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Fusion: Integrated Reading and Writing, Book 1, 4th Edition

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Fusion: Integrated Reading and Writing, Book 1 4th Edition
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"Fusion: Integrated Reading and Writing, Book 1" is a developmental English book for reading and writing at the sentence to paragraph level. It provides a holistically integrated reading and writing approach, making it easy for instructors to teach the basics of reading and writing in one blended course -- showing students how the reading and writing processes are reciprocal and reinforcing. The text highlights critical reading strategies side-by-side with the shared traits of writing and guides students in analyzing reading to generate writing. The book teaches the types of writing that students will encounter in their future courses. Grammar instruction includes integrated, practical exercises that use high-interest professional and student models.

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Part I: READING AND WRITING FOR SUCCESS.
1. The Reading-Writing Connection.
2. Understanding the Reading and Writing Processes.
3. Using Reading and Writing Strategies.
4. Improving Vocabulary.
5. Critical Thinking and Viewing.
6. Artificial Intelligence and Writing.
Part II: READING AND WRITING PARAGRAPHS.
7. Ideas.
8. Organization.
9. Voice.
10. Reading and Writing Essays.
Part III: TYPES OF READING AND WRITING.
11. Reading and Writing Narratives Texts.
12. Reading and Writing Expository Texts.
13. Reading and Writing Arguments.
Part IV: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH.
14. Conducting Research.
Part V: SENTENCE WORKSHOPS.
15. Sentence Basics.
16. Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences.
17. Agreement.
18. Sentence Problems.
Part VI: WORD WORKSHOPS.
19. Nouns.
20. Pronouns.
21. Verbs.
22. Adjectives and Adverbs.
23. Conjunctions and Prepositions.
Part VII: PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS WORKSHOPS.
24. Capitalization.
25. Comma.
26. Quotation Marks and Italics.
27. Other Punctuation.
Part VIII: READINGS FOR WRITING.
28. Anthology.
Appendix.
Index.

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  • ISBN-10: 8214156467
  • ISBN-13: 9798214156460
  • RETAIL $199.95
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