Writing Processes and Structures: The College Essay
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 272
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Writing Processes and Structures: The College Essay is divided into seven Units, an Appendix, and an Answer Key. The Units represent rhetorical modes, or essay types: introduction to the five-paragraph essay, description, narration, process, comparison and contrast, and persuasion; the Appendix provides a summary of paragraph types, with the key words, the principal verb tenses, the structure, and the outline of each. There is an overview of the 10 types of journals, with additional journal entry suggestions. The Answer Key supplies responses to the grammar, reading comprehension, and discussion questions, as well as answers to the Unit Summary Sections.
UNIT 1 THE BASICS
I. Parts of Speech
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Nouns
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Pronouns
Articles
II. Sentence Types and Punctuation
Sentence Patterns
Punctuation of Clauses and Identification of Sentence Pattern
III. Glossary of Terms
1. The Paragraph
2. The Essay
3. The Topic
4. The Journal
IV. Journal Type 1: The Personal Journal
V. The Peer Evaluation Form
UNIT 2 THE COLLEGE ESSAY
I. The College Essay
Structure of the Essay
II. FOCUS, UNITY, SUPPORT, AND COHERENCE IN THE ESSAY
Process for Writing an Essay
III. Vocabulary Acquisition: Using the Dictionary
IV. Grammatical Structures: Adjective Clauses and Phrases
Forms of Adjective Clauses
Reducing an Adjective Clause to an Adjective Phrase
Punctuating Adjective Clauses
Identifying Adjective Clauses and Phrases
V. Writing Skills: Symbolism and Figurative Language
VI. Journal Type 1: The Essay as Journal Entry
VII. Journal Type 2: The Self-Improvement Journal
Create a Personal Self-Improvement Plan
VIII. Graded Writing Assignment: Who Am I Really?
IX. Unit 2 Summary
X. Reflections on Your Progress
XI. Unit 2 Assignment Checklist
XII. Unit 2 Journal Summary
UNIT 3 DESCRIPTION ESSAYS
Description Essays
Prewriting Assignment
I. DESCRIPTION: AN INDUCTIVE APPROACH
II. VOCABULARY ACQUISITION: ADJECTIVES
Connotation
Literal and Figurative Meaning
III. Grammatical Structures: Subject–Verb Agreement
IV. WRITING SKILLS: THE THESIS STATEMENT
Types of Thesis Statements: Testing the Water or Jumping Right in
Two Types of Thesis Statements
V. Journal Type 3: Creative Listings
VI. Paraphrasing a Passage
VII. Graded Writing Assignment: Describe a Painting or Work of Art
Vocabulary
VIII. Unit 3 Summary
IX. Reflections on Your Progress
X. Unit 3 Assignment Checklist
XI. Unit 3 Journal Summary
UNIT 4 NARRATION ESSAYS
I. Introduction to Narration Essays
II. Vocabulary Acquisition: Verbs
III. Grammatical Structures: Independent Clauses
IV. Writing Skills: Outlining
V. Journal Type 4: The Dream Journal
VI. Graded Writing Assignment: A Night in Chicago
A Night in Chicago
VII. Unit 4 Summary
VIII. Reflections on Your Progress
IX. Unit 4 Assignment Checklist
X. Unit 4 Journal Summary
UNIT 5 PROCESS ESSAYS
I. Introduction to Process Essays
Structure of the Process Essay
II. VOCABULARY ACQUISITION: ADVERBS
III. Grammatical Structures: Modals
IV. Writing Skills: Proofreading
V. Journal Type 5: The Double-Entry Journal
Vocabulary
Outline of Points to Learn
Vocabulary for Finding an Apartment
VI. Graded Writing Assignment: Write a Process Essay on Observation and Deduction
VII. Unit 5 Summary
VIII. Reflections on Your Progress
IX. Part 5 Assignment Checklist
X. Unit 5 Journal Summary
UNIT 6 COMPARISON AND CONTRAST ESSAYS
I. Introduction to Comparison and Contrast Essays
The Comparison Essay
A. Brainstorming and the Process for Organizing and Writing Contrast Essays
B. Structure 1: Direct Comparison
C. Structure Ii: Separated Structure
II. Vocabulary Acquisition: Nouns
III. Grammatical Structures: Connectors or Discourse Markers
IV. Writing Skills: Enhancing Creativity
V. Journal Type 6: The Four-Entry Journal
Vocabulary
VI. Graded Writing Assignment: Compare and Contrast Two Languages
VII. Unit 6 Summary
VIII. Reflections on Your Progress
IX. Unit 6 Assignment Checklist
X. Unit 6 Journal Summary
UNIT 7 PERSUASION ESSAYS
I. Introduction to Persuasion Essays
Structure of the Persuasion Essay
II. Vocabulary Acquisition: Word Clusters
III. Grammatical Structures: Punctuation
IV. Writing Skills: Writing Evaluation
V. Journal Type 7: The Memorandum Journal
VI. Graded Writing Assignment: Write a Persuasion Essay on a Social Issue
VII. Unit 7 Summary
VIII. Reflections on Your Progress
IX. Unit 7 Assignment Checklist
X. Unit 7 Journal Summary
ESSAY Type Summary Charts
Brian Altano is the author of 14 textbooks, including Writing Processes and Structures and Reading Processes and Structures, published by the University of Michigan Press, and Creative Grammar, a three-level grammar series published by Spotlight Learning. His most recent books are Public and Private Writing by Kendall Hunt and the Emerging Communicators for ESL published by Allwrite Editions. Prof. Altano has taught ESL, literature, and writing at Bergen Community College in Paramus, New Jersey for more than 25 years. Prof. Altano has twice been a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University, and has also held Visiting Professorships at Ramapo, Kean, Union, Middlesex, Rutgers, and N.J.I.T. He was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in Florence, Italy and an Oldrini Foundation Fellowship in Rome, Italy. He has lectured extensively on language learning and translation at national conferences throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. A professional translator and interpreter specializing in Italian, Spanish, French and and Latin, Prof. Altano has translated Notas Fuera Del Tiempo by Victor Arango (Spanish), the short fiction of Carlo Emilio Gadda (Italian), Alberto Moravia (Italian), and Guy de Maupassant (French), as well as computer and technical manuals and the legal documentation for the Parmalat Trial in Italy for the European Union.
Prof. Altano is also a professional storyteller, who has told his original stories in performances throughout the United States (New York, Miami, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, Austin), and in Austria, Venezuela, Italy, France, Canada, and Morocco. Much of his short fiction has also been published. Prof. Altano has also written and lectured extensively on educational issues. “Language Minority Crossover Students in the ESL Classroom” was a concept that Altano originated. It was later renamed “Generation 1.5.” Articles on this issue appeared in the Princeton University Fellows Report and in Innovations Abstracts (NISOD Publications). To address problems with remedial education, Prof. Altano also researched and wrote Grammar Without the Teacher, an innovative approach using a flipped classroom and technology to streamline remediation. Prof. Altano delivered lectures on the topic at the National TESOL Convention in New York, the New Jersey TESOL Convention in New Brunswick, NJ, and published articles in the Princeton University Fellows Report and in Innovations Abstracts (NISOD Publications). The online text of Grammar Without the Teacher is Prof. Altano’s second collaboration with Kendall Hunt Publishers.