Audiences and intentions : : a book of arguments / [electronic resource] / [edited by] Nancy Mason Bradbury, Arthur Quinn.. — 3rd ed.. — Boston : : Allyn and Bacon,, c1997.. — xviii, 605 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 598-599) and index.
1. The concept of audience. Examples of the arguer-audience relationship ; Audiences all around -- 2. The idea of intention. Four arguments, four intentions ; How intention varies with audience ; Preaching to the converted: a common intention ; Three essays on education ; Six essays and the arts ; Five arguments using personal experience -- 3. Three basic tools for making an argument persuasive. Ethos appeals ; Pathos appeals ; Logos appeals ; Using the three appeals in constructing an argument ; Organizing your appeals -- 4. Arguments ethical dimension. Ethics and the three appeals ; Evaluating ethical and unethical arguments ; Ethics and your own arguments -- 5. Four symposia. Censorship and freedom of expression ; Our relationship to our natural environment ; Sex, gender, family ; Politics, principles, and practicalities.
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College readers. Persuasion (Rhetoric) English language--Rhetoric--Problems, exercises, etc.