Product Information
This best-selling writing book integrates instruction in rhetorical devices with practice in acquiring relevant grammatical structures. New "Getting Started" section at the beginning of each chapter offers journal-writing prompts, discussion topics, and a short CNN "RM" video-based lesson. Separate Grammar Review Unit contains grammar points and exercises cross-referenced to composition chapters. One writing assignment per chapter is discipline-related, taken from courses such as Sociology, Psychology, and Freshman Composition. Internet access activities develop research and computer skills.Product Identifiers
PublisherCengage Heinle
ISBN-100838402232
ISBN-139780838402238
eBay Product ID (ePID)1840996
Product Key Features
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRefining Composition Skills : Rhetoric and Grammar
Publication Year2000
SubjectEnglish As a Second Language, Grammar & Punctuation, Reading Skills, Rhetoric
TypeLanguage Course
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorMary K. Ruetten, Regina L. Smalley, Joann Kozyrev
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight28.8 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width7.9 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number5
LCCN99-087244
Dewey Edition21
Target AudienceCollege Audience
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal808/.042
Lc Classification NumberPe1408.S577 2001
Table of ContentI. The Paragraph1. The Writing Process2. Introduction to the Paragraph3. The Narrative Paragraph4. The Descriptive Paragraph5. The Expository ParagraphII. The Essay6. Introduction to the Essay7. The Example Essay8. The Comparison and Contrast Essay9. The Classification Essay10. The Process Analysis Essay11. The Cause-and-Effect Analysis Essay12. The Argumentative EssayIII. Grammar Review