Progressions, Book 2: Paragraphs, Essays, and Essentials Study Skills with MyWritingLab with Pearson eText

Serving as a rhetoric, reader, and handbook, Progressions provides unusually extensive support for the student by specifically showing what to do in every step of the writing process. Extensive attention is given to multiple strategies for working through every level of the writing process and students  are encouraged to develop their own effective writing processes.

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PART ONE    THE WRITING PROCESS   Chapter 1         Planning and Writing        PLANNING YOUR WRITING:  GENERATING IDEAS Listing Brainstorming Clustering Freewriting Journaling Working Together:  Generating Ideas PLANNING YOUR WRITING:  ESTABLISHING YOUR AUDIENCE AND PURPOSE Kinds of Details Vocabulary Approach PLANNING YOUR WRITING:  ORDERING YOUR IDEAS Chronological Order Spatial Order Emphatic Order Combining Orders Making a Scratch Outline CHECKING YOUR PLANNING WRITING YOUR FIRST DRAFT OBSERVING A STUDENT WRITER AT WORK Planning:  Generating Ideas Planning:  Establishing Audience and Purpose Planning:  Ordering Ideas Writing the First Draft WRITING ASSIGNMENT       TIPS:  PLANNING AND WRITING SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 2         Rewriting REWRITING:  REVISING YOUR FIRST DRAFT Get a Different Perspective Get Reader Response REWRITING:  EDITING YOUR DRAFT Get a Fresh Perspective Learn the Rules REWRITING:  PROOFREADING YOUR FINAL COPY OBSERVING A STUDENT WRITER AT WORK Rewriting:  Considering Reader Response Rewriting:  Revising the First Draft Revising, Editing, and Proofreading the Draft WRITING ASSIGNMENT TIPS:  REVISING SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE PART TWO -THE PARAGRAPH   Chapter 3         Paragraph Basics THE PARTS OF A PARAGRAPH THE TOPIC SENTENCE The Qualities of Effective Topic Sentences Planning, Writing, and Rewriting:  Your Topic Sentence THE SUPPORTING DETAILS Adequate Supporting Detail Specific Supporting Detail Use Specific Words Follow General Statements with Specific Statements Relevant Supporting Detail Logical Order Transitions and Repetition for Coherence THE CLOSING PLANNING, WRITING, AND REWRITING YOUR PARAGRAPH WRITING ASSIGNMENT TIPS:  COMPOSING YOUR PARAGRAPH SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 4         Narration A SAMPLE NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH THE TOPIC SENTENCE SUPPORTING DETAILS Order and Transitions Writing Dialogue Using Specific Words THE CLOSING PLANNING, WRITING, AND REWRITING NARRATION WRITING ASSIGNMENTS TIPS:  COMPOSING YOUR NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 5         Description A SAMPLE DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH THE TOPIC SENTENCE SUPPORTING DETAILS Order and Transitions THE CLOSING PLANNING, WRITING, AND REWRITING DESCRIPTION WRITING ASSIGNMENTS TIPS:  COMPOSING YOUR DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 6         Illustration A SAMPLE ILLUSTRATION PARAGRAPH THE TOPIC SENTENCE SUPPORTING DETAILS Order and Transitions THE CLOSING PLANNING, WRITING, AND REWRITING ILLUSTRATION WRITING ASSIGNMENTS TIPS:  COMPOSING YOUR ILLUSTRATION PARAGRAPH SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 7         Process Analysis A SAMPLE PROCESS ANALYSIS THE TOPIC SENTENCE SUPPORTING DETAILS Order and Transitions THE CLOSING PLANNING, WRITING, AND REWRITING PROCESS ANALYSIS WRITING ASSIGNMENTS TIPS:COMPOSING YOUR PROCESS ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 8         Definition A SAMPLE DEFINITION PARAGRAPH THE TOPIC SENTENCE SUPPORTING DETAILS Order and Transitions THE CLOSING PLANNING, WRITING, AND REWRITING DEFINITION WRITING ASSIGNMENTS TIPS:  COMPOSING YOUR DEFINITION PARAGRAPH SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 9         Comparison and Contrast SAMPLE COMPARISON AND CONTRAST PARAGRAPHS THE TOPIC SENTENCE SUPPORTING DETAILS Order and Transitions PLANNING, WRITING, AND REWRITING COMPARISON AND CONTRAST WRITING ASSIGNMENTS TIPS:  COMPOSING YOUR COMPARISON AND CONTRAST PARAGRAPH SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 10       Cause-and-Effect Analysis SAMPLE CAUSE-AND-EFFECT PARAGRAPHS THE TOPIC SENTENCE SUPPORTING DETAILS Order and Transitions THE CLOSING PLANNING, WRITING, AND REWRITING CAUSE-AND-EFFECT ANALYSIS WRITING ASSIGNMENTS TIPS:  COMPOSING YOUR CAUSE-AND-EFFECT ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 11       Classification A SAMPLE CLASSIFICATION PARAGRAPH THE TOPIC SENTENCE SUPPORTING DETAILS Order and Transitions THE CLOSING PLANNING, WRITING, AND REWRITING CLASSIFICATION WRITING ASSIGNMENTS TIPS:  COMPOSING YOUR CLASSIFICATION PARAGRAPH SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 12       Argument A SAMPLE ARGUMENT PARAGRAPH THE TOPIC SENTENCE SUPPORTING DETAILS Order and Transitions THE CLOSING PLANNING, WRITING, AND REWRITING ARGUMENT WRITING ASSIGNMENTS TIPS:  COMPOSING YOUR ARGUMENT PARAGRAPH SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   PART THREE           THE ESSAY   Chapter 13       Writing an Essay THE PARTS OF AN ESSAY Comparing Paragraph and Essay Parts THE INTRODUCTION The Thesis The Qualities of an Effective Thesis The Hook SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS The Topic Sentence Supporting Details Logical Order Coherence Using the Patterns of Development THE CONCLUSION ESSAY STRUCTURE PLANNING, WRITING, AND REWRITING AN ESSAY WRITING ASSIGNMENTS TIPS:  COMPOSING YOUR ESSAY SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 14       Kinds of Essays NARRATION Student Essay:  A Deadly Afternoon WRITING ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION Student Essay: My Place of Solitude ILLUSTRATION Student Essay:  One Step Forward and Two Steps Back WRITING ASSIGNMENT PROCESS ANALYSIS Student Essay:    Making Money with a Garage Sale WRITING ASSIGNMENT DEFINITION Student Essay:  Online Identity WRITING ASSIGNMENT COMPARISON AND CONTRAST Student Essay:   Identical but Different WRITING ASSIGNMENT CAUSE-AND-EFFECT ANALYSIS Student Essay:  What Happened When I Quit Smoking WRITING ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION Student Essay:  Different Ways to Save Files WRITING ASSIGNMENT ARGUMENT Student Essay:  Let’s Pay College Athletes WRITING ASSIGNMENT COMBINING PATTERNS Student Essay:  Toward a Safer Campus WRITING ASSIGNMENT SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE     PART FOUR              EFFECTIVE SENTENCES   Chapter 15       Identifying Subjects and Verbs SUBJECTS AND VERBS IDENTIFYING VERBS Action Verbs Linking Verbs Helping Verbs Sentences with More Than One Verb IDENTIFYING SUBJECTS Sentences with Prepositional Phrases Sentences with Inverted Order Sentences with More Than One Subject Sentences That Are Commands or Requests TIPS:  IDENTIFYING SUBJECTS AND VERBS LEARNING FROM TEXTBOOKS SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE                                     Chapter 16       Using Coordination and Subordination IDENTIFYING CLAUSES Two Kinds of Clauses COORDINATION Joining Independent Clauses with Coordinating Conjunctions Joining Independent Clauses with Conjunctive Adverbs SUBORDINATION Joining an Independent Clause with a Dependent Clause Joining an Independent Clause with a Relative Clause TIPS:  USING COORDINATION AND SUBORDINATION LEARNING FROM TEXTBOOKS SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 17       Avoiding Sentence Fragments IDENTIFYING SENTENCE FRAGMENTS Missing Subject Fragments                   Incomplete Verb Fragments Missing and Subject and Verb Fragments Dependent Clause Fragments TIPS:  AVOIDING SENTENCE FRAGMENTS LEARNING FROM TEXTBOOKS SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 18       Avoiding Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices IDENTIFYING RUN-ON SENTENCES AND COMMA SPLICES Correcting Run-Ons and Comma Splices wit a Period and Capital Letter Correcting Run-Ons and Comma Splices with a Comma and Coordinating Conjunction Correcting Run-Ons and Comma Splices with a Semicolon Warning Words and Phrases TIPS:  AVOIDING RUN-ON SENTENCES AND COMMA SPLICES LEARNING FROM TEXTBOOKS SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE     Chapter 19       Writing Sentences with Variety and Parallelism SENTENCE VARIETY Begin with One or Two —ly Words Begin with an —ing Verb or Phrase Begin with an —ed Verb of Phrase Begin with a Prepositional Phrase PARALLELISM:  WORDS IN SERIES AND PAIRS PARALLELISM:  PAIRS OF CONJUNCTIONS TIPS:  WRITING SENTENCES WITH VARIETY AND PARALLELISM LEARNING FROM TEXTBOOKS SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 20       Choosing Words Carefully WORDINESS DOUBLE NEGATIVES SLANG CLICHÉS VOCABULARYBUILDING TIPS: CHOOSING WORDS CAREFULLY LEARNING FROM TEXTBOOKS SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE     Comprehensive Post Test for Part Four     PART FIVE                GRAMMAR AND USAGE   Chapter 21       Using Verbs Correctly VERB FORMS Regular Verbs Present Tense Forms for Regular Verbs Past Tense Forms for Regular Verbs Past Participle Forms for Regular Verbs  Irregular Verbs Present Tense Forms for Irregular Verbs Present Tense Forms for Be, Have, and Do Past Tense Forms for Irregular Verbs Past Tense Forms for Be Past Participle Forms for Irregular Verbs SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT Compound Subjects Collective Noun Subjects Indefinite Pronoun Subjects Phrases between the Subject and Verb Inverted Order Who, Which, That TENSE SHIFTS TIPS:  USING VERBS CORRECTLY LEARNING FROM TEXTBOOKS SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 22       Using Pronouns Correctly PRONOUN-ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT Compound Subject Antecedents Collective Noun Antecedents Indefinite Pronoun Antecedents Nonsexist Usage Phrases after the Antecedent PRONOUN REFERENCE Unclear Reference Unstated Reference SUBJECT, OBJECT, AND POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS Subject Pronouns Object Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Who and Whom Subject and Object Pronouns in Compounds Subject and Object Pronouns Paired with Nouns Subject and Object Pronouns in Comparisons PERSON SHIFT TIPS:  USING PRONOUNS CORRECTLY LEARNING FROM TEXTBOOKS SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 23                   Using Modifiers Correctly ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS -ly Adverbs Good/Well Comparative and Superlative Forms DANGLING MODIFIERS MISPLACED MODIFIERS TIPS:  USING MODIFIERS COMRRECTLY LEARNING FROM TEXTBOOKS SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 24                   Using Capital Letters and Punctuation Correctly CAPITAL LETTERS END PUNCTUATION The Period The Question Mark The Exclamation Point COMMAS Commas with Dates Commas with Places and Addresses Commas with Words, Phrases, and Clauses in a Series Commas with Coordination Commas with Introductory Elements Commas with Interrupters Commas with Coordinate Modifiers Commas with Direct Address SEMICOLONS Semicolons to Join Independent Clauses Semicolons with Items in a Series COLONS, PARENTHESES, AND DASHES The Colon Parentheses The Dash APOSTROPHES Apostrophes for Possession Apostrophes with Contractions Other Uses for the Apostrophe QUOTATION MARKS Quotation Marks with Exact Spoken or Written Words Quotation Marks with Titles of Short Published Works TIPS:  USING CAPITALS AND PUNCTUATION CORRECTLY LEARNING FROM TEXTBOOKS SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE    Chapter 25   Eliminating Problems with Frequently Confused Words and Spelling   FREQUENTLY CONFUSED WORDS A/An Accept/Except Advice/Advise Affect/Effect All Ready/Already All Right/Alright Among/Between Been/Being Beside/Besides Can/Could Fewer/Less Good/Well It’s/Its Of/Have Passed/Past Quiet/Quit/Quite Suppose/Supposed Then/Than There/Their/They’re Through/Though/Threw To/Too/Two Use/Used Where/Were/We’re Will/Would Whose/Who’s Your/You’re SPELLING Spelling Rules Frequently Misspelled Words The Hyphen TIPS:  USING FREQUENTLY CONFUSED WORDS AND SPELLING CORRECTLY LEARNING FROM TEXTBOOKS SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Comprehensive Post Test for Part Five                            PART SIX                              FROM READING TO WRITING     Chapter 26       Writing in Response to College Reading ACTIVE READING Step 1:  Survey Step 2:  Read without Interruption Step 3:  Read and Study Step 4:  Test Yourself A SAMPLE ACTIVE READING ohn Kellmayer  “Students in Shock” READINGTO IMPROVE WRITING NARRATION Lori Hope “Did I Save Lives or Engage in Racial Profiling?” DESCRIPTION Patsy Garlan “A Link to the Living” ILLUSTRATION Kathleen Vail “Words that Wound” PROCESS ANALYSIS Joey Green “Beauty and the Beef” DEFINITION Jenny Bradner “Supermodel?” COMPARISON AND CONTRAST Andrew Lam  “They Shut My Grandmother’s Room Door” CAUSE-AND-EFFECT ANALYSIS Judy Mandell “Sometimes Honesty Is the Worst Policy” CLASSIFICATION Marion Winik “What Are Friends For?” ARGUMENT Andrew D. Brunhart “Thirsty?  Try the Tap” SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE   Chapter 27                   Writing Summaries and Essay Examination Answers WRITING A SUMMARY The Characteristics of a Summary How to Write a Summary A Sample Summary Barrett Seaman  “How Bingeing Became the New College Sport” WRITING ESSAY EXAMINATION ANSWERS How to Take an Essay Examination Test-Taking Strategies Two Answers to Study SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE             Appendix I                   Editing Workshop EDITING FOR ONE KIND OF ERROR EDITING FOR MULTIPLE KINDS OF ERRORS   Appendix II                  Answers to Pretests