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2.1: Writing as Conversation
This page discusses the role that writing plays to allow people to enter into different discussions (in one time and place or over time) about a given topic.
2.2: What is Academic Writing?
This page discusses the difference between grade school and college-level reading and writing, as well as the demands on the brain for college-level tasks.
2.3: Critical Thinking
This page describes what critical thinking is and how we can use it for problem solving in our academic work and in life.
2.4: The Art of Rhetoric
This page explains the uses and misuses of rhetorical appeals.
2.5: Logical Fallacies - How to Spot Them and Avoid Making Them
This page gives examples of types of logical fallacies and appeals to pathos that are sometimes misused in argumentation.
2.6: Rhetorical Analysis
This page explains what rhetorical analysis is and how we actually do it (or should do it) every day.
2.7: Key Takeaways

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