Essentials of Argument

By Nancy V. Wood

Book Overview

This concise argument text presents a broad range of rhetorical theory while providing the clear explanations and examples to make it accessible to an exceptionally wide range of students. Essentials of Argument, 3e, contains ten chapters, each accompanied by class exercises and writing assignments. Students using this text will learn to identify topics of personal and social consequence, to read and form opinions of their own, to analyze a potential audience, and to write persuasive argument papers. Research methods are introduced early, instructing students how to locate, print, and evaluate online materials and avoid plagiarism. Appendices teach MLA and APA styles, and provide a synopsis of the major ideas about argument in unique Summary Charts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205827020
• ISBN13: 9780205827022
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Essentials of Argument

This book is easy to understand and is helping me to write papers for class.

Worked for me!

This is another one of my books that I used last semester. This class was pretty hard for me, but the book helped. I just read along with the lectures and I ended up doing okay.