Writing Connections : You, College, and Careers

Description: Product Details Synopsis Designed specifically for community colleges and business programs, Writing Connections helps students of varying backgrounds, ages, and majors recognize how strong writing skills can allow them to achieve both their academic and professional goals. Students practice finding common denominators and patterns across all key forms of writing and learn to apply what they learn to personal, cross-curricular, and workplace writing. Student examples illustrate all stages of the writing process and serve as good models on which students can pattern their own work. Designed specifically for community colleges and business programs, the diverse range of topics and assignments in Writing Connections helps students of varying backgrounds, ages, and majors recognize how strong writing skills can allow them to achieve both their academic and professional goals. Brandon focuses on helping students find common denominators and patterns across all key forms of writing. Students practice each form and learn to apply what they learn to personal, cross-curricular, and workplace writing. After covering the principles of comparison and contrast, students can write an analysis of cross-cultural issues that arise as a result of being part of a mixed-race family, evaluate different architectural styles for an art history class, or assess how individual managers approach crises at work. Extensive student examples illustrate all stages of the writing process and serve as good models on which students can pattern their own work. Product Identifiers ISBN-10 0618256598 ISBN-13 9780618256594 eBay Product ID (ePID) 102985290 Key Details Author Lee Brandon Number Of Pages 560 pages Format Paperback Publication Date 2003-07-08 Language English Publisher CENGAGE Learning Publication Year 2003 Additional Details Copyright Date 2004 Dimensions Weight 40.8 Oz Height 0.8 In. Width 8.5 In. Length 10.9 In. Target Audience Group College Audience Table Of Content Contents Note: Chapters in Part II begin with a Microtheme and conclude with a Chapter Review and Chapter Review Exercises. I. Connecting Reading and Writing 1. Leading with Reading and Writing Reading to Write Reading Techniques Written Responses to Reading Guidelines for Reading and Writing II. Writing and Connecting Sentences 2. Subjects and Verbs Subjects Verbs Location of Subjects and Verbs 3. Kinds of Sentences Clauses Writing Sentences Procedure for Sentence Analysis 4. Combining Sentences Coordination: The Compound Sentence Subordination: The Complex Sentence Coordination and Subordination: The Compound-Complex Sentence Other Ways to Combine Ideas 5. Correcting Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-Ons Fragments Comma Splices and Run-Ons Techniques for Spotting Problem Sentences 6. Verbs Regular and Irregular Verbs "Problem Verbs" The Twelve Verb Tenses Subject-Verb Agreement Consistency in Tense Active and Passive Voice Strong Verbs Subjunctive Mood 7. Pronouns Pronoun Case Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Pronoun Reference 8. Adjectives and Adverbs Selecting Adjectives and Adverbs Comparative and Superlative Forms Using Adjectives and Adverbs Correctly Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers 9. Balancing Sentence Parts Basic Principles of Parallelism Signal Words Combination Signal Words 10. Punctuation and Capitalization End Punctuation Commas Semicolons Quotation Marks Punctuation with Quotation Marks Italics Dashes Colons Parentheses Brackets Apostrophes Hyphens Capitalization 11. Spelling Steps to Efficient Spelling Your Spell Checker Spelling Tips Frequently Misspelled Words Confused and Spelling and Confusing Words III. Connecting Process with Product 12. The Writing Process: Prewriting the Paragraph The Paragraph Defined Basic Paragraph Patterns The Writing Process Stage One Strategies Guidelines for Prewriting the Paragraph 13. The Writing Process: Developing and Organizing Support Writing the Controlling Idea as a Topic Sentence Writing an Outline Guidelines for Developing and Organizing Support 14. The Writing Process: Writing, Revising, and Editing the Paragraph Writing Your First Draft Revising Your Writing Editing Your Writing The Writing Process Worksheet Guidelines for Writing, Revising, and Editing the Pargraph 15. Moving from Paragraphs to Essays and Other Forms Writing the Short Essay Examining a Paragraph and an Essay Surveying Sentences, Paragraphs, and Essays on Campus and at the Workplace Topics for Short Essays Guidelines for Moving from Paragraphs to Essays and Other Forms IV. Connecting Patterns with Personal, Cross-Curricular, and Career-Related Writing 16. Connections of Narration: Personal, Cross-Curricular, and Career-Related Writing Narration Defined The Basic Pattern Verb Tense Point of View Description Dialogue Order for Narration: Time and Space Practicing Patterns of Narration Personal Writing. Student: "I Get a Pierce," Brittany Markovic. Professional: "Closets and Keepsakes," Willi Coleman Cross-Curricular Writing. Student: "Alone in a Crowd," Roger Watowski (Psychology). Professional: "Case Review: Fire in a Home," from Firefighting Strategies and Tactics (Fire Science) Career-Related Writing. Student: "Incident Report of Mistaken Shoplifting," Michael Mendoza (Mall Management). Professional: "Over the Edge," Gregory Moorhead and Ricky W. Griffin (Business Management, Psychology) Topics for Writing Narration Guidelines for Writing Narration 17. Connections of Analysis by Division: Personal, Cross-Curricular, and Career- Related Writing Writing Instruction Practicing Patterns of Analysis by Division Personal Writing. Student: "More Than Ordinary," Nancy Samuels. Professional: "Who Are Our Heros?" Ponchitta Pierce Cross-Curricular Writing. Student: "Layers of Skin," Selin Simon (Biology). Professional: "The Zones of the Sea," Leonard Engel (Oceanography) Career-Related Writing. Student: "More than Book 'Em," Jerry Price (Law Enforcement, Occupational Psychology). Reviews Note: Chapters in Part II begin with a Microtheme and conclude with a Chapter Review and Chapter Review Exercises.I. Connecting Reading and Writing1. Leading with Reading and WritingReading to WriteReading TechniquesWritten Responses to ReadingGuidelines for Reading and WritingII. Writing and Connecting Sentences2. Subjects and VerbsSubjectsVerbsLocation of Subjects and Verbs3. Kinds of SentencesClausesWriting SentencesProcedure for Sentence Analysis4. Combining SentencesCoordination: The Compound SentenceSubordination: The Complex SentenceCoordination and Subordination: The Compound-Complex SentenceOther Ways to Combine Ideas5. Correcting Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-OnsFragmentsComma Splices and Run-OnsTechniques for Spotting Problem Sentences6. VerbsRegular and Irregular Verbs"Problem Verbs"The Twelve Verb TensesSubject-Verb AgreementConsistency in TenseActive and Passive VoiceStrong VerbsSubjunctive Mood7. PronounsPronoun CasePronoun-Antecedent AgreementPronoun Reference8. Adjectives and AdverbsSelecting Adjectives and AdverbsComparative and Superlative FormsUsing Adjectives and Adverbs CorrectlyDangling and Misplaced Modifiers9. Balancing Sentence PartsBasic Principles of ParallelismSignal WordsCombination Signal Words10. Punctuation and CapitalizationEnd PunctuationCommasSemicolonsQuotation MarksPunctuation with Quotation MarksItalicsDashesColonsParenthesesBracketsApostrophesHyphensCapitalization11. SpellingSteps to Efficient SpellingYour Spell CheckerSpelling TipsFrequently Misspelled WordsConfused and Spelling and Confusing WordsIII. Connecting Process with Product12. The Writing Process: Prewriting the ParagraphThe Paragraph DefinedBasic Paragraph PatternsThe Writing ProcessStage One StrategiesGuidelines for Prewriting the Paragraph13. The Writing Process: Developing and Organizing SupportWriting the Controlling Idea as a Topic SentenceWriting an OutlineGuidelines for Developing and Organizing Support14. The Writing Process: Writing, Revising, and Editing the ParagraphWriting Your First DraftRevising Your WritingEditing Your WritingThe Writing Process WorksheetGuidelines for Writing, Revising, and Editing the Pargraph15. Moving from Paragraphs to Essays and Other FormsWriting the Short EssayExamining a Paragraph and an EssaySurveying Sentences, Paragraphs, and Essays on Campus and at the WorkplaceTopics for Short EssaysGuidelines for Moving from Paragraphs to Essays and Other FormsIV. Connecting Patterns with Personal, Cross-Curricular, and Career-Related Writing16. Connections of Narration: Personal, Cross-Curricular, and Career-Related WritingNarration DefinedThe Basic PatternVerb TensePoint of ViewDescriptionDialogueOrder for Narration: Time and SpacePracticing Patterns of NarrationPersonal Writing. Student: "I Get a Pierce," Brittany Markovic. Professional: "Closets and Keepsakes," Willi ColemanCross-Curricular Writing. Student: "Alone in a Crowd," Roger Watowski (Psychology). Professional: "Case Review: Fire in a Home," from Firefighting Strategies and Tactics (Fire Science)Career-Related Writing. Student: "Incident Report of Mistaken Shoplifting," Michael Mendoza (Mall Management). Professional: "Over the Edge," Gregory Moorhead and Ricky W. Griffin (Business Management, Psychology)Topics for Writing NarrationGuidelines for Writing Narration17. Connections of Analysis by Division: Personal, Cross-Curricular, and Career- Related WritingWriting InstructionPracticing Patterns of Analysis by DivisionPersonal Writing. Student: "More Than Ordinary," Nancy Samuels. Professional: "Who Are Our Heros?" Ponchitta PierceCross-Curricular Writing. Student: "Layers of Skin," Selin Simon (Biology). Professional: "The Zones of the Sea," Leonard Engel (Oceanography)Career-Related Writing. Student: "More than Book ''Em," Jerry Price (Law Enforcement, Occupational Psychology).

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