Discovery from sentence to paragraph

Synopsis

Discoveryfocuses on helping students build sentence and paragraph writing skills through self and academic discovery, using a full-color design to pique student interest. With its encouraging tone, careful explanations, and abundance of precisely sequenced and incrementally challenging exercise sets, Discovery enables students to view writing as a means of discovering more about themselves and their surroundings. The book starts with an overview of the writing process, and special attention is given to prewriting and the development of topic and supporting sentences. Parts II through V provide lucid and well-illustrated explanations of basic sentence elements, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Part VI is a section of student and professional reading selections. This part includes an introduction to critical reading and comprehension and contains numerous writing exercises. An end-of-book appendix provides practical advice for ESL students who are learning English grammar and writing. Grammar, mechanics, and punctuation chapters conclude with chapter quick-checks that call upon students to use all the grammar and sentence skills learned in the chapter.