Elements of Argument was the first text based on the accessible Toulmin model -- the model of argument that fits best with the methods and goals of college composition. It combines a thorough argument text on critical thinking, reading, writing, and research with an extensive reader on both current and timeless controversial issues. Elements of Argument presents everything students need to analyze, research, and write arguments. The clearest writing and research coverage of any argument textbook has been re-invigorated to make it even more accessible. And it now has an array of provocative new topics -- all to help students stake their claim in argument.
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elements of arguement:
thank you for the book i guess they are hard to come by now online so i am happy to have gotton mine when i did.
Too Much of a (Potentially) Good Thing?:
ELEMENTS OF ARGUMENT was selected as a textbook for a second-semester English composition course that I instructed for our local state university in the waning days of 2006. More or less the first half of the 866-page book is an instructional textbook and the second half is a collection of essays from a wide variety of authors from classical to contemporary. Generally speaking, I found the textbook portion to be clearly and logically written, presenting in ten chapters most of the considerations... more info
This is the most boring book:
I have never read something that is so boring. It is somewhat hard to understand also. The writer uses many difficult words in the text. I still can't believe how boring this book is.
Elements of an argument:
Excellent book that provides an excellent guide on how to present, state and support ones argument. Highly recommended.
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