Argument Revisited; Argument Redefined: Negotiating Meaning in the Composition Classroom

In this volume leading composition scholars consider the ways in which argumentation as an approach to teaching writing remains valuable - in spite of the challenge presented by postmodern theories.

The book first explains the traditional approaches to argument - the enthymeme, evidence, Toulmian, Rogerian and classical rhetoric - and illustrates why they are of particular relevance today. The contributors then 'redefine' argument by connecting it with theoretical movements that have be…