图书名称：REASON TO WRITE:Applying critical thinking to academic writing
作者：GINA L. VALLIS
出版社：Kona Publishing and Media Group
页数：230
出版时间：2010                          
语言：English
格式：pdf
内容：
SECTION I
CRITICAL QUESTION, CONTEXT, DEFINITION 1
1 a reason to write 3
Blinking Cursor Syndrome 4
Questions and Answers 5
Th e Case Against the Five-Paragraph Form 8
Process vs. Product 11
Review 14
2 critical thinking 19
What’s Diff erent about Critical Th inking? 20
Critical Th inking and Logic 20
Critical Th inking and Academic Writing 23
Why is Critical Th inking Important? 25
Th e Role of Curiosity 27
Th e (Provisional) Case Against the Prompt 28
Writing is Risky Business 30
Review 34
Th e Critical Question 36
STEP 1 CRITICAL QUESTION GUIDE 36
Sample Critical Questions 37
3 questions in context 39
Revising Five Writing Rules 40
Review 49
Th e Question Map 52
Th ree Parts to the Question Map 53
Example Question Map 54
STEP 2 THE QUESTION MAP GUIDE 57
4 saying what we mean-meaning what we say 59
Writing has Words in it 60
Language and Associates 61
Metaphor: Words are Slithy Toves 67
Guard Rails for the Tricky Bits 69
Review 76
Ways to Defi ne 77
Types of Defi nitions/Examples 78
STEP 3 WAYS TO DEFINE GUIDE 80
Example Completed Ways to Defi ne Guide 82
Th e Shortcut 87
SECTION II
ANALYSIS, ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE, ARRANGEMENT 91
5 performing analysis 93
Two Principles of Analysis 94
Opinions, Facts, and Analysis 99
Types of Analysis: General Analysis 101
Analysis and Roller Skating 106
Formalist Analysis 109
Rhetorical Analysis 112
Review 114
Performing Analysis 116
STEP 4 ANALYSIS GUIDE, OR HOW TO
ROLLER SKATE 117
Example Analysis Guide 119
6 fi nding common ground 123
Th e Organizing Principle 124
First Th ings First: Th e Title 130
Exordium : “Yo” or “Lo” 131
Types of Openings 133
Review 136
Organizing/Opening the Essay 138
STEP 5 THE OPENING/ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE
GUIDE 139
7 arrangement 141
Beyond Exordium 142
Fancy Names and Functions 143
Formatting is Fun! -Not 151
Primary and Secondary Sources: Raw or Cooked 155
Review 157
Th e Draft 160
STEP 6 THE DRAFT GUIDE 162
SECTION III
RHETORIC, REVISION, PUBLICATION 165
8 communication and rhetoric 167
“Th at’s Just Rhetoric” 168
Appeals 172
Fallacies and Other Fallacies 175
Getting Our Darned Ice Cream Cone 177
Review 181
9 feedback and revision 185
Everyone’s a Critic 186
On Beyond Spellcheck: Editing vs. Revision 188
Mirroring Documents 189
Th e Secret of the Hard-Copy Edit 190
Revision 190
STEP 7 SELFDIAGNOSTIC GUIDE 191
10 joining the conversation 193
Kinds of Writing 194
Writing in Professional Contexts 195
Conference Presentation/Publication for Undergraduates 196
Joining the Conversation 199
STEP 8 CONFERENCE/JOURNAL PUBLICATION
GUIDE 200
Sample Undergraduate Conference CFP 201
Sample Undergraduate Journal CFP 202
recommended Readings 203
WORKS CITED 207