The prose reader

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Flachmann, Kim (Author), Flachmann, Michael (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Prentice Hall , c2011
Edition:9th ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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