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So What? The Writer's Argument, Third Edition, teaches students how to write compelling arguments and explains why practicing argumentation is essential to learning and communicating with others. Practical exercises throughout each chapter reinforce this broader academic aim by focusing on the key issue of significance--helping writers answer the ""So What?"" question for themselves and their audiences. By showing students how their writing fits within the broader context of academic inquiry, So What?, Third Edition, encourages them to emulate and adapt the authentic academic styles, foundational organizing structures, and helpful rhetorical moves to their college classes and beyond.

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So What? is an excellent book. It is concise, readable, and a great building block for students. It is a thorough and accessible writing textbook that truly gets at what we mean by 'argument' in the academy. --Candace Nadon, Fort Lewis College So What? is a great text for introducing students to genres of academic writing across college campuses. Its focus on various approaches to argument development used by different disciplines helps students understand how writing changes in various situations. --Amber Pfannenstiel, Millersville University The compact nature of So What?--in combination with the focus on a more sophisticated approach to both research and argument--are the qualities that I prize in Schick and Miller's book. It is a very powerful little text, with many substantial ideas in a compact package. --Carol Curiel, California Polytech State University

So What? is an excellent book. It is concise, readable, and a great building block for students. It is a thorough and accessible writing textbook that truly gets at what we mean by 'argument' in the academy. --Candace Nadon, Fort Lewis College So What? is a great text for introducing students to genres of academic writing across college campuses. Its focus on various approaches to argument development used by different disciplines helps students understand how writing changes in various situations. --Amber Pfannenstiel, Millersville University The compact nature of So What?--in combination with the focus on a more sophisticated approach to both research and argument--are the qualities that I prize in Schick and Miller's book. It is a very powerful little text, with many substantial ideas in a compact package. --Carol Curiel, California Polytech State University

""So What? is an excellent book. It is concise, readable, and a great building block for students. It is a thorough and accessible writing textbook that truly gets at what we mean by 'argument' in the academy.""--Candace Nadon, Fort Lewis College ""So What? is a great text for introducing students to genres of academic writing across college campuses. Its focus on various approaches to argument development used by different disciplines helps students understand how writing changes in various situations."" --Amber Pfannenstiel, Millersville University ""The compact nature of So What?--in combination with the focus on a more sophisticated approach to both research and argument--are the qualities that I prize in Schick and Miller's book. It is a very powerful little text, with many substantial ideas in a compact package."" --Carol Curiel, California Polytech State University

So What? is an excellent book. It is concise, readable, and a great building block for students. It is a thorough and accessible writing textbook that truly gets at what we mean by 'argument' in the academy. --Candace Nadon, Fort Lewis College So What? is a great text for introducing students to genres of academic writing across college campuses. Its focus on various approaches to argument development used by different disciplines helps students understand how writing changes in various situations. --Amber Pfannenstiel, Millersville University The compact nature of So What?--in combination with the focus on a more sophisticated approach to both research and argument--are the qualities that I prize in Schick and Miller's book. It is a very powerful little text, with many substantial ideas in a compact package. --Carol Curiel, California Polytech State University

So What? is an excellent book. It is concise, readable, and a great building block for students. It is a thorough and accessible writing textbook that truly gets at what we mean by 'argument' in the academy. --Candace Nadon, Fort Lewis College So What? is a great text for introducing students to genres of academic writing across college campuses. Its focus on various approaches to argument development used by different disciplines helps students understand how writing changes in various situations. --Amber Pfannenstiel, Millersville University The compact nature of So What?--in combination with the focus on a more sophisticated approach to both research and argument--are the qualities that I prize in Schick and Miller's book. It is a very powerful little text, with many substantial ideas in a compact package. --Carol Curiel, California Polytech State University

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Kurt Schick is Director of First-Year Writing and Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication at James Madison University. Laura Miller is Assistant Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication and Executive Director of the Learning Centers at James Madison University.

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