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Writing Paragraphs and Essays
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Help students master paragraph and essay development with WRITING PARAGRAPHS AND ESSAYS, 6e. Successfully class-tested by thousands of students, the text presents the steps needed to create effective introductions, support paragraphs, and strong conclusions. Engage your students in various elements of the writing process with explanations, new visual prompts, and real-life models and applications that build their confidence and get them writing immediately.
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Help students connect with the real world with student writing samples and job-related writing assignments.
Engage students in writing projects with new visual writing prompts that get them writing about what they see.
Encourage well-researched writing with 90 percent new Internet activities to strengthen students’’ Web researching skills.
Easily cross-reference text material with a newly added alternate table of contents that includes a list of readings organized by patterns of development and a list of Internet activities by unit.
Refresh topic exploration with 30 percent new exercises and examples. |
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INTRODUCTION TO WRITING.
About Writing. The Writing Process. Putting It All Together.
Unit 1: WRITING SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS.
1. Writing Skills: Topic Sentences and Paragraphs.
2. Something to Think About, Something to Write About.
3. Paragraphs for Discussion and Analysis.
4. Grammar for Effective Writing: Basic Sentence Skills.
5. Putting It All Together.
Unit 2: BEING A SENSITIVE WRITER.
1. Writing Skills: Interaction of Topic, Purpose, Audience, and Voice.
2. Something to Think About, Something to Write About.
3. Paragraphs and Essays for Discussion and Analysis.
4. Grammar for Effective Writing: Consistent Point of View.
5. Putting It All Together.
Unit 3: ORGANIZING IDEAS AND WRITING THEM CLEARLY.
1. Writing Skills: The Thesis Statement.
2. Something to Think About, Something to Write About.
3. Essays for Discussion and Analysis.
4. Grammar for Effective Writing: Eliminating Fragments, Run-On Sentences, and Comma Splices.
5. Putting It All Together.
Unit 4: WRITING WITH MORE DEPTH AND VARIETY.
1. Writing Skills: Writing with Examples.
2. Something to Think About, Something to Write About.
3. Paragraphs and Essays for Discussion and Analysis.
4. Grammar for Effective Writing: Sentence Variety--Forming and Punctuating Compound Sentences.
5. Putting It All Together.
Unit 5: REACHING AN AUDIENCE BY CREATING INTEREST.
1. Writing Skills: Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs.
2. Something to Think About, Something to Write About.
3. Essays for Discussion and Analysis.
4. Grammar for Effective Writing: Sentence Variety--Using Complex Sentences.
5. Putting It All Together.
Unit 6: MAKING IDEAS FLOW CLEARLY.
1. Writing Skills: Coherence.
2. Something to Think About, Something to Write About.
3. Essays for Discussion and Analysis.
4. Mechanics for Effective Writing: Reviewing Punctuation.
5. Putting It All Together.
Unit 7: COMPOSING WITH EFFECTIVE PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT.
1. Writing Skills: Patterns of Development.
2. Something to Think About, Something to Write About.
3. Paragraphs and Essays for Discussion and Analysis.
4. Mechanics for Effective Writing: Capitalization.
5. Putting It All Together.
Appendix A: Confusing Words.
Appendix B: Keeping a Journal.
Appendix C: Irregular Verbs.
Appendix D: Spelling.
Appendix E: ESL: Gaining Confidence in Using English.
Appendix F: Using Documented Support.
Answers to Odd-Numbered Items in Exercises (including Appendices A and D).
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