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Critical thinking printables for Prezi
Writing Essay Conclusions: Six Strategies Similar to Closure in a Story
GIF compares 6 ways to end an essay with 5 ways to resolve a story: restatement and manifesting a moral; anecdotal scene and natural termination/encapsulation; hook-and-return and completion of antithesis; pan-to-larger perspective and manifesting a moral; proposal and solution to central problem; and delayed thesis and manifesting a moral. Image size 960×720 (file size 765 KB). Can be used as a 7-frame animated-graphic slide within a PPT presentation about essay writing or short stories or movi
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Toulmin Argument Model: claim, data, warrant/backing, counter-claim/rebuttal
This slightly revised model of rational argument adds a backbone of the scientific method and also replaces Qualifier with Counter-Claim (per Purdue OWL). Slow-animated GIF highlights/describes argument parts and how they work together to persuade a critical thinker. You can test your argument essay against these standards of rational persuasion or use the model to design/outline a powerfully persuasive essay (persuasive at least for critical thinkers). Image size 960×720, file size 843 KB for u
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Thesis Sentence: whole-brain style & substance to focus & sell your argument
This animated GIF highlights 5 essential factors of thesis sentence: Specific/concise, Meaningful, Summarize left- and/or right brain arguments, Easy to find (top-down), and Clear/professional style/grammar. Students will write clearer essays if they develop a habit-of-mind to consider all five of these factors in their thesis sentence. Image size 960×720 (file size 866 KB) for use as a full-size PowerPoint slide. Each of 7 frames lasts 6 seconds (if embedded in a PPT, it must be in Slide-Show m
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
What’s Happening? Asking questions is the beginning of wisdom—not fearing...
4-frame animated GIF shows how questions Who, What, Where, When, How, Why, and What if/else/about? or Whether A–Z or Σ? can help students progress from facts to analysis to wisdom—curiosity (and a deeper dialogue with others and reality) is a habit of mind worth developing. Image size 960×720 (file size 511 KB). Can be used as an animated-graphic slide within a PPT presentation about essay writing or critical thinking (PPT must be in Slide-Show mode to activate the slow, looping animation) or as
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Not Grade Specific
Occam’s Razor and Corollary for Writing: Use enough words but not too many
This animated GIF adapts an efficiency theorem for scientific explanations to the art of writing and gives some hints to help determine whether you are wasting words or leaving holes in your argument. Includes examples of NEEDY writing (unclear because important words or ideas are missing), WEEDY writing (with unnecessary and distracting words), and PITHY-THRIFTY writing (says all the important stuff without any fluff). Image size 960×720 (file size 904 KB) for use within a PowerPoint slide show
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Flow Diagram of Essay-Writing: from Idea to Word Level with feedback loops
Animated GIF shows writer’s reflective process with feedback loops through stages of observation, hypothesis, feasibility, tentative design, revisions as needed and then on to the actual words-on-paper (or computer) stage with both revision and proofreading steps before sharing with other critical thinkers. Image size 960×720 file size 1.08 MB). Can be used as an animated graphic within a PPT presentation about writing (PPT must be in Slide-Show mode to activate the slow, looping animation) or a
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
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