Full Description
Write Time, Write Placesolid foundation of college writing skills. The text presents structured, sequential instruction and a variety of features that stimulate thinking, enhance learning, and provide a context for writing.
Contents
PART IChapter 1: Writing in CollegeChapter 2: Prewriting the College ParagraphChapter 3: Organizing and Drafting the ParagraphChapter 4: Revising, Editing and Proofreading the ParagraphPART II: Paragraph and Essay DevelopmentChapter 5: NarrationChapter 6: DescriptionChapter 7: ProcessChapter 8: IllustrationChapter 9: Comparison and ContrastChapter 10: ClassificationChapter 11: Cause and EffectChapter 12: DefinitionChapter 13: ArgumentChapter 14: Writing the College-Level EssayPART III: Building Powerful SentencesChapter 15: Simple Sentences: Subjects, Verbs, and ObjectsChapter 16: Simple Sentences: Be and Linking VerbsChapter 17: Questions, Commands, and Here/There PatternsChapter 18: Compound SentencesChapter 19: Complex Sentences with Subordinating ConjunctionsChapter 20: Complex Sentences with Relative PronounsChapter 21: Correcting Sentence FragmentsChapter 22: Correcting Comma Splices and Run-onsPART IV: Building Verb SkillsChapter 23: Present Tense and Present Progressive TenseChapter 24: Past Tense and Past Progressive TenseChapter 25: Present Perfect Tense and Past Perfect TenseChapter 26: Other Verb FormsChapter 27: Subject-Verb AgreementPART V: Using Other Parts of SpeechChapter 28: Nouns, Noun Markers, and PrepositionsChapter 29: PronounsChapter 30: Adjectives and AdverbsChapter 31: Other ModifiersPART VI: Building Punctuation and Capitalization SkillsChapter 32: CommasChapter 33: Semicolons and ColonsChapter 34: Apostrophes and Quotation MarksChapter 35: Capitalization, Abbreviations, and NumbersPART VII: Achieving Balance in WritingChapter 36: ConsistencyChapter 37: ParallelismPART VIII: ReadingChapter 38: Active ReadingREADING SELECTIONSEarth Science: Lost and Found at SeaEdward J. Tarbuck and Frederick K. Lutgens, excerpt from Prentice-Hall Earth Science, "Shoes and Toys as Drift Meters"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), "Floating Reminders Wash Ashore"Sociology: Getting By in the United StatesJohn Macionis, excerpt from Sociology, "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America"Seth Harris, "Living with the Minimum Wage"Nutrition: What's Hiding in Your Food?Joan Salge Blake, excerpt from Nutrition and YouDoriliz DeLeon, "Start at the Store: 7 Ways to Prevent Foodborne Illness"Business: Dress Codes at WorkLydia E. Anderson and Sandra B. Bolt, excerpt from ProfessionalismLawyers.com, "Wrongful Termination: Can You Be Fired Because of Your Tattoos?"Dulce Gonzales Narcisse, "Tattoo Discrimination at the Workplace"Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, "EEOC Laws for Dress Code"
