Written for today's diverse student body, THE PURPOSEFUL ARGUMENT: A PRACTICAL GUIDE, 3rd Edition, empowers you with essential negotiating skills for everyday life -- tools that will serve you well wherever your career takes you. Vivid explanations, detailed examples and practical exercises guide you step by step through the process of building an effective argument. The text equips you to argue in response to issues in a variety of environments: school, workplace, family, neighborhood, social-cultural, consumer and concerned citizen. It provides thorough treatments of Toulmin-based and Rogerian approaches and emphasizes the value of understanding the opposition, aiming for the middle ground and using a microhistory to forge an unconventional position. In addition, a rich anthology of arguments covers a wide range of current issues. Also available: MindTap digital learning solution.
| ISBN: | 9780357138663 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2020 |
| Author: | Patricia (Central Piedmont Community College) Bostian, Harry (Central Piedmont Community College, Retired) Phillips |
| Publisher: | Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc an imprint of Cengage Learning, Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 704 pages |
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