Thinking through Writing : A Guide to Becoming a Better Writer and Thinker / John Kaag, Jonathan van Belle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaag, John, Author.

Belle, Jonathan van, Author.

Series:

Skills for Scholars

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship--Technique.

Authorship.

Critical thinking.

English language--Composition and exercises.

English language.

English language--Rhetoric--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A concise and practical manual on developing reading, writing, and critical thinking skills in tandem For college students learning how to write on scholarly subjects, writing and critical thinking go hand in hand. And yet most books on these topics are categorized separately: writing guides and critical thinking handbooks. This book is different, offering a manual for developing reading, writing, and thinking skills in tandem. With short, practical chapters, Thinking through Writing helps readers learn to think critically about themselves and the world at large, read carefully and get the necessary literary support, write clearly and persuasively, stay on point, and finish their work as cleanly and compellingly as possible. Drawing on years of teaching critical thinking and writing, including almost a decade of teaching Harvard’s freshman expository writing course, the authors invite readers to consider the intimate relationship between thinking and the creative, critical, self-actualizing act of writing.• Interviews with some of the most interesting and brilliant writers working today• Advice on how to structure an argument, write for an audience, work through writer’s block and anxiety, and much more• Tips on how to make your writing unique and personal• Exercises and templates to help novice writers reach their full potential in practice

Contents:

Frontmatter

About the Authors

Content

Introduction

1 THINKING THROUGH THE BEGINNING

Entering a Critical Debate

Close Reading

Analytic Questions

Thesis Formation

Exercises

2 THINKING THROUGH ARGUMENTS

What Is an Argument?

Arguments from Analogy and Cause

Logical Pitfalls

Motivating an Argument: Getting Your Audience to Care

3 THINKING THROUGH STRUCTURE

Argumentative Structure

Outlining

Introductions

The Mechanics of Structure

4 THINKING THROUGH OTHERS

Audience

Coauthors, Mentors, and Peer Reviewers

Peer Review

5 THINKING THROUGH THE SELF

The “I” in Writing

Integrating Your Interests

The Pitfalls of the Personal in Academic Writing

Anxiety and Writer’s Block

6 THINKING THROUGH EVIDENCE

Justification

Evidence

Sources

Do Not Plagiarize

7 THINKING THROUGH TECHNIQUE

Editing and Revision

Concision

A Time and Place for Grammar

8 THINKING THROUGH TO THE END

Closure in Writing and Argument

Crafting the Ending

Final Tips on Writing

Final Thoughts: The Perfect Essay in the

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2024)

ISBN:

0-691-24960-1