Longman Academic Writing - (AE) - with Enhanced Digital Resources (2020) - Student eBook with MyEnglishLab & App - Paragraphs (2 year access)

<div> To the Teacher....................................................................................................................... ix </div> <div> Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................x </div> <div> Chapter Overview................................................................................................................. xi </div> <div> Chapter 1 Describing People ...........................................................................1 </div> <div> Introduction .................................................................................................................. 2 </div> <div> Prewriting .......................................................................................................................2 </div> <div> Asking Questions and Taking Notes...........................................................................2 </div> <div> Organization .................................................................................................................4 </div> <div> Looking at the Models..................................................................................................5 </div> <div> Looking at Vocabulary: Descriptive Adjectives ....................................................6 </div> <div> Formatting the Page ................................................................................................. 8 </div> <div> Grammar and Mechanics ......................................................................................14 </div> <div> Sentences.....................................................................................................................14 </div> <div> Capitalization...............................................................................................................18 </div> <div> Sentence Structure ..................................................................................................20 </div> <div> Simple Sentences.......................................................................................................20 </div> <div> Sentence Combining .................................................................................................24 </div> <div> Applying Vocabulary: Using Descriptive Adjectives............................................26 </div> <div> The Writing Process ................................................................................................27 </div> <div> Writing Assignment: A Paragraph about a Family Member...............................31 </div> <div> Self-Assessment .......................................................................................................32 </div> <div> Expansion ....................................................................................................................33 </div> <div> Timed Writing: A Paragraph about Someone You Admire...................................33 </div> <div> Your Journal.................................................................................................................33 </div> <div> Chapter 2 Listing-Order Paragraphs.........................................................34 </div> <div> Introduction .................................................................................................................35 </div> <div> Prewriting .....................................................................................................................35 </div> <div> Clustering.....................................................................................................................35 </div> <div> Listing-Order Paragraphs .....................................................................................37 </div> <div> Looking at the Model..................................................................................................38 </div> <div> Looking at Vocabulary: Intensifiers........................................................................38 </div> <div> Organization ...............................................................................................................40 </div> <div> The Topic Sentence....................................................................................................40 </div> <div> Supporting Sentences................................................................................................47 </div> <div> Listing-Order Transition Signals................................................................................49 </div> <div> The Concluding Sentence..........................................................................................52 </div> <div> Outlining: Creating an Outline from a Cluster..........................................................56 </div> <div> Sentence Structure ..................................................................................................58 </div> <div> Compound Sentences................................................................................................58 </div> <div> Coordinating Conjunctions: And, But, Or, and So................................................61 </div> <div> Common Sentence Errors: Run-ons and Comma Splices...................................64 </div> <div> Applying Vocabulary: Using Intensifiers ..............................................................66 </div> <div> Writing Assignment: A Paragraph about a Career...............................................67 </div> <div> Self-Assessment .......................................................................................................68 </div> <div> Expansion ....................................................................................................................69 </div> <div> Timed Writing: A Paragraph about a Boss.............................................................69 </div> <div> Your Journal.................................................................................................................69 </div> <div> Chapter 3 Giving Instructions.........................................................................70 </div> <div> Introduction .................................................................................................................71 </div> <div> Prewriting .....................................................................................................................71 </div> <div> Listing............................................................................................................................71 </div> <div> “How-To” Paragraphs .............................................................................................73 </div> <div> Looking at the Model..................................................................................................74 </div> <div> Looking at Vocabulary: Descriptive Adverbs.......................................................75 </div> <div> Organization ...............................................................................................................76 </div> <div> Topic Sentences and Concluding Sentences.........................................................76 </div> <div> Time-Order and Listing-Order Transition Signals...................................................78 </div> <div> Outlining: Creating an Outline from an Edited List..................................................83 </div> <div> Sentence Structure ..................................................................................................86 </div> <div> Independent and Dependent Clauses......................................................................86 </div> <div> Complex Sentences with Time Clauses..................................................................87 </div> <div> Common Sentence Errors: Fragments....................................................................91 </div> <div> Summary: Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences....................................92 </div> <div> Mechanics ...................................................................................................................96 </div> <div> Capitalization: Four More Rules...............................................................................96 </div> <div> Punctuation: Commas...............................................................................................99 </div> <div> Applying Vocabulary: Using Descriptive Adverbs..............................................102 </div> <div> Writing Assignment: A “How-To” Paragraph......................................................103 </div> <div> Self-Assessment .....................................................................................................104 </div> <div> Expansion ..................................................................................................................104 </div> <div> Timed Writing: A Paragraph about How to Do Well in a Class..........................104 </div> <div> Your Journal...............................................................................................................105 </div> <div> Chapter 4 Describing with Space Order...............................................106 </div> <div> Introduction ...............................................................................................................107 </div> <div> Prewriting ...................................................................................................................107 </div> <div> Listing Descriptive Details........................................................................................107 </div> <div> Descriptive Paragraphs .......................................................................................110 </div> <div> Space Order...............................................................................................................110 </div> <div> Looking at the Model................................................................................................111 </div> <div> Looking at Vocabulary: Prepositions of Place...................................................112 </div> <div> Organization .............................................................................................................113 </div> <div> Topic Sentences and Concluding Sentences.......................................................113 </div> <div> Supporting Sentences with Specific Details.........................................................115 </div> <div> Outlining: Creating an Outline for a Descriptive Paragraph.................................118 </div> <div> Grammar ....................................................................................................................120 </div> <div> Adjectives...................................................................................................................120 </div> <div> Order of Adjectives...................................................................................................123 </div> <div> Sentence Structure ................................................................................................126 </div> <div> Prepositions...............................................................................................................126 </div> <div> Prepositional Phrases...............................................................................................127 </div> <div> Applying Vocabulary: Using Prepositions of Place............................................132 </div> <div> Writing Assignment: A Paragraph Describing a Special Place........................133 </div> <div> Self-Assessment .....................................................................................................134 </div> <div> Expansion ..................................................................................................................135 </div> <div> Timed Writing: A Paragraph Describing a Public Space....................................135 </div> <div> Your Journal...............................................................................................................135 </div> <div> Chapter 5 Stating Reasons and Using Examples..........................136 </div> <div> Introduction ...............................................................................................................137 </div> <div> Prewriting ...................................................................................................................137 </div> <div> Listing and Outlining with Reasons and Examples..............................................137 </div> <div> Paragraphs with Reasons and Examples .....................................................140 </div> <div> Looking at the Model................................................................................................140 </div> <div> Looking at Vocabulary: Words that Describe Geography................................141 </div> <div> Organization .............................................................................................................142 </div> <div> Reasons and Examples............................................................................................142 </div> <div> Transition Signals that Introduce Reasons............................................................146 </div> <div> Transition Signals that Introduce Examples..........................................................148 </div> <div> Conclusion Signals....................................................................................................150 </div> <div> Sentence Structure ................................................................................................151 </div> <div> Complex Sentences with Reason and Condition Clauses..................................151 </div> <div> Mechanics .................................................................................................................156 </div> <div> Capitalization: Two More Rules..............................................................................156 </div> <div> Punctuation: Four More Comma Rules.................................................................158 </div> <div> Applying Vocabulary: Using Nouns that Describe Geography........................160 </div> <div> Writing Assignment: A Paragraph Recommending an Area.............................161 </div> <div> Self-Assessment .....................................................................................................162 </div> <div> Expansion ..................................................................................................................162 </div> <div> Timed Writing: A Paragraph about a Place for a Day Trip..................................162 </div> <div> Your Journal...............................................................................................................163 </div> <div> Chapter 6 Expressing Your Opinion.........................................................164 </div> <div> Introduction ...............................................................................................................165 </div> <div> Prewriting ...................................................................................................................165 </div> <div> Getting Ideas from Reading.....................................................................................165 </div> <div> Opinion Paragraphs ..............................................................................................168 </div> <div> Looking at the Model................................................................................................168 </div> <div> Looking at Vocabulary: Word Forms...................................................................169 </div> <div> Organization .............................................................................................................171 </div> <div> Facts and Opinions...................................................................................................171 </div> <div> Transition Signals in Opinion Paragraphs..............................................................173 </div> <div> Sentence Structure ................................................................................................178 </div> <div> Adjective Clauses with Who, Which, and That.....................................................178 </div> <div> Punctuating Adjective Clauses................................................................................180 </div> <div> Complex Sentences with Adjective Clauses.........................................................182 </div> <div> More about Fragments.............................................................................................185 </div> <div> Mechanics .................................................................................................................188 </div> <div> Quotation Marks........................................................................................................188 </div> <div> Applying Vocabulary: Using Word Forms............................................................189 </div> <div> Writing Assignment: A Paragraph that Expresses an Opinion.........................190 </div> <div> Self-Assessment .....................................................................................................191 </div> <div> Expansion ..................................................................................................................191 </div> <div> Timed Writing: An Opinion Paragraph about Cheating......................................191 </div> <div> Your Journal...............................................................................................................192 </div> <div> Appendices </div> <div> Appendix A More Ideas for Journal Writing...........................................................193 </div> <div> Appendix B Grammar Terms....................................................................................194 </div> <div> Appendix C Sentence Types....................................................................................196 </div> <div> Appendix D Transition Signals.................................................................................198 </div> <div> Appendix E Mechanics.............................................................................................199 </div> <div> Appendix F Correction Symbols..............................................................................203 </div> <div> Appendix G Peer Review and Writer’s Self-Check Worksheets.........................206 </div> <div> Index....................................................................................................................................218 </div> <div> Credits.................................................................................................................................222 </div> <div> <br> </div>