Anthem critical thinking and writing skills
Subtitle: an introductory guide
By: Victoria Pontzer Ehrhardt
Series: Anthem learning
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9781843318705
Subjects: Study and teaching (Secondary); Rhetoric; Study and teaching (Higher); Critical thinking; Composition and exercises; EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities; English language
Description: "MsoNormal" Anthem Guide to Critical Thinking Skills: Language and Logic' guides readers in the process of critical thinking and persuasive speaking and writing. The text discusses informal thinking, the formal processes of induction, deduction, and syllogistic reasoning, in a clear format that makes it easy for the "beginning logician" to process. Students learn how to form a proposition, identify issues, gather evidence, and process an argument.  To get started, logic games, puzzles, and real life examples ask students to consider how we evaluate, analyze, and decide. What happens if Janie says, 'Mom, can I go to the party? All of my friends are going!' And Mom responds, 'What if all of your friends jumped off the empire State building?' Is 'all of my friends are going' a good reason? Does mom have a point? Language and Logic will help students evaluate these everyday decisions. Then a more formal look at induction and deduction challenges students to practice higher-level thinking skills, such as using analogies for evaluation, and working through syllogisms to process ideas. After a review of the Greek Fallacies, readers can have some literary logic fun by analyzing old standards like 'Love is a Fallacy' and the persuasive love poem 'The Passionate Shepherd'"-- Provided by publisher.

"'Anthem Critical Thinking and Writing Skills: An Introductory Guide' is an excellent companion text for high school and college English writing classes that focus on critical thinking and persuasive writing. Concepts are presented in a clear, easy-to-understand format, and practice exercises are included"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction to Critical Thinking What is Argument? Research and Evidence Inductive Reasoning Deductive Reasoning The Classical Fallacies Reasoning Through the Ages Putting It All Together - A Research Project Appendix 1: Answers for Practice Exercises and chapter Reviews Appendix 2: Logic Test Appendix 3: Answers for Logic Test Appendix 4: Persuasive Paper Rubric.