TY - GEN AU - Faigley,Lester AU - Selzer,Jack TI - Good reasons with contemporary arguments : : reading, designing, and writing effective arguments SN - 9780321172778 AV - PE 1431 F159g 2004 U1 - 808-042 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Longman, KW - Idioma en Ingles KW - Retórica N1 - pt. 1. Persuading with good reasons : what do we mean by argument? -- What to argue about -- Finding good reasons -- Thinking more about your audience -- The rhetoric of arguments -- pt. 2. Putting good reasons into action : options for arguments -- Definition arguments -- Causal arguments -- Evaluation arguments -- Narrative arguments -- Rebuttal arguments -- Proposal arguments -- Revision : putting it all together -- pt. 3. Making effective arguments : designing, presenting, and documenting -- Effective visual design -- Effective Web design -- Effective oral presentations -- Effective research -- MLA documentation -- APA documentation -- pt. 4. Contemporary arguments -- Negotiating the environment -- Child labor : visual arguments, then and now -- Confronting sexual difference -- Immigration -- Body language -- Controlling substances -- On censorship -- Affirmative action -- Title IX : women in college sports N2 - A brief introduction to the craft of argument, with an emphasis on the rhetorical situation and audience, featuring over 70 arguments on current issues ER -