Steps in composition

Synopsis

This time-honored, comprehensive program for basic writers features a unique instructional format that combines the fundamentals of grammar, mechanics, rhetoric, vocabulary, and spelling, with contemporary topics of interest and participatory exercises that require readers to get fully involved by creating, changing, rewriting, or correcting. Usingan integrated “whole language” approach and continual reinforcement of skills,this book caters to users¿ intelligence and interests.KEY TOPICSIt features instructional material on all nine modes of discourse—description, narration, exemplification, process, comparison and contrast, definition, cause and effect, classification, and argumentation.For the development of writing skills and the creation of effective writing.