An edition of Reading and writing for civic literacy
(2005)
Reading and writing for civic literacy
the critical citizen's guide to argumentative rhetoric
by Donald Lazere
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Citizenship, Civil society, Critical thinking, English language, Persuasion (Rhetoric), Rhetoric, Argumentatie, Rhetorik, Kreatives Schreiben, Lesen, Wissenschaftliches Manuskript, Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Burgerschap, Kritisch denken, English language, rhetoric, English language, united states, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing, REFERENCE / Writing Skills, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / GeneralPlaces
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Reading and writing for civic literacy: the critical citizen's guide to argumentative rhetoric
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Reading and writing for civic literacy: the critical citizen's guide to argumentative rhetoric
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Table of Contents
An appeal to students
What is an argument? what is a good argument?
Definitions and criteria of critical thinking
Writing argumentative papers
Viewpoint, bias, and fairness : from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty
Questioning culturally conditioned assumptions
Overgeneralization, stereotyping and prejudice
Questioning centrisms, authoritarianism, rationalization, compartmentalization
Semantics in rhetoric and critical thinking
Avoiding oversimplification and recognizing complexity
Some key terms in logic and argumentation
Logical and rhetorical fallacies
Causal analysis
Uses and misuses of emotional appeal
Thinking critically about political rhetoric
Thinking critically about mass media
Special interests, conflict of interest, special pleading
Varieties of propaganda
Advertising and hype
A case study : analyzing arguments about the rich, the poor and the middle class
Assignments for collecting and evaluating opposing viewpoints
Documentation
Research resources.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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