The Write Start with Readings: Paragraphs to Essays - Softcover

Checkett, Lawrence; Feng-Checkett, Gayle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321061187 ISBN 13: 9780321061188

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 2002

Synopsis

Clear and straightforward, The Write Start with Readings: Paragraphs to Essays is a developmental writing book designed to build writing, revision and critical thinking skills. The book reviews paragraph structure and moves through prewriting, thesis statement construction, drafting, and revising the various modes of essay style, emphasizing writing skills throughout the chapters. Also included are sample student and professional essays to encourage critical thinking and discussion. A Writer's Resource appendix provides opportunities to work on targeted skills in grammar, punctuation, and ESL concerns. Created with developmental readers and learning disabled readers in mind, the book's 4-color design is crisp and clear, emphasizing the content and presenting it in a manner that is easier to navigate. For those seeking a developmental writing book at the paragraph-to-essay level.

About this title

About the Author:

Gayle Feng-Checkett is originally from California and received her B.A. in Comparative Literature and Spanish from the University of Redlands in 1974. She received her M.A. in English with a minor in Spanish from the University of North Dakota and continued her graduate work with studies in Teaching English as a Second Language. Feng-Checkett's special interests in teaching are in Composition, Comparative Literature, and Teaching English as a Second Language.

About this edition

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0321061187
• ISBN 13: 9780321061188
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 417