Full Description
This book is an introduction to acquiring and mastering tools you can use to better understand the meaning of nonfiction, argumentative texts. These texts include editorials in newspapers, magazines, and internet websites; articles, essays, and books in various academic fields (history, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology); and printed speeches, sermons, and lectures.
Contents
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
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