A Textbook Argument: Definitions of Argument in Leading Composition Textbooks

A. Abby Knoblauch

doi:10.58680/ccc201118391

College Composition and Communication Dec 2011

A Textbook Argument: Definitions of Argument in Leading Composition Textbooks

A. Abby Knoblauch

Abstract

This essay examines the definitions and practices of argument perpetuated by popular composition textbooks, illustrating how even those texts that appear to forward expansive notions of argument ultimately limit it to an intent to persuade. In doing so, they help perpetuate constricted practices of argument within undergraduate composition classrooms.

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 2011-12-01
DOI: 10.58680/ccc201118391
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