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Wordsmith: A Guide to Paragraphs and Short Essays (with MyWritingLab Student Access Code Card), 4/E
Pamela Sh Arlov, Macon State College

ISBN-10: 0205703321
ISBN-13: 9780205703326

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2010
Format: Paper Package; 526 pp
Published: 06/17/2009
Status: Instock

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Wordsmith was written to counter students’ objections to textbooks being too dry, too irrelevant, and too big, and is Pearson’s value-priced option that students will appreciate across the developmental writing curriculum.

Pamela Arlov wrote the Wordsmith series for instructors who genuinely want to connect with their students. To engage students and enable instructors to meet students where they are, Pam Arlov provides students with just the right balance of instruction and practice via relevant instruction, plenty of visuals, and an inviting writing style that students really respond to. Wordsmith covers the rhetorical modes, is realistic, and does not overwhelm students with too much information.

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A direct, engaging, conversational style appeals to students and makes reading less tedious.
The use of real world examples helps students to connect to the text and heightens their learning.
Wordsmith is briefer and less expensive than many similar texts on the market.
The three-part layout empowers instructors to mix and match writing chapters, grammar chapters, and readings.
The mixing of rhetorical modes groups them together based on usage in actual writing and mirrors realistic writing strategies.

New To This Edition

Chapter-opening photos in the previous edition were replaced by visually appealing photos.
Chapters 8, 9, and 10 now include nine professional readings, one to illustrate each of the rhetorical modes.
A new brief guide to APA Style was added to Chapter 11.
Two new chapters have been added to the Grammar section: "Parallel Structure" and "Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers."

Table of Contents

PART I COMPOSITION

Chapter 1. The Writing Process

Chapter 2. Preparing to Write

Chapter 3. Writing Paragraphs: Topic Sentences

Chapter 4. Writing Paragraphs: Support

Chapter 5. Writing Paragraphs: Unity and Coherence

Chapter 6. Revising, Proofreading, and Formatting

Chapter 7. Showing and Telling: Description, Narration, and Example

Chapter 8. Limiting and Ordering: Definition, Classification, and Process

Chapter 9. Examining Logical Connections: Comparison-Contrast, Cause-Effect, and Argument

Chapter 10. Writing an Essay

Chapter 11. Writing Summary Reports

PART 2 GRAMMAR

Chapter 12. Verbs and Subjects

Chapter 13. Subject-Verb Agreement

Chapter 14. Verb Shifts

Chapter 15. Coordination and Subordination

Chapter 16. Run-on Sentences

Chapter 17. Sentence Fragments

Chapter 18. Pronoun Case

Chapter 19. Pronoun Agreement, Reference, and Point of View

Chapter 20. Adjectives, Adverbs, and Articles

Chapter 21. Parallel Structure

Chapter 22. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Chapter 23. Capital Letters

Chapter 24. Words Commonly Confused

Chapter 25. Word Choice

Chapter 26. Commas

Chapter 27. Other Punctuation

Chapter 28. Apostrophes

Chapter 29. Quotation Marks

PART 3 READINGS

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Wordsmith: A Guide to Paragraphs and Short Essays (Book Alone), 3/E
Arlov
©2007 | Longman | Paper; 608 pp | Out of Print
ISBN-10: 0131949853  | ISBN-13: 9780131949850
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Wordsmith: A Guide to Paragraphs and Essays, 3E is appropriate for basic writing courses covering paragraphs and essays. This text ships automatically with MyWritingLab.

What do your students want in a textbook?

Your life’s work is centered on connecting to your students and preparing them for productive futures. Pamela Arlov created the Wordsmith series to help you connect with your students. We asked professors what they thought their students would want in a textbook. Here’s what we heard and how Wordsmith addresses today’s students:

1)       Students find textbooks dry and tedious. Arlov includes engaging grammar openers, plenty of visuals, and has a writing style that is second to none!

2)       Students find textbooks irrelevant to their lives. Arlov’s combination of the rhetorical modes is realistic and models real life writing. She has also added “Real Writing” examples in the modes chapters to make Wordsmith even more relevant to students’ lives.

3)       Students become frustrated if the entire text is not used in class. Wordsmith is 100 pages briefer than similar texts on the market and an affordable option. This concise approach also does not overwhelm students with too much information. Wordsmith provides students with just the right balance of instruction and practice!

The Wordsmith series is your value-packed option that students will appreciate while mastering key writing and grammar skills.
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Wordsmith: A Guide to Paragraphs and Short Essays (with MyWritingLab Student Access Code Card), 3/E
Arlov
©2007 | Longman | Paper Bound with PIN; 608 pp | Out of Stock
ISBN-10: 0205708757  | ISBN-13: 9780205708758
Suggested retail price: $86.40  Net price: $64.80  (What's this?)Brief Description  |

Wordsmith: A Guide to Paragraphs and Essays, 3E is appropriate for basic writing courses covering paragraphs and essays. This text ships automatically with MyWritingLab.

What do your students want in a textbook?

Your life’s work is centered on connecting to your students and preparing them for productive futures. Pamela Arlov created the Wordsmith series to help you connect with your students. We asked professors what they thought their students would want in a textbook. Here’s what we heard and how Wordsmith addresses today’s students:

1)       Students find textbooks dry and tedious. Arlov includes engaging grammar openers, plenty of visuals, and has a writing style that is second to none!

2)       Students find textbooks irrelevant to their lives. Arlov’s combination of the rhetorical modes is realistic and models real life writing. She has also added “Real Writing” examples in the modes chapters to make Wordsmith even more relevant to students’ lives.

3)       Students become frustrated if the entire text is not used in class. Wordsmith is 100 pages briefer than similar texts on the market and an affordable option. This concise approach also does not overwhelm students with too much information. Wordsmith provides students with just the right balance of instruction and practice!

The Wordsmith series is your value-packed option that students will appreciate while mastering key writing and grammar skills.
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