Evergreen: A Guide to Writing with Readings

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Evergreen takes another leap forward in the paragraph-to-essay-level Developmental Writing market. In this Eighth Edition, the author endeavors to take an exceptional book and make it even more motivating, helpful, and engaging. Susan Fawcett has thoroughly reviewed and updated the text, guided by the thoughtful suggestions of faculty across the country, and by the academic and workplace challenges students face in the twenty-first century. With its new features and powerful WriteSpace online writing program, the Eighth Edition ensures that Evergreen continues to meet the needs of students and instructors in any classroom environment. Step-by-step instruction, a range of carefully paced practice exercises, engaging student and professional writing samples, and attention to critical thinking are the keys to this text's appeal.

Table of Contents:
I. Getting Started 1. Exploring the Writing Process Part A. The Writing Process Part B. Subject, Audience, and Purpose 2. Prewriting to Generate Ideas Part A. Freewriting Part B. Brainstorming Part C. Clustering Part D. Asking Questions Part E. Keeping a Journal Unit 1 Writers' Workshop: Using Just One of Your Five Senses, Describe a Place II. Discovering the Paragraph 3. The Process of Writing Paragraphs Part A. Defining and Looking at the Paragraph Part B. Narrowing the Topic and Writing the Topic Sentence Part C. Generating Ideas for the Body Part D. Selecting and Dropping Ideas Part E. Arranging Ideas in a Plan or an Outline Part F. Writing and Revising the Paragraph 4. Achieving Coherence Part A. Coherence Through Order Part B. Coherence Through Related Sentences Unit 2 Writers' Workshop: Discuss the Pressures to Grow Up Fast III. Developing the Paragraph 5. Illustration Thinking and Writing Together Checklist: The Process of Writing an Illustration Paragraph Suggested Topic Sentences for Illustration Paragraphs 6. Narration Thinking and Writing Together Checklist: The Process of Writing a Narrative Paragraph Suggested Topics for Narrative Paragraphs 7. Description Thinking and Writing Together Thinking and Writing Together Checklist: The Process of Writing a Descriptive Paragraph Suggested Topics for Descriptive Paragraphs 8. Process Thinking and Writing Together Checklist: The Process of Writing a Process Paragraph Suggested Topics for Process Paragraphs 9. Definition Part A. Single-Sentence Definitions Part B. The Definition Paragraph Thinking and Writing Together Checklist: The Process of Writing a Definition Paragraph Suggested Topics for Definition Paragraphs 10. Comparison and Contrast Part A. The Contrast and the Comparison Paragraphs Thinking and Writing Together Checklist: The Process of Writing a Comparison or Contrast Paragraph Suggested Topics for Contrast or Comparison Paragraphs Part B. The Comparison or Contrast Paragraph Suggested Topics for Comparison and Contrast Paragraphs 11. Classification Thinking and Writing Together Checklist: The Process of Writing a Classification Paragraph Suggested Topics for Classification Paragraphs 12. Cause and Effect Thinking and Writing Together Checklist: The Process of Writing a Cause and Effect Paragraph Suggested Topics for Cause and Effect Paragraphs 13. Persuasion Thinking and Writing Together Checklist: The Process of Writing a Persuasive Paragraph Suggested Topics for Persuasive Paragraphs Unit 3 Writers' Workshop: Give Advice to College Writers IV. Writing the Essay 14. The Process of Writing an Essay Part A. Looking at the Essay Part B. Writing the Thesis Statement Part C. Generating Ideas for the Body Part D. Organizing Ideas into an Outline Part E. Ordering and Linking Paragraphs in the Essay Part F. Writing and Revising Essays Checklist: The Process of Writing an Essay Suggested Topics for Essays 15. Types of Essays Part A. The Illustration Essay Suggested Topics: The Illustration Essay Part B. The Narrative Essay Suggested Topics: The Narrative Essay Part C. The Descriptive Essay Suggested Topics: The Descriptive Essay Part D. The Process Essay Suggested Topics: The Process Essay Part E. The Definition Essay Suggested Topics: The Definition Essay Part F. The Comparison or Contrast Essay Suggested Topics: The Comparison or Contrast Essay Part G. The Classification Essay Suggested Topics: The Classification Essay Part H. The Cause and Effect Essay Suggested Topics: The Cause and Effect Essay Part I. The Persuasive Essay Suggested Topics: The Persuasive Essay 16. The Introduction, the Conclusion, and the Title Part A. The Introduction Part B. The Conclusion Part C. The Title 17. Summarizing, Quoting, and Avoiding Plagiarism Part A. Avoiding Plagiarism Part B. Writing a Summary Checklist: The Process of Writing a Summary Part C. Using Direct and Indirect Quotation 18. Strengthening an Essay with Research Part A. Improving an Essay with Research Part B. Finding and Evaluating Outside Sources: Library and Internet Part C. Adding Sources to Your Essay and Documenting Them Correctly 19. Writing Under Pressure: The Essay Examination Part A. Budgeting Your Time Part B. Reading and Understanding the Essay Question Part C. Choosing the Correct Paragraph or Essay Pattern Part D. Writing the Topic Sentence or the Thesis Statement Checklist: The Process of Answering an Essay Question Unit 4 Writers' Workshop: Analyze a Social Problem V. Improving Your Writing 20. Revising for Consistency and Parallelism Part A. Consistent Tense Part B. Consistent Number and Person Part C. Parallelism 21. Revising for Sentence Variety Part A. Mix Long and Short Sentences Part B. Use a Question, a Command, or an Exclamation Part C. Vary the Beginnings of Sentences Part D. Vary Methods of Joining Ideas Part E. Avoid Misplaced and Confusing Modifiers Part F. Review and Practice 22. Revising for Language Awareness Part A. Exact Language: Avoiding Vagueness Part B. Concise Language: Avoiding Wordiness Part C. Fresh Language: Avoiding Triteness Part D. Figurative Language: Similes and Metaphors 23. Putting Your Revision Skills to Work Unit 5 Writers' Workshop: Examine Something That Isn't What It Appears to Be VI. Reviewing the Basics 24. The Simple Sentence Part A. Defining and Spotting Subjects Part B. Spotting Prepositional Phrases Part C. Defining and Spotting Verbs 25. Coordination and Subordination Part A. Coordination Part B. Subordination Part C. Semicolons Part D. Conjunctive Adverbs Part E. Review 26. Avoiding Sentence Errors Part A. Avoiding Run-Ons and Comma Splices Part B. Avoiding Fragments 27. Present Tense (Agreement) Part A. Defining Subject-Verb Agreement Part B. Three Troublesome Verbs in the Present Tense: To Be, To Have, To Do Part C. Special Singular Constructions Part D. Separation of Subject and Verb Part E. Sentences Beginning with There and Here Part F. Agreement in Questions Part G. Agreement in Relative Clauses 28. Past Tense Part A. Regular Verbs in the Past Tense Part B. Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense Part C. A Troublesome Verb in the Past Tense: To Be Part D. Troublesome Pairs in the Past Tense: Can/Could, Will/Would 29. The Past Participle Part A. Past Participles of Regular Verbs Part B. Past Participles of Irregular Verbs Part C. Using the Present Perfect Tense Part D. Using the Past Perfect Tense Part E. Using the Passive Voice (To Be and the Past Participle) Part F. Using the Past Participle as an Adjective 30. Nouns Part A. Defining Singular and Plural Part B. Signal Words: Singular and Plural Part C. Signal Words with of 31. Pronouns Part A. Defining Pronouns and Antecedents Part B. Making Pronouns and Antecedents Agree Part C. Referring to Antecedents Clearly Part D. Special Problems of Case Part E. Using Pronouns with -self and -selves 32. Prepositions Part A. Working with Prepositional Phrases Part B. Prepositions in Common Expressions 33. Adjectives and Adverbs Part A. Defining and Using Adjectives and Adverbs Part B. The Comparative and the Superlative Part C. A Troublesome Pair: Good/Well 34. The Apostrophe Part A. The Apostrophe for Contractions Part B. The Apostrophe for Ownership Part C. Special Uses of the Apostrophe 35. The Comma Part A. Commas for Items in a Series Part B. Commas with Introductory Phrases, Transitional Expressions, and Parentheticals Part C. Commas for Appositives Part D. Commas with Nonrestrictive and Restrictive Clauses Part E. Commas for Dates and Addresses Part F. Minor Uses of the Comma 36. Mechanics Part A. Capitalization Part B. Titles Part C. Direct Quotations Part D. Minor Marks of Punctuation 37. Putting Your Proofreading Skills to Work Unit 6 Writers' Workshop: Adopt a New Point of View VII. Strengthening Your Spelling 38. Spelling Part A. Suggestions for Improving Your Spelling Part B. Computer Spell Checkers Part C. Spotting Vowels and Consonants Part D. Doubling the Final Consonant (in Words of One Syllable) Part E. Doubling the Final Consonant (in Words of More Than One Syllable) Part F. Dropping or Keeping the Final E Part G. Changing or Keeping the Final Y Part H. Adding -S or -ES Part I. Choosing IE or EI Part J. Spelling Lists 39. Look-Alikes/Sound-Alikes Unit 7 Writers' Workshop: Discuss a Time When You Felt Blessed VIII. Reading Selections Reading Strategies for Writers How Sunglasses Spanned the World 100 Miles per Hour, Upside Down and Sideways, Rick Bragg Only Daughter, Sandra Cisneros My Outing, Arthur Ashe When Greed Gives Way to Giving, Ana Veciana-Suarez Build Yourself a Killer Bod with Killer Bees, Dave Barry A Brother's Murder, Brent Staples Dear Dads: Save Your Sons, Christopher N. Bacorn Two Ways to Belong in America, Bharati Mukherjee Forever Young, Firoozeh Dumas On the Rez, Ian Frazier Four Types of Courage, Karen Castellucci Cox Cell Yell: Thanks for (Not) Sharing, Eric A. Taub Homeward Bound, Janet Wu Freedom's Just Another Word, Anna Quindlen The Case for Torture, Michael Levin Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self, Alice Walker Quotation Bank Appendix Acknowledgements Index Rhetorical Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780618766444
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Houghton Mifflin
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Guide to Writing with Readings
  • Width: 216 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0618766448
  • Publisher Date: 30 Nov 2006
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 269 mm
  • No of Pages: 640
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 1271 gr


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