The prose reader - Flachmann, Kim; Flachmann, Kim; Flachmann, Michael (Boston : Prentice Hall, 2011)
1.Why learn how to think critically? -- 2. What exactly is critical thinking? -- 3. What do i need to know about reading and writing critically? -- 4. Description: exploring through the senses -- 5. Narration: telling a story -- 6. Example: illustrating ideas -- 7. Process analysis: explaining step by step -- 8. Division/classification: finding categories -- 9. Comparison/contrast :discovering similarities and differences -- 10. Definition: Limiting the frame of reference -- 11. Cause/effect: Tracing reasons and results -- 12. Argument and persuasion: Inciting people to thought or action -- 13. Thinking, reading, and writing in different literary forms : combining rhetorical modes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: College readers; English language -- Rhetoric -- Problems, exercises, etc; Report writing -- Problems, exercises, etc