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Steps for Writers: Sentence & Paragraph to Essay, Volume 1, (Penguin Academics Series)

ISBN: 9780321198815 | 0321198816
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008

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SummaryTable of Contents
As part of the Penguin Academic Series,Steps for Writersoffers a compact, trade-format size and streamlined narrative to make it both easy to handle and easy to read. The authorteaches the basics of composing solid paragraphs and essays through a graduated approach to emphasize the goals of growth and development. Through this graduated approach to writing and grammar, readers move in "steps" and build confidence as they progress through the book. This flexibility helps readers overcome their anxiety, and, therefore, contributes to their discov... MORE
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Introduction: Visualizing the Essay
Student Essay
Developing Your Own Thinking, Writing, and Learning Process
Prewriting
Prewriting Experiments: Freewriting, Focused Writing, Brainstorming, Outlining, Clustering, Cubing
Interacting with Your Readers
Identifying Your Purpose
Prewriting Activities: A Glimpse of a Student Writer at Work
Writing Tip #1Writing Exercises: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge
Proofreading Practice: Identifying Sentence Divisions in Your Prewriting
Activities: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge
Making a Point
Thesis Statements
Introductory Paragraph
Writing Tip #2
Writing Exercises: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge
Proofreading Practice: Agreement of Subjects/Verbs: Basic, Int., Challenge
Developing Your Body Paragraphs and Making Conclusions
Explaining and Illustrating Ideas in Your Body Paragraphs
Applying Techniques of Development
Choosing Modes of Development
Writing Tip #3
Writing Exercises: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge
Concluding Paragraphs
Proofreading Practice: Special Problems with Agreement: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge
Global Revising: Doing an Extreme Makeover
Moving from Draft to Essay: A Glimpse of a Student Writer at Work
Testing Your Thesis: Looking for Digressions and Weak Spots
Achieving Continuity through Transitions
Improving Your Style: Breaking up, Varying and Combining Sentences
Interacting with Your Reader (reading aloud to others)
Peer Review Questions
Writing Tip #4
Writing Exercises: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge Proofreading Practice: Subordination: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge
Putting on the Final Touches
Improving Word Choice; Eliminating Wordiness
Proofreading Aloud; Locating Your Patterns of Error
Using Your Spelling and Grammar Check
Writing Tip #5
Writing Exercises: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge
Proofreading Practice: Spelling: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge
Step Two
Describing a Situation, Person, or Group
Visualizing Your Subject and Giving It Meaning
Student Essay
Organizing a Description
Example by a Published Author: Using Details
Writing Tip #6
Writing Exercises:Basic, Intermediate, Challenge
Essay Topics: Descriptive Writing
Peer Review Questions
Proofreading Pra"
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