Synopses & Reviews
The new edition of this best-selling series combines comprehensive development and practice in the rhetorical modes while integrating instruction in reading, grammar, critical thinking, and vocabulary development. -Developing Composition Skills focuses students on narrating, describing, analyzing, comparing and contrasting, classifying, and evaluating at the paragraph level and offers a complete introduction that bridges the gap between the paragraph and the essay level. -Refining Composition Skills develops essay writing skills needed for success at the college level by thoroughly reviewing and presenting the following rhetorical modes: compare and contrast, example, classification, process analysis, cause and effect, and argument
Synopsis
This Best-Selling writing book integrates instruction in rhetorical devices with practice in acquiring relevant grammatical structures.
Table of Contents
I. The Paragraph 1. The Writing Process 2. Introduction to the Paragraph 3. The Narrative Paragraph 4. The Descriptive Paragraph 5. The Expository Paragraph II. The Essay 6. Introduction to the Essay 7. The Example Essay 8. The Comparison and Contrast Essay 9. The Classification Essay 10. The Process Analysis Essay 11. The Cause-and-Effect Analysis Essay 12. The Argumentative Essay III. Grammar Review