Description
The revolutionary approach of D.J. Henry’s Writing for Life offers a visually rich, high-interest, and down-to-earth approach that reinforces the writing process while showing students how to take responsibility for their learning.
Table of Contents
| Part 1: Getting Ready to Write 1. Preparing to Learn about Writing 2. Thinking through the Writing Process |
| Part 2: Writing Paragraphs 3. Understanding the Paragraph 4. Using the Patterns of Organization to Develop Your Paragraphs |
| Part 3: The Basic Sentence 5.Nouns and Pronouns 6. Adjectives and Adverbs 7. Verbs 8. Subjects, Verbs, and Simple Sentences 9. Compound and Complex Sentences |
| Part 4: Recognizing and Avoiding Errors 10. Run Ons 11. Fragments 12. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers 13. Subject-Verb Agreement |
| Part 5: Punctuation and Mechanics 14. The Comma 15. The Apostrophe 16. Question Marks 17. End Punctuation 18. Capitalization 19. Improving Your Spelling 20. Mastering Often-Confused Words |
| Part 6: Writing Clearly 21. Sentence Variety 22. Sentence Clarity 23. Dialects and Standard English 24. Revising for Effective Expression |
| Part 7: Reading Selections |
| Appendixes Understanding the Essay The Writing Portfolio
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Purchase Info
ISBN-10: 0-205-88539-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-205-88539-8
Format: Paper
$113.00 | Free Ground Shipping.
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Writing for Life: Sentences and Paragraphs, Books a la Carte Edition, 2nd Edition
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