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Writing Talk: Sentences and Paragraphs With Readings

by: Winkler, Anthony C.; McCuen, Joray

Writing Talk: Sentences and Paragraphs With Readings

by: Winkler, Anthony C.; McCuen, Joray

ISBN 13:
9780134348957
ISBN 10:
0134348958
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 04/01/1997
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary

Writing Talk: Sentences and Paragraphs with Readings is a skills-based writing text that takes students through the steps of the writing process-from free writing and brainstorming to formation and support of a discussible topic sentence-and, finally, to the processes of revising and editing.

The ESL Student and the Native Speaker
Differences Between a Native and an ESL Student
Pronunciation
Homonyms
Context
Grammar
Idioms
Myths About Writing
Myths About Writing
Standard English
How to Start Writing
Freewriting
Keeping a Journal
Brainstorming
Clustering
The Topic Sentence
Moving from Sentences to Paragraphs
Supporting Details
Writing a Solid Paragraph
Begin with a Discussible Point
Stick to the Point
Prove the Point; Donrsquo;t Merely Repeat It
Link the Sentences
Revising Paragraphs
What Is Revision?
The Revising Checklist
Using Talk Skills to Revise Your Work
Getting Rid of Wordiness
The Basic Sentence
Subject and Verb
Kernel Sentences
Sentences Worded as Questions
Prepositional Phrases
Action Verbs and Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs
Verbals
Compound Subjects and Verbs
Building Sentences
Dependent and Independent Clauses
Three Basic Sentence Types
Sentence Variety
Avoiding Non-Sentences
Sentence Fragments
Avoiding Sentence Fragments
Run-on Sentences
Verbs-An Overview
Twelve Tenses
Present Tense Endings
Past Tense Endings
Problems with ndash;ing verbs
Difficult Verbs: Be, Have, Do
Regular and Irregular Verbs
Regular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Problem Verbs: Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise
Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise: Does It Really Matter?
Subject-Verb Agreement
Do, Does, Doesnrsquo;t, Donrsquo;t, Was, Were, Wasnrsquo;t, Werenrsquo;t
Indefinite Pronouns
Phrases Between a Subject and Its Verb
Sentences Beginning with There/Here
Questions
Compound Subjects Joined by And, Or, Either/Or, or Neither/Nor Who, Which, and That
Problems with Verbs
Shifts in Tense
Would Have, Could Have, Should Have, and Must Have
Double Negatives
Active and Passive Voice
Using Pronouns Correctly
Antecedent Problems
Agreement Problems
Sexist Use of Pronouns
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