Author Description

Geared toward improving basic writers' competence and confidence, Progressions helps readers learn the characteristics of effective sentences, paragraphs, and essays; procedures for producing this writing; and applications of this learning beyond the writing classroom. Acting as a rhetoric, reader, and handbook for basic writers, this book provides abundant support for the reader by showing specifically what to do in every step of the writing process. Numerous exercises and activities (including collaborative activities), writing assignments, and suggested editing and revising strategies appear throughout the book. The paragraph is treated as a unit of composition, offering a manageable structure for readers to hone their developing skills. Progressions also offers instruction in reading and writing in response to reading. For those seeking a developmental writing book at the paragraph-to-essay level.