Writing First with Readings : Practice in Context
ISBN: 9780312487584 | 0312487584
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Pub. Date: 12/15/2008
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Writing First: Practice in Contexthelps students master basic writing skills by providing them with clear instruction, engaging models, interesting and abundant exercises, and plenty of guidance for self-checking and revising their work. In addition, the unique "practice-in-context" method gets students writing immediately in every chapter and has them consistently applying what they learn to their own writing. The fourth edition goes further in helping students make important connections between paragraph and essay writing skills, and between ... MORE
| Preface for Instructors | |
| A Student's Guide to Using | |
| Writing First | |
| Self-Assessment Checklists for Writing Paragraphs and Essays | |
| Writing Paragraphs And Essays | |
| Focus on Paragraphs | |
| Writing a Paragraph | |
| Understanding Paragraph Structure | |
| Focusing on Your Assignment, Purpose, and Audience | |
| Finding Ideas | ... MORE |
| Identifying Your Main Idea and Writing a Topic Sentence | |
| Choosing and Arranging Supporting Points | |
| Drafting Your Paragraph | |
| Revising and Editing Your Paragraph | |
| Self-Assessment Checklist: Revising Your Paragraph | |
| Review Checklist: Writing a Paragraph | |
| Fine-Tuning Your Paragraph | |
| Writing Unified Paragraphs | |
| Writing Well-Developed Paragraphs | |
| Writing Coherent Paragraphs | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Review Checklist: Fine-Tuning Your Paragraph | |
| Patterns of Paragraph Developmen | |
| Exemplification | |
| What is Exemplification? | |
| Writing an Exemplification Paragraph | |
| Self-Assessment Checklist: Writing an Exemplification Paragraph | |
| Moving from Paragraph to Essay: Exemplification | |
| Narration | |
| Description | |
| Process | |
| Cause and Effect | |
| Comparison and Contrast | |
| Classification | |
| Definition | |
| ArgumentNote: Chapters 4 – 11 follow the same format as chapter 3 but details have been omitted to save space | |
| Focus on Essays | |
| Writing an Essay | |
| Thinking about Paragraphs and Essays | |
| Deciding on a Topic | |
| Finding Ideas | |
| Stating Your Thesis | |
| Choosing Supporting Points | |
| Arranging Supporting Points | |
| Drafting Your Essay | |
| Revising Your Essay | |
| Self-Assessment Checklist: Revising Your Essay | |
| I Editing Your Essay | |
| Self-Assessment Checklist: Editing Your Essay | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Review Checklist: Writing an Essay | |
| Introductions and Conclusions | |
| Introductions | |
| Conclusions | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Review Checklist: Introductions and Conclusions | |
| Patterns of Essay Development | |
| Exemplification | |
| Self-Assessment Checklist: Writing an Exemplification Essay | |
| Narration | |
| Description | |
| Process | |
| Cause and Effect | |
| Comparison and Contrast | |
| Classification | |
| DefinitionI Argument | |
| Review Checklist: Patterns of Essay Development | |
| Note: Sections B - I follow the same format as section A but details have been omitted to save space | |
| Revising And Editing Your Writingunit 4 | |
| Writing Effective Sentences | |
| Writing Simple Sentences | |
| Subjects | |
| Prepositional Phrases | |
| Verbs | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Review Checklist: Writing Simple Sentences | |
| Writing Compound Sentences | |
| Using Coordinating Conjunctions | |
| Using Semicolons | |
| Using Transitional Words and Phrases | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Review Checklist: Writing Compound Sentences | |
| Writing Complex Sentences | |
| Identifying Complex Sentences | |
| Using Subordinating Conjunctions | |
| Using Relative Pronouns | |
| Punctuating with Relative Pronouns | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Review Checklist: Writing Complex Sentences | |
| Achieving Sentence Variety | |
| Varying Sentence Types | |
| Varying Sentence Openings | |
| Combining Sentences | |
| Mixing Long and Short Sentences | |
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Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell have taught college composition and basic writing for more than 25 years and have authored many widely adopted textbooks including Patterns for College Writing (2009), Foundations First: Sentences and Paragraphs (2008), and the new text Focus on Writing: Paragraphs and Essays (2008). Laurie Kirszner teaches composition, literature, and creative writing at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Stephen Mandell is the founder and former director of the basic writing program at Drexel University, where he teaches composition, literature, and technical and business writing.
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