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Resources for Writers
by Long, Elizabeth C.Edition:
1st
ISBN13:
9780321261663
ISBN10:
0321261666
Format:
Paperback
Pub. Date:
1/1/2005
Publisher(s):
Longman
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Summary
Resources for Writersprovides instruction for the developing writer with a unique focus on cultural literacy.From sample paragraphs on the differences between capitalism and communism to mini-biographies of Jim Thorpe and Harriet Tubman, Resources for Writers will provide students with a cultural foundation upon which to build further writing skills.Those interested in improving writing skills.
Table of Contents
| Getting Started | |
| Your Strengths as a Writer | |
| The Bases of Good Writing: The Four Cs | |
| Practice with the Four Cs | |
| Writing for a Reader and a Reason | |
| The Writing Process | |
| Prewriting: Coming Up With Ideas | |
| Drafting: Writing a Rough Draft | |
| Revising: Making Changes in Your Draft | |
| Editing: Checking for Correctness | |
| Putting the Writing Process Steps Together | |
| The Elements of Good Writing | |
| Writing an Effective Topic Sentence | |
| Using Specific Details for Support and Illustration | |
| Organizing and Linking Ideas | |
| Writing Correct Sentences | |
| Strategies for Paragraph Development | |
| Providing Illustrations and Examples | |
| Narrating an Event or Story | |
| Describing a Scene, Person, or Object | |
| Classifying and Dividing | |
| Explaining a Process | |
| Comparing and Contrasting | |
| Explaining Cause and Effect | |
| Defining Terms | |
| Arguing a Position | |
| Writing Essays | |
| The Parts of an Essay | |
| Prewriting for and Drafting Your Essay | |
| Revising and Editing Your Essay | |
| Writing for Different Purposes | |
| Essay Exams | |
| Writing Summaries | |
| Writing to Get a Job | |
| Writing Correct Sentences | |
| Prepositional Phrases | |
| Subjects and Verbs | |
| Clauses | |
| Run-On Sentences | |
| Fragments | |
| Regular Verbs | |
| Irregular Verbs | |
| Subject-Verb Agreement | |
| Verb Tense and Tense Consistency | |
| Pronoun Agreement, Pronoun Reference, and Point of View | |
| Pronoun Types | |
| Simple Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs | |
| Misplaced Modifiers | |
| Dangling Modifiers | |
| Errors in Parallelism | |
| Commas | |
| Apostrophes | |
| Quotation Marks | |
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