A rhetoric of argument /

Fahnestock, Jeanne,

A rhetoric of argument / Jeanne Fahnestock, Marie Secor. - 2nd ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill, 1990. - xiv, 385 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Instructor's introduction: what kind of argument text is this? --
1. Motives for Argument --
2. What We Do Not Argue About ---
PART ONE: WHAT IS IT?. 3. Claims About the Nature of Things --
4. Analyzing Statements About the Nature of Things --
5. The Essential Definition --
6. How to Define --
7. More Arguments About the Nature of Things: Comparisons and Disjunctions --
8. Verification in Argument ---
PART TWO: HOW DID IT GET THAT WAY? 9. The Kinds of Causes --
10. The Tactics of Causal Argument --
11. Precision and Prediction ---
PART THREE: IS IT GOOD OR BAD? 12. Evaluation ---
PART FOUR: WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT I? 13. The Proposal: Arguing About What Should Be Done ---
PART FIVE: WHAT EVERY ARGUMENT NEEDS. 14. The Indispensable Refutation --
15. Accommodation.

0075577348

9780075577348


English language--Rhetoric.
Persuasion (Rhetoric)

PE1431 / .F3
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