Description: Reading Argumentative Texts by James E. Scheuermann The purpose of this book is to provide you with tools to become a better reader of nonfiction, argumentative texts. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book is an introduction to acquiring and mastering tools you can use to better understand the meaning of nonfiction, argumentative texts. These texts include editorials in newspapers, magazines, and internet websites; articles, essays, and books in various academic fields (history, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology); and printed speeches, sermons, and lectures. Author Biography James E. Scheuermann received his B.A. (in history) and his Ph.D. (in philosophy) from the University of Chicago. He received his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He is a former high school and college teacher and for more than thirty years has been a practicing lawyer with a major international law firm. He is the author of numerous articles in scholarly philosophy journals, law reviews, and in other legal publications. Table of Contents PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Reading Is Not a Spectator SportChapter 3. Why Are You Reading?Chapter 4. Arguments: A Closer LookChapter 5. Every Person Has a Skeleton, Every Argument Has a StructureChapter 6. What Does the Skeleton Look Like? Outlines and SummariesChapter 7. Ambiguity and Nonliteral Uses of LanguageChapter 8. Context Imparts MeaningChapter 9. The ABCs of LogicChapter 10. ConclusionAppendix A. Frankie Thomas, "Study Latin if you want to talk like a supervillain"Appendix B. Nancy Deutsch, "Ayanna Pressley Is Right: 16-Year-Olds Deserve the Right to Vote"IndexAbout the Author Review A lawyers systematic approach to argumentation is evident in James Scheuermans new textbook, Reading Argumentative Texts: Tools for Better Understanding. The book is designed for adaptation to various undergraduate academic settings including courses in critical thinking, rhetoric, and writing. Based in syllogistic analysis, Reading demonstrates the ways that seemingly extraneous material in an argumentative text--material that does not directly address the argument--often supports the argument indirectly. The book is rich with concrete, relatable examples and case studies that illustrate the authors points, and it covers a breadth of topics such as purposes for reading, the logical structure of arguments, various strategies to introduce a topic, the ways readers values and contexts impact the meaning of texts, and many more. Reading includes an appendix with readings referred to through the text; a supplementary workbook is also available.James Scheuermanns Reading Argumentative Texts is an unusually clear, engaging, and well-organized textbook that should be of considerable value to teachers and students in undergraduate courses in critical thinking, rhetoric, informal logic, and philosophy. The book does a very fine job of introducing students to essential skills involved in interpreting and evaluating arguments, and uses well-chosen sample arguments drawn from a wide range of popular media, nontechnical writing in various fields of scholarly inquiry, and other accessible materials. Of particular note are the excellent discussions regarding uncovering the meaning(s) of texts and the structure(s) of arguments, understanding different kinds of arguments and the various aims of reading and writing, as well as creating outlines and summaries of arguments. Instructors teaching courses on more narrowly focused topics or within particular disciplines can readily combine the valuable material inReading Argumentative Texts with arguments, inquiries, and texts specific to their courses.When I first began teaching college writing twenty-four years ago, my students neededinstruction on how to find sources. Over the past decade or so as the proliferation of bothprint and online arguments have exceeded anyones epxectations, that need has swelled toinclude instruction in how to read sources. In Reading Argumentative Texts: Analytic Toolsto Improve Understanding, James E. Scheuermann takes this process one step further byhelping students learn how to analyze and truly understand the arguments they encounterin everyday life and in their research.Scheuermanns approach urges students to avoid seeing reading as "a spectator sport."Instead, he encourages them to see reading as a dialogue that requires activeengagement. His text leads students through the steps necessary to do that kind ofengaged work through in-depth explorations of fallacies and other tools used by writers toboth illuminate and obfuscate meaning in arguments.I highly recommend this textbook to anyone seeking a methodical path for understandingand interpreting non-fiction texts. In its pages readers will find all of the tools necessary totackle even the trickiest arguments. Long Description This book is an introduction to acquiring and mastering tools you can use to better understand the meaning of nonfiction, argumentative texts. These texts include editorials in newspapers, magazines, and internet websites; articles, essays, and books in various academic fields (history, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology); and printed speeches, sermons, and lectures. Review Quote James Scheuermanns Reading Argumentative Texts is an unusually clear, engaging, and well-organized textbook that should be of considerable value to teachers and students in undergraduate courses in critical thinking, rhetoric, informal logic, and philosophy. The book does a very fine job of introducing students to essential skills involved in interpreting and evaluating arguments, and uses well-chosen sample arguments drawn from a wide range of popular media, nontechnical writing in various fields of scholarly inquiry, and other accessible materials. Of particular note are the excellent discussions regarding uncovering the meaning(s) of texts and the structure(s) of arguments, understanding different kinds of arguments and the various aims of reading and writing, as well as creating outlines and summaries of arguments. Instructors teaching courses on more narrowly focused topics or within particular disciplines can readily combine the valuable material inReading Argumentative Texts with arguments, inquiries, and texts specific to their courses. Feature 11/9/22, Library Journal: This book was highlighted as an academic bestseller.Link: Details ISBN1475864523 Author James E. Scheuermann Short Title Reading Argumentative Texts Pages 160 Language English ISBN-10 1475864523 ISBN-13 9781475864526 Format Hardcover Subtitle Analytic Tools to Improve Understanding Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2021-11-15 UK Release Date 2021-11-15 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Year 2021 DEWEY 801.95 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2021-11-14 Publication Date 2021-10-09 US Release Date 2021-10-09 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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ISBN-13: 9781475864526
Book Title: Reading Argumentative Texts
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Reading Argumentative Texts: Analytic Tools to Improve Understanding
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Publication Year: 2021
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Author: James E. Scheuermann
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