Engaging self in critical inquiry and analysis
By: Mary F. Stanley, general editor ; associate editors: Geoff Canan, Lyle Deiter, Charles DeShong, Kristal Soderstrom ; Northeastern State University Department of Languages and Literature
Contributors: Northeastern State University (Okla.). Department of Languages and Literature
Publisher: Fountainhead Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Southlake, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9781598714494
Subjects: College readers; English language; Problems, exercises; Rhetoric; Critical thinking; Anglais (Langue); Lectures et morceaux choisis (Enseignement supérieur); Problèmes et exercices; Rhétorique; Pensée critique
Description: The goal of this textbook is to enhance the ability to inquire, analyze, evaluate, create, and communicate thoughts and feelings in the appropriate rhetorical form.
Notes: "Contributing authorial and editorial staff: Sarah Brick Archer, Amy Aldridge Sanford, Tiffany Biggers, Kristopher Copeland, Bill Wallace, Jackie Wilcox, and Megan Wright"--Title page verso.

"A rhetoric and reader for argument: inquire, analyze, evaluate, create"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Engaging with rhetoric. Joining the academic community ; Understanding approaches to argument ; Mastering the language of argument ; Building logical arguments ; Negotiating conflict in argument ; Creating visual argument ; Connecting with literature ; Presenting oral arguments; title: Part II: Engaging in discovery; title: Part III: The engaged reader. Electronic persona ; Native identities ; Gender images ; Athletic faces ; Grim realities ; Environmental awareness.