues
Nothing you learn in college will prove to be more important than the ability to create an effective argument. That's the philosophy embodied in Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments, 7th Edition, an argument rhetoric/reader which avoids complicated schemes and terminology in favor of providing readers with the practical ways of finding "good reasons" to argue for the positions they take. The text uses lively, nontechnical language, an attractive visual design, numerous examples, and fresh, timely readings to engage readers' interest. The revised 7th Edition includes more than 40 new readings, along with new case studies, chapters, and projects.
More details
Edition
7th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-439287-5 (9780134392875)
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Persons
About our authors Lester Faigley holds the Robert Adger Law and Thos. H. Law Professorship in Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. He was the founding director of the Division (now Department) of Rhetoric and Writing at Texas in 1993, and he later served as Director of the University Writing Center. He was the 1996 Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Faigley has published over thirty books and editions, including Fragments of Rationality (Pittsburgh, 1992), which received the MLA Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize.
Jack Selzer has collaborated with colleagues at Penn State and elsewhere in all kinds of ways. With his long-time friend Lester Faigley, he has written two Pearson books, Good Reasons and Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments, now in their 7th Editions, and he also has edited a number of versions of Conversations: Readings for Writing, currently in its 8th Edition (now edited by Dominic Delli Carpini). A Fellow of the Rhetoric Society of America, once a president of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, and the creator of Penn State's innovative Paterno Fellows Program, he has published or edited a number scholarly articles and books, including Rhetorical Bodies (with Sharon Crowley), Kenneth Burke in the 1930s (with Ann George), and Kenneth Burke in Greenwich Village. He enjoys teaching a first-year seminar on the rhetoric of the civil rights movement, and happens to be a charter member of the longest continuously running fantasy sports league on the face of the earth.
Jack Selzer has collaborated with colleagues at Penn State and elsewhere in all kinds of ways. With his long-time friend Lester Faigley, he has written two Pearson books, Good Reasons and Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments, now in their 7th Editions, and he also has edited a number of versions of Conversations: Readings for Writing, currently in its 8th Edition (now edited by Dominic Delli Carpini). A Fellow of the Rhetoric Society of America, once a president of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, and the creator of Penn State's innovative Paterno Fellows Program, he has published or edited a number scholarly articles and books, including Rhetorical Bodies (with Sharon Crowley), Kenneth Burke in the 1930s (with Ann George), and Kenneth Burke in Greenwich Village. He enjoys teaching a first-year seminar on the rhetoric of the civil rights movement, and happens to be a charter member of the longest continuously running fantasy sports league on the face of the earth.
Content
PART 1: READING AND DISCOVERING ARGUMENTS
Making an Effective Argument
Reading Arguments
Finding Arguments
Drafting Arguments
Revising and Editing Arguments
PART 2: ANALYZING ARGUMENTS
Analyzing Written Arguments
Analyzing Visual and Multimedia Arguments
PART 3: WRITING ARGUMENTS
Definition Arguments
Causal Arguments
Evaluation Arguments
Narrative Arguments
Rebuttal Arguments
Proposal Arguments
PART 4: DESIGNING AND PRESENTING ARGUMENTS
Designing Multimedia Arguments
Presenting Arguments
PART 5: RESEARCHING ARGUMENTS
Planning Research
Finding Sources
Evaluating and Recording Sources
Writing the Research Project
Documenting Sources in MLA Style
Documenting Sources in APA Style
PART 6: CONTEMPORARY ARGUMENTS
Sustainability
City Life
Education
Science and Ethics
Regulating Substances, Regulating Bodies
Brave New Gadgets
Making an Effective Argument
Reading Arguments
Finding Arguments
Drafting Arguments
Revising and Editing Arguments
PART 2: ANALYZING ARGUMENTS
Analyzing Written Arguments
Analyzing Visual and Multimedia Arguments
PART 3: WRITING ARGUMENTS
Definition Arguments
Causal Arguments
Evaluation Arguments
Narrative Arguments
Rebuttal Arguments
Proposal Arguments
PART 4: DESIGNING AND PRESENTING ARGUMENTS
Designing Multimedia Arguments
Presenting Arguments
PART 5: RESEARCHING ARGUMENTS
Planning Research
Finding Sources
Evaluating and Recording Sources
Writing the Research Project
Documenting Sources in MLA Style
Documenting Sources in APA Style
PART 6: CONTEMPORARY ARGUMENTS
Sustainability
City Life
Education
Science and Ethics
Regulating Substances, Regulating Bodies
Brave New Gadgets