01570nam a22002177a 450000500170000000800410001702000210005804000100007908200190008910000260010824500460013425000120018026000480019230000110024050509440025154600120119565000190120794200070122699900170123395201020125020260423141621.0260423b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0767411323 (pbk)  cUE-CL  a808.042bC8891  aCrusius, W. Timothy    aThe aims of argumentc/Timothy W. Crusius  a3rd Ed.  aLondon:bMayfield Publishing Campany,c1999  a312 p.  aNote 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

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