Wyrick, Jean,

Steps to writing well : with additional readings / Jean Wyrick. - Fourth edition. - xxiv, 641 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes index.

The Basics of the Short Essay -- Prewriting -- Summary -- The Thesis Statement -- Summary -- The Body Paragraphs -- Summary -- Beginnings and Endings -- Summary -- Drafting and Revising: Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking -- Summary -- Effective Sentences -- Summary -- Word Logic -- Summary -- The Reading-Writing Connection -- Summary -- Summary: The Basics of the Short Essay -- Purposes, Modes, and Strategies -- Exposition -- Argumentation -- Description -- Narration -- Writing Essays Using Multiple Strategies -- Special Assignments -- Writing a Paper Using Research -- Writing in Class: Exams and "Response" Essays -- Writing about Literature -- Writing about Visual Arts -- Writing about Film -- Writing in the World of Work -- A Concise Handbook -- Of Speech -- Major Errors in Grammar -- A Concise Guide to Punctuation -- A Concise Guide to Mechanics -- Additional Readings -- Exposition: Development by Example -- Exposition: Process Analysis -- Exposition: Comparison /Contrast --B Exposition: Definition -- Exposition: Division /Classification -- Exposition: Causal Analysis -- Argumentation -- Description -- Narration -- Essays for Further Analysis: Multiple Strategies and Styles -- Literature. Part I. 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5. 6. 6. 7. 7. 8. 8. Part One. Part II. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Part III. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Part IV. Part s. 20. 21. 22. Part V. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.

0155054511 9780155054516

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English language--Rhetoric.
Report writing--Problems, exercises, etc.
College readers

PE1404. / W94 1999

808.042