The Writer's World: Paragraph Patterns and the Essay - Softcover

Gaetz, Lynne; Phadke, Suneeti

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131727699 ISBN 13: 9780131727694

Publisher: Longman, 2005

Synopsis

The Writer’s World addresses the diverse needs of students by meeting the needs of nonnative English speakers, visual learners and students with varying skill levels! Now, The Writer's World addresses the diverse needs of instructors! Prentice Hall is proud to offer The Writer’s World: Paragraphs and Essays in four individual volumes. Developed to provide maximum flexibility for both instructors and students, the volumes were created directly from the pages of The Writer’s World: Paragraphs and Essays by Lynne Gaetz and Suneeti Phadke. Volume two, The Writer's World: Paragraph Patterns and the Essay, gives students a solid overview of the patterns of development. It also covers the parts of the essay and explains how students can apply the nine patterns of development to essay writing. Volume two may be used as a stand alone item or in conjunction with any of the other volumes.

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From the Back Cover

Prentice Hall is proud to offer The Writer’s World: Paragraphs and Essays in four individual volumes. Developed to provide maximum flexibility for both instructors and students, the volumes were created directly from the pages of The Writer’s World: Paragraphs and Essays by Lynne Gaetz and Suneeti Phadke. There are four volumes in all:

 

Volume One: The Writing Process

The Writer’s World: Writing Process

Part I: The Writing Process

            Chapter 1: Exploring

            Chapter 2: Developing

            Chapter 3: Revising and Editing

 

Volume Two: Paragraph Patterns and the Essay

Part II: Paragraph Patterns

            Chapter 4: Illustration

            Chapter 5: Narration

The Writer’s World: Paragraph Patterns and The Essay

            Chapter 6: Description

            Chapter 7: Process

            Chapter 8: Definition

            Chapter 9: Classification

            Chapter 10: Comparison and Contrast

            Chapter 11: Cause and Effect

            Chapter 12: Argument

 

Part III: The Essay     

Chapter 13: Writing the Essay

Chapter 14: Essay Patterns

Chapter 15: Enhancing Your Writing with Research

 

Volume Three: The Editing Handbook

Part IV: The Editing Handbook

            Grammar Section 1: Effective Sentences

Chapter 16: Simple Sentences

            Chapter 17: Compound Sentences

The Writer’s World: Editing Handbook

            Chapter 18: Complex Sentences

            Chapter 19: Sentence Variety

            Grammar Section 2: Common Sentence Errors

            Chapter 20: Fragments and Run-Ons

            Chapter 21: Faulty Parallel Structure

            Grammar Section 3: Problems with Verbs

            Chapter 22: Present and Past Tenses

            Chapter 23: Past Participles

            Chapter 24: Other Verb Forms

            Grammar Section 4: Verb Agreement and Consistency

            Chapter 25: Subject-Verb Agreement

            Chapter 26: Tense Consistency

            Grammar Section 5: More Parts of Speech

            Chapter 27: Nouns, Determiners, and Prepositions

            Chapter 28: Pronouns

            Grammar Section 6: Modifiers

            Chapter 29: Adjectives and Adverbs

            Chapter 30: Mistakes with Modifiers

            Grammar Section 7: Word Use and Spelling

            Chapter 31: Exact Language

            Chapter 32: Spelling and Commonly Confused Words

            Grammar Section 8: Punctuation and Mechanics

            Chapter 33: Commas

            Chapter 34: The Apostrophe, Quotation Marks, and Titles

            Chapter 35: Capitalization and other Punctuation Marks

            Grammar Section 9: Editing

            Chapter 36: Editing Paragraphs and Essays

 

Volume Four: Reading Strategies and Selections

The Writer’s World: Reading Strategies and Selections

Part V: Reading Strategies and Selections

            Chapter 37: From Reading to Writing

Edition details

• Publisher: Longman
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0131727699
• ISBN 13: 9780131727694
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240