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Books : Everything's an Argument


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by: Andrea A. Lunsford, John J. Ruszkiewicz







Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.042
EAN: 9780312407162
ISBN: 0312407165
Label: Bedford/St. Martin's
Manufacturer: Bedford/St. Martin's
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 475
Publication Date: October 16, 2003
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Sales Rank: 333939
Studio: Bedford/St. Martin's



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Product Description:
Everything's an Argument's unique, student-centered approach to teaching argument has made it the best-selling brief argument text on the market. The book's engaging, informal style shows students first how to read and analyze a wide range of argumentative texts -- verbal and visual, scholarly and 'real world' -- and then how to use what they learn to write their own arguments. 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.




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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Arguing with Everything
This book starts with the standards of rhetoric laid down by Aristotle over two milennia ago. It explains the kinds, purposes, and conventions of classical argument in a vernacular English that contemporary teachers will be able to expound upon, and students will be able to comprehend. In essence, it brings Aristotle up to date without losing the unity that makes him worth studying to this day.

Unfortunately, only a small number of the chapters contain any examples of how this works ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great Condition, Timely Delivery
I was very happy to receive this book in such good condition and in such a timely manner. I recommend purchasing from this seller.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Everything's an Argument
Book was like new. Great condition. I was very pleased with the timely manner of delivery. The condition was just as the seller described.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Everything's an argument
Everything's an Argument was shipped in good condition as described. Unfortunately, I had need the Everything's an Argument with Readings. So just as a suggestion...please make sure the correct book is ordered....I did order the correct book and the amount of the wrong book purchased, was refunded to me. Thank you.



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - What junk
This is quite possibly the worst book I've ever read in my life. Pointless repetition page after page. This book justifies why some people unfortunately despise reading. In this case, it was like pulling teeth to read this trash. We all KNOW what this book tries to tell us. However, Lunsford feels the need to take a sentence, and expand it into 300000 more saying the exact same thing. Please do not buy this.




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