Steps in Composition

This time-honored, comprehensive program for basic writers features a unique instructional format that combines the fundamentals of grammar, mechanics, rhetoric, vocabulary, and spelling, with contemporary topics of interest and participatory exercises that require readers to get fully involved by creating, changing, rewriting, or correcting. Using an integrated "whole language" approach and continual reinforcement of skills,this book caters to users¿ intelligence and interests. KEY TOPICSIt features instructional material on all nine modes of discoursedescription, narration, exemplification, process, comparison and contrast, definition, cause and effect, classification, and argumentation.For the development of writing skills and the creation of effective writing.

The eighth edition of this widely adopted text maintains the authors' proven formula for successful writing-the integration of reading, rhetoric, grammar, spelling, and vocabulary-and includes many refinements and new features to ensure that STEPS IN COMPOSITION remains the best resource available for writing classrooms.

With the addition of descriptive, narrative, example, comparison and contrast, classification, and cause and effect essays, STEPS IN COMPOSITION now covers nine patterns of essay development-making the text more complete than ever.

www.prenhall.com/troyka This free website for students provides additional thematically arranged readings online. For each reading, students can answer "Before You Read" and "Reading Survey" questions. There are also self-graded vocabulary quizzes, paragraph-editing exercises, and writing prompts for each selection.

(Each chapter begins with Springboards to Thinking and ends with Refresher Exercise and Springboards to Writing.)
Essay: ldquo;Rambos of the Roadrdquo;
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Road Rage

The Vocabulary of Road Rage
Spelling: Methods to Improve Your Spelling
The Writing Process
Prewriting Techniques
Purposes for Writing
Audience
The Topic Sentence
Paragraph Development

Essay: ldquo;Fire, Hope, and Charityrdquo;
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of a Troubled Society
The Vocabulary of a Healthy Society
Spelling: Sound-Alikes
Paragraph Development
Ordering of Details in a Paragraph
Revising a Paragraph
Essay: ldquo;My Daughter Smokesrdquo;
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Cigarette Addiction

The Vocabulary of Cigarette Addiction
Spelling: Spelling Rule - Changing y to i
The Sentence Fragment
Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences
Essay: ldquo;Pursuit of Happinessrdquo;
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Women in a Traditional Culture
The Vocabulary of Women in Mainstream America
Spelling: Proofreading
Coordination
Subordination
A Special Case of Subordination
Essay: ldquo;The Black Table Is Still Thererdquo;
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Racism

The Vocabulary of Racism
Spelling: Capitalization
The -s Verb Ending
Agreement of Subject and Verb
Irregular Verbs
The -ed Verb Ending
Verb Tense Consistency
Essay: ldquo;The Ugly Truth about Beautyrdquo;
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Self-Image

The Vocabulary of Self-Image
Spelling: Commonly Confused Words
Pronoun Choice
Pronoun Agreement
Pronoun Reference and Consistency
Essay: ldquo;Teenagers in Dreamlandrdquo;
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Today''s Adolescent Subculture

The Vocabulary of Today''s Adolescent Subculture
Spelling: Spelling Rule -ie and ei
From Paragraph Principles to Essay Writing
Finding a Writing Topic, Drafting a Thesis Statement, Forming Main Body Ideas
The Introductory Paragraph
The Concluding Paragraph
Revising an Essay
Essay: ldquo;Abortion Is Too Complex to Feel All One Way Aboutrdquo;
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of the Pro-Choice Movement
The Vocabulary of the Right-to-Life Movement
Spelling: The Apostrophe
The Comma
Other Marks of Punctuation
Essay: ldquo;Rapping Nastyrdquo;
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Censorship

The Vocabulary of Censorship
Spelling: Plurals
The Unified Essay
Words of Transition
Key Words: Deliberate Repetition
Essay: ldquo;The Sins of the Parentsrdquo;
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of the Troubled Family
The Vocabulary of the Untroubled Family
Spelling: To Split or Not to Split
Using the Right Word
Informal Language
Essay: ldquo;Money and Freedomrdquo;
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of the Financial World
The Vocabulary of Avoiding Burnout
Spelling: Spelling Rule - Dropping the Final e
Parallelism, Misplaced Modifiers, Dangling Modifiers
Essay: ldquo;The Shadow of a Strangerrdquo;
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of a Violent Society

The Vocabulary of a Violent Society
Spelling: Doubling
The Descriptive Essay
The Narrative Essay
The Example Essay
The Process Essay
Essay: ldquo;The Way We Lierdquo;
Reading Survey
Vocabulary Building
The Vocabulary of Lying

The Vocabulary of Lying
Spelling: Prefixes and Suffixes
The Comparison/Contrast Essay
The Classification Essay
The Cause and Effect Essay
The Definition Essay
The Argument Essay
Critical Thinking - Logic
Common Prefixes and Suffixes
Spelling Demons
Index
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