Step into Writing provides beginninglevel students with a dependable process for achieving success in a variety of writing tasks. Each chapter centers on a rhetorical task and follows a consistent skill-building format including controlled and free writing, revising, and editing.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum1994-01-01
- Mått215 x 280 x 9 mm
- Vikt310 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- FörlagPearson Education (US)
- ISBN9780201592658
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- INTRODUCTION WRITING NOTES AND LETTERS Thinking about the TopicOrganizing IdeasThe Parts of a LetterGrammar for WritingCapitalizationPunctuation for Dates, Greetings, and ClosingsConnecting Ideas with And, But, Because and SoWriting a DraftGetting Ideas: Making a ListWriting the First DraftEditingOn Your Own CHAPTER 1 WHAT WE DO EVERY DAYWriting about Routines Thinking about the TopicOrganizing IdeasGrouping Ideas into ParagraphsTime Order of Sentences in a ParagraphGrammar for WritingSimple Present Tense: Regular VerbsSimple Present Tense: Be and haveWriting a DraftGetting InformationWriting the First DraftRevisingEditingOn Your Own CHAPTER 2 GETTING THEREGiving Directions to a Place Thinking about the TopicOrganizing IdeasTime Order to Give DirectionsSignal Words to Give DirectionsGrammar for WritingUseful Vocabulary for Giving DirectionsClauses with When, Before, After, and UntilThe Imperative Form of VerbsWriting a DraftGetting InformationPreparing to WriteWriting the First DraftRevisingEditingOn Your Own CHAPTER 3 WHAT HAPPENED? Narrating an Incident Thinking about the TopicOrganizing IdeasTime Order and Time Expressions in a NarrativeConnecting IdeasGrammar for WritingSimple Past Tense–Regular VerbsSimple Past Tense–Irregular VerbsWriting a DraftGetting InformationPreparing to WriteAdding Information: Answering QuestionsWriting the First DraftRevisingEditingOn Your Own CHAPTER 4 WHAT’S THE POINT? Stating and Supporting a Main Idea Thinking about the TopicOrganizing IdeasStating and Supporting a main ideaRecognizing Topic SentencesChoosing Supporting DetailsGrammar for WritingForming GerundsWriting Topic Sentences with GerundsWriting a DraftGetting Ideas: keeping a JournalPreparing to WriteAdding InformationWriting the First DraftRevisingEditingOn Your Own CHAPTER 5 WHAT ARE THEY LIKE? Describing people Thinking about the TopicOrganizing IdeasGrouping DetailsGrammar for WritingThe Order of Adjectives in a SeriesAdjectives after Verbs of PerceptionGerunds and Infinitives to Express Likes and DislikesWriting a DraftGetting ideas: MappingPreparing to WriteWriting the first DraftRevisingEditingOn Your Own CHAPTER 6 WHY DO YOU SAY THAT? Giving Reasons for Your Opinions Thinking about the TopicOrganizing IdeasGiving ReasonsOrder of importance and Signal WordsGiving Examples to illustrate Your ReasonsGrammar for WritingModal Auxiliary CanModal Auxiliary ShouldWriting a DraftGetting ideas: Brainstorming with a GroupPreparing to WriteAdding information: Explaining ReasonsWriting the First DraftRevisingEditingOn Your Own Answer KeyIrregular VerbsAppendix 1: Map of LexingtonAppendix 2: Sag Harbor Street MapAppendix 3: Downtown Mountainview Map