Teaching English in the Two-Year College
May 1998
Text as Topos: Using the Toulmin Model of Argumentation in Introduction to Literature
Abstract
Describes how one teacher adapted the Toulmin argumentation model to improve discussion in introductory literature classes. Describes the method and its application to literary texts. Shows how it enables students with no particular attraction to literature to invent and respond to arguments about a text, ground those arguments in the text, and warrant them to their classmates’ satisfaction.
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- Teaching English in the Two-Year College
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- 1998-05-01
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- 10.58680/tetyc19983866
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