Steps To Writing Well With Additional Readings - 5th edition

Summary: The informal, student-friendly tone of these rhetorically-organized rhetoric/reader/handbooks provides step-by-step instructions on writing a variety of 500-800-word essays.

Benefits:

• NEW! Chapter 5, ?Drafting and Revising? contains an expanded discussion of using a computer and now offers students a system for revising drafts in stages.
• Precise and clear instruction in each chapter faci ...show morelitates student learning.
• Meaningful exercises and writing assignments throughout the text help students practice what they have learned.
• Fifteen student and fourteen professional samples provide models of good writing.
• A brief handbook shows students how to correct the most common errors in grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
• Steps to writing Well with Additional Readings provides 33 extra readings, making it unnecessary for students to purchase an additional reader.
• NEW! Chapter 8, ?The Reading-Writing Connection? provides students with advice on how to write a summary.
• NEW! A new pair of professional essays with opposing views in Chapter 10, ?Argumentation?, helps students analyze rhetorical appeals and supporting evidence.
• NEW! Coverage of electronic sources, including advice and warnings for Internet users has been included in Chapter 14, ?Writing Paper Using Research.?
• NEW! A new section on summary and response, including a sample paper, has been added to Chapter 16, ?Writing in Class?.
• NEW! An entirely new Chapter 17, ?Writing in the World of Work? allows students to practice composing business letters, office memos, e-mail, and résumés.
• NEW! Part Four, ? A Concise Handbook,? has a new numbered navigational system, making it easier to quickly access information.
• NEW! A new workbook contains activities and exercises for every chapter of the main text, providing students with an additional way to help them improve their writing skills.
• Available with or without Readings, the text gives instructors flexibility in structuring the class and can easily accommodate all teaching styles.

Edition/Copyright: 5TH 02
Cover: Paperback
Publisher: Heinle & Heinle Publishers, Inc.
Published: 10/25/2001

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Wyrick, Jean : Colorado State University

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1. Prewriting.
2. The Thesis Statement.
3. The Body Paragraphs.
4. Beginnings and Endings.
5. Drafting and Revising: Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking.
6. Effective Sentences.
7. Word Logic.
8. The Reading-Writing Connection.
9. Exposition.
10. Argumentation.
11. Description.
12. Narration.
13. Writing Essays Using Multiple Strategies.
14. Writing a Paper Using Research.
15. Writing about Literature.
16. Writing In-Class: Exams and "Response" Essays.
17. Writing in the World of Work.
18. Major Errors in Grammar.
19. A Concise Guide to Punctuation.
20. A Concise Guide to Mechanics.
21. Exposition: Development by Example.
22. Exposition: Process Analysis.
23. Exposition: Comparison/Contrast.
24. Exposition: Definition.
25. Exposition: Division/Classification.
26. Exposition: Causal Analysis.
27. Argumentation.
28. Description.
29. Narration.
30. Essays for Further Analysis: Multiple Strategies and Styles.
31. Literature.

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