Smalley, Regina L.  <br/><br/>
Refining Composition Skills :  Academic Writing and Grammar / 
Regina L. Smalley. 
 - 6th ed.  
 - Boston, MA:   Heinle Cengage Learning,   2012. 
 - 406 p. :   ill. ;   28 cm.  
<br/><br/> Includes glossary, index and appendices.  
<br/><br/>"The new edition of this best-selling series combines comprehensive development and practice in the rhetorical modes while integrating instruction in reading, critical thinking, vocabulary, and grammar. <br/>Refining Composition Skills develops the essay-writing skills needed for success at the college level by thoroughly reviewing and presenting the following rhetorical modes: comparison and contrast, example, classification, process analysis, cause and effect, and argument. <br/>New and Updated in this edition: <br/>"Building Vocabulary" sections provide presentation and practice of vocabulary skills, including: recognizing word forms and collocations, using synonyms and antonyms, and understanding suffixes. Excerpts from the Collins COBUILD Dictionaries enrich vocabulary development. <br/>Editing practice in every chapter focuses students on common writing mistakes and helps develop accuracy. <br/>New and updated readings act as springboards and models for student writing.<br/>Updated grammar instruction and practice students with the tools needed to achieve their writing goals. <br/>A more visual, full-color presentation offers a contemporary and streamlined approach, making it easy to navigate and learn. <br/>Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView allows teachers to create tests and quizzes easily" (Publisher`s website). TABLE OF CONTENTS  UNT ONE: THE PARAGRAPH<br/>  Chapter 1: The Writing Process<br/>  Getting Started<br/><br/>  Responding to an Image<br/><br/>  Journal Writing<br/>  The Process of Writing<br/><br/><br/>  Prewriting: Generating Ideas<br/><br/>  Brainstorming<br/>  Freewriting<br/><br/>  Asking Wh- Questions<br/><br/>  Clustering<br/>  Connect to the Internet<br/><br/>  Planning<br/><br/>  Drafting<br/><br/>  Revision<br/><br/>  Revising<br/><br/>  Editing<br/> 
<br/><br/> "The new edition of this best-selling series combines comprehensive development and practice in the rhetorical modes while integrating instruction in reading, critical thinking, vocabulary, and grammar. <br/>Refining Composition Skills develops the essay-writing skills needed for success at the college level by thoroughly reviewing and presenting the following rhetorical modes: comparison and contrast, example, classification, process analysis, cause and effect, and argument. <br/>New and Updated in this edition: <br/>"Building Vocabulary" sections provide presentation and practice of vocabulary skills, including: recognizing word forms and collocations, using synonyms and antonyms, and understanding suffixes. Excerpts from the Collins COBUILD Dictionaries enrich vocabulary development. <br/>Editing practice in every chapter focuses students on common writing mistakes and helps develop accuracy. <br/>New and updated readings act as springboards and models for student writing.<br/>Updated grammar instruction and practice students with the tools needed to achieve their writing goals. <br/>A more visual, full-color presentation offers a contemporary and streamlined approach, making it easy to navigate and learn. <br/>Assessment CD-ROM with ExamView allows teachers to create tests and quizzes easily" (Publisher`s website).  Unit One: The Paragraph<br/>Chapter 1: The Writing Process<br/>Getting Started<br/>Responding to an Image<br/>Journal Writing<br/>The Process of Writing<br/>Prewriting: Generating Ideas<br/>Brainstorming<br/>Freewriting<br/>Asking Wh- Questions<br/>Clustering<br/>Connect to the Internet<br/>Planning<br/>Drafting<br/>Revision<br/>Revising<br/>Editing<br/>Chapter 2: Introduction to the Paragraph<br/>Getting Started<br/>Responding to an Image<br/>Journal Writing<br/>Writing: Introduction to the Paragraph<br/>The Paragraph<br/>Narrowing the Topic<br/>Connect to the Internet<br/>The Topic Sentence<br/>Focusing the Topic Sentence<br/>Placing the Topic Sentence<br/>Formulating the Topic Sentence<br/>Support<br/>Outlining<br/>Unity<br/>Coherence<br/>Composition Skills<br/>Sentence Parts<br/>Clauses<br/>Phrases<br/>Fragments<br/>Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices<br/>Final Writing Assignment<br/>Assignments from the Disciplines<br/>Chapter 3: The Narrative Paragraph; Personal Reflections<br/>Getting Started<br/>Responding to an Image<br/>Journal Writing<br/>Reading and Vocabulary<br/>Readings: Personal Reflections<br/>Reading 1: From "My American Journey" by Colin Powell<br/>Reading 2: "The Best Part" by Mary Kay Mackin<br/>Reading 3: "The Struggle to be an All-American Girl" by Elizabeth Wong<br/>Building Vocabulary: Guessing Meaning from Context<br/>Writing: Narration<br/>Present Narration<br/>Past Narration<br/>Connect to the Internet<br/>Composition to the Internet<br/>Adverbal Expressions of Time and Sequence<br/>Refining Grammar Skills: Adverbials of Time and Sequence, Prepositions in Time Expressions, Adverb Clauses of Timme, The Simple Past, the Past Progressive, and the Past Perfect<br/>Editing<br/>Final Writing Assignement<br/>Assignement from the Disciplines<br/>Chapter 4: "The Descriptive Paragraph: Important People, Important Places"<br/>Getting Started<br/>Responding to an Image<br/>Journal Writing<br/>Reading and Vocabualry<br/>Readings: Important People, Important Places<br/>Reading 1: "Uncle Kwok" by Jade Snow Wong<br/>Reading 2: From "Beyond the Sun" by Tom Huth<br/>Building Vocabulary: Using Similes and Metaphors<br/>Writing: Description<br/>Describing a Place<br/>Connect to the Internet<br/>Describing a Person<br/>Composition Skills<br/>Advebrs of Place<br/>Modifying with Specific Details<br/>Adjective Clauses<br/>Refining Grammar Skills: Order of Adjectives, Participal Adjectives, Prepositional Phrases of Place, The Simple Present Tense vs. The Present Progressive<br/>Chapter 5: "The Expository Paragraph: Media and Entertainment"<br/>Getting Started<br/>Responding to an Image<br/>Journal Writing<br/>Reading and Vocabulary<br/>Readings: Media and Enterainment<br/>Reading 1: "Jackie Chan" by Lee Server<br/>Reading 2: "No Funny Businness<br/>Building Vocabulary: Learning Word Forms<br/>Witing: Exposition<br/>The Topic Sentence in an Expositary Paragraph<br/>Supporting a Gneralization<br/>Specific Details<br/>Examples<br/>Illustrations and Anecdotes<br/>Connect to the Internet<br/>Composition Skills<br/>Organization of Deatils and Examples<br/>Order of Importance: Saving the Best for Last<br/>Order of Familiarity: From the More Familiar to the Less Familiar<br/>Order of Time: From the Past to the Present<br/>Transitional Words and Phrases<br/>Refining Grammar Skills: Definite and Indefinite Articles, The Present Perfect vs. The Simple Past<br/>Editing<br/>Final Writing Assignment<br/>Assignments from the Discplines<br/>Unit Two The Essay<br/>Chapter 6 "Introduction to the Esasy"<br/>Getting Started<br/>Responding to an Image<br/>Journal Writing<br/>Writing: introduction to the Essay<br/>The Thesis Statement<br/>The Introduction<br/>The Funnel Approach<br/>The Developmental Paragraphs<br/>Breaking Down a Topic<br/>Drafting the Body of the Essay<br/>The Conclusion<br/>Composition Skills<br/>Outlining<br/>Connect to the Internet<br/>Final Writing Assignment<br/>Assignments from the Disciplines<br/>Chapter 7 "The Example Essay: The Power of Culture and Language"<br/>Getting Started<br/>Responding to an Image<br/>Journal Writing<br/>Reading and Vocabulary<br/>Readings: The Power of Cultur and Language<br/>Reading 1: "How Unwritten Rules Circumscribe Our Lives" by Bob Greene<br/>Reading 2: "Americanization Is Though on Macho" by Rose Del Castillo Guilbault<br/>Building Vocabulary: Understanding Connotation and Denotation<br/>Connect to the Internet<br/>Writing Exemplification<br/>Number of Examples<br/>Choosing Fair Examples<br/>Making Examples Complete<br/>Composition Skills<br/>Orgazination of Examples<br/>Transitions to Introduce Examples<br/>Repeating Key Words and Phrases<br/>Refining Grammar Skills: Noun Clauses, Gerunds and Infinitives<br/>Editing<br/>Final Writting Assignments<br/>Assignments form the Disciplines<br/>Chapter 8: "The Comparison and Contarst Essay: Styles and Communication"<br/>Getting Started<br/>Responding to an Image<br/>Journal Writing<br/>Reading and Vocabulary<br/>Reading: Styles of Communication<br/>Reading 1: "Conversational Ballgames" by Nancy Masterson Sakamoti<br/>Reading 2: "Home Ground, Schoolyard: A Double Life" by Daria Muse<br/>Building Vocabulary: Learning Synonyms and Antonyms<br/>Writing: Comparison and Contrast<br/>Point of Comparison<br/>Emphasis on Comparison or Contrast<br/>Patterns of Organization<br/>Pattern A (Point-by-Point)<br/>Pattern B (All of One/All of the Other)<br/>Using the Two Patterns of Comparison and Contrast in Essays<br/>Composition Skills<br/>Transitions for Comparison and Contrast<br/>Connect to the Internet<br/>Refining Grammar Skills: Adverb Clauses of Comparison, Contrast, and Concession; Comparative Forms<br/>Editing<br/>Final Writing Assignment<br/>Assigment from the Discplines<br/>Chapter 9: "The Classification Essay: Marketing and Advertising"<br/>Getting Started<br/>Responding to an Image<br/>Journal Writing<br/>Reading and Vocabulary<br/>Readings: Marketing and Advertising<br/>Reading: "The Marketing Mix" by William Pride and O.C. Ferrell<br/>Reading 2: "Motivation" by Charles Lamb Jr., Joseph Hair Jr., and Carl McDaniel<br/>Building Vocabulary: Recognizing Negative Prefixes<br/>Writing: Classifying<br/>Principles of Classification<br/>Making the Classification Complete<br/>Connect to the Internet<br/>Organizing the Classification Essay<br/>Introducing Categories<br/>Composition Skills<br/>Introductory Paragraphs<br/>The Turnabout<br/>Transitions for Classification<br/>Refining Grammar Skills: Adjective Clauses, Correlative Conjunctions<br/>Editing<br/>Final Writing Assignment<br/>Assigment from the Discplines<br/>Chapter 10: "The Process Analysis Essay: Success!"<br/>Getting Started<br/>Responding to an Image<br/>Journal Writing<br/>Reading and Vocabulary<br/>Readings: Success!<br/>Reading 1: "Ways ro Change a Habit " by Dave Ellis<br/>Reading 2: "The Environmental Transformation of Chattanooga, Tennessee" by G. Tyler Miller and Scott E. Spoolman<br/>Building Vocabulary: Differentiating Multiple Meanings of a Word<br/>Writing: Process Analysis<br/>Planning the Process Analysis Essay<br/>Connect to the Internet<br/>Organizing the Process Analysis Essay<br/>Composition Skills<br/>Introductory Paragraphs<br/>The Dramatic Entrance<br/>Coherance<br/>Patricipal Phrases and Adverb Clauses<br/>Refining Grammar Skills: Adverb Clauses of Purpose, Adverb Clauses Reduced to Patriciple Phrases, Real Conditionals<br/>Editing<br/>Final Writing Assignment<br/>Assigment from the Discplines<br/>Chapter 11: "The Cause-and-Effect Essay: Academic Achievement"<br/>Getting Started<br/>Responding to an Image<br/>Journal Writing<br/>Reading and Vocabulary<br/>Readings: Academic Achievement<br/>Reading 1: "Surfing`s Up and Grade Are Down" by Rene Sanchez<br/>Readin 2: "The Growth of Early Childhood Education" by Eva L. Essa<br/>Building Vocabulary: Understanding Phrasal Verbs<br/>Writing: Cause and Effect<br/>Multiple Causes with a singlet Effect<br/>Organizing the Casual Analysis Essay<br/>The Thesis Statement for the Causal Analysis Essay<br/>The Causal Chain<br/>Introductory Paragraph: The Revelant Quotation<br/>Composition Skills<br/>Transitions and Expressions for Cause and Effect<br/>Refining Grammar Skills: Articles with Quantifiers, Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns, Adverb Clauses of Cause and Result, Unreal Conditions<br/>Editing<br/>Final Writing Assignment<br/>Assigment from the Discplines<br/>Chapter 12: "The Argumentative Essay: Educational Excellence"<br/>Getting Started<br/>Responding to an Image<br/>Journal Writing<br/>Reading and Vocabulary<br/>Reading: Educational Excellence<br/>Reading 1: "The Excellent Inevitability of Online Courses" by Margaret Brooks<br/>Reading 2: "Let`s Put the Excellence Back in the A" by Elliott Miles<br/>Writing Argumentation<br/>The Argumentative Thesis: Taking a Stand<br/>The Opposition: Knowing What You Are Up Against<br/>Supporting Your Points and Explaining Reasons<br/>Refuting and Conceding the Opposition<br/>Organizing the Argumentative Essay<br/>Composition Skills<br/>The Introductory Paragraph<br/>The Concluding Paragraph<br/>Coherance Review<br/>Refining Grammar Skills: Noun Clauses in Inderect Speech, Passive Voice<br/>Editing<br/>Final Writing Assignment<br/>Assigment from the Discplines 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781111221195 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Academic writing<br/>Writing skills--Studying and teaching<br/>Writing--Grammar <br/>Rhetoric--Problems and exercises.