The prose reader :  essays for thinking, reading, and writing / 
Kim Flachmann, Michael Flachmann. 
 - 10th ed. 
 - New York :  Pearson,  2014. 
 - xxviii, 612 pages :  illustrations (some color) ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Why learn how to think critically? -- What exactly is critical thinking? -- What do I need to know about reading and writing critically? -- Description: exploring through the senses -- Narration: telling a story -- Example: illustrating ideas -- Process analysis: explaining step by step -- Division/classification: finding categories -- Comparison/contrast: discovering similarities and differences -- Definition: limiting the frame of reference -- Cause/effect: tracing reasons and results -- Argument and persuasion: inciting people to thought or action -- Thinking, reading, and writing in different literary forms: combining rhetorical modes -- References: 1. Introducing the documented essay -- 2. Reading a documented essay -- 3. Preparing to write your own documented essay -- 4. Finding sources -- 5. Avoiding plagiarism -- 6. Staying organized -- 7. Writing a documented essay -- 8. Documenting -- 9. Revising and editing a documented essay. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780205891504 0205891500 9780321881083 0321881087 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012035650 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>College readers.<br/>English language--Rhetoric--Problems, exercises, etc.<br/>Report writing--Problems, exercises, etc.<br/>College readers.<br/>English language--Rhetoric.<br/>Report writing.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Problems and exercises.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1417  / .P847 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808/.0427