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A Dam Good Argument

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A Dam Good Argument

Learning about how persuasion works will make you a more thoughtful and skeptical consumer of all that content, so that you can come to your own conclusions and recognize the underlying assumptions that inform attempts to persuade you. This book is about analyzing others' arguments and crafting your own. The rhetorical choices that you make as a writer–from evidence to structure to tone–impact how your audience will receive your ideas. Using those tools effectively will help your voice be heard.

PhilosophyHumanities
Author
Liz Delf, Rob Drummond, and Kristy Kelly
Publisher
Oregon State University
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY
Language
EN
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Contents· 39 sections
  1. 01: Introduction to Argument at the College Level
  2. 1.01: Welcome to Another Writing Class
  3. 1.02: What Does the Instructor Want
  4. 1.03: There Is More Than One Correct Way of Writing and Speaking
  5. 1.04: Overcoming Writing Anxiety and Writers Block
  6. 02: Analyzing Persuasion
  7. 2.01: Backpacks vs. Briefcases
  8. 2.02: The Rhetorical Appeals and Sociohistorical Context
  9. 2.03: Situating Arguments
  10. 2.04: Interpretation Analysis and Close Reading
  11. 03: Constructing Arguments
  12. 3.01: Find the Good Argument
  13. 3.02: Aristotelian and Rogerian Argumentation
  14. 3.03: Ten Rules for Ethical Arguments
  15. 3.04: Constructing the Thesis and Argument from the Ground Up
  16. 3.05: Three Kinds of Claims
  17. 3.06: Exigency
  18. 3.07: Strong Writers Still Need Revision
  19. 3.08: Concepts and Strategies for Revision
  20. 04: Working with Sources
  21. 4.01: The Burkean Parlor Metaphor
  22. 4.02: Research Should Start with Questions Not Answers
  23. 4.03: Finding a Research Question
  24. 4.04: Four Tiers of Sources and How to Tell the Difference
  25. 4.05: How to Find Sources
  26. 4.06: The CRAAP Test
  27. 4.07: Four Moves and a Habit
  28. 4.08: Listening to Sources Talking to Sources
  29. 4.09: Quoting Summarizing and Paraphrasing
  30. 05: Style Form Mechanics
  31. 5.01: It's Not Just What You Say It's How You Say It
  32. 5.02: Introductions and Conclusions
  33. 5.03: Clarity and Concision
  34. 5.04: Deconstructing Plagiarism
  35. 5.05: Giving Credit Where It's Due
  36. 06: Appendices
  37. 6.01: Alternatives to Traditional Grading
  38. 6.02: Antiracist and Inclusive Pedagogy Resources
  39. 6.03: Versioning