Sentences, paragraphs, and beyond : [electronic resource] with culturally diverse readings / Lee Brandon, Kelly Brandon.

Rev. ed. of: Sentences and paragraphs. 1993.

Includes index.

Writing sentences: Parts of speech; Verbs and subjects; Sentence problems; Types of sentences; Sentence combining; Balance in sentence writing; Verbs; Pronouns; Modifiers; Punctuation and capitalization -- Writing paragraphs and beyond: Filling the blank sheet, prewriting, stage one; Paragraphs, prewriting, stage two; Writing, revising, and editing; Writing the short essay -- Reading connection: Writing about reading selections; Growing pains and pleasures (narration); Prized and despised possessions (description); Heroes, who are they? (exemplification and functional analysis); Joy and grief of work (process analysis); Girls and guys in gangs (cause-and-effect analysis); Cross-cultural encounters (comparison and contrast); Walking in different shoes (persuasion) -- Mixed bag -- Appendixes: Spelling; Vocabulary building; Taking tests; Making application; Critical thinking; Brief guide for ESL students; DCODE writing process.

[This book first] covers parts of speech, parts of sentence structure, phrases and clauses, sentence problems, sentence combining, parallel structure, pronoun usage, modifiers, punctuation. [It then] covers freewriting, listing, clustering, topic sentence writing, outlining, revision, [and] editing. [The book at last] provides suggestions for critical reading, summary writing, reaction writing (simple, critical evaluation, parallel experience), forms of discourse dually grouped with thematic arrangements of paragraphs and essays by students, and essays by professional writers. -Pref.