Refining composition skills : rhetoric and grammar /
Regina L Smalley
- 5a. ed.
- Boston Cengage 2001
- 430 p.
THE PARAGRAPH. THE WRITING PROCESS. Getting started; the process of writing; prewriting.INTRODUCTION TO THE PARAGRAPH. What is a paragraph?;the topic of a paragraph; the topic sentence. THE NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH. Writing; composition skills; grammar review. THE DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH. reading: important people, important places; writing; composition skills. THE ESPOXITORY PARAGRAPH. Readings: arts and entertainment; writing. THE ESSAY. Introduction to the essay; the example essay; the comparison and contrast essay.