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An Introduction to Writing
College Writing Skills, 7E and College Writing Skills with Readings, 7E
John Langan
2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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topic sentence
Ex:
Although I love the movies, Ive found that there are drawbacks to moviegoing.
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throwing popcorn and ice cubes to the left of me. The seats were torn and missing springs, and the floors sticky with spilled soda. [. . .]
College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 7E 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Parts of an essay:
Introductory paragraph Body (supporting) paragraphs Concluding paragraph
College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 7E 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Introductory Paragraphs
should
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begin with a topic sentence that states the point to be detailed in that paragraph.
College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 7E 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Concluding Paragraphs
The End
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Writing is a Skill! Writing is not a talent. It is a skill that can be mastered through practice and hard work.
College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 7E 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Writing a Journal
The more you practice
journal.
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Get down as many ideas and details as possible about your subject. Delete ideas you dont want in your paper and add new ideas that occur to you. Shuffle supporting ideas around to find the best order.
College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 7E 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Writing Your First Draft You can write out your first draft by hand and then type it into the computer for revision. If you compose directly onto the screen, however, you can benefit from the computers special features: cut, paste and copy.
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Revising
Substituting, adding, deleting, and rearranging can be done easily on the
computer.
If you prefer, print out a hard copy of your
file and revise
longhand.
first in
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carefully review
your grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 7E 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.