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To the Point: Reading and Writing Short Arguments
Contributor(s): Muller, Gilbert (Author), Wiener, Harvey (Author)
ISBN: 0321533712     ISBN-13: 9780321533715
Publisher: Pearson
OUR PRICE:   $132.99  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2008
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Annotation: "To the Point" helps readers construct arguments by thinking about their own experiences, reading brief, current essays, and doing writing assignments.
  • Thoughtful readings on fresh but significant topics provide invaluable models for writing arguments.
  • Readings cover areas from cell phones to environmentalism, from human rights to love and marriage, from immigration to terrorism, along with five classic arguments from Plato, Jonathan Swift, Virginia Woolf, Rachel Carson, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • A series of paired Pro/Con readings (Part 2) look at contemporary issues show that there is not always one right answer to a problem or question.
Anyone interested in learning how to develop good arguments.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric
Dewey: 808.042
LCCN: 2007051104
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.38" W x 9.13" (1.50 lbs) 544 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
To the Point helps readers construct arguments by thinking about their own experiences, reading brief, current essays, and doing writing assignments.

KEY TOPICS:

  • Thoughtful readings on fresh but significant topics provide invaluable models for writing arguments.
  • Readings cover areas from cell phones to environmentalism, from human rights to love and marriage, from immigration to terrorism, along with five classic arguments from Plato, Jonathan Swift, Virginia Woolf, Rachel Carson, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • A series of paired Pro/Con readings (Part 2) look at contemporary issues show that there is not always one right answer to a problem or question.
MARKET: Anyone interested in learning how to develop good arguments.