Writing matters : process and practice / D.J. Henry.
Publication details: New York : Longman, c2009.Description: xxiv, 440 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780205633081 (pbk.)
- 0205633080 (pbk.)
- 9780205633081
- 0205633080
- 22 808.042 HEN
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Contents
Part 1 Getting Ready to Write
Chapter 1: Prepare to Learn about Writing
Chapter 2: Thinking through the Writing Process
Part 2 Using Patterns of Organization to Develop Paragraphs
Chapter 3: Understanding the Paragraph
Chapter 4: The Descriptive Paragraph
Chapter 5: The Narrative Paragraph
Chapter 6: The Process Paragraph
Chapter 7: The Example Paragraph
Chapter 8: The Classification Paragraph
Chapter 9: The Comparison and Contrast Paragraph
Chapter 10: The Definition Paragraph
Chapter 11: The Cause and Effect Paragraph
Chapter 12: The Persuasive Paragraph
Part 3 Writing an Essay
Chapter 13: Understanding the Essay
Chapter 14: Effective Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles
Chapter 15: Using Patterns of Organization to Develop Essays
Part 4 Mastering Grammar, Punctuation, and Mechanics with MyWritingLab
Overview 16: Subjects, Verbs, and Simple Sentences
Overview 17: Compound and Complex Sentences
Overview 18: Sentence Variety
Overview 19: Sentence Clarity: Point of View, Number, and Tense
Overview 20: Parallelism
Overview 21: Comma Splices and Run-ons
Overview 22: Fragments
Overview 23: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Overview 24: Subject-Verb Agreement: Present Tense
Overview 25: The Past Tense of Verbs
Overview 26: The Past Participle
Overview 27: Nouns and Pronouns
Overview 28: Adjectives and Adverbs
Overview 29: The Comma
Overview 30: The Apostrophe
Overview 31: Quotation Marks
Overview 32: End Punctuation: Period, Question Mark, and Exclamation Point
Overview 33: Capitalization
Overview 34: Improving Your Spelling
Part 5 Reading Selections
DESCRIPTION:
• United States Park Services, “Maya Lin’s Design Submission to the Vietnam Memorial Competition”
NARRATION:
• Sidney Poitier, from The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
PROCESS:
• Clifford Stoll, “Cyberschool”
EXAMPLE/ILLUSTRATION:
• Robert Benchley, “Why I Am Pale”
CLASSIFICATION:
• Martin Luther King, Jr., “Ways of Meeting Oppression”
COMPARISON/CONTRAST:
• Dave Barry, “The Ugly Truth about Beauty”
DEFINITION:
• Bernard Cooper, “The Fine Art of Sighing”
CAUSE/EFFECT
• Stephen King, “Why We Crave Horror Movies”
PERSUASION
• Joe Lieberman, “Statement on Rating the Ratings System”
• Russell Simmons, “The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network Statement for the Senate Committee
on Governmental Affairs Hearing on Entertainment Ratings July 25, 2001”
LAYERED PATTERNS:
• Mary Sarton, “The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life”
• Gary Soto, “The Jacket”
Includes index : p. 437 - 440
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