Overview

The Writer's World can help students with varying needs come together and excel at becoming stronger, more consistent, and more creative writers. This ground breaking developmental writing series was written and designed from the ground up to address the greatest teaching challenges and the diverse needs of today's students: varying skill levels, native and non-native speakers of English, and students who learn better through the use of visuals.

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Author:   Lynne Gaetz ,  Suneeti Phadke
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Longman Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   0.953kg
ISBN:  

9780205708796

ISBN 10:   020570879
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   06 August 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780205781799
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Inside Front Cover Sentence Checklist Revising and Editing Symbols Preface PART I. THE WRITING PROCESS Chapter 1: Exploring Chapter 2: Developing Chapter 3: Revising & Editing Chapter 4: Paragraph Patterns Chapter 5: Writing the Essay PART II: EDITING HANDBOOK Section 1: Some Parts of Speech Chapter 6: Nouns, Determiners and Prepositions Chapter 7: Pronouns Section 2: Problems with Verbs Chapter 8: Subjects and Verbs Chapter 9: Present and past Tenses Chapter 10: Past Participles Chapter 11: Progressive Tenses Chapter 12: Other Verb Forms Section 3: Verb Agreement and Consistency Chapter 13: Subject-Verb Agreement Chapter 14: Tense Consistency Section 4: Effective Sentences Chapter 15: Compound Sentences Chapter 16: Complex Sentences Chapter 17: Sentence Variety and Exact Language Section 5: Common Sentence Errors Chapter 18: Fragments Chapter 19: Run-Ons Chapter 20: Faulty Parallel Structure Section 6: Modifiers Chapter 21: Adjectives & Adverbs Chapter 22: Mistakes with Modifiers Section 7: Word Use and Spelling Chapter 23: Spelling Chapter 24: Commonly Confused Words Section 8: Punctuation and Mechanics Chapter 25: Comma Usage Chapter 26: The Apostrophe Chapter 27: Quotation Marks and Capitalization Section 9: Editing Chapter 28: Editing Practice PART III: READING STRATEGIES AND SELECTIONS Chapter 29: Reading Strategies and Reading Selections Reading Strategies Reading Selections HUMAN HISTORY, HABITS AND RELATIONSHIPS Reading 1: Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan (Description) Reading 2: Birth by Maya Angelou (Narration) Reading 3: The Cult of Emaciation by Ben Barry (Cause and Effect) Reading 4: For Marriage by Kirsteen McLeod (Argument) Reading 5: Against Marriage by Winston Murray (Argument) ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE, AND BELIEFS Reading 6: The Appalling Truth by Dorothy Nixon (Illustration) Reading 7: The New Addiction by Josh Freed (Comparison and Contrast) Reading 8: Sports and Life: Lessons to be Learned by Jeff Kemp (Narration) Reading 9: The Culture War by Linda Chavez (Cause and Effect) Reading 10: What's Your Humor Style? by Louise Dobson (Classification) Reading 11: The Hijab by Naheed Mustafa (Cause and Effect) THE EARTH AND ITS CREATURES Reading 12: What It Feels Like to Walk on the Moon by Buzz Aldrin (Description) Reading 13: The Zoo Life by Yann Martel (Comparison and Contrast) Reading 14: Shark Bait by Dave Barry (Narration) POLITICS AND THE BUSINESS WORLD Reading 15: How to Handle Conflict by P. Gregory Smith (Process) Reading 16: How to Remember Names by Roger Seip (Process) Reading 17: Meet the Zippies by Thomas L. Friedman (Definition) Reading 18: The Rewards of Dirty Work, by Linda L. Lindsey and Stephen Beach (Illustration) Appendices Appendix 1: Grammar Glossary Appendix 2: Verb Tenses Appendix 3: Combining Ideas in Sentences Appendix 4: Punctuation and Mechanics Appendix 5: Spelling, Grammar, and Vocabulary Logs Credits Index Inside Back Cover Paragraph and Essay Checklists

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