In Concert An Integrated Approach to Reading and Writing -- MyLab Reading without Pearson eText Access Code

by McWhorter, Kathleen T.

• ISBN13: 9780134985541
• ISBN10: 0134985540
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Access Card
• Copyright: 2021-12-30
• Publisher: Pearson

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Author Biography

About our author

Kathleen T. McWhorter is the author of more than a dozen textbooks, designed to help students succeed in college. Born in a rural farm community in Upstate New York, she went on to receive her EdD from SUNY Buffalo. For 34 years, she taught at Niagara County Community College in Sanborn, NY, where she is a professor emerita of humanities. Through her textbooks, Dr. McWhorter has helped an estimated 500,000 students improve their reading, writing and critical-thinking skills.

Table of Contents

Brief Contents

PART ONE — INTRODUCTION TO READING AND WRITING

1. An Overview of the Reading Process (with Writing)
2. An Overview of the Writing Process (with Reading) Vocabulary Workshop

PART TWO — READING, WRITING, AND ORGANIZING PARAGRAPHS

3. Topics, Main Ideas, and Topic Sentences
4. Details, Transitions, and Implied Main Ideas
5. Organization: Basic Patterns
6. Organization: Additional Patterns
7. Strategies for Revising Paragraphs

PART THREE — READING AND WRITING ESSAYS

8. Reading, Planning, and Organizing Essays
9. Drafting and Revising Essays
10. Reading and Writing Essays with Multiple Patterns
11. Writing Essays Using Sources

PART FOUR — CRITICAL THINKING, READING, AND WRITING

12. Critical Thinking: Making Inferences and Analyzing the Author’s Message
13. Critical Thinking: Evaluating the Author’s Techniques
14. Critical Thinking: Reading and Writing Arguments

PART FIVE — THEMATIC READER: WRITING IN RESPONSE TO READING

PART SIX — REVIEWING THE BASICS

Credits

Index