Dialogues : An Argument Rhetoric and Reader
by Goshgarian, Gary J; Krueger, KathleenEdition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-01-01
Publisher(s): Longman
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Summary
Dialogues presents argument not as a battle to be won, but as a process of debate and deliberation --the exchange of opinions and ideas-- among people with different values and perspectives.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. xxv |
| Strategies for Reading and Writing Arguments | p. 1 |
| Understanding Persuasion: Thinking Like a Negotiator | p. 3 |
| Argument | p. 3 |
| What Makes an Argument | p. 4 |
| Facts Are Not Arguable | p. 4 |
| The Uses of Argument | p. 6 |
| Debate | p. 7 |
| Moving from Debate to Dialogue | p. 13 |
| Dialogue | p. 13 |
| Deliberation | p. 14 |
| Deborah Tannen, ""Taking a 'War of Words' Too Literally"" | p. 16 |
| Sample Arguments for AnalysisMichael Lewis, ""The Case Against Tipping"" | p. 21 |
| Andrew Braaksma, ""Some Lessons I Learned on the Assembly"" | p. 24 |
| Reading Arguments: Thinkin | |
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