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Evergreen A Guide to Writing with Readings

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ISBN-10: 0618766448

ISBN-13: 9780618766444

Edition: 8th 2007

Authors: Susan Fawcett

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Evergreentakes another leap forward in the paragraph-to-essay-level Developmental Writing market. In this Eighth Edition, the author endeavors to take an exceptional book and make it even more motivating, helpful, and engaging. Susan Fawcett has thoroughly reviewed and updated the text, guided by the thoughtful suggestions of faculty across the country, and by the academic and workplace challenges students face in the twenty-first century. With its new features and powerful WriteSpace online writing program, the Eighth Edition ensures thatEvergreencontinues to meet the needs of students and instructors in any classroom environment. Step-by-step instruction, a range of carefully paced…    
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Book details

List price: $168.95
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: CENGAGE Learning
Publication date: 11/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 640
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.750
Language: English

Susan Fawcett started teaching English at Bronx Community College right after she finished college. The idea for the books grew out of her frustration that adults needed remediation but the only material available had a tone more appropriate for middle school students. She occasionally teaches a class in Miami, where she lives in the winter and writes full time.

Preliminary Contents
Getting Started
Exploring the Writing Process
The Writing Process
Subject, Audience, and Purpose Exploring Online
Prewriting to Generate Ideas
Freewriting
Brainstorming
Clustering
Asking Questions
Keeping a Journal Exploring Online
Writers' Workshop: Using Just One of Your Five Senses, Describe a Place
Discovering the Paragraph
The Process of Writing Paragraphs
Defining and Looking at the Paragraph
Narrowing the Topic and Writing the Topic Sentence
Generating Ideas for the Body
Selecting and Dropping Ideas
Arranging Ideas in a Plan or an Outline
Writing and Revising the Paragraph Exploring Online
Achieving Coherence
Coherence Through Order
Coherence Through Related Sentences Exploring Online
Writers' Workshop: Discuss the Pressures to Grow Up Fast
Developing the Paragraph
Illustration Thinking and Writing Together Exploring Online Checklist: The Process of Writing an Illustration Paragraph Suggested Topic Sentences for Illustration Paragraphs Exploring Online
Narration Thinking and Writing Together Exploring Online Checklist: The Process of Writing a Narrative Paragraph Suggested Topics for Narrative Paragraphs Exploring Online
Description Thinking and Writing Together Exploring Online Checklist: The Process of Writing a Descriptive Paragraph Suggested Topics for Descriptive Paragraphs Exploring Online
Process Thinking and Writing Together Exploring Online Checklist: The Process of Writing a Process Paragraph Suggested Topics for Process Paragraphs Exploring Online
Definition
Single-Sentence Definitions
The Definition Paragraph Thinking and Writing Together Exploring Online Checklist: The Process of Writing a Definition Paragraph Suggested Topics for Definition Paragraphs Exploring Online
Comparison and Contrast
The Contrast and the Comparison Paragraphs Thinking and Writing Together Exploring Online Checklist: The Process of Writing a Contrast or Comparison Paragraph Suggested Topics for Contrast or Comparison Paragraphs
The Comparison-Contrast Paragraph Working Through the Comparison-Contrast Paragraph Suggested Topics for Comparison-Contrast Paragraphs Exploring Online
Classification Thinking and Writing Together Checklist: The Process of Writing a Classification Paragraph Suggested Topics for Classification Paragraphs Exploring Online
Cause and Effect Thinking and Writing Together Exploring Online Checklist: The Process of Writing a Cause and Effect Paragraph Suggested Topics for Cause and Effect Paragraphs Exploring Online
Persuasion Thinking and Writing Together Exploring Online Checklist: The Process of Writing a Persuasive Paragraph Suggested Topics for Persuasive Paragraphs Exploring Online
Writers' Workshop: Give Advice to College Writers
Writing the Essay
The Process of Writing an Essay
Looking at the Essay
Writing the Thesis Statement
Generating Ideas for the Body
Organizing Ideas in an Outline
Ordering and Linking Paragraphs in the Essay
Writing and Revising Essays Checklist: The Process of Writing an Essay Suggested Topics for Essays Exploring Online
Types of Essays
The Illustration Essay
The Narrative Essay
The Descriptive Essay
The Process Essay
The Definition Essay
The Comparison or Contrast Essay
The Classification Essay
The Cause and Effect Essay
The Persuasive Essay Exploring