Perspectives on Argument

This combination rhetoric/reader provides comprehensive instruction in reading, writing, and critical thinking to help individuals argue clearly and convincingly. It teaches them to identify and develop arguments, to analyze an audience, to seek common ground, and to use a wide, realistic range of techniques to communicate their ideas. This book emphasizes that argument is present everywhere, and that issues often invite multiple perspectives. It shows how to analyze arguments in literature and how to write arguments about literature. It also explains the elements and structure of argument. This edition explores two new issue areas: Modern Electronic Media and Social Responsibility. For individuals who wish to learn about argumentation in general, and more specifically in literature.