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The Imaginative Argument: A Practical Manifesto for Writers
More than merely a writing text, "The Imaginative Argument" offers writers instruction on how to use their imaginations to improve their prose. Cioffi shows writers how they can enliven argument--the organizing rubric of all persuasive writing--by drawing on emotion, soul, and creativity, the wellsprings of imagination. While Cioffi suggests that argument should become a n...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
March 14th 2005
by Princeton University Press
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Aug 16, 2010
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All teachers of writing, grds 8--College
Reading this book got me back in touch with what drove me as an English major and helped me see that experience (over 20 years ago, now) in a way that will be easy for my high school and middle school students to understand. Additionally, as a teacher of teachers, I've new insights into the process of writing essays and research papers that can only help me in my college/prof. development classroom.
As a veteran of Bard College's Institute for Writing and Thinking, I'm intimately familiar with th...more
As a veteran of Bard College's Institute for Writing and Thinking, I'm intimately familiar with th...more
Stylistic primers are an odd sort. As a genre, these tools almost unanimously battle with advising a beginner to both find one's own method and follow the author's method. Cioffi makes a great case for his particular brand of creative writing (and frequently apologizes for it with reasoned exceptions), but he frequently comes across as a bit of a snark, maybe leaning a little too diligently on the idea that there are some things that simply don't belong in writing under any circumstances. It's a...more
Had to read it for a writing class. It definitely had some good ideas, though I am not sure how practical some will be.
great for anyone writing an academic paper. Cioffi gives great suggestions for generating ideas and organizing your writing.
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