Ise College Writing Skills With Readings

College Writing Skills with Readings 10e highlights the importance of writing with a purpose by focusing on four bases of writing, unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. The four bases provide students with clear guidance on how to organize their thoughts, structure their main idea into a thesis, provide supporting evidence to their claim, and revise and edit their work into a well thought-out essay. College Writing Skills with Readings personalizes and grounds students’ writing experience by placing all of its reading, writing, and essay examples within three key realms - personal, academic, and workplace (PAW) - to emphasize the importance of writing in every facet of life.

Contents

Readings Listed by Rhetorical Mode 0

Preface 0

Part 1 Essay Writing 1      

1. An Introduction to Writing 0

Point and Support 0

Structure of the Traditional Essay 0

Benefits of  Writing the Traditional Essay 00

Writing as a Skill 00

Writing as a Process of Discovery 00

Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others 00

Keeping a Journal 00

Using Technology to Work Efficiently 00

MLA Format 00

Review Activities 00

Using This Text 00

1. The Writing Process 00

Prewriting 00

Writing a First Draft 00

Revising 00

Editing 00

Review Activities 00

1. The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing 00

Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis 00

Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence 00

Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 00

1. The Third Step in Essay Writing 00

Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 00

Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 00

Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 000

1. The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 000

Revising Sentences 000

Editing Sentences 000

Practice in Revising Sentences 000

1. Four Bases for Revising Essays 000

Base 1: Unity 000

Base 2: Support 000

Base 3: Coherence 000

Base 4: Sentence Skills 000

Practice in Using the Four Bases 000

1. Developing an Essay 000

Important Considerations in Essay Development 000

The Writing Process in Action 000

A Look Ahead to Part Two: Patterns of Essay Development 000

Part 2 Patterns of Essay Development 000

1. Description 000

Student Essays to Consider 000

Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Description 000

A Model Essay to Consider 000

     READING Lou’s Place by Beth Johnson 000

1. Narration 000

Student Essays to Consider 000

Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Narration 000

A Model Essay to Consider 000

READING The Teacher Who Changed My Life by Nicholas Gage 000

1. Exemplification 000

Student Essays to Consider 000

Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Exemplification 000

A Model Essay to Consider 000

READING Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 000

1. Process 000

Student Essays to Consider 000

Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Process 000

A Model Essay to Consider 000

READING How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 000

1. Cause and/or Effect 000

Student Essays to Consider 000

Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Cause and/or Effect 000

A Model Essay to Consider 000

READING Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 000

1. Comparison and/or Contrast 000

Methods of Development 000

Student Essays to Consider 000

Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Comparison and/or Contrast 000

A Model Essay to C