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Wordsmith : A Guide to Paragraphs and Essays

by: Arlov, Pamela

Wordsmith : A Guide to Paragraphs and Essays

by: Arlov, Pamela

ISBN 13:
9780130488954
ISBN 10:
013048895X
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2004
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary

LISTEN FOR: a rhetoric, writing in other courses COMPARES WELL TO: Kirzner: Foundations First (BSM),

I. COMPOSITION.

1. The Writing Process.
2. Preparing to Write.
3. Writing Paragraphs: The Topic Sentence.
4. Writing Paragraph Support.
5. Writing Paragraphs: Unity and Coherence.
6. Revising, Proofreading, and Formatting.
7. Showing and Telling: Description, Narration, and Example.
8. Limiting and Ordering: Definition, Classification, and Process.
9. Examining Logical Connections: Comparison-Contrast, Cause-Effect, and Argument.
10. Writing an Essay.
11. Writing a Summary Report.

II. GRAMMAR.

12. Verbs and Subjects.
13. Subject-Verb Agreement.
14. Verb Shifts.
15. Sentence Variety.
16. Run-On Sentences.
17. Sentence Fragments.
18. Pronoun Case.
19. Pronoun Agreement, Reference, and Point of View.
20. Adjectives, Adverbs, and Articles.
21. Capital Letters.
22. Words Commonly Confused.
23. Word Choice.
24. Commas.
25. Other Punctuation.
26. Apostrophes.
27. Quotation Marks, Underlining, and Italics.

III. READINGS.

1. Action Hero, Rulon Openshaw.
2. Setting boundaries, Cara DiMarco.
3.Against the Wall—Knight-Ridder, Tribune Information Services.
4. Older and Wiser—or Just Older? William Raspberry.
5. Barbie Madness, Cynthia Tucker.
6. Living at Warp Speed, Michael Ashcraft.
7. Spanish Spoken Here, Janice Castro, with Dan Cook and Cristina Garcia.
8. Recipe for a Sick Society, Donna Britt.
9. Don't Blame Me! The New “Culture of Victimization,” John J. Macionis.
10. How 'bout Us? Leonard Pitts.
11. Mixed Blessings, Jim Auchmutey.
12. One for the Books, Rheta Grimsley Johnson.
13. American Space, Chinese Place, Yi-Fu Tuan.
14. Disorders R Us, Michael Skube.
15. Civil Rites, Caroline Miller.
16. All the Rage, Dave Barry.
17. Conversational Ballgames, Nancy Masterton Sakamoto.
18. I Wonder: Was It Me, or Was It My Sari? Shoba Narayan.
19. Music: A Universal Language, Candace Dyer.
20. What If My Friends Hadn't Run? Bill Pippin .
Index.

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