The Argument Today with Readings Author:Richard Johnson-Sheehan, Charles Paine A refreshing approach to composition, Argument Today prepares students to communicate persuasively and collaboratively in academic, career, and other real life settings. This new text equips students to create effective academic papers as well as persuasive compositions in many genres and media relevant in and beyond higher education. Such brea... more »dth of applicability is further effected by presenting argument also as a generative form of communication-an ongoing conversation employed by teams or groups of people to share information, formulate new ideas, modify plans, negotiate agreements, and build consensus. Systematically explored throughout, this expanded perspective opens students to the immediate relevance of argument to their multi-faceted lives.« less