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Ready to Write by Karen Louise Blanchard & Christine Baker Root
A First Composition Text
This text introduces students to the writing process by presenting the stages of pre-writing, revising and editing. It presents paragraph development in steps and prepares students for the composition skills needed for academic work. An answer key is also provided.Good writing is a network of skills that can be taught, practiced, and mastered. These books present paragraph development and composition skills in clear, teachable steps. Each book offers students dependable strategies as well as opportunities to bring their own ideas and talent to the writing process. Important features of the series: -- Presents important organizational principles of good academic writing, including topic sentences, maintaining unity and coherence, making and supporting a point, providing clear transitions, and writing clear introductory and concluding paragraphs. -- Shows students how to apply these organizational principles to major rhetorical forms: classification, cause and effect, comparison and contrast, problem and solution, writing a summary, personal expression, and essays for college applications. -- Offers extensive practice in every step of the writing process, including prewriting, drafting, revision, and editing. -- Provides individual practice on additional topics in "On Your Own" sections. -- Offers effective error correction and editing practice in "You Be the Editor" sections. Presents paragraph development and the fundamental composition skills needed for successful academic work. Contextualizes writing in real-world tasks such as letters, reports, articles from newsletters, and advertising copy. |
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| Author(s) : Christine Baker Root | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0201859998 | ISBN-13 : 9780201859997 |
| RRP : £13.95 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Longman Writing Skills Texts
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 31/12/1996
Publisher : Pearson Education Limited
Page Length : 113mm
Page Size : 279mm