Writer’s Resources

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From Paragraph to Essay

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Writer's Resources

From Paragraph to Essay

SECOND EDITION

Julie Robitaille

Santa Fe Community College

Robert Connelly

Santa Fe Community College

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Writer's Resources: From Paragraph to Essay, Second Edition Julie Robitaille, Robert Connelly

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Contents

Rhetorical Contents xxi Preface xxiii

About the Text xxiv Organization xxiv Features xxvii New to This Edition xxviii Supplements xxix Acknowledgments xxix About the Authors xxx

To the Student xxxi

Part I Getting Started 1

Chapter 1 The Power of Language 3

Why Write? 3 Spotlight on People 4

Make Yourself Heard 4 What Is Voice? 4

Developing Your Voice 5 Meet the Peers 5

Writing Assignment 12

Chapter 2 The Challenge Ahead 13

Bob Greene, Jordan Is Never Afraid of Failure 14 The author, who has written two books about the star basketball player, explains what he believes makes Michael Jordan great. Succeeding in College 16

Develop the Right Attitude 16 Get Organized 16 Practice Your Writing Skills 17 Use Your Resources 17 Writing Assignment 19

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Part II Writing Paragraphs and Essays 21

College Writing 21 The Formats for College Writing: The Paragraph and the Essay 21 The Writing Process for Paragraphs and Essays 22

Chapter 3 First Steps: Generating Ideas 23

Understanding the Assignment 24 Choosing a Topic 24 Narrowing the Topic 25

Using a Narrowing Tree 25 Brainstorming 26 Determining the Writing Context 28 Purpose 28 Audience 29 Tone 31 Formulating a Main Idea 33 Generating Supporting Ideas 34 Brainstorming 35 Freewriting 36 Listing 37 Clustering 38 Dividing 38

Chapter 4 Writing a Paragraph 41

Stating the Main Idea 41 Turning a Discussion Question into a Topic Sentence 42 Generating Ideas to Support the Topic Sentence 42 Organizing Supporting Ideas 43

Mapping 43 Outlining 44 Drafting 47 Using a Map or Outline to Write a Draft 47 Revising 48 Peer Feedback 48 Instructor Feedback 49 Self-Evaluation 49

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Editing 52 Beth's Editing 53

Getting the Paragraph Back 53

Chapter 5 The Structure of the Paragraph 55

The Parts of the Paragraph 55 The Topic Sentence 56

Statement of Opinion 57 Focus 58 Placement 59 Generating a Topic Sentence 60 Supporting Sentences 61 Specific Detail 62 Relation to Topic Sentence 62 Unity 63 Building Strong Supporting Sentences Using a Map or an Outline 64 Coherence 66 Organization of Supporting Sentences 67 The Conclusion 71 The Title 71 Writing Assignment 71

Chapter 6 Writing an Essay 73

Stating the Main Idea 73 Turning a Discussion Question into a Thesis Statement 74 Generating Ideas to Support the Thesis Statement 75 Outlining the Essay 75

Using Outline Form 75 Creating an Outline 78 Generating More Ideas 78 Drafting 79 Drafting Supporting Paragraphs in the Body of the Essay 79 Drafting the Introduction 80 Drafting the Conclusion 80 Revising 82 Peer Feedback 82 Instructor Feedback 85 Self-Evaluation 85

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