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Connections : writing for your world / Doris Humphrey, Robert Conklin.

By: Humphrey, Doris.
Contributor(s): Conklin, Robert.
Publisher: Mason, Ohio : Thomson / South-Western, c2005Description: xviii, 629 p. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).ISBN: 0538727500 (pbk.).Other title: Connections--writing for your world | Writing for your world.Subject(s): English language -- Rhetoric -- Problems, exercises, etc | English language -- Paragraphs -- Problems, exercises, etc | Report writing -- Problems, exercises, etcDDC classification: 808.042
Contents:
Part I: Anyone can write: 1. Becoming a writer - 2. The writing process and your career - 3. Four strategies for effective writing -- Part II: The paragraph: where all your writing starts: 4. How does a paragraph work? - 5. Illustration: Paragraphs that give examples - 6. Description: Paragraphs that appeal to the senses - 7. Definition: Paragraphs that explain meaning - 8. Comparison and contrast: Paragraphs about similarities and differences - 9. Classification: Paragraphs that assign subjects to categories - 10. Process: Paragraphs that explain steps in a sequence - 11. Narration: Paragraphs that tell a story - 12. Cause and effect: Paragraphs that explain reasons and results - 13. Persuassion: Paragraphs that convince -- Part III: Longer documents: Building on your paragraphs: 14. Planning and organizing an essay or a report - 15. Writing to illustrate - 16. Writing to describe - 17. Writing to define - 18. Writing to compare and contrast - 19. Writing to explain classify - 20. Writing to explain a process - 21. Narration: Writing to tell a story - 22. Cause and effect: Writing that explains results and reasons - 23. Writing to persuade: Longer documents - 24. Summaries of long documents - 25. Reports and proposals - Writer's handbook.
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Includes index.

Part I: Anyone can write: 1. Becoming a writer - 2. The writing process and your career - 3. Four strategies for effective writing -- Part II: The paragraph: where all your writing starts: 4. How does a paragraph work? - 5. Illustration: Paragraphs that give examples - 6. Description: Paragraphs that appeal to the senses - 7. Definition: Paragraphs that explain meaning - 8. Comparison and contrast: Paragraphs about similarities and differences - 9. Classification: Paragraphs that assign subjects to categories - 10. Process: Paragraphs that explain steps in a sequence - 11. Narration: Paragraphs that tell a story - 12. Cause and effect: Paragraphs that explain reasons and results - 13. Persuassion: Paragraphs that convince -- Part III: Longer documents: Building on your paragraphs: 14. Planning and organizing an essay or a report - 15. Writing to illustrate - 16. Writing to describe - 17. Writing to define - 18. Writing to compare and contrast - 19. Writing to explain classify - 20. Writing to explain a process - 21. Narration: Writing to tell a story - 22. Cause and effect: Writing that explains results and reasons - 23. Writing to persuade: Longer documents - 24. Summaries of long documents - 25. Reports and proposals - Writer's handbook.

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Microsoft Windows, version 1.0.