Revising with Style (High School) is a blackline master workbook that offers instruction and exercises to help students improve their writing skills. The exercises focus on the process of revision and cover a range of topics, from proofreading and correcting common grammatical errors to combining sentences and reordering them in logical sequences. Revising with Style encourages students to think more clearly and to write more effectively.
Presents 35 original essays by scholars from around the world, representing a range of different approaches to Melville. Considers Melville in a global context, and looks at the impact of global economies and technologies on the way people read Melville. Takes account of the latest and most sophisticated scholarship, including postcolonial and feminist perspectives. Locates Melville in his cultural milieu, revising our views of his politics on race, gender and democracy. Reveals Melville as a more contemporarywriter than his critics have sometimes assumed.
Complete Answer Keys. Easy-Reading, Student-Directed Instructions. Lively Illustrations on Nearly Every Exercise. Interest-Grabbing Activities. Reinforcement and Review. Sample Activities Include: Writing to Describe or Persuade, Paraphrasing, Main Ideas and Details, Chronological Order, Parallel Construction, Editing and Revising, Recognizing Misplaced Modifiers, Writing a Business Letter, Writing Facts and Opinions and More!
This composition text focuses on argument and persuasion using
examples, exercises, readings, and writing assignments. The text guides
students through developing a thesis, finding and organizing evidence,
and writing and revising several different types of argumentative
papers.
