Writer's Resources From Paragraph to Essay

Name: Writer's Resources From Paragraph to Essay
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ISBN: 9781413021028

ISBN-10: 1413021026

ISBN-13: 9781413021028

Edition: 2nd 2007

Authors: Julie Robitaille, Robert Connelly

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The best way to learn to write well is through the use of clear examples and abundant practice. WRITER'S RESOURCES: FROM PARAGRAPH TO ESSAY helps develop students' confidence and skills as writers by presenting concepts in simple, clear fashion, and reinforcing them with numerous student peer examples and frequent practice exercises that allow students the opportunity to apply what they have learned. Using four student peers who share their advice and examples of writing throughout the book, this paragraph-to-essay level text teaches students the fundamentals of the writing process, including paragraph and essay structure and development and rhetorical patterns. The authors impart the…

Book details

List price: $150.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cengage Heinle
Publication date: 6/2/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 600
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.596
Language: English



Getting Started


The Power of Language


The Challenge Ahead


Writing Paragraphs and Essays


First Steps: Generating Ideas


Writing a Paragraph


The Structure of the Paragraph


Writing an Essay


The Structure of the Essay


Rhetorical Patterns


Description


Narration


Illustration or Example


Process Analysis


Cause and Effect


Comparison and Contrast


Definition


Classification


Summary


Analysis and Division


Argument and Persuasion


Writing Elements & Skills


Parts of Speech


Spelling


Problem Words


Capitalization


Word Choice


Identifying Subjects and Verbs


Subject/Verb Agreement


Verb Tenses


Sentence Types


Fragments


Run-ons


Sentence Combining


Sentence Variety


Commas


Apostrophes


Pronoun Agreement


Pronoun Reference and Case


Semicolons & Colons


Modifiers


Parallelism


Proofreading for English Errors


READINGS


"Why White Lies Hurt,"


"Not in Our Town,"


"Friends and Healers,"


"It's a Flat World After All,"


"Growing Through a Phase,"


"What's Your Emotional IQ?"


"Jordan is Never Afraid of Failure,"


"Crack and the Box,"


"Breaking Bad Habits: How to Stop Doing the Same Destructive Thing Over . . . and Over?and Over,"


"Commencement Address at Stanford University,"


"Pilgrimage to Nonviolence,"


"Invisible Hand,"


"Why Happy Families are Different,"


Excerpt from I JUST WANT TO BE AVERAGE


"Helping Children Through Divorce,"


"A Brother's Murder,"


Odd-numbered Answer Key


Using Journals


ESL Rules


MLA Documentation Style


Rules & Tools