Chaffee, John.

Critical thinking, thoughtful writing : a rhetoric with readings / John Chaffee, Christine McMahon, Barbara Stout - 2nd ed. - Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, c2002. - 613 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Preface. - Pt. One. Tools of thinking and writing. Ch. 1. Thinking through writing. Ch. 2. Thinking critically, writing thoughtfully. Ch. 3. Thinking creatively, writing creatively. Ch. 4. Making decisions : revising purposefully. Ch. 5. Understanding language : writing precisely. - Pt. Two. Thinking and writing to shape our world. Ch. 6. Exploring perceptions: writing to describe and narrate. Ch. 7. Exploring perspectives : writing to compare. Ch. 8. Exploring causal relationships : writing to speculate. Ch. 9. Forming concepts : writing to classify and define. - Pt. Three. Thinking and writing to explore issues and take positions. Ch. 10. Believing and knowing : writing to analyze. Ch. 11. Solving problems : writing to propose solutions. Ch. 12. Constructing arguments : writing to persuade. Ch. 13. Thinking about research : writing about investigations. - Appendix : Modern language association style. - Credits. - Index.

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College readers.
Critical thinking--Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Rhetoric.
Report writing--Problems, exercises, etc.

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