Ready to Write: A First Composition Text (Second Edition)

Blanchard, Karen Lourie, Root, Christine Baker

ISBN 10: 0201859998 / ISBN 13: 9780201859997

Published by Addison-Wesley, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ready to Write: A First Composition Text (Second Edition)
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201859998
• ISBN 13: 9780201859997
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Presenting paragraph development in clear, teachable steps, Ready to Write prepares high-beginning and low-intermediate students for the fundamental composition skills needed for successful academic work. Through a clear progression of learning tasks, Ready to Write provides these benefits: Presents important organizational principles of good academic writing such as "topic sentences, supporting details, ordering of details, identifying and eliminating irrelevancies, " and "transition words." Helps students apply these organizational principles to major rhetorical forms, among them "comparing and contrasting, describing, reporting, giving information, analyzing, " and "letter writing." Contextualizes writing in real-world tasks such as "letters, reports, exams, articles for newsletters, " and "advertising copy."