The Writer's Workplace With Readings: Building College Writing Skills
ISBN: 9781413030686 | 1413030688
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 2/1/2007
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For the past twenty years, THE WRITER'S WORKPLACE has served the needs of half a million two-year and four-year students as they have worked their way toward rewarding careers in many fields. John Scarry and Sandra Scarry present writing instruction in a clear and manageable form, with step-by-step explanations to help build and maintain students' confidence in their writing. The result of many years of classroom teaching and research, this comprehensive and time-tested resource reflects the authors' understanding that every student is unique, ... MORE
| An Invitation To Writing | |
| Gathering Ideas for Writing | |
| Recognizing the Elements of Good Writing | |
| Creating Effective Sentences | |
| Finding Subjects and Verbs in Simple Sentences | |
| Making Subjects and Verbs Agree | |
| Understanding Fragments and Phrases | |
| Combining Sentences Using Three Options for Coordination | |
| Combining Sentences Using Subord... MORE | |
| Correcting Fragments and Run-Ons | |
| Choosing Correct Pronouns | |
| Working with Adjectives, Adverbs, and Parallel Structure | |
| Practicing Irregular Verbs | |
| Mastering Verb Tenses | |
| Using Correct Capitalization and Punctuation | |
| Understanding the Power Of Words | |
| Choosing Words that Work | |
| Paying Attention to Look-Alikes and Sound-Alikes | |
| Creating Effective Paragraphs | |
| Working with Paragraphs: Topic Sentences and Controlling Ideas | |
| Working with Paragraphs: Supporting Details | |
| Developing Paragraphs: Illustration | |
| Developing Paragraphs: Narration | |
| Developing Paragraphs: Description | |
| Developing Paragraphs: Process Analysis | |
| Developing Paragraphs: Comparison/Contrast | |
| Developing Paragraphs: Cause and Effect | |
| Developing Paragraphs: Definition and Classification | |
| Structuring The College Essay | |
| Moving from the Paragraph to the Essay | |
| Following the Progress of a Student Essay | |
| Writing an Essay Using Examples, Illustrations, or Anecdotes | |
| *Professional Essay: "Darkness at Noon" by Harold Krents | |
| Writing an Essay Using Narration | |
| *Professional Essay: "Salvation" by Langston Hughes | |
| Writing an Essay Using Process Analysis | |
| Professional Essay: "How to Ace a Job Interview" by Richard Koonce | |
| Writing an Essay Using Comparison/Contrast | |
| *Professional Essay: "The Ugly Truth About Beauty" by Dave Barry | |
| Writing an Essay Using Persuasion | |
| *Professional Essay: "It's Time We Helped Patients Die" by Dr | |
| Howard Caplan | |
| Professional Essay: "Censorship or Common Sense?" by Roxana Robinson | |
| Other College Writing: The Research Paper and the Essay Exam | |
| Part | |
| Further Readings For The College Writer | |
| Strategies for the Active Reader | |
| Summer Reading, Michael Dorris | |
| My Daughter Smokes, Alice Walker | |
| The Paterson Public Library, Judith Ortiz-Cofer | |
| A Day at the Theme Park, W. Bruce Cameron | |
| Unforgettable Miss Bessie, Carl T. Rowan | |
| My Heroes, Elizabeth Berg | |
| America's Gambling Craze, James Popkin with Katia Hetter | |
| On Writing, Stephen King | |
| How to Mark a Book, Mortimer Adler | |
| Neat People vs. Sloppy People, Suzanne Britt | |
| Dream Houses, Tenaya Darlington | |
| Why Marriages Fail, Anne Roiphe | |
| Requiem for the Champ, June Jordan | |
| I'm a Banana and Proud of It, Wayson Choy | |
| The Ways of Meeting Opression, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr | |
| The Changing American Family, Alvin and Heidi Toffler | |
| No Comprendo, Barbara Mujica | |
| Why Don't These Women Just Leave? Elaine Weiss | |
| Should Women Go into Combat? Catherine L. Aspy | |
| Where Have All the Fathers Gone? Chicago Tribune Editorial | |
| Appendices | |
| Reference Guide for the ESOL Student | |
| Parts of Speech | |
| Irregular Verbs | |
| Spelling | |
| Transitions | |
| Answer Key to Practices and Selected Exercises | |
| Credits | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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