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College Writing Skills with Readings 10e highlights the importance of writing with a purpose by focusing on four bases of writing, unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. The four bases provide students with clear guidance on how to organize their thoughts, structure their main idea into a thesis, provide supporting evidence to their claim, and revise and edit their work into a well thought-out essay. College Writing Skills with Readings personalizes and grounds students' writing experience by placing all of its reading, writing, and essay examples within three key realms - personal, academic, and workplace (PAW) - to emphasize the importance of writing in every facet of life.
Contents
Contents
Readings Listed by Rhetorical Mode 0
Preface 0
Part 1 Essay Writing 1
An Introduction to Writing 0
Point and Support 0
Structure of the Traditional Essay 0
Benefits of Writing the Traditional Essay 00
Writing as a Skill 00
Writing as a Process of Discovery 00
Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others 00
Keeping a Journal 00
Using Technology to Work Efficiently 00
MLA Format 00
Review Activities 00
Using This Text 00
The Writing Process 00
Prewriting 00
Writing a First Draft 00
Revising 00
Editing 00
Review Activities 00
The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing 00
Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis 00
Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence 00
Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 00
The Third Step in Essay Writing 00
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 00
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 00
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 000
The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 000
Revising Sentences 000
Editing Sentences 000
Practice in Revising Sentences 000
Four Bases for Revising Essays 000
Base 1: Unity 000
Base 2: Support 000
Base 3: Coherence 000
Base 4: Sentence Skills 000
Practice in Using the Four Bases 000
Developing an Essay 000
Important Considerations in Essay Development 000
The Writing Process in Action 000
A Look Ahead to Part Two: Patterns of Essay Development 000
Part 2 Patterns of Essay Development 000
Description 000
Student Essays to Consider 000
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Description 000
A Model Essay to Consider 000
READING Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 000
Narration 000
Student Essays to Consider 000
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Narration 000
A Model Essay to Consider 000
READING The Teacher Who Changed My Life by Nicholas Gage 000
Exemplification 000
Student Essays to Consider 000
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Exemplification 000
A Model Essay to Consider 000
READING Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 000
Process 000
Student Essays to Consider 000
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Process 000
A Model Essay to Consider 000
READING How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 000
Cause and/or Effect 000
Student Essays to Consider 000
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Cause and/or Effect 000
A Model Essay to Consider 000
READING Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 000
Comparison and/or Contrast 000
Methods of Development 000
Student Essays to Consider 000
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Comparison and/or Contrast 000
A Model Essay to Consider 000
READING Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 000
Definition 000
Student Essays to Consider 000
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Definition 000A Model Essay to Consider 000
READING Propaganda Techniques in Today's Advertising
by Ann McClintock 000
Division-Classification 000
Student Essays to Consider 000
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Division-Classification 000
A Model Essay to Consider 000
READING The 5 Types of Friends Worth Holding Onto for Dear Life by Shelley Emling 000
Argument 000
Strategies for Argument 000
Student Essays to Consider 000
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Argument 000
A Model Essay to Consider 000
READING Essay on the Importance of Teaching Failure
by Edward Burger 000
Part 3 Researching, Writing, and Documenting 000
Information Literacy 000
Using Online Sources Effectively 000
Using the Library in the Context of the Digital World 000
Summarizing and Paraphrasing 000
Identifying and Avoiding Plagiarism 000
Writing a Summary 000
A Model Summary of an Article 000
Writing a Paraphrase 000
Using Direct Quotations 000
Writing a Source-Based Essay 000
Planning Ahead and Taking Notes 000
Understanding How To Incorporate Sources 000
Citing Sources 000
A Model Literary Analysis 000
Model Rhetorical Analysis 000
Writing a Research Essay 000
Getting Started and Creating a Schedule 000
Selecting a Topic That You Can Readily Research 000
Limiting Your Topic and Making the Purpose of Your Paper Clear 000
Brainstorming What You Know 000
