The Shape of Reason: Argumentative Writing in College
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Book Overview
This brief, rhetoric of argument teaches critical reading, informal reasoning, and writing as reasoned inquiry, and now features a new collection of student arguments. The Shape of Reason emphasizes the enthymeme as the central basis for the invention and structuring of arguments. This approach blends classical insights into rhetorical reasoning with contemporary understandings of the composing process as generative and organic, situated within discourse communities. The book helps students understand argument as inquiry, stressing the responsibility that writers have-to their audience and to their own ideas-in structuring arguments that earn their conclusions and in considering opposing arguments.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0321320778
ISBN13:9780321320773
Release Date:May 2005
Publisher:Pearson
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.68 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
Customer Reviews
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The Shape of Reason
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This book is wonderful! I've learned so much about writing and the responsibilities of a writer to his/her audience. The enthymeme--which can seem esoteric at first--makes sense to me now because it emphasizes the need to provide supportive reasons. Most importantly, I love the fact that this book highlights the need to see writing as an ongoing process.
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