Inventing arguments /

Mauk, John‏.

Inventing arguments / John Mauk, John Metz. - Brief 3rd ed., international ed. - Australia ; Boston, Massachusetts : Wadsworth / Cengage Learning, c.2013. - xxx, 466 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Index : p. 462-466.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part I: ENTERING ARGUMENT -- Inventing Arguments -- Claims -- Support -- Opposition -- Hidden Layers -- Analyzing Argument -- Part II: INVENTING ARGUMENT -- Arguing Definitions -- Arguing Causes -- Arguing Value -- Arguing Crisis -- Arguing the Past -- Arguing the Future -- Part III: RESEARCH -- The Research Guide.

Organized around common situations that you encounter daily, Inventing Arguments teaches you to recognize the rhetorical elements of any argumentative situation and use the tools of argument effectively in your own writing.

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Reasoning.
Critical thinking.
Creative thinking.





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