THINKING STRAIGHT- A Guide for Readers Writers by Monroe C. Beardsley.Contents include: Acknowledgments v Preview ix CRITICAL READING STRAIGHT THINKING READING FOR IN FORMATION HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 1. Sizing Up an Argument 3 1. STATEMENTS, 3 2. EXPOSITION AND ARGUMENT, 8 3. GETTING THE POINT, 12 4. THE ANATOMY OF ARGUMENT, 78 5. PUTTING YOUR REASONS IN ORDER, 22 OUTLINE SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 1 , 25 EXERCISES 1-3, 26 2. Some Verbal Pitfalls 32 6. MEANING AND CONTEXT, 33 7. AMBIGUITY, 38 8. THE FALLACY OF EQUIVOCATION, 42 9. VAGUENESS, 46 10. HOW TO PIN DOWN YOUR MEANING, 50 OUTLINE-SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 2, 53 EXERCISES 4-8, 54 3. Levels of Meaning 62 11. DENOTATION AND DESIGNATION, 63 12. DESIGNATION AND CONNOTATION, 68 13. STATING AND SUGGESTING, 73 14. SLANTING, 77 15. PLAIN DISCOURSE, 82 OUTLINE-SUM MARY OF CHAPTER 3, 86 EXERCISES 914, 87 4. Figurative Language 94 16. SIMILE AND METAPHOR, 96 17. INTERPRETING A META PHOR, 101 18. ANALOGIES THEIR USE AND MISUSE, 105 19. ANSWERING AN ANALOGY, 0 20. MANAGING FIGURES OF SPEECH, 114 OUTLINE-SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 4, 118 EX ERCISES 15-20, 118 vii viii Contents 5...