The aims of argument /Timothy W. Crusius
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TextPublication details: London: Mayfield Publishing Campany, 1999Edition: 3rd EdDescription: 312 pISBN: - 0767411323 (pbk)
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Note to Students xiii
1. An Overview of Key Terms 3
What Is Argument?, 3
How Should We Approach Argument? 3
What Are the Aims of Argument? 4
Arguing to Inquire 5
Arguing to Convince 6
Arguing to Persuade
8 Arguing to Negotiate
Comparing the Aims: A Summary 8
What Is P.hetoric? 9
2. Reading an Argument
Before You Read 11
Recalling Prior Knowledge 11
Considering the Rhetorical Context
As You Read 13
The First Reading 13
ANNA QUINDLEN, "Making the Mosaic"
The Second Reading 15
Analyzing Structure 15
Working through Difficult Passages 17
Reading Arguments Critically 20
The Third Reading
After You Read 22
3. Analyzing an Argument: A Simplified Toulmin Method
A Preliminary Critical Reading 23
WILLIAM F. MAY, "Rising to the Occasion of Our Death"
A Step-by-Step Demonstration of the Toulmin Method
Analyzing the Claim
Identify the Claim
Look for Qualifiers26
Find the Exceptions 27
Summarize the Claim 27
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