How to argue /
The new and expanded edition of this short skills text elucidates key techniques and best practice for ensuring a cohesive, rigorous and convincing argument can be presented within an academic context. Appropriate for students across the disciplines, the author first deconstructs the basic principle...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Thousand Oaks, California :
SAGE Publications,
[2024].
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
| Series: | Student success.
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| Summary: | The new and expanded edition of this short skills text elucidates key techniques and best practice for ensuring a cohesive, rigorous and convincing argument can be presented within an academic context. Appropriate for students across the disciplines, the author first deconstructs the basic principles that make good argument, and then, using appropriate examples and case studies to illustrate, develops practical skills and techniques for students to apply in their academic career and beyond. The book includes practical exercises encourage self-learning and application of the techniques and relevant content with a focus on key issues and instant solutions. Each topic is matched to an issue, event or assignment that the student will want to read up on at a time of need. Each topic will only be a few pages long with practical lists and tips. It is updated and revised content throughout and an annotated table of contents to help readers find exactly what they need. |
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| Physical Description: | 121 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [115]-117) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529668230 1529668239 9781529668223 1529668220 |