Connections - Doris Humphrey, Robert Conklin

Connections

Writing for Your World
Media-Kombination
608 Seiten
2004
South Western Educational Publishing
978-0-538-72750-1 (ISBN)
69,30 inkl. MwSt
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Emphasizes on the writing process and pays attention to methods of organizing, revising, and editing. This book focuses on paragraph and essay writing to build basic writing skills that are required. It includes a Student Data CD, which contains files to accompany select activities and practices in the book.
Connections: Writing for Your World is the only basic composition text to continuously and systematically connect writing to the real world and the workplace. The writing process is emphasized, paying special attention to methods of organizing, revising, and editing. By focusing on paragraph and essay writing, Connections builds basic writing skills that are essential in today's world. The Student Data CD contains files to accompany select activities and practices in the book, worksheets for Applying Your Skills activities, and additional reading and writing activities not found in the book.

PART I. ANYONE CAN WRITE. 1. Becoming a Writer. 2. The Writing Process and Your Career. 3. Four Strategies for Effective Writing. PART II. THE PARAGRAPH: WHERE ALL YOUR WRITING STARTS. 4. How does a Paragraph Work? 5. Illustration: Paragraphs That Give Examples. 6. Description: Paragraphs That Appeal to the Senses. 7. Definition: Paragraphs That Explain Meaning. 8. Comparison and Contrast: Paragraphs About Similarities and Differences. 9. Classification: Paragraphs That Assign Things to Categories. 10. Process: Paragraphs That Explain Steps in a Sequence. 11. Narration: Paragraphs That Tell a Story. 12. Cause and Effect: Paragraphs That Explain Reasons and Results. 13. Persuasion: Paragraphs That Convince. PART III. LONGER DOCUMENTS: BUILDING ON YOUR PARAGRAPHS. 14. Planning and Organizing an Essay or Report. 15. Writing to Illustrate. 16. Writing to Describe. 17. Writing to Define. 18. Writing to Compare and Contrast. 19. Writing to Classify. 20. Writing to Explain a Process. 21. Narration: Writing to Tell a Story. 22. Cause and Effect: Writing That Explains Results and Reasons. 23. Writing to Persuade: Longer Documents. 24. Summaries of Long Documents. 25. Reports and Proposals. Writer's Handbook. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 24.4.2004
Verlagsort Mason
Sprache englisch
Maße 216 x 274 mm
Gewicht 1339 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Journalistik
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management
ISBN-10 0-538-72750-0 / 0538727500
ISBN-13 978-0-538-72750-1 / 9780538727501
Zustand Neuware
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