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Writing Talk Anthony C. Winkler

Writing Talk By Anthony C. Winkler

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Writing Talk: Writing Sentences and Paragraphs with Readings by Anthony C. Winkler

For Developmental writing courses

There are many different ways in which developing writers learn. Winkler and McCuen-Matherall have created a writing series that takes into account many of the known difficulties that developing writing students have with English language skills and strategies. Writing Talk: Sentences & Paragraphs with Readings, 5/e is the first book in a series of two. This text reaches more students by providing the most varied practice exercises of any writing text. Every unit contains Practice Exercises, Unit Tests, Unit Talk-Write Exercises, Unit Collaborative Assignments, Unit Writing Assignments, and Photo Writing Assignments. These diverse exercises will help students of all types (including visual, audio, and collaborative learners) learn and retain the material.

Table of Contents

* EVERY UNIT ENDS WITH UNIT TEST, UNIT TALK-WRITE ASSIGNMENT, UNIT COLLABORATIVE ASSIGNMENT, UNIT WRITING ASSIGNMENT, & PHOTO WRITING ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS REASON IT IS ONLY LISTED ONCE IN UNIT 1

PART 1: GETTING STARTED

UNIT 1: The ESL Student and the Native Speaker

Differences Between a Native and an ESL Student

Pronunciation

Homonyms

Context

Grammar

Idioms

The Importance of Speaking and Writing Well

  • Unit Test
  • Unit Talk-Write Assignment
  • Unit Collaborative Assignment
  • Unit Writing Assignment
  • Photo Writing Assignment

UNIT 2: Myths About Writing

Myths About Writing

Standard English

UNIT 3: How to Start Writing

Freewriting

Keeping a Journal

Brainstorming

Clustering

The Topic Sentence

PART 2 THE SENTENCE

UNIT 4:The Basic Sentence

Subject and Verb

Kernel Sentences

Sentences Worded as Questions

Prepositional Phrases

Action Verbs and Linking Verbs

Helping Verbs

Verbals

Compound Subjects and Verbs

UNIT 5: Building Sentences

Dependent and Independent Clauses

Three Basic Sentence Types

Sentence Variety

UNIT 6: Avoiding Non-Sentences

Sentence Fragments

Avoiding Sentence Fragments

Run-on Sentences

UNIT 7: VERBS-An Overview

Twelve Tenses

Present Tense Endings

Past Tense Endings

Problems with -ing verbs

Difficult Verbs: Be, Have, Do

Helping verbs

UNIT 8: Regular and Irregular Verbs

Regular Verbs

Irregular Verbs

Problem Verbs: Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise

Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise: Does It Really Matter?

UNIT 9: Subject-Verb Agreement

Do, Does, Doesn't, Don't, Was, Were, Wasn't, Weren't

Indefinite Pronouns

Phrases Between a Subject and Its Verb

Sentences Beginning with There/Here

Questions

Compound Subjects Joined by And, Or, Either/Or, or Neither/Nor

Who, Which, and That

UNIT 10: Problems with Verbs

Shifts in Tense

Would Have, Could Have, Should Have, and Must Have

Double Negatives

Active and Passive Voice

UNIT 11: Using Pronouns Correctly

Antecedent Problems

Agreement Problems

Indefinite Pronouns

Sexist Use of Pronouns

Shifting Point of View

UNIT 12: Pronoun Problems

Case Problems

Pesky Pronouns

UNIT 13: Using Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives and Adverbs

Comparisons

Using Superlatives

Using Good/Well and Bad/Badly

This/That and These/Those

UNIT 14: Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers

Dangling Modifiers

Misplaced Modifiers

UNIT 15: Using Prepositions

Multiword Prepositions

Prepositional Phrases

Prepositions in Commonly Used Expressions

Frequently Misused Prepositions

Frequently Misused Prepositional Expressions

PART 3 THE PARAGRPH

UNIT 16: Moving from Sentences to Paragraphs

Supporting Details

UNIT 17: Writing a Solid Paragraph

Begin with a Discussible Point

Stick to the Point

Prove the Point; Don't Merely Repeat It

Link the Sentences

UNIT 18: Revising Paragraphs

What Is Revision?

The Revising Checklist

Using Talk Skills to Revise Your Work

Getting Rid of Wordiness

PART 4 MECHANICS

UNIT 19: Punctuation You Can Hear

End Punctuation

Comma (,)

The Apostrophe (')

UNIT 20: Punctuation You Can't Hear

Semicolon (;)

Colon (:)

Dash (-)

Quotation Marks ("")

Parentheses [()]

UNIT 21: Capitalization

Rules of Capitalization

UNIT 22: How to Use the Dictionary

Spelling

Word Division

Pronunciation

Grammatical Uses

Meanings

Usage Labels

Origin

Synonyms

UNIT 23: Spelling Rules

Tips for Improving Your Spelling

Using a Spell Checker

Rules for Spelling

UNIT 24: Commonly Misspelled Words

Homophones and Frequently Confused Words

Commonly Misspelled Words

Words Spelled with One or Two Words

PART 5: READINGS

Help for Your Reading

An Object

Tortillas, Jose Antonio Burciaga

Beautiful Music, Dana Wall

The Cello, Lorena Bruff

A Place

*How the Lawyers Stole Winter, Christopher B. Daly

Letter from Tokyo, Michael A. Lev

An Animal

Snakes, Michael Ondaatje

The Revolt of the Elephants, Ingrid E. Newkirk

Sport, Jimmy Carter

A Person

A Brotherly Bond That Beat the Odds, Bill Paschke

Two Roads Converged in a Wood, Jenijoy La Belle

Barbie Doll, Marge Piercy

An Event

*The War Prayer, Mark Twain

Shame, Dick Gregory

A Problem

Senor Payroll, William E. Barrett

Talkin' White, Wayne Lionel Aponte

An Argument

*Welcome Our Planet, Ourselves, Dominique Browning

Cheating, Iyah Romm

Additional information

CIN0135008808G
9780135008805
0135008808
Writing Talk: Writing Sentences and Paragraphs with Readings by Anthony C. Winkler
Used - Good
Paperback
Pearson Education (US)
2008-03-25
552
N/A
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