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Welcome to the Companion Website for Perspectives on Argument.
Perspectives on Argument

Perspective on Arguments
Fifth Edition

By
Nancy V. Wood
University of Texas, Arlington

Welcome to the online study guide to accompany Perspectives on Argument, 5/e .

To enter this site, select a chapter from the "Jump to" menu above.
Features of this site include:

  • Chapter learning objectives that help students organize key concepts.
  • Writing activities that foster critical thinking.
  • Dynamic web links that provide a valuable source of supplemental information.
  • Communication tools such as message boards to facilitate online collaboration and communication.
  • Key word searches that are easy to use and feature built-in search engines.
  • Built-in routing that gives students the ability to forward essay responses and graded quizzes to their instructors.
  • eThemes of the Times collection for English
  • Research Navigator™, which provides extensive help on the research process and three exclusive databases full of relevant and reliable source material including EBSCO's ContentSelect Academic Journal Database, The New York Times Search by Subject Archive, and Best of the Web Link Library. Click here to view a .pdf walk-through of Research Navigator™ (Acrobat Reader™ required. Click here or on the image below to download this application).
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Visit this site when you want to gain a richer perspective and a deeper understanding of the concepts and issues discussed in Perspectives on Argument, 5/e.

Special thanks to our web author:
Dr. Heath Diehl
Bowling Green University




Chapter 1: A Perspective on Argument

Chapter 2: Identifying Your Preferred Argument Style

Chapter 3: The Rhetorical Situation: Understanding Audience and Context

Chapter 4: Reading, Thinking, and Writing about Issues

Chapter 5: The Essential Parts of an Argument: The Toulmin Model

Chapter 6: Types of Claims

Chapter 7: Types of Proof

Chapter 8: The Fallacies or Pseudoproofs

Chapter 9: Rogerian Argument and Common Ground

Chapter 10: The Research Paper: Clarifying Purpose and Understanding the Audience

Chapter 11: The Research Paper: Research and Invention

Chapter 12: The Research Paper: Organizing, Writing, and Revising

Chapter 13: Visual and Oral Argument

Chapter 14: Argument and Literature

Reader Section I: Issues concerning Families and Personal Relationships

Reader Section II: Issues concerning Modern Technology

Reader Section III: Issues Concerning Crime and the Treatment of Criminals

Reader Section IV: Issues Concerning Race, Culture, and Ide

Reader Section V: Issues Associated with Civic Responsibility

Reader Section VI: Issues Associated with Poverty

Reader Section VII: Issues concerning War and Peace


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