Focus : writing paragraphs and essays
By: Campbell, Martha E
Material type: BookPublisher: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Prentice Hall, c1999.Edition: 2nd.Description: xxi, 326 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9780138964658Subject(s): English language -- Paragraphs | English language -- Grammar | Report writingItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 808.042 CA FO (Browse shelf) | Available | T0055325 | ||
REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 808.042 CA FO (Browse shelf) | Available | T0014277 | ||
REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 808.042 CA FO (Browse shelf) | Available | T0014278 |
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808.042 CA CR Critical academic writing and multilingual students / | 808.042 CA EY Eye on editing 1 : developing writing skills through grammar / | 808.042 CA FO Focus : writing paragraphs and essays | 808.042 CA FO Focus : writing paragraphs and essays | 808.042 CA FO Focus : writing paragraphs and essays | 808.042 CL ES Essay writing for students : a practical guide / | 808.042 CL ES Essay writing for students : a practical guide / |
ch. 1. Focus on writing -- ch. 2. Focus on the paragraph -- ch. 3. Focus on development by example -- ch. 4. Focus on narration -- ch. 5. Focus on observation -- ch. 6. Focus on comparison/contrast -- ch. 7. Focus on the essay -- ch. 8. Focus on the problem-solving essay -- ch. 9. Focus on the persuasion essay -- ch. 10. Revising and editing strategies.
This comprehensive rhetoric/workbook for developmental writers offers an integrated, balanced approach to paragraph and essay composition skills, grammar, and punctuation. It helps students experience writing as a holistic activity by teaching them specific grammar/punctuation rules within the context of the specific types of writing where they are most often used (and misused). A lower-level version of this text covering sentence and paragraph skills is now available as well.