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UNIT I THE ANALYTICAL FRAME OF MIND: INTRODUCTION TO ANALYTICAL METHODS 1

CHAPTER 1 Analysis: What It Is and What It Does 3

CHAPTER 2 Counterproductive Habits of Mind 17

CHAPTER 3 A Toolkit of Analytical Methods 31

CHAPTER 4 Interpretation: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and How to Do It 49

CHAPTER 5 Analyzing Arguments 73

CHAPTER 6 Topics and Modes of Analysis 93

UNIT II WRITING THE ANALYTICAL ESSAY 107

CHAPTER 7 What Evidence Is and How It Works 109

CHAPTER 8 Using Evidence to Build a Paper: 10 on 1 versus 1 on 10 123

CHAPTER 9 Making a Thesis Evolve 139

CHAPTER 10 Structuring the Paper: Forms and Formats 159

CHAPTER 11 Introductions and Conclusions 179

CHAPTER 12 Recognizing and Fixing Weak Thesis Statements 193

BRIEF CONTENTS

UNIT III WRITING THE RESEARCHED PAPER 203

CHAPTER 13 Reading Analytically 205

CHAPTER 14 Using Sources Analytically: The Conversation Model 215

CHAPTER 15 Organizing and Revising the Research Paper: Two Sample Essays 227

CHAPTER 16 Finding, Citing, and Integrating Sources 241

UNIT IV GRAMMAR AND STYLE 269

CHAPTER 17 Style: Choosing Words for Precision, Accuracy, and Tone 271

CHAPTER 18 Style: Shaping Sentences for Precision and Emphasis 287

CHAPTER 19 Common Grammatical Errors and How to Fix