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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc Catalog: Book Release date: 2000-01-01 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 90 Ean: 9780872205529 Book Isbn: 0872205525  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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Updated examples, streamlined text, and the chapter on definition reworked in a rule-based format strengthen this already strong volume. Readers familiar with the previous edition will find a text that retains all the features that make Rulebook ideally suited for use as a supplementary course book-including its modest price and compact size. Unlike most textbooks on argumentative writing, Rulebook is organized around specific rules, illustrated and explained soundly and briefly. It is not a textbook, but a rulebook, whose goal is to help students get on with writing a paper or assessing an argument. |
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Written on June 2, 2008 Summary: Many Virtues, Just One Fault The virtues of this book are many. There is only one fault to this book, but it is significant. You decide which is more important. This volume is slim and lightweight, precisely sized for the outside pocket of a student's backpack. Though too big for a shirt pocket, it is hard to imagine a book-bag so overstuffed that this book couldn't fit in one corner. Combined with the fact that it is inexpensive, that might make this the one book Freshman Composition students will hang onto when the class is over. Unlike many books on writing papers, which are redundant and use many words to prove they're serious, this one is written to be short and useful. The tone is excellent for students who have a lot on their plates. The writing is concise, with short chapters which use straightforward rules and uncomplicated language to explain the most common forms of argument. The arrangement starts from broad rules and moves into specific categories, before getting into three chapters on writing papers. Each chapter is separated into clear subheads, allowing students to find the information they need very quickly. This book does not address every form of argument. Arguments from commonplaces are not mentioned, and arguments from form are subsumed under the category of deduction, which is a bit of a loss. However, the forms of argument from external evidence are laid out in clear, readable language that college freshmen or advanced high-schoolers can savvy. What the book lacks is any rules on case construction and the arrangement of complex multi-part arguments. The three chapters on writing papers focus on pre-writing, outlining, and the act of writing. The author says that complex arguments are no more than single arguments connected together, without bothering to say how they can or should be connected. I have graded too many Freshman Comp papers where the individual arguments are stuck together haphazardly like Lego blocks to consider this a small oversight. So it's up to you which is more important: the many good traits this book brings, or the one glaring omission that you as a teacher will need to fill in. It's a delicate balance, and one that rides on your own skill with students. Only you can decide whether this book's many virtues matter more than its one big vice.  Written on May 24, 2008 Summary: Brilliant It was short, easy to read, very clear language, and well worth $6.95 It is sort of a Cliffs Notes on Logic and Critical Thinking. The only thing I didn't like was the title, it leads to a general misunderstanding of the point of the book. But if more people understood the difference between an argument and quarrelling, they might understand why mastering what is in this book is important to every day life and decisions, not just in confrontation.  Written on April 8, 2008 Summary: If I don't want to listen the author's argument, then he's not a good teacher. The book assumes you are interested in rational arguments. In any case the book is not interesting to read. I know little about arguments, but if the argument isn't interested, whether it is good or not is secondary. In order to win any argument or succeed you must first be interesting. This books fails at that. Written on February 15, 2008 Summary: great book took awhile It took awhile to get here so order in advance if you know ahead of time in great condition though Written on October 24, 2007 Summary: Excellent source of information!!!! This is excellent book that I plan to use for my students. It is easy to read, clear and concisely written. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2000-01-01 | 2006-02-10 | 2005-05-10 | 2001-11-01 | 2004-09-12 | 2007-11 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 90 | 240 | 160 | 228 | 176 | 182 |
| Ean | 9780872205529 | 9780132203043 | 9780812971156 | 9780521009843 | 9780071446433 | 9780826498946 |
| Book Isbn | 0872205525 | 0132203049 | 0812971159 | 0521009847 | 0071446435 | 0826498949 |
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