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Steps in Composition

ISBN: 9780130427489 | 0130427489
Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference
Pub. Date: 11/1/1993

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SummaryTable of Contents
This time-honored, comprehensive program for basic writers features a unique instructional format that combines the fundamentals of grammar, mechanics, rhetoric, vocabulary, and spelling, with contemporary topics of interest and participatory exercises that require users to get fully involved by creating, changing, rewriting, or correcting. Flexible in format, the chapters can be used in whatever sequence suits the individual. Vocabulary Building section consists of words clustered around the major topic of the chapter and a variety of exercises to help readers use these words comfortably and correctly. Presents Spelling Lessons that help readers to master useful spelling rules and patterns. Features a special Grammar and Rhetoric Skills section which presents important grammatical or rhetorical steps to writing successful compositions in small easy-to-understand steps . Uses Keypoint Checklist reference charts throughout to help users find the most important points as they write, revise, and edit writing pieces. Includes a new section on Verb Tense Consistency that provides clear explanations and many opportunities to practice the skill. Expands the section on The Essay to include more information and several essays that illustrate Explaining a Process, Constructing a Definition, and Arguing an Opinion
Springboards to Thinking
Essay: “Pursuit of Happiness”
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Women in a Traditional Culture
The Vocabulary of Women in Mainstream America
Spelling: Methods to Improve Your Spelling
The Writing Process
Prewriting Techniques
Purposes for Writin... MORE
Audience
The Topic Sentence
Paragraph Development, Part I
Refresher Exercise
Springboards to Writing
Springboards to Thinking
Essay: “Fire, Hope, and Charity”
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of a Troubled Society
The Vocabulary of a Healthy Society
Spelling: Sound-Alikes
Paragraph Development, Part II
Ordering of Details in a Paragraph
Revising a Paragraph
Refresher Exercise
Springboards to Writing
Springboards to Thinking
Essay: “My Daughter Smokes”
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Cigarette Addiction, Part I
The Vocabulary of Cigarette Addiction, Part II
Spelling: Spelling Rule — Changing y to i
The Sentence Fragment
Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences
Refresher Exercise
Springboards to Writing
Springboards to Thinking
Essay: “Rapping Nasty”
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Censorship, Part I
The Vocabulary of Censorship, Part II
Spelling: Proofreading
Coordination
Subordination
A Special Case of Subordination
Refresher Exercise
Springboards to Writing
Springboards to Thinking
Essay: “Teenagers in Dreamland”
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Today''s Adolescent Subculture, Part I
The Vocabulary of Today''s Adolescent Subculture, Part II
Spelling: Capitalization
The -s Verb Ending
Agreement of Subject and Verb
Irregular Verbs
The -ed Verb Ending
Verb Tense Consistency
Refresher Exercise
Springboards to Writing
Springboards to Thinking
Essay: “Born Beautiful: Confessions of a Naturally Gorgeous Girl”
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Personality Traits, Part I
The Vocabulary of Personality Traits, Part II
Spelling: Commonly Confused Words
Pronoun Choice
Pronoun Agreement
Pronoun Reference and Consistency
Refresher Exercise
Springboards to Writing
Springboards to Thinking
Essay: “Money and Freedom”
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of the Financial World
The Vocabulary of Avoiding Burnout
Spelling: Spelling Rule — ie and ei
From Paragraph Principles to Essay Writing (Finding a Writing Topic, Drafting a Thesis Statement, Forming Main Body Ideas)
The Introductory Paragraph
The Concluding Paragraph
Revising an Essay
Refresher Exercise
Springboards to Writing
Springboards to Thinking
Essay: “Abortion Is Too Complex to Feel All One Way About”
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of the Pro-Choice Movement
The Vocabulary of the Right-to-Life Movement
Spelling: The Apostrophe
The Comma
Other Marks of Punctuation
Refresher Exercise
Springboards to Writing
Springboards to Thinking
Essay: “Honesty: Is It Going Out of Style?”
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Dishonesty
The Vocabulary of Police Work
Spelling: Plurals
The Unified Essay
Words of Transition
Key Words: Deliberate Repetition
Refresher Exercise
Springboards to Writing
Springboards to Thinking
Essay: “The Shadow of a Stranger”
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of a Violent Society, Part I
The Vocabulary of a Violent Society, Part II
Spelling: To Split or Not to Split
Using the Right Word
Informal Language
Refresher Exercise
Springboards to Writing
Springboards to Thinking
Essay: “Old Before Her Time”
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Growing Old, Part I
The Vocabulary of Growing Old, Part II
Spelling: Spelling Rule — Dropping the Final e
Sentence Logic (Parallelism, Misplaced Modifiers, Dangling Modifiers)
Refresher Exercise
Springboards to Writing
Springboards to Thinking
Essay: “Why People Are Rude”
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Rudeness
The Vocabulary of Stress
Spelling: Spelling Rule — Doubling
The Essay: Explaining a Process
Constructing a Definition
Arguing an Opinion
Refresher Exercise. Springboards to Writing
Critical Thinking — Logic
Common Prefixes and Suffixes
Spelling Demons
Topics for Writing
Index
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