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The Writer’s Response A Reading-Based Approach To College Writing

by: McDonald, Stephen; Salomone, William

The Writer’s Response A Reading-Based Approach To College Writing

by: McDonald, Stephen; Salomone, William

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9780838407769
ISBN 10:
0838407765
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/14/2003
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Its emphasis on the writing process along with integrated readings and sentence-combining exercises throughout makes this brief paragraph to essay level text unique in the marketplace.

The Reading-Writing Conversation
Writing with a Central Idea
The Writing Process
Prewriting: From Writer''s Block to Writing
Live Each Moment for What It''s Worth
Without Emotion
A View from Mount Ritter
Prewriting: Choosing a Preliminary Topic Sentence or Thesis
Prewriting: Preparing a Rough Outline
Grouping Related Points
Identifying Group Topics
Choosing a Tentative Organization
Writing: The First Draft
Rewriting: Revising and Editing
Assignments: Writing with a Central Idea
Evaluating Sample Papers
Sentence Combining: Embedding Adjectives
Adverbs, and Prepositional Phrases
Reading for the Central Idea
Paragraphs and Topic Sentences
Paragraphs without Topic Sentences
Essays and Thesis Statements
Three Passions I Have Lived For
Jailbreak Marriage
How to Stay Alive
Participating Actively in the Writer-Reader Dialogue
Printed Noise
Ordinary People Produce Extraordinary Results
A Required Course in Beating the Freshman Blues
Are You Living Mindlessly? Assignments: Writing a Personal Response
Evaluating Sample Papers
Sentence Combining: Coordination
Supporting the Central Idea
Brief Examples
Extended Examples
Statistics
Expert Opinion or Testimony
Combining Types of Support
Explaining the Significance of the Support
Writing Introductions and Conclusions
Male Fixations
Fear of Heights: Teachers
Parents, and Students Are Wary of Achievement
Surviving a Year of Sleepless Nights
Getting to Know about You and Me
Writing Assignments
Evaluating Sample Papers
Sentence Combining: Using Subordination
Unity and Coherence Unity
Coherence
Improving Unity and Coherence with Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences
Are Families Dangerous?
A Generation of Bigots Comes of Age
Colorblind
Burned Out and Bored.
Writing Assignments
Evaluating Sample Papers
Sentence Combining: Verbal Phrases
Writing About Reading
Summarizing and Responding to Reading
Writing a Brief Summary
Norman Cousins
The Decline of Neatness
Writing an Extended Summary
Writing a Summary-Response Essay
The Bachelor: Silly
Sexist and to Many
Irresistible
Killing Women: A Pop-Music Tradition
The Changing Face of America
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?
Writing Assignments
Evaluating Sample Papers
Sentence Combining: Appositives
Evaluating Reading Selections
Audience and Purpose
Evaluating Support
Appearances Are Destructive
Why Competition?
History: Pass the Popcorn
Please
Teenagers in Dreamland
Writing Assignment
Evaluating Sample Papers
Sentence Combining: Parallelism
Synthesizing Ideas from Reading Selections
Preparing Your Sources and Notes
Clarify Your Purpose
Read and Highlight Your Sources
Take Notes
Organizing Your Material
Group Related Ideas
Develop a Rough Outline of the Issues
Writing the Draft
Write a Preliminary Thesis Statement
Write the First Draft
Documenting Your Sources
Revising and Refining the Synthesis
Refine the Thesis Statement
Add or Refine Topic Sentences
Rethink Weak Paragraphs
Proofread for Errors in Grammar
Spelling, and Punctuation
Flag Burning and Freedom of Speech
Paul Greenberg
The American Flag: A Symbol We Should Protect
Charles Levendosky
Flag Burning and the First Amendment
Robert Dole
Many Americans Do Battle to Save Our Flag
Flag-Burning Ban: Protecting What It Symbolizes or the Symbol?
The Minimum Legal Drinking Age
Should the Legal Drinking Age Be Lowered to Eighteen or Nineteen?
Yes
Should the Legal Drinking Age Be Lowered to Eighteen or Nineteen?
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