A Writer's Workshop

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*New to this Edition Preface Unit I: Getting Our Feet Wet 1. Practicing the Writing Process How Do We Begin to Write? Questions to Ask at the Start of a Writing Project After Breaking Ground--into the Writing Process Steps in the Writing Process Discovering Ideas Freewriting Clustering Brainstorming (Listing) Journalist's Questions Patterns of Development Journal Entries Considering Your Audience Organizing Ideas Rough Outlines Formal Outlines Drafting Preparing a Workspace and Moving Ahead Breaking Out of Writer's Block Revising Revision Priority List Group Revising How the Writer Can Help the Reader How the Reader Can Help the Writer Editing How to Edit Major Categories of Mechanical Errors Proofreading How to Proofread and Prepare Your Final Manuscript Diagnostic Writing Assignments Chapter Summary 2. Making the Most of Reading Is There a Method to Effective Reading? Methods for Reading Prereading: Preparing to Understand Signposts Beginnings and Endings Connections: Linking New to Previous Knowledge Reading: Processing Ideas Anticipating and Reacting Visualizing Linking New to Previous Knowledge Reading: Focusing and Recording Main Ideas Looking for Thesis, Topic, and Summary Sentences Focusing on Primary (Essential) Examples Expecting to Find Repeated Material Noticing the Patterns of Development Learning to Annotate, Outline, Summarize, and Paraphrase Organizing Body Paragraphs Postreading: Retaining Ideas Chapter Summary Unit II: Working with the Paragraph 3. Introducing the Paragraph What Is a Paragraph? Writing a Topic Sentence How to Write a Topic Sentence Focusing Topic Sentences Revising Topic Sentences Developing Body Paragraphs Kinds of Support Sufficient Support Relevant Support--Achieving Unity Clear Support Writing a Concluding Sentence How to Write a Concluding Sentence Expanded Thought Organizing Body Paragraphs Connecting Sentences--Achieving Coherence Methods for Achieving Coherence Transitions Repetition Synonyms Pronouns Reference to Main Ideas Selecting a Title How to Write Effective Titles What to Avoid in Titles Formatting Chapter Summary 4. Revising Paragraphs Revising Paragraphs Revising First-Stage Drafts: Chapters 8-11 Revising Second-Stage Drafts Editing Editing Review Editing Problems for All Patterns of Development A Special Note on Verb Tense in Narrative Proofreading How to Proofread and Prepare Your Final Manuscript 5. Picturing A Place What Are We Trying to Achieve and Why? Developing Skills, Exploring Ideas in Descriptive Paragraphs Using Specific, Concrete Language Establishing and Strengthening the Dominant Impression Organizing Descriptions by Using a Spatial Arrangement Locating the Reader in Space and Time Descr