Expressways : Writing Scenarios (with MyWritingLab Student Access Code Card)

by McWhorter, Kathleen T.

• ISBN13: 9780205634217
• ISBN10: 0205634214
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2008-10-29
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

A developmental paragraph-to-essay writing text that provides the reader with writing instruction for success in academic, workplace and everyday writing situations. The reader is coached for writing success in academic, workplace and everyday writing situations. Emphasis on writing to different audiences (academic, workplace, and personal); focus on the reading-writing connection and strategies for active reading; detailed coverage of the stages within the writing process; student success theme help real students become successful college writers. Developmental English - Paragraph to Essay

Table of Contents

Rhetorical Contents

writing success starts here!

Tabs: Take Charge of Your Learning Use the Help Features in This Book Writing Success Tips

Getting Started

The Writing Process: An Overview

Writing

What is Good Writing?

The Five Steps in the Writing Process

Generating Ideas

When to Use Which Technique Organizing

Your Ideas Using an Idea Map to Organize

Your Ideas Writing a First Draft

Student Essay (first draft) Revising and Rewriting Drafts

Student Essay: Education: The Open Road, Doug Mello

Proofreading Your Final Draft

Benefits of the Five-Step Writing Process

Considering Your Audience and Purpose Chapter Review and Practice Internet Activities

The Active Reading

Process Reading Actively Previewing

Before Reading Body Language: Never Be Lied to Again, David J. Lieberman

Reading to Learn: Chapters

Student and Professional Essays, and Professional Essays

Using Idea Maps to Understand

Readings Understanding Difficult Readings

Reading Critically Building Your Vocabulary

Through Reading

Writing About A Reading

Thinking Before

Reading

Reading

Saved by the Kindness of a Virtual Stranger, Mark Zelermyer

Getting Reading to Write

Reviewing the Reading

Examining the Reading: Drawing and Idea Map

Thinking Critically: Asking Critical

Questions Strengthening Your Vocabulary

Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing

Writing About the Reading

Chapter Review and Practice Internet Activities

Paragraph Writing Strategies

Writing Topic Sentences

Writing

What Is a Paragraph?

Writing Effective

Topic Sentences

An Academic Scenario

A Student Essay

What It Means to Live in America, Loi To

A Workplace Scenario

A Job Application Letter

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