Reading Argumentative Texts - Analytic Tools to Improve Understanding

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über den Autor / die Autorin

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.

Zusammenfassung

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

Produktdetails

• Autoren: James E. Scheuermann
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781475864533
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-6453-3
• Seiten: 160
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Schulpädagogik, Didaktik, Methodik; EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy & theory of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Languages other than English, Educational: Language, literature & literacy, Educational: first/native language: reading & writing skills, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts, arguement;nonfiction