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Real Writing with Readings by Susan Anker; Miriam Moore - Eighth Edition, 2019 from Macmillan Student Store
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Practical advice and examples show you how to become a successful writer

The need to write, and to write well, is not something that is going to end when you walk out the door on your last day of your last college writing class. Writing is a skill that you will continue to use in college, throughout your career, and in your everyday life. Real Writing with Readings will help you develop the skills you need to succeed:

  • Critical thinking strategies help you  read actively, notice the writer’s strategies, consider how those strategies could be applied in your own writing, and apply  the skills you learn to the writing you do in other courses or in your life outside of college.
  • The Four Basics help you recognize and stay  focused on the most important elements of your writing: Main Idea, Primary Support, Secondary Support, and Organization. 

To help you get the most out of your course, your instructor might have assigned your book together with LaunchPad Solo for Readers and Writers so that you can learn important writing skills online at your own pace. If your book did not come packaged with an access code, you can purchase access at launchpadworks.com.

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Contents

Table of Contents

Thematic Table of Contents                         

Preface

Real Support for Instructors and Students

A Note to Students from the Authors        

Part 1: How to Write Paragraphs and Essays          

1.     Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing: Making Connections  

2.     Writing Basics: Audience, Purpose, and Process          

3.     Finding Your Topic and Writing Your Topic Sentence and Thesis Statement: Making a Point

4.     Supporting Your Point: Finding Details, Examples, and Facts  

5.     Drafting and Revising: The Writing Process

Part 2: Writing Different Kinds of Paragraphs and Essays  

6.     Narration: Writing That Tells Important Stories         

7.     Illustration: Writing That Gives Examples                      

8.     Description: Writing That Creates Pictures in Words

9.     Process Analysis: Writing That Explains How Things Happen

10. Classification: Writing That Sorts Things into Groups  

11. Definition: Writing That Tells What Something Means

12. Comparison and Contrast: Writing That Shows Similarities and Differences

13. Cause and Effect: Writing That Explains Reasons or Results    

14. Argument: Writing That Persuades                 

Part 3: The Four Most Serious Errors       

15. The Basic Sentence: An Overview

16. Fragments: Incomplete Sentences

17. Run-Ons: Two Sentences Joined Incorrectly

18. Problems with Subject-Verb Agreement: When Subjects and Verbs Don’t Match

19. Verb Tense: Using Verbs to Express Different Times

Part 4: Other Grammar Concerns

20. Pronouns: Using Substitutes for Nouns

21. Adjectives and Adverbs: Using Descriptive Words     

22. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers: Avoiding Confusing Descriptions  

23.        Coordination and Subordination: Joining Sentences with Related Ideas  

24. Parallelism: Balancing Ideas

25. Sentence Variety: Putting Rhythm in Your Writing     

26. Formal English and ESL Concerns: Grammar Trouble Spots for Multilingual Students          

Part 5: Word Use             

27. Word Choice: Using the Right Words

28. Commonly Confused Words: Avoiding Mistakes with Soundalike Words     

29. Spelling: Using the Right Letters                       

Part 6: Punctuation and Capitalization      

30. Commas ( , )

31. Apostrophes ( ’ )

32. Quotation Marks ( " " )

33. Other Punctuation ( ; : ( ) -- - )          

34. Capitalization: Using Capital Letters

EDITING REVIEW TESTS 1–10

  

Appendix A: Research and MLA

Appendix B: Interpreting a Prompt

Index   I-1

Real Take-Away Points

Editing and Proofreading Marks

For Easy Reference: Selected Lists and Charts

Authors

Susan Anker

Susan Anker (BA, MEd, Boston University) brings a unique perspective to the teaching of the developmental writing course. She taught English and developmental writing before entering college publishing, where she worked for eighteen years: as a sales representative and English/ESL editor at Macmillan Publishing Company; as developmental English/ESL editor, executive editor, and editor in chief at St. Martin’s Press; and as vice president and editor in chief for humanities at Houghton Mifflin Company. In each of these positions, she worked with developmental writing instructors and students, maintaining her early interest in the field.  Since the publication of the first edition of Real Writing in 1998, Anker has traveled extensively to campuses across the country, continuing her conversations with instructors and students and giving workshops and presentations. She believes that the writing course is, for many students, their first, best opportunity to learn the skills they will need to succeed in college and achieve their goals.


Miriam Moore

Miriam Moore is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Georgia. She teaches undergraduate linguistics and grammar courses, developmental English courses (integrated reading and writing), ESL composition and pedagogy, and the first-year composition sequence. She is the co-author with Susan Anker of Real Essays, Real Writing, Real Reading and Writing, and Writing Essentials Online. She has over 20 years’ experience in community college teaching as well. Her interests include applied linguistics, writing about writing approaches to composition, professionalism for two-year college English faculty, and threshold concepts for composition, reading, and grammar.


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Practical advice and examples show you how to become a successful writer

The need to write, and to write well, is not something that is going to end when you walk out the door on your last day of your last college writing class. Writing is a skill that you will continue to use in college, throughout your career, and in your everyday life. Real Writing with Readings will help you develop the skills you need to succeed:

  • Critical thinking strategies help you  read actively, notice the writer’s strategies, consider how those strategies could be applied in your own writing, and apply  the skills you learn to the writing you do in other courses or in your life outside of college.
  • The Four Basics help you recognize and stay  focused on the most important elements of your writing: Main Idea, Primary Support, Secondary Support, and Organization. 

To help you get the most out of your course, your instructor might have assigned your book together with LaunchPad Solo for Readers and Writers so that you can learn important writing skills online at your own pace. If your book did not come packaged with an access code, you can purchase access at launchpadworks.com.

E-book

Read online (or offline) with all the highlighting and notetaking tools you need to be successful in this course.

Learn More

Launchpad

Get the e-book, do assignments, take quizzes, prepare for exams and more, to help you achieve success in class.

Learn More

iClicker Student

Stay engaged in class with our student response system, show your instructor that you're listening and prove what you know.

Learn More

Table of Contents

Thematic Table of Contents                         

Preface

Real Support for Instructors and Students

A Note to Students from the Authors        

Part 1: How to Write Paragraphs and Essays          

1.     Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing: Making Connections  

2.     Writing Basics: Audience, Purpose, and Process          

3.     Finding Your Topic and Writing Your Topic Sentence and Thesis Statement: Making a Point

4.     Supporting Your Point: Finding Details, Examples, and Facts  

5.     Drafting and Revising: The Writing Process

Part 2: Writing Different Kinds of Paragraphs and Essays  

6.     Narration: Writing That Tells Important Stories         

7.     Illustration: Writing That Gives Examples                      

8.     Description: Writing That Creates Pictures in Words

9.     Process Analysis: Writing That Explains How Things Happen

10. Classification: Writing That Sorts Things into Groups  

11. Definition: Writing That Tells What Something Means

12. Comparison and Contrast: Writing That Shows Similarities and Differences

13. Cause and Effect: Writing That Explains Reasons or Results    

14. Argument: Writing That Persuades                 

Part 3: The Four Most Serious Errors       

15. The Basic Sentence: An Overview

16. Fragments: Incomplete Sentences

17. Run-Ons: Two Sentences Joined Incorrectly

18. Problems with Subject-Verb Agreement: When Subjects and Verbs Don’t Match

19. Verb Tense: Using Verbs to Express Different Times

Part 4: Other Grammar Concerns

20. Pronouns: Using Substitutes for Nouns

21. Adjectives and Adverbs: Using Descriptive Words     

22. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers: Avoiding Confusing Descriptions  

23.        Coordination and Subordination: Joining Sentences with Related Ideas  

24. Parallelism: Balancing Ideas

25. Sentence Variety: Putting Rhythm in Your Writing     

26. Formal English and ESL Concerns: Grammar Trouble Spots for Multilingual Students          

Part 5: Word Use             

27. Word Choice: Using the Right Words

28. Commonly Confused Words: Avoiding Mistakes with Soundalike Words     

29. Spelling: Using the Right Letters                       

Part 6: Punctuation and Capitalization      

30. Commas ( , )

31. Apostrophes ( ’ )

32. Quotation Marks ( " " )

33. Other Punctuation ( ; : ( ) -- - )          

34. Capitalization: Using Capital Letters

EDITING REVIEW TESTS 1–10

  

Appendix A: Research and MLA

Appendix B: Interpreting a Prompt

Index   I-1

Real Take-Away Points

Editing and Proofreading Marks

For Easy Reference: Selected Lists and Charts

Susan Anker

Susan Anker (BA, MEd, Boston University) brings a unique perspective to the teaching of the developmental writing course. She taught English and developmental writing before entering college publishing, where she worked for eighteen years: as a sales representative and English/ESL editor at Macmillan Publishing Company; as developmental English/ESL editor, executive editor, and editor in chief at St. Martin’s Press; and as vice president and editor in chief for humanities at Houghton Mifflin Company. In each of these positions, she worked with developmental writing instructors and students, maintaining her early interest in the field.  Since the publication of the first edition of Real Writing in 1998, Anker has traveled extensively to campuses across the country, continuing her conversations with instructors and students and giving workshops and presentations. She believes that the writing course is, for many students, their first, best opportunity to learn the skills they will need to succeed in college and achieve their goals.


Miriam Moore

Miriam Moore is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Georgia. She teaches undergraduate linguistics and grammar courses, developmental English courses (integrated reading and writing), ESL composition and pedagogy, and the first-year composition sequence. She is the co-author with Susan Anker of Real Essays, Real Writing, Real Reading and Writing, and Writing Essentials Online. She has over 20 years’ experience in community college teaching as well. Her interests include applied linguistics, writing about writing approaches to composition, professionalism for two-year college English faculty, and threshold concepts for composition, reading, and grammar.


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