Bibliograph

Gateways to academic writing, effective sentences, paragraphs, and essays, Alan Meyers

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Gateways to academic writing, effective sentences, paragraphs, and essays, Alan Meyers

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gateways to academic writing

Oclc number

55149395

Responsibility statement

Alan Meyers

Sub title

effective sentences, paragraphs, and essays

Table Of Contents

UNIT I Developing Your Writing Skills. 1 The Writing Process -- 2 Planning and Drafting a Paragraph -- 3 Revising and Editing a Paragraph -- 4 Planning and Drafting an Essay -- UNIT II Different Modes of Writing -- 5 Writing Narration -- 6 Describing a Scene -- 7 Writing a Report -- 8 Describing a Process -- 9 Writing about Causes and Effects -- 10 Classifying Information -- 11 Making Comparisons and Contrasts -- 12 Defining Terms -- 13 Persuading an Audience -- 14 Summarizing and Responding -- UNIT III Gateways to Grammar and Structure. 15 Identifying Sentence Elements -- 16 Recognizing Sentence Patterns -- 17 Mastering Verb Forms -- UNIT IV Editing with Care -- 18 Making Subjects and Verbs Agree -- 19 Using the Past Tense and the Past Participle -- 20 Keeping Words in Order -- 21 Using Pronouns -- 22 Mastering the Little Words: Articles and Prepositions -- 23 Using Comparative Word Forms -- 24 Identifying Sentences and Fixing Fragments -- 25 Joining Sentences through Coordination -- 26 Joining Sentences through Subordination -- 27 Joining Sentences with Pronouns -- 28 Repairing Run-ons and Correcting Comma Splices -- 29 Punctuating Sentences -- 30 Checking Spelling, Apostrophes, Hyphens, and Capitals -- Glossary

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