Gateways to academic writing : Effective sentences, Paragraphs, and Essays / Alan Meyers.
By: Meyers, Alan.
Material type: BookPublisher: White Plains : Longman, c2005Description: 436 p.ISBN: 0-13-140888-7.Subject(s): REDACCIÓN -- INGLÉS | REDACCIÓN TÉCNICA -- INGLÉS | ACTIVIDADES DE APRENDIZAJEItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Developing your Writing Skills. - Different Modes of Writing. - Gateways to Grammar and Structure. - Additional Readings.
Unit I introduces the writing process, from exploring ideas, organizing, and drafting to revising, editing, and proofreading. Unit II examines the ten modes of writing, including narration, all forms of exposition, persuasion, and summary and response. Unit III presents key terminology, sentence structures, and verb tenses and forms. Unit IV gives students extensive editing practice, including Editing for Mastery exercises. Features Clear explanations, practical and contextualized exercises, and visual aids make this book easy to use. Examples of professional and student writing provide students with meaningful models. Guidelines for Success at the end of each unit summarize key learning points. Nine additional readings provide examples of rhetorical modes, practice in close reading, questions for analysis, and writing prompts.
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