Author: Jean Reynolds
Publisher: Pearson
ISBN: 9780130803283
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Using a step-by-step approach to writing, this book reminds its readers (and writers) that every professional person is a professional writer. It motivates them to learn about writing, challenges them to find something interesting to write about, and offers guidance while developing ideas into paragraphs and essays. Collaborative activities, extensive coverage of the writing process, a thorough usage review, and in-depth, practical instruction in rhetorical, are just some of the effective teaching tools in this guide to producing better writing. It also features quotations and anecdotes about writing from such experts and successful authors as Ernest Hemingway, Susan Sontag, Ellen Goodman, Ken Macrorie, and more. Other reading selections include diverse topics and works by Maya Angelou, Anne Frank, Colin Powell, Alex Haley, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Gwendolyn Brooks. For preparation in the professional world of writing -- letters, reports, proposals, evaluations, presentations, and speeches.
Gwynne's Grammar
Author: N. M. Gwynne
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
ISBN: 038535293X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
"Crushing national Debt? Climate Change? No: the greatest danger to our way of life is the decline of grammar. Thus preaches the inimitable Mr Gwynne as he shows us the way out of this sorry state. "Grammar is the science of using words rightly, leading to thinking rightly, leading to deciding rightly, without which-as both common sense and experience show-happiness is impossible. Therefore, happiness depends at least partly on good grammar." So writes Mr. Gwynne in his small but perfectly formed new book of grammar with an attitude. Mr. Gwynne believes passionately that we must regain our knowledge of the workings of our language before it is too late. Schools don't teach it, and as the Internet drives the written word to new lows of informality, we approach a tipping point of expressive dysfunction. Into the breach steps this doughty grammarian. Rejecting popular notions that language is simply a matter of the way people use it, he meticulously spells out what tradition and common sense have, over centuries, dictated to be the right and the wrong. His teaching method is also defiantly old school: no one can follow a rule he hasn't committed to memory. But not all rules are equal. For a country whose only broadly subscribed guide to writing is Strunk and White, Mr. Gwynne performs a radical procedure. He presents its original seed: Strunk's 1918 essay, which E. B. White expanded. But neither form was ever meant as a guide to grammar, and so Mr. Gwynne presents only the kernel of Strunk's useful advice as a companion: a guide to putting words together nicely set within Gwynne's wisdom about putting them together correctly. The result is the last word on the subject anyone should need"--
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
ISBN: 038535293X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
"Crushing national Debt? Climate Change? No: the greatest danger to our way of life is the decline of grammar. Thus preaches the inimitable Mr Gwynne as he shows us the way out of this sorry state. "Grammar is the science of using words rightly, leading to thinking rightly, leading to deciding rightly, without which-as both common sense and experience show-happiness is impossible. Therefore, happiness depends at least partly on good grammar." So writes Mr. Gwynne in his small but perfectly formed new book of grammar with an attitude. Mr. Gwynne believes passionately that we must regain our knowledge of the workings of our language before it is too late. Schools don't teach it, and as the Internet drives the written word to new lows of informality, we approach a tipping point of expressive dysfunction. Into the breach steps this doughty grammarian. Rejecting popular notions that language is simply a matter of the way people use it, he meticulously spells out what tradition and common sense have, over centuries, dictated to be the right and the wrong. His teaching method is also defiantly old school: no one can follow a rule he hasn't committed to memory. But not all rules are equal. For a country whose only broadly subscribed guide to writing is Strunk and White, Mr. Gwynne performs a radical procedure. He presents its original seed: Strunk's 1918 essay, which E. B. White expanded. But neither form was ever meant as a guide to grammar, and so Mr. Gwynne presents only the kernel of Strunk's useful advice as a companion: a guide to putting words together nicely set within Gwynne's wisdom about putting them together correctly. The result is the last word on the subject anyone should need"--
The Word on College Reading and Writing
Author: Carol Burnell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781636350288
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An interactive, multimedia text that introduces students to reading and writing at the college level.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781636350288
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An interactive, multimedia text that introduces students to reading and writing at the college level.
Gwynne's Grammar
Author: N.M. Gwynne
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385352948
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Anxious about apostrophes? In a pickle over your pronouns and prepositions? Fear not—Mr. Gwynne is here with his wonderfully concise and highly enjoyable book of grammar. Within these pages, adults and children alike will find all they need to rediscover this lost science and sharpen up their skills. Mr. Gwynne believes that happiness depends at least partly on good grammar—and Mr. Gwynne is never wrong.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385352948
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Anxious about apostrophes? In a pickle over your pronouns and prepositions? Fear not—Mr. Gwynne is here with his wonderfully concise and highly enjoyable book of grammar. Within these pages, adults and children alike will find all they need to rediscover this lost science and sharpen up their skills. Mr. Gwynne believes that happiness depends at least partly on good grammar—and Mr. Gwynne is never wrong.
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing (2nd Edition)
Author: Michael Harvey
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 1603848983
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
This worthy successor to Strunk and White* now features an expanded style guide covering a wider range of citation cases, complete with up-to-date formats for Chicago, MLA, and APA styles.
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 1603848983
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
This worthy successor to Strunk and White* now features an expanded style guide covering a wider range of citation cases, complete with up-to-date formats for Chicago, MLA, and APA styles.
Introductory College Grammar and Writing
Author: Marian Anders
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781611634136
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Introductory College Grammar and Writing guides students through the basics of grammar and writing using a unique step-by-step approach. The friendly, conversational style and engaging topics for both practice sentences and paragraphs create a tone that is sophisticated yet easy to understand. In the grammar section, students learn a logical process for finding subjects, verbs, phrases, and clauses and then how to identify and fix fragments, comma splices, and run-ons. In the writing section, students are guided through the writing process to write a variety of basic-level paragraphs with emphasis on topic sentence and support. Introductory College Grammar and Writing develops students' confidence and provides them with a solid foundation for learning more advanced material. "[This book] offers simplified explanations and instructions written in clear language and a conversational style, making this step-by-step workbook truly accessible to pre-college and struggling students. Even students who don't struggle with writing will appreciate the workbook's clear explanations and examples and the quick reference page of key concepts." -- Book News, Inc. The Teacher's Manual will be available electronically on a CD or via email. Please contact Beth Hall at [email protected] to request a copy.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781611634136
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Introductory College Grammar and Writing guides students through the basics of grammar and writing using a unique step-by-step approach. The friendly, conversational style and engaging topics for both practice sentences and paragraphs create a tone that is sophisticated yet easy to understand. In the grammar section, students learn a logical process for finding subjects, verbs, phrases, and clauses and then how to identify and fix fragments, comma splices, and run-ons. In the writing section, students are guided through the writing process to write a variety of basic-level paragraphs with emphasis on topic sentence and support. Introductory College Grammar and Writing develops students' confidence and provides them with a solid foundation for learning more advanced material. "[This book] offers simplified explanations and instructions written in clear language and a conversational style, making this step-by-step workbook truly accessible to pre-college and struggling students. Even students who don't struggle with writing will appreciate the workbook's clear explanations and examples and the quick reference page of key concepts." -- Book News, Inc. The Teacher's Manual will be available electronically on a CD or via email. Please contact Beth Hall at [email protected] to request a copy.
First Language Lessons for the Well-trained Mind
Author: Jessie Wise
Publisher: Peace Hill Press
ISBN: 1933339446
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This simple-to-use scripted guide to grammar and composition makes successful teaching easy for both parents and teachers. It uses the classical techniques of memorization, copywork, dictation, and narration to develop a childs language ability in the first years of study.
Publisher: Peace Hill Press
ISBN: 1933339446
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This simple-to-use scripted guide to grammar and composition makes successful teaching easy for both parents and teachers. It uses the classical techniques of memorization, copywork, dictation, and narration to develop a childs language ability in the first years of study.
A Student's Introduction to English Grammar
Author: Rodney Huddleston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009092731
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
A new edition of a successful undergraduate textbook on contemporary international Standard English grammar, based on Huddleston and Pullum's earlier award-winning work, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (2002). The analyses defended there are outlined here more briefly, in an engagingly accessible and informal style. Errors of the older tradition of English grammar are noted and corrected, and the excesses of prescriptive usage manuals are firmly rebutted in specially highlighted notes that explain what older authorities have called 'incorrect' and show why those authorities are mistaken. Intended for students in colleges or universities who have little or no background in grammar or linguistics, this teaching resource contains numerous exercises and online resources suitable for any course on the structure of English in either linguistics or English departments. A thoroughly modern undergraduate textbook, rewritten in an easy-to-read conversational style with a minimum of technical and theoretical terminology.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009092731
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
A new edition of a successful undergraduate textbook on contemporary international Standard English grammar, based on Huddleston and Pullum's earlier award-winning work, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (2002). The analyses defended there are outlined here more briefly, in an engagingly accessible and informal style. Errors of the older tradition of English grammar are noted and corrected, and the excesses of prescriptive usage manuals are firmly rebutted in specially highlighted notes that explain what older authorities have called 'incorrect' and show why those authorities are mistaken. Intended for students in colleges or universities who have little or no background in grammar or linguistics, this teaching resource contains numerous exercises and online resources suitable for any course on the structure of English in either linguistics or English departments. A thoroughly modern undergraduate textbook, rewritten in an easy-to-read conversational style with a minimum of technical and theoretical terminology.
About Writing
Author: Robin Jeffrey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Academic achievement
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Academic achievement
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Grammar Book
Author: Marianne Celce-Murcia
Publisher: Newbury House
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
In this highly acclaimed revision, grammatical descriptions and teaching suggestions are organized into sections dealing with Form, Meaning, and Use. THE GRAMMAR BOOK, Second Edition helps teachers and future teachers grasp the linguistic system and details of English grammar, providing more information on how structures are used at the discourse level.
Publisher: Newbury House
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
In this highly acclaimed revision, grammatical descriptions and teaching suggestions are organized into sections dealing with Form, Meaning, and Use. THE GRAMMAR BOOK, Second Edition helps teachers and future teachers grasp the linguistic system and details of English grammar, providing more information on how structures are used at the discourse level.
Woe is I
Author: Patricia T. O'Conner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781594480065
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The bestselling guide to grammar--now new and expanded--includes a whole new chapter on language in the age of email.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781594480065
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The bestselling guide to grammar--now new and expanded--includes a whole new chapter on language in the age of email.