Title:
Blueprints book 2 : composition skills for academic writing
Publication Information:
Boston, MA : Thomson Heinle, 2003
Physical Description:
xxii, 249 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN:
9780618144105
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Summary
Summary
The Blueprints 1 & 2 academic writing series offers a unique combination of instruction in the rhetorical processes as well as paraphrasing, summarizing, and synthesizing. This multi-layered approach helps students develop good writing habits and avoid the pitfalls of plagiarism. Students receive ample opportunities to write at the sentence, paragraph, and essay levels.
Table of Contents
| Blueprints 2 |
| Skills Chart Welcome to Blueprints To the Teacher To the Student Preface to Blueprints 2 |
| 1 Paragraph to Essay |
| Part A Blueprints for the Paragraph and the Essay |
| The Paragraph Unity and Coherence in Paragraphs The Essay |
| Part B The Writing Process: Practice Writing an Essay |
| The Writing Process: Writing Assignment |
| Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines |
| 2 Classification Essays |
| Part A Blueprints for Classification Essays |
| What Is a Classification Essay? |
| Unity in Classification Essays |
| Coherence in Classification Essays |
| Blueprint Classification Essays |
| Grammar Focus and Sentence Check |
| Part B The Writing Process: Practice Writing a Classification Essay |
| The Writing Process: Writing Assignment Additional |
| Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines |
| 3 Process Essays |
| Part A Blueprints for Process Essays |
| What Is a Process Essay? |
| Unity in Process Essays |
| Coherence in Process Essays |
| Blueprint Process Essays |
| Grammar Focus and Sentence Check |
| Part B The Writing Process: Practice Writing a Process Essay |
| The Writing Process: Writing Assignment |
| Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines |
| 4 Comparison/Contrast Essays |
| Part A Blueprints for Comparison |
| Contrast Essays What Is a Comparison |
| Contrast Essay? Unity in Comparison |
| Contrast Essays Coherence in Comparison |
| Contrast Essays Blueprint Comparison |
| Contrast Essays Grammar Focus and Sentence Check |
| Part B The Writing Process: Practice Writing a Comparison |
| Contrast Essay The Writing Process: Writing Assignment |
| Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines |
| 5 Cause |
| Effect Essays |
| Part A Blueprints for Cause |
| Effect Essays What Is a Cause |
| Effect Essay? Unity in Cause |
| Effect Essays Coherence in Cause |
| Effect Essays Blueprint Cause |
| Effect Essays Grammar Focus and Sentence Check |
| Part B The Writing Process: Practice Writing a Cause |
| Effect Essay The Writing Process: Writing Assignment |
| Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines |
| 6 Reaction Essays |
| Part A Blueprints for Reaction Essays |
| What Is a Reaction Essay? |
| Unity in Reaction Essays |
| Coherence in Reaction Essays |
| Blueprint Reaction Essays |
| Grammar Focus and Sentence Check |
| Part B The Writing Process: Practice Writing a Reaction Essay |
| The Writing Process: Writing Assignment |
| Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines |
| 7 Argumentative Essays |
| Part A Blueprints for Argumentative Essays |
| What Is an Argumentative Essay? |
| Unity in Argumentative Essays |
| Coherence in Argumentative Essays |
| Blueprints Argumentative Essays |
| Grammar Focus and Sentence Check |
| Part B The Writing Process: Practice Writing an Argumentative Essay |
| The Writing Process: Writing Assignment |
| Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines |
| 8 Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Synthesizing in Academic Writing Blueprints for Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Synthesizing in Academic Writing What Are Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Synthesizing? |
| Paraphrasing Summarizing Synthesizing Appendices |
| 1 Paragraph Practice |
| 2 Guidelines for Partner Feedback |
| 3 Partner Feedback Forms |
| 4 Creating Essay Titles |
| 5 Finding and Documenting Information from Sources |
