Good arguments : making your case in writing and public speaking / Richard A. Holland, Jr. and Benjamin K. Forrest.

Author
Holland, Richard A., Jr. [Browse]
Format
Book
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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    "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.
    Notes
    Includes index.
    Bibliographic references
    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.
    ISBN
    • 9780801097799 (paperback)
    • 0801097797 (paperback)
    LCCN
    2017000743
    OCLC
    971352348
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