Odyssey: A Guide to Better Writing
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With its encouraging tone, careful explanations, and abundance of carefully sequenced and incrementally challenging exercise sets, Odyssey enables readers to view writing as a means of discovering more about themselves and their surroundings. The text's organization and self-contained chapters within each part ensure cumulative skill development and allow flexibility in course design. In every chapter, the book offers a progression of exercises that begin with comprehension and practice of fundamental concepts. Some exercise sets focus on invention and the writing of short pieces. Readers can then proceed to exercises that call for critical thinking, drafting, and revision. Grammar, mechanics, and punctuation chapters conclude with summary editing exercises that call upon readers to use all the grammar and sentence skills learned in the chapter. Many chapters contain a pair of Discovering Connections exercises. The first, which falls early in the chapter, is a prewriting assignment with an array of topic possibilities. The second is a drafting and revision exercise based upon the prewriting and calls for peer review. For those interested in developing their writing skills at the paragraph to essay level.
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Key Benefit: The first full-color book in the developmental writing market, this book focuses on helping readers build paragraph and essay writing skills. With its encouraging tone, careful explanations, and abundance of carefully sequenced and incrementally challenging exercise sets, it enables readers to view writing as a means of discovering more about themselves and their surroundings. Key Topics: Part 1 offers a thorough overview of the writing process, including exercises that help readers examine their attitudes and fears about writing. Part 2 introduces the patterns of paragraph development, and Part 3 provides a transition to essay writing, showing how to apply the patterns in longer pieces and adapt them for essay exams. Self-contained chapters in Parts 4 through 6 provide review and extensive practice in the areas of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Part 7 is an anthology of readings, and includes an introduction on critical reading and comprehension as well as writing exercises. Appendices on writing with a word processor and tips for ESL readers conclude the book. Market: For professionals wishing to improve their writing skills.
Odyssey: A Guide to Better Writing,William J. Kelly,Deborah L. Lawton,Allyn & Bacon,020518183X,Authorship,Composition & Creative Writing,Composition & Creative Writing - General,English Composition,Language Arts & Disciplines,Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy,Literature: Classics,Rhetoric,Writing Skills
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