Critical Thinking, Thoughtful Writing (with 2009 MLA Update Card)

by Chaffee, John; McMahon, Christine; Stout, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9780495899877
• ISBN10: 0495899879
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-05-29
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Critical Thinking, Thoughtful Writing begins with the premise that thinking well involves using language well, and vice versa. This rhetoric with readings--written by critical-thinking scholar John Chaffee and English professors Christine McMahon and Barbara Stout--provides thorough coverage of the writing process, going beyond the traditional rhetoric to teach students how to evaluate sources, images, and arguments. Each chapter focuses on a critical-thinking skill--such as problem solving or analysis of complex issues--that is explored through Thinking-Writing Activities and thematically linked readings. The text helps students develop these skills through carefully sequenced pedagogy and a cross-disciplinary approach that asks them to complete writing assignments and critically evaluate readings drawn from a variety of disciplines. The Fourth Edition features an enhanced discussion of plagiarism with critical-thinking exercises, as well as a special focus on using and documenting Internet sources appropriately. Students receive the most up-to-date information on MLA documentation with the enclosed tri-fold card providing NEW 2009 MLA Handbook formats.

Table of Contents

Tools of Thinking, Reading, and Writing

Thinking Through Writing

Thinking and Writing in College

The Thinking-Writing

Model Rhetoric and the Writing Situation Colin Powell, from My American Journey

The Writing Process Natalie Goldberg, "Writing Is Not a Mcdonald's Hamburger"

Reading Actively, Reading Critically Reading in College

Reading Actively Reading Critically

Practicing Active and Critical Reading: One Student's Approach Sonja Tanner

"On Plato's Cave"

"Grounds for Fiction" Making Meaning

Thinking Critically, Writing Thoughtfully

From Insight to Writing to Informed Beliefs (and Back Again)

Thinking Actively and Writing

Thinking Independently Supporting Diverse Perspectives with Reasons and Evidence

From An American Childhood

"Reversing Established Orders"

"The Case Against Chores" Writing Project: An Experience That Influenced a Belief Student Writing: Eli Sharp's Writing Process Eli Sharp, "An Argument for Chores"

Viewing Critically, Thinking Creatively

Creative Thinking, Critical Viewing, and Writing

Creative and Critical Thinking About Images

Reading Images

Critically Living

Creatively Becoming More Creative: Understand and Trust the Process Where Do Ideas Come From?

"Spellbound by the Eternal Riddle, Scientists Revel in Their Captivity"

"The 6 Myths of Creativity" Writing Project: Imagining Your Life Lived More Creatively Student Writing: Jessie Lange's

Writing Process: Freewriting Jessie Lange, "Discovering Creativity by Not Looking for It" Thinking Critically About Images: Seeing and Believin

Making Decisions and Drafting Decisions

While Drafting Decisions in Your Life

Frederick Douglass, from Narrative of the Life of Frederick

Douglass, An American Slave Sara Corbett"The Lost Boys" Writing

Project: Analyzing a Decision to Be Made Student Writing: Wendy

Agudo's Writing Process Wendy Agudo, "Freedom" Student Writing

Writing Process Cynthia Brown, "Freedom and the Constraint of Time"

Revising Thoughtfully, Using Language Ethically Recognizing

Effective Use of Language Malcolm X, with

from The Autobiography of Malcolm X Making Decisions When Revising Drafts

"The Maker's Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts"

"If You Can't Master English, Try Globish" Using Language Ethically

"I Have a Dream" Using Language to Influence

"Beslan Atrocity: They're Terrorists--Not Activists"

Writing Project: The Impact of Language on Our Lives Student Writing: Jessie Lange's

Writing Process Jessie Lange, "The Power of Language"

Thinking and Writing to Shape Our World

Exploring Perceptions: Writing to Describe and Narrate

Thinking Critically About Perceptions Writing

Thoughtfully About Perceptions Temple Grandin, "Animal Feelings"

Chronological Relationships Atul Gawande, "The Learning Curve"

Writing Project: A Narrative Showing the Effect of a Perception

Student Writing: Joshua Chaffee's Writing Process

Joshua Chaffee, "We're All at Ground Zero"

Exploring Concepts: Writing to Classify and Define What Are Concepts?

Forming Concepts Applying Concepts A Casebook on Gender and Sexuality

"Choosing Clothes, but Not Husbands"

"The Inheritance of Tools"

"My Papa's Waltz"

"The Names of Women"

"Men and Their Hidden Feelings"

"How Friendship Was 'Feminized'"

"Girl" Using Concepts to Classify Defining Concepts Writing

Thoughtfully to Define Concepts Writing Project: Defining an Important Concept

Student Writing: Nawang Doma Sherpa's Writing Process Nawang

"Freedom for Enlightenment" Student Writing: Jordan Carlsen's Writing Process

"Masculinity Makes a Good Man

Exploring Perspectives and Relationships: Writing to Compare and Evaluate

Perceptions and Perspectives Casebook: Perception and Perspective on Reporting

"'They Shoot Helicopters, Don't They?' How Journalists Spread Rumors During Katrina"

"Myth-Making in New Orleans"

"Finding and Framing Katrina: The Social Construction of Disaster" Obtaining More Accurate Perceptions: Adjusting the Lenses

"Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America" Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin), from

"The School Days of an Indian Girl" Writing Thoughtfully About Perspectives

"A Natural Disaster, and a Human Tragedy" Writing Project: Comparing Perspectives on an Issue or Event

Student Writing: Jennifer Wade's Writing Process Jennifer Wade, "Where Did All of the Cherokees Go?"

Exploring Cause and Effect: Writing to Speculate Kinds of Causal

Relationships Ways of Testing Causes

Identifying Causal Fallacies Detecting Causal Claims Writing

Thoughtfully About Causal Relationships Writing Project: Exploring

Some Causes of a Recent Event Student Writing: Daniel Eggers's Writing Process Daniel Eggers, "Was It Only a Dream?"

Thinking and Writing to Explore Issues and Take Positions

Believing and Knowing: Writing to Analyze Ways of Forming

Beliefs Nicholas Confessore, "For Katrina Evacuee, Getting Help Is a Full-Time Job"

Evaluating Sources and Information Believing and Knowing

"Is the Earth Round or Flat?" Ways of Presenting Beliefs

"Evolution as Fact and Theory" Presenting Beliefs in Your Writing Writing Project: Analyzing

Influences on Your Beliefs About a Social or Academic Issue Student Writing: Jessie Lange's Writing Process Jessie Lange, "Dealing with Sex Offenders"

Solving Problems: Writing to Propose Solutions Problems in Personal and Civic Life Basics of the Problem-Solving Method

The Problem-Solving Method in Detail Solving Social Problems

"Hopkins Targets Campus Racism"

"Young Hate"

"When Is It Rape?" Taking a Problem-Solving

Approach to Writing Writing Project: Proposing a Solution to a Problem Student Writing

Writing Process Joshua Bartlett "Critical Thinking About Uncritical Drinking"

Constructing Arguments: Writing to Persuade Principles of Argument

"I Want You for the U.S. Army" U.S. Army, www.goarmy.com Recognizing Arguments

"Drugs"

"The Case for Slavery" Arguments as Inferences Evaluating Arguments

"In No Hurry for the Next Leg of the Journey"

"Hospice Care or Assisted Suicide: a False Dichotomy" Forms of Argument Deductive Reasoning Other Deductive Forms More Fallacies: Forms of False Reasoning

Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions Deductive and Inductive Reasoning in Writing

Principles for Writing Responsible Arguments Writing Project: Arguing a Position on a Significant Issue

Student Writing: Josephine Cimino's Writing Process

"Cellular Phones in Public Schools"

Thinking Critically About Images: Visual Persuasion

Thinking About Research: Writing About Investigations

Rewards of Research Starting with Questions

Searching for Information

Using Information Moving from Questions to Thesis

Understanding Plagiarism and Using

Information Ethically Taking Notes Preparing an Annotated

Bibliography

Integrating Source Material

The Logic Behind Documentation Formats Working

Thoughtfully on Research Projects Writing Project: a Research Paper

Annotated Student Research Paper with Outline and Drafts Sample Student Research Paper

"Lest We Forget About Rwanda"

Appendix

MLA and APA Documentation Styles

Modern Language Association Style American Psychological

Association Style Credits

Index

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