Reviews for Perspectives on argument

The average rating for Perspectives on argument based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-01-07 00:00:00 Kaif Hall This is one of two books I had for English 102 last semester. This is a great resource for anyone who needs help with argument skills and how to write a strong argument-based paper. I'd recommend this to any college student, I even kept mine for later. It has many different styles of argumentation and different models such as the Toulmin model and the Rogerian style, both which we used in English. It also discusses other things such as how to spot fallacies and how to create a strong, logic counterargument. You will also learn how to write without bias and without making yourself look like a fool. This book really helped me strengthen my argument papers and also helped me to see a lot of the fallacies in our country and our political system and the way that they argue. Even besides argument, this book includes most writing skills for the average college writer. Also a great book for class because of all the assignments throughout and The Reader in the back, which is full of stories and essays to view and discuss. Overall, a great book on how to make a strong, valid, logical argument in your paper! Write a paper before you use this book and after and you'll be surprised in the difference.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-06-30 00:00:00 Adam Strickland This was a mixed bag of a text. On one hand, some of the more complex concepts of argument were explained pretty well, and the focus on Rogerian argument and common ground was different from the usual. On the other, occasionally the book was less a text on argument and more a text on how to compromise successfully, which, while admirable, isn't necessarily how argument is handled. The weak point, though, was the selection of articles in the reader. There was almost nothing that I would consider college-level appropriate. It was a mix of articles from popular magazines like Time and the like, and oddly, several blogger pieces and personal experience situations, usually very brief. Articles included a child asking about And Tango Makes Three (1/2 a page), an article discussing online dating that was predominantly written by someone who owned a website devoted to it (1 page), and a woman reflecting on her custody situation with her ex-husband. These were more pop pieces than scholarly articles written for college use, and frankly most of them wouldn't usually have passed muster with me as sources for argumentative essays.