Writing Talk : Writing Sentences and Paragraphs with Readings (with MyWritingLab Student Access Code Card)

by Winkler, Anthony C; McCuen-Matherell, Jo Ray

• ISBN13: 9780205661978
• ISBN10: 0205661971
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

There are many different ways in which developing writers learn. Winkler and McCuen-Matherall have created a writing series that takes into account many of the known difficulties that developing writing students have with English language skills and strategies. Writing Talk: Sentences & Paragraphs with Readings, 5/e is the first book in a series of two. This text reaches more students by providing the most varied practice exercises of any writing text. Every unit contains Practice Exercises, Unit Tests, Unit Talk-Write Exercises, Unit Collaborative Assignments, Unit Writing Assignments, and Photo Writing Assignments. These diverse exercises will help students of all types (including visual, audio, and collaborative learners) learn and retain the material.

Table of Contents

Getting Started

The ESL Student and the Native Speaker

Differences Between a Native and an ESL Student

Pronunciation

Homonyms

Context

Grammar

Idioms

The Importance of Speaking and Writing Well

Unit Test

Unit Talk-Write Assignment

Unit Collaborative Assignment

Unit Writing Assignment

Photo Writing Assignment

Myths About Writing

Myths About Writing

Standard English

How to Start Writing

Freewriting

Keeping a Journal

Brainstorming

Clustering

The Topic Sentence

The Sentence

The Basic Sentence

Subject and Verb

Kernel Sentences

Sentences Worded as Questions

Prepositional Phrases

Action Verbs and Linking Verbs

Helping Verbs

Verbals

Compound Subjects and Verbs

Building Sentences

Dependent and Independent Clauses

Three Basic Sentence Types

Sentence Variety

Avoiding Non-Sentences

Sentence Fragments

Avoiding Sentence Fragments

Run-on Sentences

VERBS An Overview

Twelve Tenses

Present Tense Endings

Past Tense Endings

Problems with -ing verbs

Difficult Verbs: Be, Have, Do

Helping verbs

Regular and Irregular Verbs

Regular Verbs

Irregular Verbs

Problem Verbs: Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise

Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise: Does It Really Matter?

Subject-Verb Agreement

Do, Does, Doesn't, Don't, Was, Were, Wasn't, Weren't

Indefinite Pronouns

Phrases Between a Subject and Its Verb

Sentences Beginning with There/Here

Questions

Compound Subjects Joined by And, Or, Either/Or, or Neither/Nor

Who, Which, and That

Problems with Verbs

Shifts in Tense

Would Have, Could Have, Should Have, and Must Have

Double Negatives

Active and Passive Voice

Using Pronouns Correctly

Antecedent Problems

Agreement Problems

Indefinite Pronouns

Sexist Use of Pronouns

Shifting Point of View

Pronoun Problems

Case Problems

Pesky Pronouns

Using Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives and Adverbs

Comparisons

Using Superlatives

Using Good/Well and Bad/Badly

This/That and These/Those

Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers

Dangling Modifiers

Misplaced Modifiers

Using Prepositions

Multiword Prepositions

Prepositional Phrases

Prepositions in Commonly Used Expressions

Frequently Misused Prepositions

Frequently Misused Prepositional Expressions

The Paragrph

Moving from Sentences to Paragraphs

Supporting Details

Writing a Solid Paragraph

Begin with a Discussible Point

Stick to the Point

Prove the Point; Don't Merely Repeat It

Link the Sentences

Revising Paragraphs

What Is Revision?

The Revising Checklist

Using Talk Skills to Revise Your Work

Getting Rid of Wordiness

Mechanics

Punctuation You Can Hear

End Punctuation

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