TY - BOOK AU - Chaffee,John AU - McMahon,Christine AU - Stout,Barbara TI - Critical thinking, thoughtful writing: a rhetoric with readings SN - 061812411X (pbk.) U1 - 808.0427 PY - 2002/// CY - Boston, Mass. PB - Houghton Mifflin KW - College readers KW - Critical thinking KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Report writing N1 - 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 ER -