Evergreen: A Guide to Writing with Readings (w/ MLA9E Updates) [Paperback]

EVERGREEN, which has brought success to thousands of students across the country, takes you through the writing process step by step. The book provides you with clear instructions, numerous models of student writing, helpful diagrams and visuals, and plenty of practice exercises. This edition includes a new focus on improving your papers through writing better thesis statements. Photographs accompany and enhance the readings and encourage thoughtful consideration of advertisements, websites, and illustrations. Twenty readings at the end of the book, by authors who represent many different backgrounds and ethnic groups, discuss topics as diverse as multitasking, creating apps, preparing for the zombie apocalypse, and more. [EVERGREEN] lays out the writing process in easy chunks of learning for the students. [EVERGREEN] lays out the writing process in easy chunks of learning for the students. [EVERGREEN] lays out the writing process in easy chunks of learning for the students. Unit I: GETTING STARTED. 1. Exploring the Writing Process. The Writing Process. Subject, Audience, and Purpose. 2. Prewriting to Generate Ideas. Freewriting. Brainstorming. Clustering. Asking Questions. Keeping a Journal. Unit I Writers' Workshop: Using One or Two of Your Five Senses, Describe a Place. Unit II: DISCOVERING THE PARAGRAPH. 3. The Process of Writing Paragraphs. Defining and Looking at the Paragraph. Narrowing the Topic and Writing the Topic Sentence. Generating Ideas for the Body. Selecting and Dropping Ideas. Arranging Ideas in a Plan or an Outline. Writing and Revising the Paragraph. 4. Achieving Coherence. Coherence Through Order. Coherence Through Related Sentences. Unit II Writers' Workshop: Discuss the Pressures of Living in Two Worlds. Unit III: DEVELOPING THE PARAGRAPHS. 5. Illustration. Critical Thinking and Writing. Checklist: The Process of Writing an Illustration Paragraph. Suggested Topic Sentences for Illustration Paragraphs. 6. Narration. Critical Thinking and Writls)