Evergreen: A Guide to Writing with Readings, Compact 9th Edition

Evergreen: A Guide to Writing with Readings, Compact 9th Edition
by Susan Fawcett
Paperback: 464 pages
Published: January 13, 2011
ISBN-10: 1111349002
ISBN-13: 978-1111349004

EVERGREEN combines carefully crafted instruction, high-interest readings and student models, and plentiful practice exercises in a separate student workbook, to provide the most effective paragraph-to-essay-level Developmental Writing text on the market. The Ninth Edition includes expanded and revised coverage of writing essays, including an additional essay chapter and numerous additional student models. Photos enhance high-interest readings and promote critical viewing as well as critical thinking and clear writing.

Contents:

UNIT I: GETTING STARTED.
1. Exploring the Writing Process.
2. Prewriting to Generate Ideas.
UNIT II: DISCOVERING THE PARAGRAPH.
3. The Process of Writing Paragraphs.
4. Achieving Coherence.
UNIT III: DEVELOPING THE PARAGRAPHS.
5. Illustration.
6. Narration.
7. Description.
8. Process.
9. Definition.
10. Comparison and Contrast.
11. Classification.
12. Cause and Effect.
13. Persuasion.
UNIT IV: WRITING THE ESSAY.
14. The Process of Writing an Essay.
15. The Introduction, the Conclusion, and the Title.
16. Types of Essays I.
17. Types of Essays II.
18. Summarizing, Quoting, and Avoiding Plagiarism.
19. Strengthening an Essay with Research.
I20. Writing Under Pressure: The Essay Examination.
UNIT V: IMPROVING YOUR WRITING.
21. Revising for Consistency and Parallelism.
22. Revising for Sentence Variety.
23. Revising for Language Awareness.
24. Putting Your Revision Skills to Work.
UNIT VI: REVIEWING THE BASICS.
25. The Simple Sentence.
26. Coordination and Subordination.
27. Avoiding Sentence Errors.
28. Present Tense (Agreement).
29. Past Tense.
30. The Past Participle.
31. Nouns.
32. Pronouns.
33. Prepositions.
34. Adjectives and Adverbs.
35. The Apostrophe.
36. The Comma.
37. Mechanics.
38. Putting Your Proofreading Skills to Work.
UNIT VII: STRENGTHENING YOUR SPELLING.
39. Spelling.
40. Look-Alikes/Sound-Alikes.
UNIT VIII: READING SELECTIONS.
Appendix: Some Guidelines for Students of English as a Second Language.
Acknowledgements.
Index.
Rhetorical Index.