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9780073371863

Exploring Writing: Sentences and Paragraphs

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    9780073371863

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  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-10-09
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Summary

Exploring Writing: Sentences and Paragraphsserves as a guidebook for every step of the writing process. Emphasizing both process and practice, with a focus on revision, the new second edition helps to apply and advance writing skills using John Langan's proven techniques. Mastering essential sentence skills, learning to write effective sentences, paragraphs, and essays, and becoming a critical reader are turning points for every writer, and they will prepare the students for writing situations in college and beyond.

Table of Contents

EXPLORING WRITING: SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS, 2/e

By John Langan

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

PART ONE WRITING: SKILLS AND PROCESS

1. An Introduction to Writing

Understanding Point and Support

An Important Difference Between Writing and Talking
Point and Support in Two Cartoons
Point and Support in a Paragraph

Writing as a Skill

Why Does Your Attitude toward Writing Matter?

Writing as a Process of Discovery

Keeping a Journal

2. The Writing Process

How Do You Reach the Goals of Effective Writing?

Prewriting

Technique 1: Freewriting
Technique 2: Questioning
Technique 3: Making a List
Technique 4: Clustering
Technique 5: Preparing a Scratch Outline

Writing a First Draft

Writing a First Draft: A Student Model

Revising

Revising: A Student Model

Editing and Proofreading

Editing Tips
Proofreading Tips
Editing and Proofreading: A Student Model

Tips on Using a Computer

Using a Computer at Each Stage of the Writing Process

Using Peer Review

1. Identification
2. Scratch Outline
3. Comments

Review Activities

Prewriting
Outlining, Drafting, and Revising
Taking a Writing Inventory
Chapter Review

PART TWO WRITING EFFECTIVE PARAGRAPHS

3.Four Steps for Writing, Four Bases for Revising

What Are The Steps to Writing Effective Paragraphs?

Step 1: Make a Point
Step 2: Support Your Point
Step 3: Organize the Support
Step 4: Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences

Four Bases for Revising Writing

Base 1: Unity
Base 2: Support
Base 3: Coherence
Base 4: Sentence Skills

4. Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development

Important Considerations in Paragraph Development

Knowing Your Subject
Knowing Your Purpose and Audience

Patterns of Development

1. Exemplification
A Paragraph to Consider
Writing an Exemplification Paragraph
2. Narration
A Paragraph to Consider
Writing a Narrative Paragraph
3. Description
A Paragraph to Consider
Writing a Description Paragraph
4. Process
A Paragraph to Consider
Writing a Process Paragraph
5. Cause and Effect
A Paragraph to Consider
Writing a Cause-and-Effect Paragraph
6. Comparison or Contrast
A Paragraph to Consider
Writing a Comparison or Contrast Paragraph
7. Definition
A Paragraph to Consider
Writing a Definition Paragraph
8. Division-Classification
A Paragraph to Consider
Writing a Division-Classification Paragraph
9. Argument
A Paragraph to Consider
Writing an Argument Paragraph

5. Moving From Paragraph to Essay

What Is an Essay?

Differences between an Essay and a Paragraph
The Form of an Essay
A Model Essay

Important Points about the Essay

Introductory Paragraph

Common Methods of Introduction

Supporting Paragraphs
Transitional Sentences
Concluding Paragraph

Essays to Consider

Planning the Essay

Outlining the Essay
Form for Planning the Essay

Practice in Writing the Essay

Understanding the Two Parts of a Thesis Statement
Supporting the Thesis with Specific Evidence
Identifying Introductions

Revising an Essay for All Four Bases: Unity, Support, Coherence,and Sentence Skills

Essay Assignments

Additional Writing Assignments

PART THREE SENTENCE SKILLS

SECTION 1: SENTENCES

1. Subjects and Verbs
2. Fragments
3. Run-Ons
4. Sentence Variety I

SECTION 2: VERBS, PRONOUNS, AND AGREEMENT

5. Standard English Verbs
6. Irregular Verbs
7. Subject-Verb Agreement
8. Consistent Verb Tense
9. Additional Information about Verbs
10. Pronoun Reference, Agreement, and Point of View
11. Pronoun Types

SECTION 3: MODIFIERS AND PARALLELISM

12. Adjectives and Adverbs
13. Misplaced Modifiers
14. Dangling Modifiers
15. Faulty Parallelism
16. Sentence Variety II

SECTION 4: PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS

17. Paper Format
18. Capital Letters
19. Numbers and Abbreviations
20. End Marks
21. Apostrophes
22. Quotation Marks
23. Commas
24. Other Punctuation Marks

SECTION 5: WORD USE

25. Dictionary Use
26. Spelling Improvement
27. Omitted Words and Letters
28. Commonly Confused Words
29. Effective Word Choice

PART FOUR READINGS FOR WRITERS

GOALS AND VALUES

Sister Helen Mrosla, “All the Good Things”

All She Has, $150,000, Is Going to a University, Rick Bragg (newspaper article) *NEW*

Bowling to Find a Lost Father, Mee Her (personal essay) *NEW*

The Conveyor Belt Ladies, Rose Del Castillo Guilbault (personal essay) *NEW*

The F Word, Firoozah Dumas (personal essay) *NEW*

EDUCATION AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT

Ben Carson, “Do It Better!”

Janny Scott, “How They Get You to Do That”

Grant Berry, “A Change of Attitude”

Beth Johnson, “Let’s Get Specific!”

Stance, B.J. Penn (book excerpt) *NEW*

Baking a Cake, Natalie Goldberg (practical advice for students) *NEW*

How to Start: Yearning to Learn, Tiger Woods (book excerpt) *NEW*

Why Go to College, Robert Feldman (practical advice for students) *NEW*

HUMAN GROUPS AND SOCIETY

Katherine Barrett, “Old Before Her Time”

Amy Tan, “The Most Hateful Words”

Bill Wine, “Rudeness at the Movies”

Turning Youth Gangs Around, Luis J. Rodriguez (magazine article) *NEW*

Reclaiming Our Home Place, Maya Angelou (personal essay) *NEW*

So Here’s What You Personally Can Do to Help Solve the Climate Crisis, Al Gore (book excerpt) *NEW*

A Grand Unified Theory of YouTube and MySpace, Paul Botin (Web article) *NEW*

Appendix A: Parts of Speech

Appendix B: ESL Pointers

Appendix C: Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test

Appendix D: Sentence Skills Achievement Test

Appendix E: Answers to Exercises in Part III

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