Steps for Writers: Sentence & Paragraph to Essay, Volume 1, (Penguin Academics Series)

by Eggers, Phillip

• ISBN13: 9780321198815
• ISBN10: 0321198816
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

As part of the Penguin Academic Series,Steps for Writersoffers a compact, trade-format size and streamlined narrative to make it both easy to handle and easy to read. The authorteaches the basics of composing solid paragraphs and essays through a graduated approach to emphasize the goals of growth and development. Through this graduated approach to writing and grammar, readers move in "steps" and build confidence as they progress through the book. This flexibility helps readers overcome their anxiety, and, therefore, contributes to their discovery of writingrs"s intrinsic qualities.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Visualizing the Essay

Student Essay

Developing Your Own Thinking, Writing, and Learning Process

Prewriting

Prewriting Experiments: Freewriting, Focused Writing, Brainstorming, Outlining, Clustering, Cubing

Interacting with Your Readers

Identifying Your Purpose

Prewriting Activities: A Glimpse of a Student Writer at Work

Writing Tip #1Writing Exercises: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge

Proofreading Practice: Identifying Sentence Divisions in Your Prewriting

Activities: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge

Making a Point

Thesis Statements

Introductory Paragraph

Writing Tip #2

Writing Exercises: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge

Proofreading Practice: Agreement of Subjects/Verbs: Basic, Int., Challenge

Developing Your Body Paragraphs and Making Conclusions

Explaining and Illustrating Ideas in Your Body Paragraphs

Applying Techniques of Development

Choosing Modes of Development

Writing Tip #3

Writing Exercises: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge

Concluding Paragraphs

Proofreading Practice: Special Problems with Agreement: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge

Global Revising: Doing an Extreme Makeover

Moving from Draft to Essay: A Glimpse of a Student Writer at Work

Testing Your Thesis: Looking for Digressions and Weak Spots

Achieving Continuity through Transitions

Improving Your Style: Breaking up, Varying and Combining Sentences

Interacting with Your Reader (reading aloud to others)

Peer Review Questions

Writing Tip #4

Writing Exercises: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge Proofreading Practice: Subordination: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge

Putting on the Final Touches

Improving Word Choice; Eliminating Wordiness

Proofreading Aloud; Locating Your Patterns of Error

Using Your Spelling and Grammar Check

Writing Tip #5

Writing Exercises: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge

Proofreading Practice: Spelling: Basic, Intermediate, Challenge

Step Two

Describing a Situation, Person, or Group

Visualizing Your Subject and Giving It Meaning

Student Essay

Organizing a Description

Example by a Published Author: Using Details

Writing Tip #6

Writing Exercises:Basic, Intermediate, Challenge

Essay Topics: Descriptive Writing

Peer Review Questions

Proofreading Pra"

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