Overview

Authors Winkler and McCuen-Matherell have created a two-book writing series that takes into account many of the known difficulties that developing writing students have with English language skills and strategies. The authors have successfully reached 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—visual, auditory, and collaborative learners—learn and retain the material.

Full Product Details

Author:   Anthony C Winkler ,  Jo Ray McCuen-Matherell
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Longman Inc
Edition:   5th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   1.293kg
ISBN:  

9780205628445

ISBN 10:   0205628443
Pages:   624
Publication Date:   20 May 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

* Every Unit ends with Unit Test, Unit Talk-Write Assignment, Unit Collaborative Assignment, Unit Writing Assignment, & Photo Writing Assignment for this reason it is only listed once in Unit 1 UNIT 1: The ESL Student and the Native Speaker Differences Between a Native and an ESL Student A General Note to Both the Native Speaker and ESL Student Unit Test Unit Talk-Write Assignment Unit Collaborative Assignment Unit Writing Assignment Photo Writing Assignment UNIT 2: Myths About Writing Myths About Writing Standard English UNIT 3: Purpose and Audience Purpose Audience Computer Writing Assignment UNIT 4: Gathering Ideas Talking Writing Freewriting Brainstorming Clustering Journal Writing PART 2: SENTENCE BASICS Unit 5 The Sentence Subject and Verb Prepositional Phrases Action Verbs and Linking Verbs Helping Verbs Verbals Compound Subjects and Verbs Unit 6: Building Sentences Dependent and Independent Clauses Three Basic Sentence Types The Statement, the Question, the Command, the Exclamation Sentence Variety Unit 7: The 20 Most Common Sentence Errors Error No. 1 Sentence Fragments Error No. 2 Run-On Sentences Error No. 3 Lack of Subject-Verb Agreement Error No. 4 Incorrect Verb Forms Error No. 5 Incorrect Forms of Do, Be, and Have Error No. 6 Passive Voice Error No. 7 Shift in Tense Error No. 8 Shift in Point of View Error No. 9 Unclear or Missing Referent Error No. 10 Lack of Pronoun Agreement and Sexism Error No. 11 Trouble with Using Adverbs and Adjectives in Comparisons and Superlatives Error No. 12 Dangling or Misplaced Modifiers Error No. 13 Omitted Commas, Part I Error No. 14 Omitted Commas, Part II Error No. 15 Apostrophe Problems Error No. 16 Trouble with Quotation Marks Error No. 17 Incorrect Capitalization, Part I Error No. 18 Incorrect Capitalization, Part II Error No. 19 Misspelled Words, Part I Error No. 20 Misspelled Words, Part II PART 3: WRITING GOOD PARAGRAPHS Unit 8: The Paragraph and the Topic Sentence Talking and the Paragraph The Topic Sentence Unit 9: Adding Details Supporting Details Unit 10: Sticking to the Point, Proving the Point, and Linking Sentences Stick to the Point Prove the Point, Don't Merely Repeat It Link the Sentences PART 4: PARAGRAPH STRATEGIES Unit 11: Narrating What Am I Trying to Do? How Can I Do It? What Do I Need to Look Out For? Unit 12: Describing What Am I Trying to Do? How Can I Do It? What Do I Need to Look Out For? Unit 13: Illustrating What Am I Trying to Do? How Can I Do It? What Do I Need to Look Out For? Unit 14: Explaining a Process What Am I Trying to Do? How Can I Do It? What Do I Need to Look Out For? Unit 1 5: Defining a Term What Am I Trying to Do? How Can I Do It? What Do I Need to Look Out For? Unit 16: Classifying What Am I Trying to Do? How Can I Do It? What Do I Need to Look Out For? Unit 17: Comparing and Contrasting What Am I Trying to Do? How Can I Do It? What Do I Need to Look Out For? Unit 18: Cause and Effect What Am I Trying to Do? How Can I Do It? What Do I Need to Look Out For? Unit 19: Arguing What Am I Trying to Do? How Can I Do It? What Do I Need to Look Out For? PART 5: WRITING GOOD ESSAYS Unit 20: Moving from Paragraphs to Essays Moving from Paragraphs to an Essay Tips for Writing Essays Model Essay Unit 21: The Thesis Statement Common Faults of the Thesis Statement The Good Thesis Statement Unit 22: Organizing Your Essay, from Beginning to End The Introduction The Conclusion The Whole Essay The Title Unit 23: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Revising Editing Proofreading Student Essay in Progress PART 6 : READINGS Help for Your Reading Narrating *Santa With a Suntan: A Jamaican Christmas, Anthony C. Winkler The Circuit, Francisco Jiminez Describing *A Different Sort of Time, Ian McDonald *The Story of His Life , Bart Edelman Illustrating So Who Makes Up All Those Signs That Tell Us What We Mustn't Do? Bailey White Long Live High School Rebels, Thomas French Explaining a Process How I Was Bathed, Michael Ondaatje *Foot Binding, Lisa See Defining Bullying Broadly Defined, John Leo Both or Other ? It's Not as Clear as Black and White, Pamela Swanigan Classifying Wait Divisions, Tom Bodett The Plot Against People, Russell Baker Comparing and Contrasting Doctor-as-God Is Dead, or Dying, Ellen Goodman They Stole Our Childhood, Lee Goldberg Cause and Effect *The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery Papa, The Teacher, Leo Buscaglia Arguing Cure me If You Can, Michael Kingsley If I Were a Carpenter, John Balzar

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