Essentials of Argument - Softcover

Wood, Nancy V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131777513 ISBN 13: 9780131777514

Verlag: Pearson, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

For courses in Freshman Composition and Argumentative Writing.

 

More perspectives on argument than any other concise writing guide.  Best-selling argument author Nancy V. Wood in this, her latest text, offers a concise presentation of how to write persuasively.   

 

This efficient text provides instruction in reading, critical thinking, and writing about argumentative issues in a clear, student-friendly manner. Students will learn to identify topics of personal and social consequence, to read and form reactions and opinions of their own, to analyze a potential audience, and to write argument papers that express their individual view and perspective. Essentials of Argument, 1/E, contains ten chapters, each accompanied by class exercises and writing assignments. Research methods are introduced early; students learn to locate, print, and evaluate online materials and avoid plagiarism. Appendices teach MLA and APA styles, summarize major ideas about argument, and provide a list of 100 potential topics for argument papers.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pearson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0131777513
• ISBN 13: 9780131777514
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italien