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ARGUMENT

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In the Merriam Webster On Line Dictionary there are several definitions associated with the term "Argument." The two most relevant to English Composition would be: “a coherent series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish as point of view,” and “a form of rhetorical expression intended to convince or persuade.”

Contents of this path:

  1. The What-Why-How of Argument
  2. The Basic Argument
  3. The Toulmin Argument
  4. The Rogerian Argument
  5. Fallacies