Quick, comprehensive writing guidance at a low cost--the At a Glance series can be paired with any developmental
title or used independently. This flexible series includes a separate textbook for sentences, paragraphs, essays,
and a reader. Each book features clear, concise instruction reinforced by extensive practice, exercises, and examples.
At a Glance: Readings features thirty paired readings covering different patterns of writing, including definition,
compare and contrast, and cause an effect. Useful tools include guide questions for discussion and critical thinking,
suggested topics for writing in response to individual reading selections and thematic groups, and a discussion
of the writing process, including a student writing demonstration.
Straightforward advice on writing, with extensive practice and abundant explanations and examples.
A clear, concise discussion of writing strategies includes examples from student writing to illustrate all
stages of the writing process.
Classroom-tested exercises help students with sentence, paragraph and essay organization.
Career-related and reading-related writing assignments capture students' interest, and questions on the readings
stimulate discussion, writing, and critical thinking.
A self-evaluation chart helps students measure their own writing progress and identify their difficulties.
A writer's checklist at the end of every chapter outlines the stages of the writing process.
Table of Contents
1. Writing Paragraphs and Essays
The Writing Process: Prewriting
The Writing Process: Writing, Revising, and Editing
The Paragraph and Its Parts
The Essay and Its Parts
Reading-Related Writing
Informal Documentation
Formal Documentation
Demonstration: Student Essay, "My-graines," Vincent Sheahan
2. Combined and Specific Patterns of Writing
Combined Patterns of Writing
Specific Patterns of Writing
3. Chapters from the Book of Love
"How Do I Love Thee?" Robert J. Trotter
"Romantic Love, Courtship, and Marriage," Ian Robertson
"Why Marriages Fail," Anne Roiphe
"The Story of an Hour," Kate Chopin
"The Ballad of Anna Banana," John Cordell
Reading-Related Writing
4. Your Cheatin' Heart
"The Roots of Temptation," Benedict Carey
"The Girls in Their Summer Dresses," Irvin Shaw
"Frankie and Johnny," Anonymous
Reading-Related Writing
"Let Granny Drive If She Can," Suzanne Fields
"A Modest Proposal: Guys Shouldn't Drive Till 25," Joyce Gallagher
Reading-Related Writing
6. Neat-Freaks and Foes
"Neat People vs. Sloppy People," Suzanne Britt
"The Messy Are in Denial," Joyce Gallagher
Reading-Related Writing
7. Writing on the Wall
"Graffiti: Taking a Closer Look," Christopher Grant
"Creepin' While You're Sleepin,'" Stephen Lemons
Reading-Related Writing
8. Workplaces from Hell
"How to Deal with a Difficult Boss," Donna Brown Hogarty
"Coworkers from Hell and How to Cope," Erica Monfred
Reading-Related Writing
9. Guns to Go
"Letting Teachers Pack Guns Will Make America's Schools Safer," John R. Lott, Jr.
"Get a Knife, Get a Dog, But Get Rid of Guns," Molly Ivins
Reading-Related Writing
10. Rocking Chair Rhapsodies and Blues
"Ultimate Recycling: Adopt an Elder," Heather Cash
"Tamales, a Family Production," Lvette Lohayza
"Though Blindness Came to Grandpa, He Could See," John Cordell
Reading-Related Writing
11. Changing (Gender) Places
"Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus," John Gray
"The Opposite Sex," Steven Doloff
Reading-Related Writing
12. Fast Food Workers--Robots or Thinkers?
"Behind the Counter," Eric Schlosser
"Low Wages, High Skills," Katherine S. Newman
Reading-Related Writing
13. Bullies 'R' Us?
"Bully, Bully," John Leo
"No Tears for Frankie," Gina Greenlee
"Walk in My Full-Figure Shoes," Karen Peterson
"Someone Is Listening," Michael Holguin
Reading-Related Writing
Appendix: Handbook
Subjects and Verbs
Kinds of Sentences
Sentence Problems
Sentence Combining
Variety in Sentences: Types, Order, Length, Beginnings
Parallel Structure
Omissions: When Parts Are Missing
Verbs
Pronouns
Adjectives and Adverbs
Avoiding Wordy Phrases
Punctuation
Capitalization
