Designed for basic skills writing courses that focus on the paragraph. This work features the author's explanations and his wide range of motivating activities and assignments that reinforce the Four Bases of Effective Writing: Unity, Support, Coherence, and Sentence Skills.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
To the Instructor
PART ONE: Basic Principles of Effective Writing
Preview
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Writing
Understanding Point and Support
An Overview: How the Book is Organized
Benefits of Paragraph Writing
Writing as a Skill
Writing as a Process of Discovery
Keeping a Journal
Using This Text
Chapter 2: The Writing Process
Prewriting
Writing a First Draft
Revising
Editing
Review Activities
Chapter 3: The First and Second Steps in Writing
Step 1: Begin With a Point
Step 2: Support the Point with Specific Evidence
Reinforcing Point and Support
The Importance of Specific Details
The Importance of Adequate Details
Practice in Making and Supporting a Point
Chapter 4: The Third Step in Writing
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence
Chapter 5: The Fourth Step in Writing
Step 4: Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences
Revising Sentences
Editing Sentences
Practice in Revising Sentences
Chapter 6: Four Bases for Revising Writing
Base 1: Unity
Base 2: Support
Base 3: Coherence
Base 4: Sentence Skills
Practice in Using the Four Bases
PART TWO: Paragraph Development
Preview
Chapter 7: Introduction to Paragraph Development
Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development
Important Considerations in Paragraph Development
Using a Computer
Using Peer Review
Doing a Personal Review
Chapter 8: Providing Examples
Chapter 9: Explaining a Process
Chapter 10: Examining Cause and Effect
Chapter 11: Comparing or Contrasting
Chapter 12: Defining a Term
Chapter 13: Dividing and Classifying
Chapter 14: Describing a Scene or Person
Chapter 15: Narrating an Event
Chapter 16: Arguing a Position
PART THREE: Essay Development
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Chapter 17: Additional Paragraph Assignments
Chapter 18: Writing the Essay
What Is an Essay?
Important Points About the Essay
Essays to Consider
Planning the Essay
Practice in Writing the Essay
Essay Assignments
PART FOUR: A Quick Guide to Research
Preview
Chapter 19: A Quick Guide to Research
PART FIVE: Handbook of Sentence Skills
Preview
Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test
GRAMMAR
Chapter 20: Subjects and Verbs
Chapter 21: Sentence Sense
Chapter 22: Fragments
Chapter 23: Run-Ons
Chapter 24: Standard English Verbs
Chapter 25: Irregular Verbs
Chapter 26: Subject-Verb Agreement
Chapter 27: Pronoun Agreement and Reference
Chapter 28: Pronoun Types
Chapter 29: Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 30: Misplaced Modifiers
Chapter 31: Dangling Modifiers
MECHANICS
Chapter 32: Paper Format
Chapter 33: Capital Letters
Chapter 34: Numbers and Abbreviations
PUNCTUATION
Chapter 35: Apostrophe
Chapter 36: Quotation Marks
Chapter 37: Comma
Chapter 38: Other Punctuation Marks
WORD USE
Chapter 39: Using the Dictionary
Chapter 40: Improving Spelling
Chapter 41: Vocabulary Development
Chapter 42: Commonly Confused Words
Chapter 43: Effective Word Choice
Chapter 44: ESL Pointers
PRACTICE
Chapter 45: Combined Mastery Tests
Chapter 46: Editing Tests
Sentence-Skills Achievement Test
APPENDIX: Answers and Charts
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Answers to Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Projects
Charts
Acknowledgments
Index
