Minds Made for Stories: How We Really Read and Write Informational and Persuasive Texts

by Thomas Newkirk

Book Overview

In this highly readable and provocative book, Thomas Newkirk explodes the long standing habit of opposing abstract argument with telling stories. Newkirk convincingly shows that effective argument is already a kind of narrative and is deeply "entwined with narrative."

--Gerald Graff, former MLA President and author of Clueless in Academe

Narrative is regularly considered a type of writing--often an "easy" one, appropriate for early...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325046956
• ISBN13: 9780325046952
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12