A guide to important reference features in Practical Argument

Templates for Key Writing Skills

Structuring an Argument

Writing a Critical Response

Responding to Visual Arguments

Writing a Rhetorical Analysis

Writing a Deductive Argument

Writing an Inductive Argument

Writing a Rogerian Argument

Writing a Toulmin Argument

Using Identifying Tags

Writing an Argument about Plagiarism

Writing a Definition Argument

Writing a Cause-and-Effect Argument

Writing an Evaluation Argument

Writing a Proposal Argument

Writing an Ethical Argument

Grammer in Context Boxes

Using Parallelism

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Contractions versus Possessive Pronouns

Avoiding Is Where and Is When

Avoiding “The Reason Is Because”

Comparatives and Superlatives

Will versus Would

Subordination and Coordination

Guideline on Working with Sources

Evaluating Sources

Summarizing Sources

Paraphrasing Sources

Quoting Sources

Synthesizing Sources