Sentence resources for writers with readings | Annotated instructor's Edition /

By:

Elizabeth Cloninger Long

Language: Inglés Series: SeriesPublication details: Pearson USA 2007Edition: 1Description: 801 19 cm de ancho X 23 cm de largoISBN:

0-321-41481-0

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Contents:

Contents Preface xvil PART ONE Getting Started 1 CHAPTER 1 Your Strengths as a Writer 3 Culture Note Roller Coasters 3 You Already have the Tools to Wilte Wall 3 We All Have Dir Experiences and Perspectives 4 Every Point Needs Prod Learning While You Write 11 What You Know Now 11 Introduction to the Lab Manual Online (LMO) 12 CHAPTER 2 The Bases of Good Writing: The Four Cs 13 Culture Note World Geography 13 Good Writing Is... 13 Recognizing Concise Writing 14 Concise Writing Leads to Unity 16 Recognizing Credible Writing 20 Recognizing Clear Writing 25 Recognizing Correct Writing 35 Identifying the Four Cs Together 39 What You Know Now 43 CHAPTER 3 Writing for a Reader and a Reason 44 Culture Note Lullables 44 Writing for a Reader 44 W… xiv Contents CHAPTER 35 Sentence Combining for Variety 684 Culture Note Dr. Seuss 684 Recognizing Your Writing Style 684 Coordination: Adding Equally Important Ideas 685 Subordination: Adding Less Important Ideas 688 Combining Sentences for Brevity and Variety 691 CHAPTER 56 Tips for Second-Language Writers 699 Culture Note Football 699 Understanding ESL Needs 699 Using Subjects Correctly 699 Using Verbs Correctly 706 Using Adjectives Correctly 708 Using Prepositions Correctly 710 PART NINE Readings for Informed Writing 713 How We Learn READING 1 "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." Robert Fulghum 718 READING 2 "A Homemade Education," Malcolm X 722 READING 3 "How I Started Writing Poetry" Reginald Lockett 726 READING 4 "Education," E.. B. White 732 READING 5 "Hold Your Horsepower." Lyla Fox 736 READING 6 "Grades and Self-Esteem," Randy Moore 741 What We Value READING 7 "Blaxicans' and Other Reinvented Americans," Richard Rodriguez 748 READING 8 "Money for Morality," Mary Arguelles 754 READING 9 "The Ways We Lie," Stephanie Ericsson 758 READING 10 "Have You Heard? Gossip Turns Out to Serve a Purpose." Benedict Carey 766 READING 11 "Manners Matter," Judith Martin 772 READING 12 "Confessions of a Quit Addict," Barbara Graham 776 How We Live READING 13 "Back, but Not Home," Maria Muniz 782 READING 14 "My Mother's English," Amy Tan 787 READING 15 "The Plot Against People," Russell Baker 792 READING 16 "A Nonsmoker with a Smoker," Phillip Lopate 796 READING 17 "What Is Poverty?" Jo Goodwin Parker 801

Summary: Preface Students must learn to write clearly. Even if their writing never takes them beyond composing a simple cover letter for a new job, students must under-stand how to craft logical, clear sentences and paragraphs if they are to be taken seriously. Resources for Writers with Readings, 2nd edition, the second book in a three-book series, is designed to take students from simple sentence con-struction through short essay writing and offers students an opportunity to practice their paragraph-writing skills as they learn to eliminate the sen-tence-level errors that mar their writing. The second edition of Resources for Writers with Readings has been reorganized to provide chapters in a more logical sequence. We've added new readings, new exercises, and new cultural literacy themes all with improved student appeal. In addition, a model student paper in MLA for-mat has been added to Chapter 32. Content Overview Part One, "Your Strengths as a Writer," shows students that they already practice key thinking skills on a daily basis. Demonstrating those skills in writing is simply one more step in a process they've already begun. Part One also introduces the four cornerstones for good writing, which also serve as four bases for evaluation. The Four Cs-concise, credible, clear, and cor rect-provide students with the foundation to understand and practice the elements of good writing. Part Two, "The Writing Process," introduces the concepts of prewrit-ing, drafting, revising, and editing, offering students multiple opportunities for practicing each step in the writing process. Part Three, "The Elements of Good Writing." links kev writing skills to the Four Cs showing students how practicing each skill also leads to the mastery of the Four Cs. In addition, chapters devoted to topics including sensitive language, choosing the best words, and help with spelling give stu dents specific guidance in improving their writing. Part Four, "Strategies for Paragraph Development," gives students explanations of, examples of, and practice in writing paragraphs in nine tra ditional modes of paragraph development.

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Contents

Preface

xvil

PART ONE

Getting Started 1

CHAPTER 1

Your Strengths as a Writer 3

Culture Note Roller Coasters 3

You Already have the Tools to Wilte Wall 3 We All Have Dir

Experiences and Perspectives 4 Every Point Needs Prod Learning While You Write 11 What You Know Now 11 Introduction to the Lab Manual Online (LMO) 12

CHAPTER 2

The Bases of Good Writing: The Four Cs 13

Culture Note World Geography 13

Good Writing Is... 13

Recognizing Concise Writing 14 Concise

Writing Leads to Unity 16 Recognizing Credible Writing 20

Recognizing Clear Writing 25 Recognizing Correct Writing 35

Identifying the Four Cs Together 39

What You Know Now 43

CHAPTER 3

Writing for a Reader and a Reason 44

Culture Note Lullables 44

Writing for a Reader 44 W…
xiv

Contents

CHAPTER 35

Sentence Combining for Variety 684

Culture Note Dr. Seuss 684

Recognizing Your Writing Style 684 Coordination: Adding Equally Important Ideas 685 Subordination: Adding Less Important Ideas 688 Combining Sentences for Brevity and Variety 691

CHAPTER 56

Tips for Second-Language Writers

699

Culture Note Football 699

Understanding ESL Needs 699 Using Subjects Correctly 699

Using Verbs Correctly 706 Using Adjectives Correctly 708

Using Prepositions Correctly 710

PART NINE

Readings for Informed Writing

713

How We Learn

READING 1

"All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." Robert Fulghum 718

READING 2

"A Homemade Education," Malcolm X 722

READING 3

"How I Started Writing Poetry" Reginald Lockett 726

READING 4

"Education," E.. B. White 732

READING 5

"Hold Your Horsepower." Lyla Fox 736

READING 6

"Grades and Self-Esteem," Randy Moore 741

What We Value

READING 7

"Blaxicans' and Other Reinvented Americans," Richard Rodriguez 748

READING 8

"Money for Morality," Mary Arguelles 754

READING 9

"The Ways We Lie," Stephanie Ericsson 758

READING 10

"Have You Heard? Gossip Turns Out to Serve a Purpose." Benedict Carey 766

READING 11

"Manners Matter," Judith Martin 772

READING 12

"Confessions of a Quit Addict," Barbara Graham 776

How We Live

READING 13

"Back, but Not Home," Maria Muniz 782

READING 14 "My Mother's English," Amy Tan 787

READING 15 "The Plot Against People," Russell Baker 792

READING 16

"A Nonsmoker with a Smoker," Phillip Lopate 796

READING 17

"What Is Poverty?" Jo Goodwin Parker 801

Preface

Students must learn to write clearly. Even if their writing never takes them beyond composing a simple cover letter for a new job, students must under-stand how to craft logical, clear sentences and paragraphs if they are to be taken seriously.

Resources for Writers with Readings, 2nd edition, the second book in a three-book series, is designed to take students from simple sentence con-struction through short essay writing and offers students an opportunity to practice their paragraph-writing skills as they learn to eliminate the sen-tence-level errors that mar their writing.

The second edition of Resources for Writers with Readings has been reorganized to provide chapters in a more logical sequence. We've added new readings, new exercises, and new cultural literacy themes all with improved student appeal. In addition, a model student paper in MLA for-mat has been added to Chapter 32.

Content Overview

Part One, "Your Strengths as a Writer," shows students that they already practice key thinking skills on a daily basis. Demonstrating those skills in writing is simply one more step in a process they've already begun. Part One also introduces the four cornerstones for good writing, which also serve as four bases for evaluation. The Four Cs-concise, credible, clear, and cor rect-provide students with the foundation to understand and practice the elements of good writing.

Part Two, "The Writing Process," introduces the concepts of prewrit-ing, drafting, revising, and editing, offering students multiple opportunities for practicing each step in the writing process.

Part Three, "The Elements of Good Writing." links kev writing skills to the Four Cs showing students how practicing each skill also leads to the mastery of the Four Cs. In addition, chapters devoted to topics including sensitive language, choosing the best words, and help with spelling give stu dents specific guidance in improving their writing.

Part Four, "Strategies for Paragraph Development," gives students explanations of, examples of, and practice in writing paragraphs in nine tra ditional modes of paragraph development.