Perspective on Arguments
Fifth Edition
By
Nancy V. Wood
University of Texas, Arlington
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- 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.
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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