Overview
The Persuasive Pen offers practical assistance in both the writing process and critical thinking. It teaches students how to think critically and clearly, and how to shape ideas convincingly for readers with varying expectations and responses. This book will be of interest to anyone who teaches a Critical Thinking course, offered in both Philosophy and English departments; Informal Logic; English Composition; Persuasive Writing; and other interdisciplinary courses in which argumentation, writing, and research skills are emphasized.
ShowKey Features
- Stresses what students can do to reason and write more effectively rather than on errors to avoid.
- Contains a wealth of well-designed exercises and examples.
- Class tested for a number of years.
- Helps students at all stages of the writing process by providing them with ideas on how to begin a project and carry it all the way through to completion.
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ShowReviews
- "I find the writing style superb, as engaging as I have encountered in any introductory text. The level is just right for an introductory course intended to develop both writing and critical thinking skills."
--James W. Slinger
Department of Philosophy, California State University, Fresno
"The exercises are challenging, purposeful, and instructive, developing and applying the principles of the lessons with admirable clarity. The text's strongest selling point is its unique approach to the integration of reading, reasoning and writing."
--Daniel Bahner
Department of English, Crafton Hills College
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