For courses in Developmental English with students of varying skill levels, or those in need of additional writing practice prior to college-level writing.
A highly visual, theme-based approach to writing that meets you where you are, and guides you to where you need to be.
Revel™ The Writer’s World series integrates essential elements that are simply not found in other writing books – a stimulating visual program, thoughtful coverage for nonnative speakers, and effective strategies that address the skill levels of all readers. Authors Lynne Gaetz and Suneeti Phadke draw upon their more than 30 years of combined teaching experience to reach as many readers as possible, by meeting their needs and addressing their individual interests and abilities. The authors’ innovative instruction seamlessly infuses material for both native and nonnative speakers, while their exercises and activities encourage active participation and collaboration. The engaging design, open layout, and dynamic images support visual learners and prompt critical thinking.
Revel is Pearson’s newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, Revel replaces the textbook and gives students everything they need for the course. Informed by extensive research on how people read, think, and learn, Revel is an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience – for less than the cost of a traditional textbook.
NOTE: Revel is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. This ISBN is for the standalone Revel access card. In addition to this access card, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Revel.
Table of Contents:
BRIEF CONTENTS Readings Listed by Rhetorical Mode Preface PART 1: The Writing Process - Exploring
- Developing
- Revising and Editing
PART 2: Paragraph Patterns - Illustration
- Narration
- Description
- Process
- Definition
- Classification
- Comparison and Contrast
- Cause and Effect
- Argument
PART 3: The Essay - Writing the Essay
- Essay Patterns
- Enhancing Your Writing with Research
PART 4: The Editing Handbook - Subjects and Verbs in Simple Sentences
- Compound Sentences
- Complex Sentences
- Sentence Variety
- Fragments
- Run-Ons
- Faulty Parallel Structure
- Present and Past Tenses
- Past Participles
- Other Verb Forms
- Subject—Verb Agreement
- Tense Consistency
- Nouns, Determiners, and Prepositions
- Pronouns
- Adjectives and Adverbs
- Mistakes with Modifiers
- Exact Language
- Spelling and Commonly Confused Words
- Commas
- The Apostrophe, Quotation Marks, and Titles
- Capitalization and Other Punctuation Marks
- Editing Paragraphs and Essays
PART 5: Reading Strategies and Selections - Reading Strategies
- Reading Selections
- Popular Culture and College Life
- Psychology and Health Care
- Our Environment and the Workplace
- Spies and Hackers and The Legal World
APPENDICES - Grammar Glossary
- Irregular Verbs
- A Quick Guide to Verb Tenses
- Combining Ideas in Sentences
- Punctuation and Mechanics
- Writing Paragraphs and Essays in Exams
- Spelling, Grammar, and Vocabulary Logs
Credits Index Inside Back Cover Revising Checklist for a Paragraph Revising Checklist for an Essay Editing Checklist Revising and Editing Symbols
About the Author :
About our authors Lynne Gaetz, a professor of English language and literature, has been teaching at the college level for over 20 years. She obtained a masters degree in English literature, as well as a TESL diploma and a college teaching diploma. In addition to the series, The Writer's World, she has written over 30 successful English second language textbooks for college-level students. Her most recent series, containing a separate skills and grammar component, is Avenues. In her spare time, she loves creating art; her preference is mixed media and oil painting. She is also an avid traveler, who intends to visit every continent.
Suneeti Phadke has a graduate degree in Russian language and literature, as well as a bachelor of education degree in teaching English as a second language. She has been teaching English language and literature to college students for more than 20 years. She started her writing career around the same time as her teaching career. Her first writing project was to develop correspondence courses for college-level English for the Quebec Ministry of Education. This experience led her to writing academic textbooks for Pearson. Currently, she is also trying her hand at other types of writing, such as short stories and poetry.