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Paragraphs and Essays : With Integrated Readings
ISBN: 9780495801801 | 0495801801
Edition: 11thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 1/1/2010
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PARAGRAPHS AND ESSAYS is the higher-level companion to SENTENCES, PARAGRAPHS, AND BEYOND in the popular two-book Brandon series. Written in an informal, engaging tone, this easy-to-use book takes users through all the stages of the writing process as they transition from simple to complex writing assignments. Sample user paragraphs and essays with stages exemplify the patterns of writing, while clear reading instruction offers users the opportunity to analyze readings and to practice the reading-based writing required in academic environments. Users master common writing patterns while learning to use books as a springboard for their own writing in the form of summary, reaction, or response. Seventy-one high-interest, distinctive readings are integrated throughout the Eleventh Edition for analysis and as models of good writing. Clear, explicit writing prompts support each reading and focus on reading-based, cross-curricular, career-related, and general topics. In addition, the photo/art program promotes critical thinking, lively discussion, and analytical writing. The text is flexible in its format, allowing instructors to begin at any stage of instruction and to emphasize the paragraph or the essay, or to mix assignments.
| Student Overview | |
| The Flow of Writing: Icon and Theme | |
| Practice with Principles | |
| Strategies for Self-Improvement | |
| Writing Process Worksheet | |
| Linking Reading and Writing | |
| Reading for Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
| Reading-Based Writing | |
| Reading-Based Writing and Other Approaches in Writing | |
| Reading Techniq... MORE | |
| Reading-Based Writing Forms | |
| Kinds of Support for Reading-Based Writing | |
| Basic Formal Documentation in Reading-Based Writing | |
| Examples of Student Reading-Based Writing | |
| Student Essay with Documentation | |
| "'Listening to the Air' Guitar" | |
| Professional Essay with Applications | |
| "The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl" | |
| Journal Writing | |
| Cross-Curricular and Career-Related Writing | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| The Writing Process | |
| The Writing Process: Stage One: Exploring | |
| Experimenting | |
| Gathering Information | |
| The Writing Process Defined | |
| The Writing Process Worksheet | |
| The Assignment | |
| Your Audience | |
| Stage One Strategies | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| The Writing Process: Stage Two: Writing the Controlling Idea | |
| Organizing and Developing Support | |
| Defining the Controlling Idea | |
| Writing the Controlling Idea as a Topic Sentence or Thesis | |
| Organizing Support | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| The Writing Process: Stage Three: Writing / Revising / Editing | |
| Writing the First Draft | |
| Revising | |
| Editing | |
| Student Demonstration of All Stages of the Writing Process | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| Writing the Paragraph | |
| The Paragraph Defined | |
| Basic Paragraph Patterns | |
| The Writing Process and the Paragraph | |
| Student Demonstration of All Stages of the Writing Process | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| Writing the Essay | |
| The Essay Defined in Relation to the Developmental Paragraph | |
| Special Paragraphs Within the Essay | |
| Student Demonstration of All Stages of the Writing Process | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| Writing Paragraphs and Essays: Instruction, with Integrated Reading Selections | |
| Descriptive Narration: Moving Through Space and Time | |
| Writing Descriptive Narration | |
| Finding Patterns in Photos | |
| Practicing Narrative Patterns | |
| Practicing Descriptive Patterns | |
| Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
| Paragraph | |
| "One More Time" | |
| Essays | |
| "The Story of a Well-Made Shield" | |
| "No Tears for Frankie" | |
| "More" | |
| Student Paragraphs, Essay, and Report | |
| "Yearning for Love" | |
| "The Drag" [with stages] | |
| Reading-Based Writing | |
| "Rituals as Comfort Food for the Soul" | |
| Career-Related Writing | |
| "Incident Report of the Falling Shoppers" | |
| Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Descriptive Narration | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| Exemplification: Writing with Examples | |
| Writing Exemplification | |
| Finding Patterns in Photos | |
| Practicing Patterns of Exemplification | |
| Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
| Paragraph | |
| "Dropping Way Out" | |
| Essays | |
| "Little Brother Is Watching" | |
| "Who's Cheap?" | |
| Jos? | |
| "Tortillas" | |
| "Liked for Myself" | |
| Student Paragraph and Essays | |
| "Traveling the World at Home" | |
| "Cheating Is Not Worth the Bother" [with stages] | |
| Reading-Based Writing | |
| "Grading a Professor's Writing" | |
| Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Exemplification | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| Analysis by Division: Examining the Parts | |
| Writing Analysis by Division | |
| Finding Patterns in Photos | |
| Practicing Patterns of Analysis by Division | |
| Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
| Paragraphs | |
| "Golden Oldies" | |
| "The Zones of the Sea" | |
| Essay and Restaurant Review | |
| "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" | |
| "Americanization Is Tough on 'Macho'" | |
| Restaurant Review | |
| "Food, Service Hit and Miss at Gianno's" | |
| Student Paragraph and Essays | |
| "More Than Ordinary" [with stages] | |
| Reading-Based Writing | |
| "Elvis Presley, King of the Twentieth Century" | |
| Career-Related Writing | |
| "Air Traffic Control as a Career" | |
| Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Analysis by Division | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| Process Analysis: Writing About Doing Writing Process Analysis | |
| Finding Patterns in Photos | |
| Practicing Patterns of Process Analysis | |
| Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
| Paragraphs | |
| "How to Sharpen a Knife" | |
| "How to Eat an Ice Cream Cone" | |
| Essays | |
| "Attitude" | |
| "Flirting Fundamentals" | |
| Career-Related Writing | |
| "A Successful Interview" | |
| Student Paragraph and Essay | |
| "A Summary of 'How Low-Balling Works on Your Mind'" | |
| "Doing a Flame Hair Tattoo" [with stages] | |
| Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Process Analysis | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| Cause and Effect: Determining Reasons and Outcomes | |
| Writing Cause and Effect | |
| Finding Patterns in Photos | |
| Practicing Patterns of Cause and Effect | |
| Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
| Paragraphs | |
| "Why Marriages Fail" | |
| "Family Heroes and Role Models" | |
| Short Story | |
| "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" | |
| Views on Violence | |
| "The Ghetto Made Me Do It" | |
| "Enough Is Enough" | |
| Student Essay | |
| "From 'Kick Me' to 'Kiss Me'" | |
| Student Paragraph and Essay | |
| "The Classroom and Beyond" [with stages] | |
| Reading-Based Writing: Short Story Review | |
| "The Use of Self-Analysis" | |
| Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Cause and Effect | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| Classification: Establishing Groups | |
| Writing Classification | |
| Finding Patterns in Photos | |
| Practice Patterns of Classification | |
| Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
| Paragraph | |
| "Styles of Leadership" | |
| Essays | |
| "How Do I Love Thee?" | |
| "Living Environments" | |
| "Why We Carp and Harp" | |
| Student Paragraph and Essay | |
| "Doctors Have Their Symptoms, Too" [with stages] | |
| Reading-Based Writing | |
| "Community College Pressures" | |
| Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Classification | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| Comparison and Contrast: Showing Similarities and Differences | |
| Writing Comparison and Contrast | |
| Finding Patterns in Photos | |
| Practicing Patterns of Comparison and Contrast | |
| Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
| Paragraphs | |
| "Blue as in Boy, Pink as in Girl" | |
| "Public and Private" | |
| "Heavenly Father, Divine Goalie" | |
| Essays | |
| "Chick Flicks vs. Macho Movies: Can You Tell the Difference?" | |
| "Two Ways to Belong in America" | |
| "Neat People vs. Sloppy People" | |
| Student Paragraph and Essays | |
| "Wives and Mothers in Vietnam and in America" [with stages] | |
| Reading-Based Writing | |
| "Struggling Against Silence" | |
| Career-Related Writing: Business Comparison and Contrast | |
| "A Fast-Food Face-Off" | |
| Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Comparison and Contrast | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| Definition: Clarifying Terms | |
| Writing Definition | |
| Finding Patterns in Photos | |
| Practicing Patterns of Definition | |
| Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
| Paragraph | |
| "Burnout" | |
| Essays | |
| "Bully, Bully" | |
| "Whose Values?" | |
| "Graffiti: Taking a Closer Look" | |
| Student Paragraph and Essay | |
| "Going Too Far" [with stages] | |
| Reading-Based Writing | |
| "My-graines" | |
| Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Definition | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| Argument: Writing to Persuade | |
| Writing Argument | |
| Finding Patterns in Photos | |
| Practicing Patterns of Argument | |
| Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
| Essays | |
| "Shouldn't Men Have 'Choice' Too?" | |
| "Rape and Modern Sex War" | |
| "Let Granny Drive If She Can" | |
| Student Paragraph, Essay, and Proposal | |
| "My Life to Live--or Not" [with stages] | |
| Reading-Based Writing | |
| "Schools as Political Combat Zones" | |
| Career-Related Writing: Proposal | |
| "Mandatory Tipping at BoBo's" | |
| Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Argument | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| Using Sources | |
| Writing the Research Paper | |
| The Research Paper Defined | |
| Ten Steps to Writing a Research Paper | |
| Student Essay | |
| "Zoos--An Endangered Species?" | |
| Writer's Guidelines | |
| Handbook | |
| Handbook: Writing Effective Sentences | |
| Parts of Speech | |
| Subjects and Verbs | |
| Kinds of Sentences | |
| Combining Sentences | |
| Omissions | |
| Variety in Sentence Types, Order, Length, Beginnings | |
| Correcting Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-Ons | |
| Verbs | |
| Pronouns | |
| Adjectives and Adverbs | |
| Balancing Sentence Parts | |
| Punctuation and Capitalization | |
| Spelling | |
| Avoiding Wordy Phrases | |
| Brief Guide for ESL Students | |
| Text Credits | |
| Author/Title Index | |
| Subject Index | |
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