Along These Lines: Florida Edition - Softcover

Biays, John Sheridan; Wershoven, Carol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131948350 ISBN 13: 9780131948358

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2006

Synopsis

For basic writing courses covering paragraphs and essays. This text ships automatically with MyWritngLab. Along These Lines better prepares students for their future writing courses! Now, available in a special Florida Edition designed to help students pass the state's Basic Skills Exit Test! Introducing Prentice Hall's first ever Florida Edition of ALONG THESE LINES: WRITING PARAGRAPHS AND ESSAYS. The Florida Edition mirrors the content of the traditional ALONG THESE LINES text, but also includes a 47-page Florida Exit Test Study Guide and marginal icons throughout noting if a particular writing or grammar topic is covered on the Florida Exit Test. Adapted from THE PRENTICE HALL FLORIDA EXIT TEST STUDY GUIDE FOR WRITING, the 47-page guide includes: -- Testing and Study Tips for the Florida Exit Test -- Two sample tests -- one to serve as a pretest and one to serve as a posttest. -- Sample writing Paragraph Writing Test -- Explanatory Answer Keys for the sample tests How do you prepare your students for their future writing courses? John Biays and Carol Wershoven believe you offer students constant reinforcement of the writing process.With a conversational tone and a blend of engaging activities, each writing chapter takes students through all of the steps of generating ideas, planning, drafting, and proofreading. Along These Lines will help prepare your students by providing the best writing process coverage found in any basic writing series!

About this title

From the Back Cover:

ALONG THESE LINES

Writing Paragraphs and Essays

Fourth Edition

John Sheridan Biays - Carol Wershoven

Florida Exit Test Edition

 

With Along These Lines, you will master the writing process and be better prepared to write in college and beyond!

 

What is the "writing process"? It is a series of steps to produce effective writing. Along These Lines guides you through the following stages as you develop your writing skills:

 

Prewriting: Thinking about your topic and gathering ideas

Planning: Examining your ideas and focusing them around one main idea

Drafting: Putting your ideas on paper and revising rough versions of your work

Polishing: Reviewing, proofreading, and creating the final version of your work

 

Along These Lines: Your key resource for confident writing in this course and in your college career.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0131948350
• ISBN 13: 9780131948358
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 836