Table Of Content
PART 1: A HANDBOOK FOR READING AND WRITING IN COLLEGE The Reading Process The Writing Process Vocabulary for Readers and Writers Main Ideas and Topic Sentences Supporting Details, Transitions, and Implied Main Ideas Revising and Proofreading Paragraphs Reading and Writing Organizational Patterns Writing Essays and Documented Papers Critical Thinking: Reading and Writing Analyzing Issues and Arguments PART 2: READING AND WRITING ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ISSUES Defining Ourselves: Our Multiple Identities Our Environment: Problems and Solutions Relationships: Our Friends, Families, and Communities Medical Ethics: Where Do We Draw the Line? Personal Safety and Security Conformity and Nonconformity: Following and Breaking the Rules Personal Freedoms and Limitations: Lifestyle Choices PART 3: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CASEBOOK ON GLOBALIZATION Examining One Issue in Depth Reading 1: Geography, "The Impact of Globalization" Reading 2: Biology, "World Overpopulation and Resource Management" Reading 3: Business and Marketing, "Marketing on the Global Stage" Reading 4: Cultural Anthropology, "Globalization and Health" Reading 5: Communication, "Globalization and Intercultural Communication" Reading 6: Economics, "The Global Economy" Synthesis and Integration Questions and Activities Writing About the Readings PART 4: GRAMMAR AND CORRECTNESS SKILL REFRESHERS Skill Refresher 1: Sentence Fragments Skill Refresher 2: Run-On Sentences Skill Refresher 3: Subject-Verb Agreement Skill Refresher 4: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Skill Refresher 5: Pronoun Reference Skill Refresher 6: Dangling Modifiers Skill Refresher 7: Misplaced Modifiers Skill Refresher 8 Parallelism Skill Refresher 9: Comma Usage Skill Refresher 10: Colons and Semicolons
Synopsis
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