Anthem Critical Thinking and Writing Skills: An Introductory Guide

ISBN-13: 9781843318705 Publisher: Anthem Press Publication date: 11/15/2011 Series: Anthem Learning Series Edition description: First Pages: 138 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d) ‘Anthem Critical Thinking and Writing Skills: An Introductory Guide’ helps readers in the process of critical thinking and persuasive speaking and writing. The concepts of critical thinking and evaluation are presented in a clear, easy-to-understand format. Students learn how to form a proposition, identify issues, gather evidence, and process an argument. Logic games, puzzles, and real life examples ask students to evaluate how we evaluate, analyze, and decide.  Then a more formal look at induction and deduction challenges students to practice higher-level thinking skills, such as the use of analogies for evaluation, and working through syllogisms to process ideas. Instruction is included on processing a formal persuasive paper. Readers can have some literary logic fun by analyzing old standard