Writing for Success

by Anonymous

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Writing for Success is a text that provides instruction in steps, builds writing, reading, and critical thinking, and combines comprehensive grammar review with an introduction to paragraph writing and composition. Beginning with the sentence and its essential elements, this book addresses each concept with clear, concise and effective examples that are immediately reinforced with exercises and opportunities to demonstrate, and reinforce, learning.

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Publisher
LibreTexts
Subjects
Humanities, Composition
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Forward
  7. 1: Introduction to Writing
  8. 1.1: Reading and Writing in College
  9. 1.2: Developing Study Skills
  10. 1.3: Becoming a Successful College Writer
  11. 1.E: Introduction to Writing (Exercises)
  12. 2: Writing Basics - What Makes a Good Sentence?
  13. 2.1: Sentence Writing
  14. 2.2: Subject-Verb Agreement
  15. 2.3: Verb Tense
  16. 2.4: Capitalization
  17. 2.5: Pronouns
  18. 2.6: Adjectives and Adverbs
  19. 2.7: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
  20. 2.E: Writing Basics - What Makes a Good Sentence? (Exercises)
  21. 3: Punctuation
  22. 3.1: Commas
  23. 3.2: Semicolons
  24. 3.3: Colons
  25. 3.4: Quotes
  26. 3.5: Apostrophes
  27. 3.6: Parentheses
  28. 3.7: Dashes
  29. 3.8: Hyphens
  30. 3.E: Punctuation (Exercises)
  31. 4: Working with Words - Which Word Is Right?
  32. 4.1: Commonly Confused Words
  33. 4.2: Spelling
  34. 4.3: Word Choice
  35. 4.4: Prefixes and Suffixes
  36. 4.5: Synonyms and Antonyms
  37. 4.6: Using Context Clues
  38. 4.E: Working with Words - Which Word Is Right? (Exercises)
  39. 5: Help for English Language Learners
  40. 5.1: Word Order
  41. 5.2: Negative Statements
  42. 5.3: Count and Noncount Nouns and Articles
  43. 5.4: Pronouns
  44. 5.5: Verb Tenses
  45. 5.6: Modal Auxiliaries
  46. 5.7: Prepositions
  47. 5.8: Slang and Idioms
  48. 5.E: Help for English Language Learners (Exercises)
  49. 6: Writing Paragraphs - Separating Ideas and Shaping Content
  50. 6.1: Purpose, Audience, Tone, and Content
  51. 6.2: Effective Means for Writing a Paragraph
  52. 6.E: Writing Paragraphs - Separating Ideas and Shaping Content (Exercises)
  53. 7: Refining Your Writing - How Do I Improve My Writing Technique?
  54. 7.1: Sentence Variety
  55. 7.2: Coordination and Subordination
  56. 7.3: Parallelism
  57. 7.E: Refining Your Writing - How Do I Improve My Writing Technique? (Exercises)
  58. 8: The Writing Process - How Do I Begin?
  59. 8.1: Apply Prewriting Models
  60. 8.2: Outlining
  61. 8.3: Drafting
  62. 8.4: Revising and Editing
  63. 8.E: The Writing Process - How Do I Begin? (Exercises)
  64. 9: Writing Essays - From Start to Finish
  65. 9.1: Developing a Strong, Clear Thesis Statement
  66. 9.2: Writing Body Paragraphs
  67. 9.3: Organizing Your Writing
  68. 9.4: Writing Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs
  69. 9.E: Writing Essays - From Start to Finish (Exercises)
  70. 10: Rhetorical Modes
  71. 10.1: Narration
  72. 10.2: Illustration
  73. 10.3: Description
  74. 10.4: Classification
  75. 10.5: Process Analysis
  76. 10.6: Definition
  77. 10.7: Comparison and Contrast
  78. 10.8: Cause and Effect
  79. 10.9: Persuasion
  80. 10.E: Rhetorical Modes (Exercises)
  81. 11: Writing from Research - What Will I Learn?
  82. 11.1: The Purpose of Research Writing
  83. 11.2: Steps in Developing a Research Proposal
  84. 11.3: Managing Your Research Project
  85. 11.4: Strategies for Gathering Reliable Information
  86. 11.5: Critical Thinking and Research Applications
  87. 11.E: Writing from Research - What Will I Learn? (Exercises)
  88. 12: Writing a Research Paper
  89. 12.1: Creating a Rough Draft for a Research Paper
  90. 12.2: Developing a Final Draft of a Research Paper (Part 1)
  91. 12.2: Developing a Final Draft of a Research Paper (Part 2)
  92. 12.E: Writing a Research Paper (Exercises)
  93. 13: APA and MLA Documentation and Formatting
  94. 13.1: Formatting a Research Paper
  95. 13.2: Citing and Referencing Techniques
  96. 13.3: Creating a References Section (Part 1)
  97. 13.3: Creating a References Section (Part 2)
  98. 13.4: Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Style
  99. 13.E: APA and MLA Documentation and Formatting (Exercises)
  100. 14: Creating Presentations - Sharing Your Ideas
  101. 14.1: Organizing a Visual Presentation
  102. 14.2: Incorporating Effective Visuals into a Presentation
  103. 14.3: Giving a Presentation
  104. 14.E: Creating Presentations - Sharing Your Ideas (Exercises)
  105. 15: Readings - Examples of Essays
  106. 15.1: Introduction to Sample Essays
  107. 15.2: Narrative Essay
  108. 15.3: Illustration Essay
  109. 15.4: Descriptive Essay
  110. 15.5: Classification Essay
  111. 15.6: Process Analysis Essay
  112. 15.7: Definition Essay
  113. 15.8: Compare-and-Contrast Essay
  114. 15.9: Cause-and-Effect Essay
  115. 15.10: Persuasive Essay
  116. Back Matter
  117. Index
  118. Glossary
  119. Detailed Licensing