Along These Lines: Writing Sentences and Paragraphs, 7th edition

Published by Pearson (January 1, 2021) © 2019

  • John Biays Broward College
  • Carol Wershoven Palm Beach State College
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Along These Lines: Writing Sentences and Paragraphs offers you intensive coverage of the writing process. It's designed to help you acquire and improve your skills, guiding you to become a more effective writer and a more effective learner. Biays and Wershoven will take you step-by-step through the writing process with in-depth instruction on grammar, paragraph construction and short essays. Encouraging critical thinking and personal engagement, the text provides invaluable resources, interactive exercises and continual reinforcement to give you a solid foundation for future success.

The 7th Edition offers numerous individual and collaborative exercises in each chapter, along with contextualized practical writing applications, such as workplace writing, personal writing and classroom-centered academic material. It also includes a chapter on “Writing from Reading” that demonstrates how writing and reading are interconnected processes.

PART 1 – SENTENCE-LEVEL SKILLS: GRAMMAR FOR WRITERS

  1. The Simple Sentence
  2. Beyond the Simple Sentence: Coordination
  3. Avoiding Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices
  4. Beyond the Simple Sentence: Subordination
  5. Combining Sentences: A Review of Your Options
  6. Avoiding Sentence Fragments
  7. Using Parallelism in Sentences
  8. Using Adjectives and Adverbs
  9. Correcting Problems with Modifiers
  10. Verbs: The Present Tense
  11. Verbs: The Past Tense
  12. Verbs: Consistency and Voice
  13. Making Subjects and Verbs Agree
  14. Using Pronouns Correctly: Agreement and Reference
  15. Using Pronouns Correctly: Consistency and Case
  16. Punctuation
  17. Spelling
  18. Words That Sound Alike/Look Alike
  19. Using Prepositions Correctly

PART 2 – WRITING IN STAGES: THE PROCESS APPROACH

  1. Writing a Paragraph: Prewriting
  2. Writing a Paragraph: Planning
  3. Writing a Paragraph: Drafting and Revising
  4. Writing a Paragraph: Editing and Proofreading
  5. Writing a Narrative Paragraph
  6. Writing a Descriptive Paragraph
  7. Writing an Illustration Paragraph
  8. Writing a Process Paragraph
  9. Moving from Paragraphs to Essays
  10. Writing from Reading

APPENDICES

  1. Readings for Writers
  2. Basics of College Research

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