The art of argument
Subtitle: research-based essays
By: Lucy Calkins, Kelly Boland Hohne, Annie Taranto ; photography by Peter Cunningham
Contributors: Hohne, Kelly Boland; Taranto, Annie
Series: Units of study in argument, information, and narrative writing : a common core workshop curriculum
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780325059488
Subjects: English language; Composition and exercises; Study and teaching (Middle school); Essay; Authorship; Research; Methodology; Critical thinking
Table of contents: title: Weighing evidence to form considered positions; title: Take your argument into a scrimmage: debating to test and strengthen a position; title: Bam! bolstering positions by adding relevant evidence; title: Stay with me now: balancing evidence with analysis; title: Taking stock; title: Forming coalition groups; title: Bringing a critical perspective to your research; title: Debating to prepare to draft; title: Introducing and writing your argument; title: Self-assessment with an eye toward counterargument; title: Studying author's craft, including rhetorical devices; title: When company comes: knowing when and how to maintain a formal tone; title: Celebration: symposium; title: Taking opportunities to stand and be counted; title: Revising by qualifying your claim; title: Revising with logical fallacies in mind: evaluating evidence; title: Cyberactivism.