Everything's an Argument

Everything's an Argument
Author: Andrea A. Lunsford
Publisher: Bedford/st Martins
Total Pages: 907
Release: 2004
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780312407247

Designed to be a true alternative to traditional argument texts, Everything's an Argument takes a fresh and friendly approach to the subject by showing students that argument is everywhere. Everything's an Argument with Readings complements this approach with a uniquely broad range of examples -- from essays to billboards to emails to radio programs -- that help students recognize and respond to the arguments all around them. Andrea Lunsford and John Ruszkiewicz's instruction is fresh, elegant, and jargon-free, emphasizing inclusivity (moving beyond simple pro/con positions), humor, and visual argument to make Everything's an Argument immediately accessible. Students like this book because it helps them see and understand that a world of argument already surrounds them; instructors like it because it helps students construct their own arguments about that world. ... Publisher description.

Critical Reasoning 3e

Critical Reasoning 3e
Author: Anne Thomson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2009-06-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135267421

We all engage in the process of reasoning, but we don't always pay attention to whether we are doing it well. This book offers the opportunity to practise reasoning in a clear-headed and critical way, with the aims of developing an awareness of the importance of reasoning well and of improving the reader's skill in analyzing and evaluating arguments. In this third edition, Anne Thomson has updated and revised the book to include fresh and topical examples which will guide students through the processes of critical reasoning in a clear and engaging way. In addition, two new chapters on evaluating the credibility of evidence and decision making and dilemmas will fully equip students to reason well. By the end of the book students should be able to: identify flaws in arguments analyze the reasoning in newspaper articles, books and speeches assess the credibilty of evidence and authorities make sound decisions and solve dilemmas approach any topic with the ability to reason and think critically.

Everything's an Argument

Everything's an Argument
Author: Andrea A. Lunsford
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 918
Release: 2021-11-11
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1319413285

Everything’s an Argument helps students analyze arguments and create their own, while emphasizing skills like rhetorical listening and critical reading. The text is available for the first time in Achieve, with downloadable e-book, grammar support, interactive tutorials, and more.

EasyWriter with Exercises

EasyWriter with Exercises
Author: Andrea A. Lunsford
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 837
Release: 2018-11-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1319152422

When your students need reliable, easy-to-find writing advice for college and beyond, EasyWriter with Exercises gives them what they need in a format that’s easy to afford. Andrea Lunsford meets students where there are with friendly advice, research-based tips for solving the Top Twenty writing problems, and an emphasis on making effective rhetorical choices. The seventh edition puts even more emphasis on empowering students to become critical thinkers and ethical communicators with new advice about fact checking and evaluating sources and more advice about choosing language that builds common ground. In addition, the seventh edition offers more support for writing in a variety of disciplines and genres and more models of student writing to help students make effective choices in any context. EasyWriter with Exercises can be packaged at a significant discount with LaunchPad Solo for Lunsford Handbooks, which includes dozens of additional writing models as well as exercises, LearningCurve adaptive quizzing, videos, and podcasts.

A Workbook for Arguments

A Workbook for Arguments
Author: David R. Morrow
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 587
Release: 2019-11-18
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1624668798

David Morrow and Anthony Weston build on Weston's acclaimed A Rulebook for Arguments to offer a complete textbook for a course in critical thinking or informal logic. Features of the book include: Homework exercises adapted from a wide range of actual arguments from newspapers, philosophical texts, literature, movies, YouTube videos, and other sources.Practical advice to help students succeed when applying the Rulebook's rules.Suggestions for further practice that outline activities students can do by themselves or with classmates to improve their critical thinking skills.Detailed instructions for in-class activities and take-home assignments designed to engage students in critical thinking.An appendix on mapping arguments, a topic not included in the Rulebook, that introduces students to this vital skill in evaluating or constructing complex and multi-step arguments.Model responses to odd-numbered exercises, including commentaries on the strengths and weaknesses of selected model responses as well as further discussion of some of the substantive intellectual, philosophical, and ethical issues raised by the exercises. The third edition of Workbook contains the entire text of the recent fifth edition of the Rulebook, supplementing this core text with extensive further explanations and exercises. Updated and improved homework exercises ensure that the examples continue to resonate with today’s students. Roughly one-third of the exercises have been replaced with updated or improved examples. A new chapter on engaging constructively in public debates—including five new sets of exercises—trains students to engage respectfully and constructively on controversial topics, an increasingly important skill in our hyper-partisan age. Three new critical thinking activities offer further opportunities to practice constructive dialogue.

Presentation Zen

Presentation Zen
Author: Garr Reynolds
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2009-04-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0321601890

FOREWORD BY GUY KAWASAKI Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the Net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today’s world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business. Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations.

Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Author: Patrick Lee Miller
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 533
Release: 2015-03-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1624663540

This concise anthology of primary sources designed for use in an ancient philosophy survey ranges from the Presocratics to Plato, Aristotle, the Hellenistic philosophers, and the Neoplatonists. The Second Edition features an amplified selection of Presocratic fragments in newly revised translations by Richard D. McKirahan. Also included is an expansion of the Hellenistic unit, featuring new selections from Lucretius and Sextus Empiricus as well as a new translation, by Peter J. Anderson, of most of Seneca’s De Providentia. The selections from Plotinus have also been expanded.

Verbal Ability & Comprehension for CAT/ XAT/ IIFT with 5 Mock Tests 3rd Edition

Verbal Ability & Comprehension for CAT/ XAT/ IIFT with 5 Mock Tests 3rd Edition
Author: Disha Experts
Publisher: Disha Publications
Total Pages: 771
Release: 2018-11-19
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 9388026950

The New Updated 3rd Edition of Disha’s Verbal Ability & Comprehension for CAT/ XAT/ IIFT is enriched with the addition of the past CAT questions from 2009 to 2017, XAT & IIFT from 2015-18. Further the 5 Mock tests are also revised as per the latest pattern. The book proves to be quite student-friendly as it starts from a basic level and moves to an expert level. • Structure of the book: The book has been divided into three parts - Verbal Ability, Verbal Reasoning & Reading Comprehension which have been divided into chapters. Each chapter consists of: 1. Theory with Illustrations 2. Foundation Level Exercise 3. Standard Level Exercise 4. Expert Level Exercise 5. Solutions to the 3 levels of exercises • The Verbal Ability section focuses on Basics of English Grammar, Vocabulary, Common errors. • The Verbal Reasoning section focuses on Parajumbles, Critical Reasoning, Fact/ Inference/ Judgement and Passage Completion (Logical conclusion of Paragraphs). • The Reading Comprehension section focuses on comprehension of passages of different genres based on the latest patterns. • The theory is followed by 3 levels of exercises – Foundation Level, Standard Level and Expert Level. The detailed solution to each and every question has been provided immediately at the end of the 3 exercises. • Foundation Level – Here the focus is to expose the students to solve problems based on the concepts they have learned in theory part. The student develops a good foundation and is ready for the Standard level. • Standard Level – The Standard level is a collection of excellent quality problems which will test a student on the application of the concepts learned in various reallife situations. The problems provide a good platform to develop a very good problem solving aptitude so as to take up the expert level confidently. • Expert Level – This is the toughest part of the book and involves the trickiest questions on the concepts involved. Here most of the problems will pose good challenge to the students. • The three sections contain past questions of various MBA entrance exams like CAT/ GMAT/ XAT/ IIFT/ FMS. • At the end of the book 5 Mock Tests are provided based on the exact pattern of latest CAT exams. The solutions to the test are provided at the end of the tests.