New sample paragraphs that reflect academic and workplace writing
New Activities and Writing Assignments that reflect academic and workplace writing
Updated personal writing examples
Revised writing samples to eliminate use of second-person
Inclusion of multiple across-chapter cross-references to related topics
Part 2: Writing Effective Paragraphs - Chapter 5: Moving from Paragraph to Essay
Coverage of essays with more than three supporting paragraphs
Revised treatment of the use of questions in essay structuring
Multiple new writing samples, Activities, and Writing Assignments that reflect academic and workplace writing
Part 3: 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
Inclusion of multiple across-chapter cross-references to related topics
Part 4: Readings for Writers
Readings updated to include four new selections by diverse and well-respected authors: “Do What You Love” by Tony Hawk, “The First Day” by Edward P. Jones, “Somebody’s Baby” by Barbara Kingsolver, and “Outcasts in Salt Lake City” by James Weldon Johnson
Each new reading accompanied by a new full set of questions and assignments
All assignments reflect either personal, academic, or workplace-related themes
Online Learning Center (www.mhhe.com/langan) offers a number of instructional materials including an instructor’s manual, with the answers to the Discussion Questions in Part Four; test bank; and PowerPoint® slides that may be tailored to course needs. Additionally, you will find “Answers to Activities in Part Three” (former Appendix E) has been loaded to the open portion of this site for the book so that students can download and check their answers.
“THE FOUR BASES” APPROACH. Like other texts in the best-selling Langan series, Exploring Writing stresses that four principles -- or bases -- in particular are keys to effective composition: unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills.
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.
Personalized Learning. Powered by Connect Writing, students gain access to our groundbreaking personalized learning plan, which helps students become aware of what they know and what they need to practice. Powered by Connect Writing, students gain access to our groundbreaking personalized learning plan, which helps students become aware of what they know and what they need to practice. A self-study tool with its continually adaptive technology and exclusive time-management features make students more productive, keep them on track, and give them the writing skills needed for all their college courses.
ExpressBooks in Create provide alternative organizations for the content in the book and an option to order the book without readings.
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