Thursday, December 17, 2009

Cause and effect


Chapter 12 Cause and effect
I think cause and effect writing very helpful to explain someone about why something happened . In class , teacher always wants student to write about cause and effect so this chapter is vary helpful . Knowing what causes a disease such as diabetes – or knowing its effect – helps us understand and control the condition , cause and effect reasoning helps us deal with everyday issues . In a cause and effect essay , the writer develops the thesis through cause and effect reasoning . That is , he or she analyzes and explains the causes , the effect , or both the causes and the effect of a phenomenon.

Description and Reflection


Chapter 11 Description and Reflection
If you want to explain situation in the past to someone , you have to think about the detail of the situation carefully . You also have to explore an earlier time in your life and reflect on why you did like that or why you made decision like that . In this chapter you’ll find topics to consider , model essays , and guidelines that will help you describe and reflect on a memorable experience . In the process , you will likely gain insight not only your past experience , but also into its likes to your present and future .

Narration and Description


Chapter 10 Narration and Description
A personal narrative is a story that mirrors you and your experiences. You can tell everyone about your experiences or situations in your memory by narration and description. Whatever the topic, your story should help readers see, hear, touch, and taste those details that make your experience come alive. You also can learn something new about the event, about others, and even about yourself because narration and description make you think about it again.

Forms of College Writing


Chapter 9 Forms of College Writing
The purpose of this chapter have three important things about writing across the curriculum, that is How a college curriculum and faculty are organized, What kinds of writing you can expect to do in your courses, and How writing and thinking skills required in one class are linked to writing and thinking skills required in another class. To accomplish these task, the chapter begins by showing the three divisions into which most college curricula are divided, and the academic departments that constitute each division. The chapter then presents more specific information about academic departments, including the topic students study, the forms of writing teachers assign, and traits of those forms. This chapter helps me to have some ideas about my topic that I should write in my class and some details in the topic.

Submitting Writing and Creating Portfolios


Chapter 7 Submitting Writing and Creating Portfolios
After you have done your essay, you can submit a piece of writing to a newspaper, journal, or website or simply place it your writing portfolios. This chapter is concerned about how to submit your writing to the public and creating portfolios.

Editing and Proofreading


Chapter 6 Editing and Proofreading
This chapter will help you edit your writing for style and clarity and proofread it for errors by editing your revised draft , combining sentences , expanding sentences , checking for sentence style , avoiding Imprecise , Misleading , and Biased Words and proofreading your writing . In the mistake of the writing may make reader misunderstand about your essay so this chapter is helpful to know about editing and proofreading method .

Revising


Chapter 5 Revising
After the writer has first draft , then they have to consider about it again and revise about ideas , organization voice and style again then address paragraph issues . Talk a close look at paragraphs for focus unity and coherence , then revise collaboratively and use the writing center . Good writing almost always requires revising and , in some cases , substantial rework . During this step in the writing process , you make changes in