Annette Rottenberg - The Structure of Argument

The spine of the book reads, Rottenberg. Winchell. The Structure of Argument. Ninth Edition. bedford st.martins.

Brief Contents

PART ONE Understanding Argument 1

1 Approaches to Argument 3

2 Critical Reading of Written Arguments 42

3 Critical Reading of Multimodal Arguments 69

4 Writing Argument Analysis 118

5 Writing Arguments 145

PART TWO Analyzing the Elements 161

6 Claims 163

7 Support 189

8 Assumptions 226

PART THREE Using the Elements 245

9 Definition: Clarifying Key Terms 247

10 Language: Using Words with Care 271

11 Logic: Understanding Reasoning 303

PART FOUR Researching and Crafting Arguments 341

12 Planning and Research 343

13 Drafting, Revising, and Presenting Arguments 376

14 Documenting Sources 399

PART FIVE Debating the Issues 437

15 Rating Your Professors: Do Course Evaluations Matter? 439

16 Public Restrooms: Should They Be Gender Neutral? 446

17 Trigger Warnings: Have Some Schools Gone Too Far? 456

18 Gender Stereotypes: Is the Princess Phenomenon Detrimental to Girls Self-Image? 464

19 Economics and College Sports: Should College Athletes Be Paid? 470

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The periodic table lists the elements that make up everything in the universe. Arguments, too, are made up of basic elements, such as logic and support, and this book will help you to understand and to structure those elements to create a thoughtful and convincing argument

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The Structure of

ARGUMENT

Annette T. Rottenberg

Donna Haisty Winchell

Clemson University

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One look at todays headlines is all it takes to see that every American citizen needs to be able to think critically about what is going on in the nation and in the world. Biased reporting slants the news, and it is hard even to discern what is fact. More than ever, people of conscience need to be able to take a stand and articulate a position.

College has long been a place where values and beliefs are tested. Exposure to new ideas and new perspectives is a part of coming of age. A course in argumentation is a place where students can learn the tools to critically examine the ideas they come in contact with. It is also a place where they can learn to construct their own arguments in defense of what they believe.

In order to get our students really thinking critically about argument, we have to get them to slow down and practice the art of critical reading and listening. We have to provide timely, accessible readings, we have to get them to analyze sustained argumentative discourse, and we have to give them a vocabulary to be able to talk about it. The vocabulary we use in this text incorporates Aristotles ancient rhetoric, the stasis theory questions, Carl Rogerss notion of common ground, and Stephen Toulmins three principal elements of argument: claim, support, and assumption (warrant). In addition, we present the concepts of definition, language, and logic as critical tools for understanding and responding to arguments.