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Teaching arguments : rhetorical comprehension, critique, and response / Jennifer Fletcher ; Foreword by Carol Jago.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fletcher, Jennifer, 1972- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Persuasion (Rhetoric)--Study and teaching.
- Persuasion (Rhetoric).
- English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.
- English language.
- Report writing--Study and teaching.
- Report writing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (550 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Taylor and Francis 2023
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No matter where students' lives lead after graduation, one of the most essential tools we can teach them is how to comprehend, analyze, and respond to arguments. Students need to know how writers' and speakers' choices are shaped by elements of the rhetorical situation, including audience, occasion, and purpose. In Teaching Arguments , Jennifer Fletcher provides teachers with engaging classroom activities, writing prompts, graphic organizers, and student samples to help students at all levels read, write, listen, speak, and think rhetorically. Jennifer believes that, with appropriate scaffoldi
- Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Prompts for Argument Essays and Nonfiction Readings; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Crossing the Threshold; Chapter 1 Starting with Open-Minded Inquiry; Chapter 2 From Comprehension to Critique; Chapter 3 Fostering a Deeper Understanding of the Occasion; Chapter 4 Fostering a Deeper Understanding of Audience; Chapter 5 Fostering a Deeper Understanding of Purpose; Chapter 6 Analyzing and Integrating Ethos, Pathos, and Logos; Chapter 7 Aristotle's Guide to Becoming a "Good" Student
- Appendix (A list of specific appendix titles is included at the start of the appendix.)References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-259) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-003-84427-8
- 1-003-84139-2
- 1-03-268264-7
- 1-62531-043-9
- 9781032682648
- OCLC:
- 1403568875
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