A Primer on Argument

C Michael Holloway; Kimberly S Wasson

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A Primer on Argument

C Michael Holloway·Kimberly S Wasson

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The purpose of this document is to provide a common understanding of terms, concepts, principles, and uses of argument. It emphasizes the practical over the theoretical and the simple over the complicated.

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C Michael Holloway, Kimberly S Wasson. 2021-08-26. A Primer on Argument. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20210019993

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