James E. Scheuermann

Reading Argumentative Texts

Analytic Tools to Improve Understanding

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The purpose of this book is to provide you with tools to become a better reader of nonfiction, argumentative texts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 242g
• ISBN-13: 9781475864533
• ISBN-10: 1475864531
• Artikelnr.: 62547760

Autorenporträt

James E. Scheuermann received his B.A. (in history) and his Ph.D. (in philosophy) from the University of Chicago. He received his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He is a former high school and college teacher and for more than thirty years has been a practicing lawyer with a major international law firm. He is the author of numerous articles in scholarly philosophy journals, law reviews, and in other legal publications.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Reading Is Not a Spectator Sport
Chapter 3. Why Are You Reading?
Chapter 4. Arguments: A Closer Look
Chapter 5. Every Person Has a Skeleton, Every Argument Has a Structure
Chapter 6. What Does the Skeleton Look Like? Outlines and Summaries
Chapter 7. Ambiguity and Nonliteral Uses of Language
Chapter 8. Context Imparts Meaning
Chapter 9. The ABC's of Logic
Chapter 10. Conclusion
Appendix A. Frankie Thomas, "Study Latin if you want to talk like a
supervillain"
Appendix B. Nancy Deutsch, "Ayanna Pressley Is Right: 16-Year-Olds Deserve
the Right to Vote"
Index
About the Author