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Personal, Academic, and Workplace Writing (PAW). Students are exposed to examples of writing that reflect the three key realms of their lives - personal, academic, and workplace. They will find models, activities, and examples for any writing situation. Icons identifying personal, academic, and workplace writing are integrated throughout the chapters.
Part One: Writing Skills and Process
New sample paragraphs that reflect academic and workplace writing
Revised writing samples to eliminate use of second person
Part Two: Basic Principles of Effective Writing
New sample paragraphs that reflect academic and workplace writing
Revised writing samples to eliminate use of second-person
Part Three: Paragraph Development
Updated personal writing examples
New sample paragraphs that reflect academic and workplace writing
New Activities and Writing Assignments that reflect academic and workplace writing
Revised writing samples to eliminate use of second-person
Part Four: Essay Development - Chapter 15: Introduction to Essay Development
Revised presentation of the term “essay,” including explanation of “thesis” and coverage of essays with more than three supporting paragraphs
New explanation of the role of mixed modes in essay writing
New explanation about limited use of second-person in writing
Part Four: Essay Development - Chapter 16: Writing the Essay
Coverage of essays with more than three supporting paragraphs
Updated, revised full-length sample essay
Revised writing samples to eliminate use of second-person
Part Four: Essay Development - Chapter 17: Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles
Revised treatment of the use of questions in essay structuring
New Activities and Writing Assignments that reflect academic and workplace writing
Inclusion of multiple across-chapter cross-references to related topics
Part Four: Essay Development - Chapter 18: Patterns of Essay Development
Chapter overhauled
New introductory text for each pattern with explanation of how multiple modes function together in one essay
All nine sample essays now emphasize one pattern or mode, but include other modes as well to better reflect real writing
Revised essay questions, with inclusion of Main Idea, Author’s Purpose, and Mixed Modes questions for each essay
New directions for reading, analyzing, and interacting with each essay
New sample essays and Writing Assignments that reflect academic and workplace writing
Revised writing samples to eliminate use of second-person
Inclusion of multiple across-chapter cross-references to related topics
Part Four: Essay Development - Chapter 20: Writing a Research Paper
Updated formatting for sample student paper to better represent academic expectations
Part Five: Handbook of Sentence Skills
Grammar activities and exercises rewritten to incorporate academic and workplace-related themes
Review Tests reworked to incorporate academic and workplace-related themes
Revised material frequently focused on one issue so that it reads as a unified passage rather than a set of disconnected statements
Improved coverage of certain key grammar topics, such as subordinating words and verb forms
Targeted instruction on e-mail writing and etiquette
Inclusion of multiple across-chapter cross-references to related topics
Part Six: Readings for Writers
Readings updated to include four new selections by diverse and well-respected authors: “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie, “Straw into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday” by Sandra Cisneros, “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, and “Advice to Youth” by Mark Twain
Each new reading accompanied by a new full set of questions and assignments
All assignments reflect either personal, academic, or workplace-related themes
Appendixes
New appendix presents formal e-mail model, along with guidelines for writing e-mails
New appendix provides lists of most common transition words and phrases
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