The Elements of Reasoning, 2nd Edition (The Elements of Composition Series)

by Edward P. J. Corbett

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The second edition of The Elements of Reasoning retains the accessible and succinct approach that made the first edition the best treatment of the essentials of argumentation. It presents the principles that govern the composition of effective argumentative discourse and includes brief examples, with analyses that show students the underlying structure of the argument presented and the ways in which the rhetoric was persuasive. For anyone interested in rhetoric and reasoning.

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hobbits8 1 review

This book is a revision and is obviously changed from Corbett's style. Better to read Corbett's original version of the material contained in Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student.

Nov 4, 2006

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