A writer's workshop: crafting paragraphs, building essays. / Bob Brannan.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2009Edition: 3rd edDescription: xx, 687 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN: 9780073385686 (Student Edition : acidfree paper); 0073385689 (acidfree paper)Subject(s): English language -- Paragraphs -- Problems, exercises, etc | English language -- Rhetoric -- Problems, exercises, etc | English language -- Grammar -- Problems, exercises, etc | Report writing -- Problems, exercises, etcDDC classification: 808/.042 LOC classification: PE1439.B69Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY General Stacks | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY | PE1439.B69(3e) (Browse shelf) | Available | K/2897/0031/22 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Getting our feet wet: Practicing the writing process -- Making the most of reading -- Crafting paragraphs: Writing paragraphs -- Revising paragraphs -- Picturing a place(description) -- Telling your own story(narration) -- Illustrating through examples -- Creating and explaining groups(classification) -- Recognizing causes, explaining effects -- Explaining activities: doing or understanding them(process analysis) -- Exploring similarities and differences(Comparison or contrast) -- Building essays: Introducing the essay -- Expanding paragraphs into essays -- Revising essays -- Defining essays -- Defining terms, clarifying ideas -- Writing persuasively(argument) -- Taking essay exams -- Writing a research essay -- Polishing style: Creating sentence variety -- Choosing the most effective word -- Practicing sentence sense: Working with sentence parts -- Coordination, subordination and parallelism -- Run-ons, comma splices and sentence fragments -- Verbs: form and agreement -- Pronouns: reference, agreement and form -- Adjectives and adverbs: words that describe -- Commas, other punctuation marks and mechanics Spelling and sound-alike words -- Learning from professional readings --
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