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Teaching Arguments
Rhetorical Comprehension, Critique, and Response
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.
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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 al...read more
Teaching Arguments will assist teachers in helping students learn to write deeper and more sophisticated responses to texts. The end result is that students will craft more persuasive arguments time and time again about issues that are personally relevant and rewarding to them.
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Table of Contents
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List of Prompts for Argument Essays and Nonfiction Readings
Foreword by Carol Jago
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
Appendixes
References
Index