College Writing Skills with Readings (International Student Edition)

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This International Student Edition is for use outside of the U.S. College Writing Skills with Readings, 11th edition, emphasizes writing skills as well as process. By identifying a set of 4 fundamental skills critical to effective writing, College Writing Skills with Readings encourages students to see writing as a skill that can be learned and a process that must be explored. These 4 skills, or bases, for effective writing are as follows: Unity: Discover a clearly stated point, or topic sentence, and make sure that all other information in the paragraph or essay supports that point. • Unity: Discover a clearly stated point, or topic sentence, and make sure that all other information in the paragraph or essay supports that point. • Support: Support the points with specific evidence, and plenty of it. • Coherence: Organize and connect supporting evidence so that paragraphs and essays transition smoothly from one bit of supporting information to the next. • Sentence skills: Revise and edit so that sentences are error-free for clearer and more effective communication. These four bases are essential to all effective writing, whether it be a narrative paragraph for a personal journal, a cover letter for a job application, or an essay for an academic assignment. Cover Title Page Copyright Page About The Authors Brief Contents Contents Readings Listed by Rhetorical Mode Preface Acknowledgments PART 1 Essay Writing 1. An Introduction to Writing Point and Support Structure of the Traditional Essay Benefits of Writing the Traditional Essay Writing as a Skill Writing as a Process of Discovery Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others Keeping a Journal Using Technology to Work Efficiently MLA Format Review Activities Using This Text 2. The Writing Process Prewriting Writing a First Draft Revising Editing Review Activities 3. The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 4. The Third Step in Essay Writing Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 5. The Fourth Step in Essay Writing Revising Sentences Editing Sentences Practice in Revising Sentences 6. Four Bases for Revising Essays Base 1: Unity Base 2: Support Base 3: Coherence Base 4: Sentence Skills Practice in Using the Four Bases 7. Developing an Essay Important Considerations in Essay Development The Writing Process in Action PART 2 Patterns of Essay Development Introduction to Part 2 8. Description Student Essays to Consider Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Description A Model Essay to Consider READING Lou’s Place by Beth Johnson Writing an Essay with Emphasis on Description Writing for a Specific Purpose and Audience 9. Narration Student Essays to Consider Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Narration A Model Essay to Consider READING The Teacher Who Changed My Life by Nicholas Gage Writing an Essay with Emphasis on Narration Writing for a Specific Purpose and Audience 10. Exemplification Student Essays to Consider Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Exemplification A Model Essay to Consider READING Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm Writing an Essay with Emphasis on Exemplification Writing for a Specific Purpose and Audience 11. Process Student Essays to Consider Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Process A Model Essay to Consider READING How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis Writing an Essay with Emphasis on Process Writing for a Specific Purpose and Audience 12. Cause and/or Effect Student Essays to Consider Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Cause and/or Effect A Model Essay to Consider READING Shame by Dick Gregory Writing an Essay with Emphasis on Cause and/or Effect Writing for a Specific Purpose and Audience 13. Comparison and/or Contrast Methods of Development Student Essays to Consider Developing a Comparison and/or Contrast Essay A Model Essay to Consider READING Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854 by Chief Seattle Writing an Essay with Emphasis on Comparison and/or Contrast Writing for a Specific Purpose and Audience 14. Definition Student Essays to Consider Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Definition A Model Essay to Consider READING Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising by Ann McClintock Writing an Essay with Emphasis on Definition Writing for a Specific Purpose and Audience 15. Division-Classification Student Essays to Consider Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Division-Classification A Model Essay to Consider READING My Library by A. A. Milne Writing an Essay with Emphasis on Division-Classification Writing for a Specific Purpose and Audience 16. Argument Strategies for Argument Student Essays to Consider Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Argument A Model Essay to Consider READING Essay on the Importance of Teaching Failure by Edward Burger Writing an Essay with Emphasis on Argument Writing for a Specific Purpose and Audience PART 3 Researching, Writing, and Documenting 17. Information Literacy Using Online Sources Effectively Using the Library in the Context of the Digital World 18. Summarizing and Paraphrasing Identifying and Avoiding Plagiarism Writing a Summary A Model Summary of an Article Writing a Paraphrase Using Direct Quotations 19. Writing a Source-Based Essay Planning Ahead and Taking Notes Understanding How to Incorporate Sources Citing Sources A Model Literary Analysis Student Paper: A Rhetorical Analysis 20. Writing a Research Essay Getting Started and Creating a Schedule Selecting a Topic That You Can Readily Research Limiting Your Topic and Making the Purpose of Your Paper Clear Brainstorming What You Know Gathering Information on Your Limited Topic Keeping Track of Your Sources and Taking Notes Writing the Paper A Model Research Essay PART 4 Handbook of Sentence Skills SECTION I Grammar 21. Subjects and Verbs A Simple Way to Find a Subject A Simple Way to Find a Verb More about Subjects and Verbs 22. Fragments Dependent-Word Fragments -ing and to Fragments Added-Detail Fragments Missing-Subject Fragments 23. Run-Ons What Are Run-Ons? Three Ways to Correct Run-Ons 24. Regular and Irregular Verbs Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs 25. Subject–Verb Agreement Words between Subject and Verb Verb before Subject Compound Subjects Indefinite Pronouns 26. More about Verbs Verb Tense Helping Verbs Verbals 27. Pronoun Agreement and Reference Pronoun Agreement Pronoun Reference 28. Pronoun Types Subject and Object Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns 29. Adjectives and Adverbs Adjectives Adverbs 30. Misplaced Modifiers Identifying and Correcting Misplaced Modifiers 31. Dangling Modifiers Identifying and Correcting Dangling Modifiers SECTION II Mechanics and Punctuation 32. Capital Letters Main Uses of Capital Letters Other Uses of Capital Letters Unnecessary Use of Capitals 33. Numbers and Abbreviations Numbers Abbreviations 34. Apostrophe Apostrophe in Contractions Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 35. Quotation Marks Quotation Marks to Set Off the Words of a Speaker or Writer Quotation Marks to Set Off Titles of Short Works Other Uses of Quotation Marks 36. Comma Six Main Uses of the Comma SECTION III Word Use 37. Commonly Confused Words Homonyms Other Words Frequently Confused 38. Effective Word Choice Slang Cliches Pretentious Words SECTION IV Tests 39. Editing Tests Correction Symbols PART 5 Readings for Writers INTRODUCTION TO THE READINGS The Format of Each Selection How to Read Well: Four General Steps How to Answer the Comprehension Questions: Specific Hints BUILDING SELF-AWARENESS from Self-Reliance Ralph Waldo Emerson I Became Her Target Roger Wilkins Stepping into the Light Tanya Savory The Certainty of Fear Audra Kendall 100 Years of The Secret Garden Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina EDUCATION AND LEARNING Colleges Must Confront Structural Racism Kevin V. Collymore How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here Brian O’Keeney College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening? David Daniels Brainology Carol S. Dweck Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nicholas Carr The Quiet Struggle of College Students with Kids Gillian B. White What Academics Misunderstand about ‘Public Writing’ Irina Dumitrescu CHALLENGING SOCIETAL VALUES The Professor Is a Dropout Beth Johnson Purposefully Mispronouncing Kamala Harris’s Name Is Racist, Plain and Simple Duaa Israr Memes and the Art of Nonsense Serena G. Pellegrino Moving Beyond Pain bell hooks When a Classmate Is a Former Inmate Juleyka Lantigua-Williams A Memoir Reflects on What Happens to the ‘Fairest’ of Them All Hope Wabuke Index