The Longman ReaderWidely praised for its superior teaching apparatus and thought-provoking readings, The Longman Reader (formerly titled The Macmillian Reader) remains the most successful rhetorically organized freshman composition reader. The Seventh Edition offers fresh examples of professional essays that range widely in subject matter and approach, from the humorous to the informative, from personal meditation to argument. Each selection captures students interest and clearly illustrates a specific pattern of development. The text also includes separate chapters on reading and writing, detailed introductions to the patterns of development, "before and after" student essays for each pattern, and more activities and assignments than any comparable reader. |
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... topic sentence that functions as a kind of mini - thesis for the para- graph . Generally one or two sentences in length , the topic sentence usually appears at or near the beginning of the paragraph . However , it may also appear at the ...
... Topic sentence 1 Specific details Supporting Paragraphs Topic sentence 2 Specific details Topic sentence 3 Specific details Concluding Paragraph ( s ) Closing comments reports . Once you feel comfortable with the structure , The Writing ...
... topic sentence ; the paragraph's descriptive details then develop that topic sentence . The con- 4. Use vivid sensory language and varied sentence structure . notative language typical of subjective description should be richly evoca ...
Contents
THE READING PROCESS | 1 |
FAMILY AND CHILDREN | 6 |
THE WRITING PROCESS | 12 |
Copyright | |
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