Writing Talk
Writing Sentences and Paragraphs with Readings (with MyWritingLab Student Access Code Card)
5th Edition
Published on 11. January 2010
Book
Mixed media product
528 pages
978-0-205-66197-8 (ISBN)
Description
Authors Winkler and McCuen-Matherell have created a two-book writing series that takes into account many of the known difficulties that developing writing students have with English language skills and strategies. The authors have successfully reached 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-visual, auditory, and collaborative learners-learn and retain the material.
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
1148 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-66197-8 (9780205661978)
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Content
* 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
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