The Imaginative Argument : A Practical Manifesto for Writers - Second Edition /

"More than merely a writing text, The Imaginative Argument offers writers instruction on how to use their imaginations to improve their prose. Cioffi shows writers how they can enliven argument--the organizing rubric of all persuasive writing--by drawing on emotion, soul, and creativity, the we...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cioffi, Frank L., 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Report writing.
Persuasion (Rhetoric)
English language > Rhetoric.
Report writing > Problems, exercises, etc.
English language > Rhetoric > Problems, exercises, etc.
Persuasion (Rhetoric) > Problems, exercises, etc.
Textbooks.
Problems and exercises.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"More than merely a writing text, The Imaginative Argument offers writers instruction on how to use their imaginations to improve their prose. Cioffi shows writers how they can enliven argument--the organizing rubric of all persuasive writing--by drawing on emotion, soul, and creativity, the wellsprings of imagination. While Cioffi suggests that argument should become a natural habit of mind for writers, he goes still further, inspiring writers to adopt as their gold standard the imaginative argument: the surprising yet strikingly apt insight that organizes disparate noises into music, that makes out of chaos, chaos theory"--Amazon.com.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (344 pages).
ISBN:9781400888191

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