Steps to Writing Well: With Additional Readings - Tapa blanda

Features Available with or without readings, the text gives instructors flexibility in structuring the class and class and easily accomodate all teaching styles. Precise and clear instruction in each chapter faciliates student learning. Meaningful exercises and writing assignments throughout the text help students practice what they have learned. Fifteen student and fourteen professional samples provide models of good writing. A brief handbook shows students how to correct the most common errors in grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings provides 33 extra readings, making it unnecessary for students to purchase an additional reader. New To These Editions Chapter 5, "Drafting and Revising, " contains an expanded discussion of using a computer and now offers students a system for revising drafts in stages. Chapter 8, "The Reading-Writing Connection, " provides students with advice on how to write a summary. A new pair of professional essays with opposing views in Chapter 10, "Argumentation, " helps students analyze rhetorical appeals and supporting evidence. Coverage of electronic sources, including advice and warnings for Internet users has been included in Chapter 14, "Writing a Paper Using Research." A new section on summary and response, including a sample paper, has been added to Chapter 16, "Writing in Class." An entirely new Chapter 17, "Writing in the World of Work, " allows students to practice composing business letters, office memos, e-mail, and resumes. Part 4, "A Concise Handbook, " has a new numbered navigational system, making it easier to quickly access information. A new workbook containsactivities and exercises for every chapter of the main text, providing students with an additional way to help them improve their writing skills. Contents Part 1. THE BASICS OF THE SHORT ESSAY 1. Prewriting Getting Started Selecting a Subject Finding Your Essay's Purpose and Focus Pump-Primer Techniques After You've Found Your Focus Discovering your Audience How to Identify Your Readers Keeping a Journal (Talking to Yourself Does Help) Chapter 1 Summary 2. The Thesis Statement What Is a Thesis? What Does a "Working Thesis" Do? Can a "Working Thesis" Change? Guidelines for Writing a Good Thesis

Jean Wyrick is Professor Emerita of English at Colorado State University, where she was Director of Composition for 11 years. She has more than 25 years of experience teaching writing, training writing teachers, and designing writing/writing-across-the-curriculum programs. Her other textbooks include THE RINEHART READER and DISCOVERING IDEAS. She has presented over a hundred workshops and papers on the teaching of writing, American literature, American Studies, and Women's Studies.