Refining Composition Skills - Rhetoric and Grammar ISBN: 0838402232 • 5th Edition © 2001 • 448 pages 8 x 10 • Available Now
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REFINING COMPOSITION SKILLS combines extensive practice in rhetorical strategies and techniques while integrating instruction with reading, grammar, and critical thinking skills.
Features
- Students develop essay writing skills needed for college: example, comparison and contrast, classification, process analysis, cause and effect, and argumentative.
- Included are thorough presentation and review of narratives, expository and descriptive paragraphs, and the entire writing process.
- Multicultural readings act as a springboard for student writing.
- CNN Video clips procvide writing prompts for each chapter.
- Internet activities encourage students to use the Internet for research, motivation, and inspiration.
- "Getting Started" section includes goals, writing assignments, and video activities.
Table of Contents
I. The Paragraph
1. The Writing Process
2. Introduction to the Paragraph
3. The Narrative Paragraph
4. The Descriptive Paragraph
5. The Expository Paragraph
II. The Essay
6. Introduction to the Essay
7. The Example Essay
8. The Comparison and Contrast Essay
9. The Classification Essay
10. The Process Analysis Essay
11. The Cause-and-Effect Analysis Essay
12. The Argumentative Essay
III. Grammar Review