Writer's Resources Sentence Skills with Readings (with Writer's Resources CD-ROM)

by Robitaille, Julie; Connelly, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781413010039
• ISBN10: 1413010032
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-11
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This textbook focuses on the primary skills of college writing, teaching students that the sentence is the basic unit of all writing, and the ability to write strong, error-free sentences is expected of all college writers. WRITER'S RESOURCES: SENTENCE SKILLS WITH READINGS covers all the essential sentence skills and provides instruction on the paragraph and the essay. Each chapter provides the most important rules and concepts needed to write effective sentences. All rules are numbered for easy reference, and practice using each rule is provided after each rule. In addition, there are review exercises covering all the rules for each skill and editing exercises using each skill. Tests on the skill end each chapter. It also includes 10 professional readings and nine student paragraphs and essays. The professional readings include vocabulary exercises, comprehension questions, discussion questions, and writing topics.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Aiming for Success

Introduction to College Writing

The Paragraph

The Essay

Grammar, Mechanics, and Punctuation

Capitalization

Problem Words

Word Use and Choice

Identifying Subjects and Verbs

Subject-Verb Agreement

Verb Tenses

Adjectives and Adverbs

Sentence Parts and Types

Fragments

Run-ons

Sentence Combining

Pronoun Agreement

Reference and Case

Modifiers

Parallelism

Commas

Apostrophes

Other Punctuation Marks

Quotation Marks

Review Tests

Combined Editing Tests

Combined Skill Tests

Readings. "Have You Looked Under the Bed?" From What Should I Do With My Life?, Po Bronson

"Only Daughter," Sandra Cisneros

"My Journey," From the Preface to Lanterns: a Memoir of Mentors, Marian Wright Edelman

"Trash Talker," Steve Kemper, from Smithsonian, April,

2003 "A Homemade Education," From the Autobiography of Malcom X

"A Christmas Bicycle Illuminates the Spirit of Giving," Bill Maxwell, From Maximum Insight: Selected Columns

"The Journey," Mary Oliver

"Intimacy and Independence in Relationships," Deborah Tannen, from You Just Don't Understand, Women and Men in Conversation

"A&P," John Updike

"Writing About Yourself," William Zinsser, from On Writing Well

Student Writings

Student Paragraphs

Laptops: Portable Gifts

Fun Celly

Healthy Choice

Bad Break-up

The Oldest Child

Owning a Dog

Cheating Doesn't Help

Student Essays

My Journey

Modern Nuisance

Spelling and Dictionary Skills

Parts of Speech

ESL Skills with Exercises

Paragraph Writing Checklists

Answer Keys to Practice Exercises in Part II

Index

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