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9780321990983

Ticket to Write Writing College Essays Plus MyLab Writing -- Access Card Package

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  • ISBN13:

    9780321990983

  • ISBN10:

    0321990986

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Package
  • Copyright: 2016-02-11
  • Publisher: Pearson
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For courses in Developmental Writing — Essay.

This package includes MyWritingLab™.

 

Turns students into college-level writers

Ticket to Write: Writing College Essays is the premier introduction to college-level writing for freshmen who need further practice before entering composition courses. The text focuses on critical reading skills and guides students through the five steps of writing: prewriting, discovery drafting, revising, editing and proofreading, publishing. It then moves on to discover different types of writing found in the college classroom, such as critical essays and resource-based writing. Strong imageryengages visual learners throughout, and writing is related to relevant modern technologies. With grammar and mechanics coverage and note-taking strategies, Ticket to Write sharpens the basic skills students must develop to write at a higher level.


Personalize learning with MyWritingLab™
MyWritingLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts.

 

0321990986 / 9780321990983  Ticket to Write: Writing College Essays Plus MyWritingLab — Access Card Package

Package consists of:

  • 0133933296 / 9780133933291  MyWritingLab Generic without Pearson eText — Access Card
  • 013393330X / 9780133933307  MyWritingLab Generic — Inside Star Sticker
  • 0205822789 / 9780205822782  Ticket to Write: Writing College Essays

 

Table of Contents

I. READING AND WRITING IN COLLEGE


1. The Reading–Writing Connection

2. Review of the Writing Process

3. Reflective Essay Writing: Description, Illustration, and Narration

4. Analytical Essay Writing: Process, Comparison and Contrast, Classification, and Cause and Effect 

5. Position Essay Writing: Definition and Defense

6. Profile Essay Writing

7. Informative Essay Writing

8. Writing a Research Paper

9. Workplace Writing

10. College Competencies


II. SKILLS FOR WRITING IN COLLEGE


A. Sentence Fragments and Run-Ons

B. Errors in Pronoun Usage

C. Errors in Verb Usage

D. Errors in Subject–Verb Agreement

E. Errors in Modifiers

F. Errors in Punctuation


III. DIGGING DEEPER: ADDITIONAL READINGS

 

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