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Good arguments : making your case in writing and public speaking / Richard A. Holland, Jr. and Benjamin K. Forrest.
Author
Holland, Richard A., Jr.
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2017]
Description
xvi, 138 pages ; 22 cm
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BC177 .H645 2017
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Reasoning
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Logic
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Forrest, Benjamin K.
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Summary note
"This brief introduction to making effective arguments helps readers to understand the basics of sound reasoning and to learn how to use it to persuade others. Practical, inexpensive, and easy-to-read, the book enables students in a wide variety of courses to improve the clarity of their writing and public speaking. It equips readers to formulate firmly grounded, clearly articulated, and logically arranged arguments, avoid fallacious thinking, and discover how to reason well. This supplemental text is especially suitable for use in Christian colleges and seminaries and includes classroom discussion questions." -- ‡c From publisher's description.
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Includes index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The basics of good arguments
Reasoning and logic
Fallacies
Belief, fact, and opinion
Defining your terms
Drawing analogies
Cause and effect
On good authority
Making your case.
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ISBN
9780801097799 (paperback)
0801097797 (paperback)
LCCN
2017000743
OCLC
971352348
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