This highly regarded text helps developmental writing students strengthen their writing skills and understand
some of the stylistic choices available to them in written English. Simply put, sentence combining involves putting
short, choppy sentences together to make more interesting, readable ones. In the process, students learn the importance
of sentence variety in improving syntax. Students are able to explore a variety of ways to say something in writing
and learn that there is not a single "right" way to express their point. SENTENCE COMBINING features
an accessible and humorous writing style, along with innovative and thoroughly tested exercises which not only
allow students to flex their creative muscles, but also offer them insights into current topics and issues. New
to this edition are two end-of-text appendices on sentence combining, the writing process and sentence and paragraph
strategies.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
1. Warm-Up Combining
2. Intermediate Combining; Training Your Automatic Pilot; A Pilot for Writing
3. Advanced Combining; A Package for Sentence; Developing Paragraph Skills
4. Unclustered Combining; A Process of Tinkering; A Personal Writing Style.
5. Recombining Practice; A Writing Apprenticeship; Making Comparisons
Appendices
1. Sentence Combining and the Writing Process
2. Sentence and Paragraph Strategies
