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Real Skills Interactive A Brief Guide to Writing Sentences and Paragraphs

by: Anker, Susan

Real Skills Interactive A Brief Guide to Writing Sentences and Paragraphs

by: Anker, Susan

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9781457654107
ISBN 10:
1457654105
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Copyright: 08/30/2013
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
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Summary

Providing practical coverage of sentence-to-paragraph level writing skills, Real Skills Interactive gives you accessible writing instruction along with a number of focused grammar practice activities to improve your writing.

Author Biography

Susan Anker (BA, MEd, Boston University) brings a unique perspective to the teaching of the developmental writing course. She taught English and developmental writing before entering college publishing, where she worked for eighteen years: as a sales representative and English/ESL editor at Macmillan Publishing Company; as developmental English/ESL editor, executive editor, and editor in chief at St. Martin’s Press; and as vice president and editor in chief for humanities at Houghton Mifflin Company. In each of these positions, she worked with developmental writing instructors and students, maintaining her early interest in the field. Since the publication of the first edition of Real Writing in 1998, Anker has traveled extensively to campuses across the country, continuing her conversations with instructors and students and giving workshops and presentations. She believes that the writing course is, for many students, their first, best opportunity to learn the skills they will need to succeed in college and achieve their goals.

Table of Contents

Part One: College Thinking, Reading, and Writing
1. Reading and Critical Thinking: Keys to Successful Writing

Recognize What You Already Know

Improve Your Critical Reading Skills

Preview the Reading
Read the Piece, Finding the Main Point and Support
main point

support

Pause to Think
Review
review the reading

build your vocabulary

Think Critically

2. Getting Ready to Write: Writing in College and Other Formal Settings
The Basics of Good Writing

Purpose and Audience: Consider Your Writing Situation
Main Point and Support
Paragraph Structure

The Writing Process

Narrowing and Exploring Your Topic

Narrow Your Topic
Explore Your Topic
freewriting

brainstorming

mapping or clustering

keeping a journal

using the internet

Part Two: Writing Paragraphs and Essays
3. Writing Your Paragraph: How to Put Your Ideas Together

Make a Point

Support Your Point

Make a Plan

Write a Draft

4. Improving Your Paragraph: How to Make It the Best It Can Be

Understand What Revision Is

Get Feedback

Improve Your Support

Check the Arrangement of Your Ideas

Time Order
Space Order
Order of Importance
Title Your Paragraph

Check for the Four Basics of a Good Paragraph

5. Developing Your Paragraph: Different Ways to Present Your Ideas
Narration

Guided Practice: Narration
Guided Outline: Narration
Write a Narration Paragraph
Illustration

Guided Practice: Illustration
Guided Outline: Illustration
Write an Illustration Paragraph
Description

Guided Practice: Description
Guided Outline: Description
Write a Description Paragraph
Process Analysis

Guided Practice: Process Analysis
Guided Outline: Process Analysis
Write a Process-Analysis Paragraph
Classification

Guided Practice: Classification
Guided Outline: Classification
Write a Classification Paragraph
Definition

Guided Practice: Definition
Guided Outline: Definition
Write a Definition Paragraph
Comparison and Contrast

Guided Practice: Comparison and Contrast
Guided Outline: Comparison and Contrast
Write a Comparison-and-Contrast Paragraph
Cause and Effect

Guided Practice: Cause and Effect
Guided Outline: Cause and Effect
Write a Cause-and-Effect Paragraph
Argument

Guided Practice: Argument
Guided Outline: Argument
Write an Argument Paragraph

6. Moving from Paragraphs to Essays: How to Write Longer Papers
Essay Structure

Write an Essay

Narrow Your Topic
Write a Thesis Statement
Support Your Thesis Statement and Write Topic Sentences
Make a Plan
Write, Revise, and Edit

Part Three: Grammar, Punctuation, and Mechanics

7. The Parts of Speech: A Brief Review
Nouns

Pronouns

Personal Pronouns
subject pronouns

object pronouns

possessive pronouns

Indefinite Pronouns
Other Types of Pronouns
reflexive and intensive pronouns

relative pronouns

interrogative pronouns

demonstrative pronouns

reciprocal pronouns

Verbs

Action Verbs
Linking Verbs
Main Verbs and Helping Verbs
Adjectives

Adverbs

Prepositions

Conjunctions

Coordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating Conjunctions
Interjections

8. Complete Sentences: Key Parts to Know
Understand What a Sentence Is

Subjects

Subject Nouns
Subject Pronouns
Simple and Complete Subjects
Single and Plural Subjects
Prepositional Phrases
Verbs

Complete Thoughts

Six Basic English Sentence Patterns

Longer Sentences

Compound Sentences
Complex Sentences
Compound-Complex Sentences

9. Fragments: Sentences That Are Missing a Key Part
Understand What Fragments Are

Find and Correct Fragments

Trouble Spot 1: Fragments That Start with a Prepositional Phrase
Trouble Spot 2: Fragments That Start with a Dependent Word
Trouble Spot 3: Fragments That Start with an –ing Verb
Trouble Spot 4: Fragments That Start with to and a Verb
Trouble Spot 4: Fragments That Start with an Example or Explanation

10. Run-Ons and Comma Splices: Two Sentences Joined Incorrectly
Understand What Run-Ons and Comma Splices Are

Find and Correct Run-Ons and Comma Splices

Add a Period or a Semicolon
Add a Comma and a Coordinating Conjunction
Add a Subordinating Conjunction (Dependent Word)
11. Subject-Verb Agreement Problems: Subjects and Verbs That Do Not Match
Understand What Subject-Verb Agreement Is

Find and Correct Errors in Subject-Verb Agreement

The Verb Is a Form of Be, Have, or Do

Words Come between the Subject and the Verb
The Sentence Has a Compound Subject
The Subject Is an Indefinite Pronoun
The Verb Comes before the Subject

12. Verb-Tense Problems: The Past Tense and the Past Participle
Understand Regular Verbs in the Past Tense

Understand Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense

Understand Four Very Irregular Verbs

Understand the Past Participle

Past Participles of Regular Verbs
Past Participles of Irregular Verbs
Use the Past Participle Correctly

Present-Perfect Tense
Past-Perfect Tense
Passive versus Active Voice
Verb-Tense Reference Chart

13. Other Grammar Concerns: Problems with Pronouns and Modifiers
Pronouns

Make Pronouns Agree with Their Antecedents
indefinite pronouns

collective nouns

Make Pronoun References Clear
Using the Right Pronoun Case
sentences with more than one subject or object

pronouns used in comparisons

who versus whom
Make Pronouns Consistent in Person
Adjectives and Adverbs

Choose between Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives and Adverbs in Comparisons
Good, Well, Bad, and Badly

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Misplaced Modifiers
Dangling Modifiers

14. Style, Word Choice, and Spelling: Writing Effective Sentences
Avoid Choppy Sentences

Coordination
coordinating conjunctions

semicolons

Subordination
Balance Parallel Ideas

Parallelism in Pairs and Lists
Parallelism in Comparisons
Parallelism with Certain Paired Words
Avoid Common Word-Choice Problems

Vague Words
Slang
Wordy Language
Clichés
Sexist Language
Use Commonly Confused Words Correctly

Follow These Steps to Better Spelling

　
15. Punctuation and Capitalization
Commas

commas between items in a series

commas in compound sentences

commas after introductory words

commas around adjective clauses

commas with quotation marks

commas in addresses

commas in dates

commas with names

commas with yes or no

Apostrophes

apostrophes to show ownership

apostrophes in contractions

Quotation Marks

quotation marks for direct quotations

no quotation marks for indirect quotations

quotation marks for certain titles

capitalization of sentences

capitalization of names of specific people, places, dates, and things

capitalization of titles

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