Patterns for a Purpose: A Rhetorical ReaderThis book emphasizes the rhetorical patterns as strategies to help writers achieve their purposes for writing - as means rather than ends. The text focuses on how writers combine patterns and treats argumentation-persuasion in depth. - Many of the new readings are on contemporary issues and by contemporary authors. - A short story or poem has been added to each of the chapters. - Each chapter of readings now begins and ends with a visual and a writing activity. These provocative images get students thinking and writing, and act as prompts for writing an essay. |
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... means " to the crowd , " this fallacy involves winning people over by calling upon commonly held feelings such as patriotism , fear of war , and religious fervor rather than discussing issues . EXAMPLE I would make an excellent senator ...
... means " to the crowd , " this fallacy involves winning people over by calling upon commonly held feelings such as patriotism , fear of war , and religious fervor rather than discussing issues . EXAMPLE I would make an excellent senator ...
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... means words in praise of a person . The Anglo - American either apologizes , which is a form of retraction abhor- rent in Spanish , or compromises , another concept foreign to Hispanic culture . Compromiso means a date , not a ...
... means words in praise of a person . The Anglo - American either apologizes , which is a form of retraction abhor- rent in Spanish , or compromises , another concept foreign to Hispanic culture . Compromiso means a date , not a ...
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... means observing Shabbat when the official day of rest is Sunday or Friday ; it means fervently exploring the Talmud , with its seemingly anti- quated laws and discussions , while outside , not two steps away from the hedel or the ...
... means observing Shabbat when the official day of rest is Sunday or Friday ; it means fervently exploring the Talmud , with its seemingly anti- quated laws and discussions , while outside , not two steps away from the hedel or the ...
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