Expressways for Writing Scenarios: From Paragraph to Essay (book alone) - Softcover

McWhorter, Kathleen T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321355377 ISBN 13: 9780321355379

Publisher: Pearson, 2006

Synopsis

Expressways for Writing Scenarios, Kathleen McWhorter’s new text provides writing instruction for success in academic, workplace and everyday writing situations while featuring an integrated writing-reading approach, step-by-step instruction, and a supportive tone. Expressways teaches the fundamentals of paragraph and essay writing through structured, sequential instruction; varied exercises that build upon each other; numerous examples of student writing; and the use of high-interest, issue-oriented or workplace-related readings.

About this title

Synopsis:

Expressways for Writing Scenarios, a full-color, developmental paragraph-to-essay writing text, provides students with writing instruction for success in academic, workplace and everyday writing situations. Expressways for Writing Scenarios features an integrated writing-reading approach, step-by-step instruction, and a supportive tone. It teaches students the fundamentals of paragraph and essay writing through structured, sequential instruction; varied exercises that build upon each other; numerous examples of student writing; and the use of high-interest, issue-oriented or workplace-related readings. Expressways for Writing Scenarios covers all the fundamental topics at this level--the writing process, paragraph writing strategies, methods of development, essay writing, revising, and grammar lessons--as well as including a set of additional readings in the form of a multicultural reader. The important skills of annotating, paraphrasing, summarizing, and synthesizing are covered in Chapter 16. The text also contains a brief, introductory look at locating, synthesizing, and using appropriate sources.Sentence-level concerns are presented as integral to the clear expression of ideas; a handbook with exercises appears at the end of the text; and near the end of each chapter in Parts II--IV, a "Skill Refresher" related to sentence structure, grammar, or punctuation ties in with the handbook instruction.

About the Author:

Kathleen McWhorter (Ph.D. SUNY, Buffalo) is Professor of Humanities and Coordinator of Learning Skills at Niagara County Community College. In addition to her developmental writing series from Houghton Mifflin, McWhorter is the author of several successful reading and study skills texts from Longman including College Reading and Study Skills, Efficient and Flexible Reading, Academic Reading, and Guide to College Reading. Recently, Bedford Books also published a new title from McWhorter, Successful College Writing, for freshman composition courses.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0321355377
• ISBN 13: 9780321355379
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 704