The Imaginative Argument: A Practical Manifesto for Writers Book

1	An introduction to the writing of essays	1
2	Audience, or for whom are you writing?	12
3	Prewriting and the writing process	31
4	The thesis	43
5	Saying something new : ways toward creativity	61
6	Paragraph design	72
7	Developing an argument	85
8	Different structures, novel organizational principles	104
9	The imaginative research paper	116
10	Figures and fallacies, or being forceful but not cheating at argument	135
11	The argument of style	149
12	Concluding a manifesto : the future of writing	172
App. I	Sample essays	183
App. II	Writing prompts	202