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Guide to Readings Preface
Thinking and Writing-A Critical Connection Thinking Made Visible Critical Thinking
An Open Mind-Examining Your World View Critical Thinking As Self-Defense-
Media Literacy Writing as a Process
Invention Strategies-Generating Ideas The First Draft The Time To Be Critical
Audience and Purpose Writing Assignment 1
Considering Your Audience and Purpose
E-Mail And Text Messaging Reason, Intuition, Imagination, And Metaphor
Inference-Critical Thought What Is an Inference?
How Reliable Is An Inference?
What Is a Fact?
Facts And Journalism
What Is a Judgment?
Achieving a Balance between Inference and Facts
Facts Only Inferences Only
Reading Critically Writing Assignment 2
Reconstructing the Lost Tribe Making Inferences-Analyzing Images
Examining An Ad Making Inferences-
Writing About Fiction Writing Assignment 3
Interpreting Fiction Writing Assignment 4
Analyzing Fiction
The Structure of Argument Premises and Conclusions
Distinguishing Between Premises and Conclusions
Standard Form Writing Assignment 5
Creating a Political Handout
Ambiguous Argument Structure
Hidden Assumptions in Argument
Dangers Of Hidden Assumptions Hidden Assumptions And Standard Form Hidden Assumptions And Audience Awareness
Summaries
Strategies For Writing A Summary An Example Of A Summary
Writing Assignment 6
Summarizing an Article Argument and Explanation-Distinctions
Written Argument Focusing Your Topic
The Issue The Question At Issue The Thesis Two Kinds Of Thesis Statements
Shaping a Written Argument-Rhetorical Strategies
The Introduction The Development Of Your Argument How Many Premises Should An Argument Have?
The Conclusion
A Dialectical Approach to
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This concise, accessible text teaches students how to write logical, cohesive arguments and how to evaluate the arguments of others. Integrating writing skills with critical thinking skills, this practical book teaches students to draw logical inferences, identify premises and conclusions and use language precisely. Students also learn how to identify fallacies and to distinguish between inductive and deductive reasoning. Ideal for any composition class that emphasizes argument, this text includes coverage of writing style and rhetoric, logic, literature, research and documentation.