First steps in academic writing / Ann Hogue.

Level 2.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. Introducing People -- What Is Academic Writing? -- Chapter Preview -- Prewriting Activity: Asking Questions and Taking Notes -- Part 1. Organization -- What Is a Paragraph? -- Model: What Is a Paragraph? Mrs. Robinson -- Paragraph Form -- Model: Handwritten Assignment My Classmate -- Model: Computer-Written Assignment My Classmate -- Part 2. Grammar and Capitalization -- What Is a Sentence? -- Command Sentences -- Subjects, Verbs, and Objects -- Capitalization: Six Rules -- Journal Writing -- Model: Journal Entry -- Part 3. Sentence Structure -- Simple Sentences -- Connecting Words: and, or -- Sentence Combining -- Part 4. Writing -- Review Questions -- The Writing Process -- Step 1: Prewrite to get ideas - freewriting -- Step 2: Write the first draft -- Step 3: Edit the first draft -- Step 4: Write the final copy -- Writing Assignment -- Chapter 2. Listing-Order Paragraphs -- Chapter Preview -- Prewriting Activity: Clustering -- Clustering -- Model: Clustering 1 -- Model: Clustering2 -- Part 1. Organization -- Listing-Order Paragraphs -- Model: Listing-Order Paragraph Flight Attendants -- The Three Parts of a Paragraph -- The Topic Sentence -- Listing-Order Transition Signals -- Paragraph Unity -- The Concluding Sentence -- Outlining -- Model: Simple Outline Flight Attendants -- Part 2. Sentence Structure -- Compound Sentences -- Coordinating Conjunctions: and, but, or, so -- Two Sentence Errors: Run-ons and Comma Splices -- Part 3. Writing -- Review Questions -- Writing Assignment -- Chapter 3. Giving Instructions -- Chapter Preview -- Prewriting Activity: Listing -- Part 1. Organization -- Model: "How To" Paragraph How to Have a Successful Garage Sale -- Topic and Concluding Sentence for "How To" Paragraphs -- Time-Order Signals -- Listing and Outlining -- Model: Listing -- Model: Edited List -- Model: Simple Outline -- Part 2. Sentence Structure -- Independent and Dependent Clauses -- Adverb Subordinators -- Complex Sentences -- Sentence Errors: Fragments -- Summary: Three Types of Sentences -- Part 3. Capitalization and Punctuation -- Capitalization: Four More Rules -- Commas: Four Rules -- Part 4. Writing -- Review Questions -- Writing Assignment -- Chapter 4. Describing a Place -- Chapter Preview -- Prewriting Activity: Listing Descriptive Detail -- Part 1. Organization -- Description -- Space Order -- Model: Space Order The Shared Refrigerator -- Topic and Concluding Sentences for Descriptive Paragraphs -- Specific Details -- Planning a Space-Order Paragraph -- Part 2. Grammar -- Adjectives -- Order of Adjectives -- Part 3. Sentence Structure -- Prepositions -- Prepositional Phrases -- Model: Prepositional Phrases of Place in a Description My Desk -- Using Prepositional Phrases to Vary Sentence Openings -- Part 4. Writing -- Review Questions -- Writing Assignment -- Chapter 5. Stating Reasons and Using Examples -- Chapter Preview -- Prewriting Activity: Reasons and Examples -- Part 1. Organization -- Model: Reasons and Examples Costa Rica -- Outlines with Details -- Model: Detailed Outline Costa Rica -- Reasons and Examples -- Transition Signals with Reasons -- Conclusion Signals with Reasons -- Transition Signals with Examples -- Part 2. Sentence Structure -- More About Complex Sentences -- Reason and Condition Subordinators -- Part 3. Capitalization and Punctuation -- Capitalization: Two More Rules -- Commas: Four More Rules -- Part 4. Writing -- Review Questions -- Writing Assignment -- Chapter 6. Expressing Your Opinion -- Chapter Preview -- Prewriting Activity: Getting Ideas from Reading -- Part 1. Organization -- Opinion Paragraphs -- Facts and Opinions -- Model: Opinion Paragraph Video Games and Violence -- Transition Signals for Opinions -- Part 2. Sentence Structure -- Model: Adjective Clauses School Uniforms -- Adjective Clauses with who, which, and that -- Punctuating Adjective Clauses -- Complex Sentence with Adjective Clauses -- More About Fragments -- Part 3. Punctuation -- Quotation Marks -- Part 4. Writing -- Review Questions -- Writing Assignment -- Appendix A. Journal Writing -- Appendix B. Correction Symbols -- Appendix C. Grammar Words and Kinds of Sentences -- Appendix D. Conjunctions -- Appendix E. Transition Signals -- Appendix F. Business Letters -- Appendix G. Reader's Response and Writer's Self-Check Worksheets.

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