Title:
Get writing : paragraphs and essays
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Publication Information:
Boston, MA : Thomson/Wadsworth, 2007
ISBN:
9780155066250
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Summary
Summary
Students have much to say about their goals, families, jobs, college, and the world around them. GET WRITING: PARAGRAPHS AND ESSAYS develops students' confidence and skills as writers by engaging them in their own writing, through tapping into their personal interests with inventive assignments, prompts, and activities that help them focus their critical thinking skills. Like its successful predecessor, GET WRITING: SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS, this paragraph-to-essay text keeps students continually writing with numerous inventive assignments, prompts, and activities that give them the opportunity to express themselves, and build confidence in their ability to create thesis statements, draft and develop paragraphs, and write and revise their own essays.
Table of Contents
| Part I Getting Started |
| 1 Why Write? |
| Responding to Images |
| Writing Activity |
| Goals of This Book |
| Using Responding to Images |
| Working Together |
| What is Good Writing? |
| The Writing Context |
| Writing Activity |
| Strategies for Succeeding in Writing Courses |
| Critical Thinking |
| What Have You Written? |
| Responding to Images |
| Writing on the Web |
| Points to Remember |
| 2 The Writing Process |
| Responding to Images |
| The Writing Process |
| Step 1 Prewrite |
| Writing Activity |
| Step 2 Plan |
| Writing Activity |
| Step 3 Write |
| Writing Activity |
| Step 4 Cool |
| Step 5 Revise |
| Step 6 Edit |
| Avoiding Plagiarism |
| Writing Under Pressure |
| Critical Thinking |
| Responding to Images |
| Writing on the Web |
| Points to Remember |
| Part II Developing Paragraphs |
| 3 Developing Topic Sentences and Controlling Ideas |
| Responding to Images |
| What is a Paragraph |
| What Do You Know? |
| What Are You Trying to Say? |
| What Have You Written? |
| Topic Sentences and Controlling Ideas |
| Writing Topic Sentences |
| Paragraphs Without Topic Sentences |
| Revising Paragraphs |
| Working Together |
| Using Paragraph Breaks in Dialogue |
| Critical Thinking |
| What Have You Written? |
| Responding to Images |
| What Have You Learned? |
| Writing on the Web |
| Points to Remember |
| 4 Supporting Topic Sentences With Details |
| Responding to Images |
| What Are Supporting Details |
| What Do You Know? |
| What Are You Trying to Say? |
| What Have You Written? |
| Steps to Building Effective Paragraphs |
| Types of Support |
| Blending Support |
| Working Together |
| Critical Thinking |
| What Have You Written? |
| Responding to Images |
| What Have You Learned? |
| Writing on the Web |
| Points to Remember |
| 5 Developing Paragraphs Using Description |
| Responding to Images |
| What is Description |
| What Are You Trying to Say? |
| What Have You Written? |
| Creating Dominant Impressions |
| Exam Skills |
| Improving Dominant Impressions and Support |
| Readings |
| Steps to Writing a Descriptive Paragraph |
| Selecting Topics |
| Working Together |
| Critical Thinking |
| What Have You Written? |
| Responding to Images |
| Writing on the Web |
| Points to Remember |
| 6 Developing Paragraphs Using Narration |
| Responding to Images |
| What is Narration? |
| What Are You Trying to Say? |
| What Have You Written? |
| Writing Narration: Making a Point |
| Exam Skills |
| Writing Narration: Using Transitions |
| Writing Narration: Using Dialogue |
| Readings |
| Steps to Writing a Narrative Paragraph |
| Selecting Topics |
| Working Together |
| Critical Thinking |
| What Have You Written? |
| Responding to Images |
| Writing on the Web |
| Points to Remember |
| 7 Developing Paragraphs Using Example |
| Responding to Images |
| What is Example? |
| What Are You Trying to Say? |
| What Have You Written? |
| Writing Example Paragraphs |
| Types of Examples |
| Using Hypothetical Examples |
| Using Transitions |
| Exam Skills |
| Readings |
| Steps to Writing an Example Paragraph |
| Selecting Topics |
| Working Together |
| Critical Thinking |
| What Have You Written? |
| Responding to Images |
| Writing on the Web |
| Points to Remember |
| 8 Developing Paragraphs Using Definition |
| Responding to Images |
| What is Definition? |
| What Are You Trying to Say? |
| What Have You Written? |
| Writing Definition: Establishing Meaning |
| The Purpose of Definition |
| Methods of Defining |
| Exam Skills |
| Readings |
| Steps to Writing a Definition Paragraph |
| Selecting Topics |
| Working Together |
| Critical Thinking |
| What Have You Written? |
| Responding to Images |
| Writing on the Web |
| Points to Remember |
| 9 Developing Paragraphs Using Comparison and Contrast |
| Responding to Images |
| What Are Comparison and Contrast? |
| What Are You Trying to Say? |
| What Have You Written? |
| The Purposes of Comparison and Contrast |
| Organizing Comparison Paragraphs |
| Exam Skills |
| Readings |
| Steps to Writing a Comparison and Contrast Paragraph |
| Critical Thinking |
| What Have You Written? |
| Responding to Images |
| Writing on the Web |
| Points to Remember |
| 10 Developing Paragraphs Using Division and Classification |
| Responding to Images |
| What Are Division and Classification? |
| What Are You Trying to Say? |
| What Have You Written? |
| Writing Division Paragraphs |
| Writing Classification Paragraphs |
| Exam Skills |
| Readings |
| Steps to |
