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Engaging Writing: Paragraphs and Essays - Softcover

Fitzpatrick, Mary

 
9780131408890: Engaging Writing: Paragraphs and Essays

Synopsis

Engaging Writing: Paragraphs and Essays provides students with essential skills and practice in writing for academic success. Opening with a motivating reading, each chapter provides thematically linked models and exercises. The text guides students step-by-step through the writing process, illustrating appropriate organizational patters for each rhetorical mode. Themes such as memory, cultural identity, and team work prepare high-intermediate to advanced student to make the transition to mainstream classes. Features: Thought-provoking readings stimulate discussion and provide clear direction for writing. Prewriting samples equip students with strategies to organize and develop their ideas. Guided activities help students gain fluency and accuracy in their writing. Review and Revise Boxes show students how to look critically at their writing as they revise. Appendices include a review of grammar and mechanics with exercises and a guide to citation and summarizing.

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About the Author

Mary Fitzpatrick teaches composition at the College of Marin in California. She has also taught with the San Francisco Community College District and the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. Her specialty is teaching writing to English Language Learners.

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Engaging Writing: Paragraphs and Essays provides students with essential skills and practice in writing for academic success. Opening with a motivating reading, each chapter provides thematically linked models and exercises. The text guides students step-by-step through the writing process, illustrating appropriate organizational patters for each rhetorical mode. Themes such as memory, cultural identity, and team work prepare high-intermediate to advanced student to make the transition to mainstream classes. Features: Thought-provoking readings stimulate discussion and provide clear direction for writing. Prewriting samples equip students with strategies to organize and develop their ideas. Guided activities help students gain fluency and accuracy in their writing. Review and Revise Boxes show students how to look critically at their writing as they revise. Appendices include a review of grammar and mechanics with exercises and a guide to citation and summarizing.

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