Grammar in Context Boxes - YourKnow

Grammar in Context Boxes

Each rhetorical chapter introduction contains a Grammar in Context box that offers advice about a common grammar, punctuation, or mechanics issue--one often associated with the pattern discussed in the chapter. Refer to the list below to find Grammar in Context boxes throughout Patterns for College Writing.

Avoiding Run-Ons

102

Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers 160

Using Commas in a Series

213

Avoiding Unnecessary Shifts

270

Avoiding "The reason is because"; Using

Affect and Effect Correctly

329

Using Parallelism

376

Using a Colon to Introduce Your Categories

439

Avoiding is when and is where

493

Using Coordinating and Subordinating

Conjunctions

541

Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns

665

thiRteenth edition

Patterns for College Writing

A RhetoRicAl ReAdeR And Guide

Laurie G. Kirszner

University of the Sciences, Emeritus

Stephen R. Mandell

Drexel University

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Since it was first published, Patterns for College Writing has been used by millions of students at colleges and universities across the United States. We have been delighted by the overwhelmingly positive response to the first twelve editions of Patterns, and we continue to be gratified by positive feedback from the many instructors who find Patterns to be the most accessible and the most pedagogically sound rhetoric-reader they have ever used. In preparing this thirteenth edition, we have worked hard to fine-tune the features that have made Patterns the most popular composition reader available today and to develop new features to enhance the book's usefulness for both instructors and students.

What Instructors and Students Like about Patterns for College Writing

An emphasis on critical Reading The Introduction, "How to Use This Book," and Chapter 1, "Reading

to Write: Becoming a Critical Reader," prepare students to become analytical readers and writers by showing them how to apply critical reading strategies to a typical selection and by providing sample responses to the various kinds of writing prompts in the book. Not only does this material introduce students to the book's features, but it also prepares them to tackle reading and writing assignments in their other courses.

extensive coverage of the Writing process The remaining chapters in Part One, "The Writing Process" (Chapters 2

through 5), comprise a "mini-rhetoric," offering advice on drafting, writing, revising, and editing as they introduce students to activities such as freewriting, brainstorming, clustering, and journal writing. These chapters also include numerous writing exercises to give students opportunities for immediate practice.

detailed coverage of the patterns of development In Part Two, "Readings for Writers," Chapters 6 through 14 explain

and illustrate the patterns of development that students typically use in their college writing assignments: narration, description, exemplification,

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