Techniques for Writing: Return to Your Writing

Authors of Paragraphs in "Fun with Grammar"

A. Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Childhood Among Ghosts. New York: Random House, 1997, pp 199-200.

B. Robertson Davies, Fifth Business. New York: Penguin Books, 1980, p 76.

C. Alice Walker, The Color Purple. New York: Washington Square Press, 1983, p 249.

D. Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. San Francisco: Spinsters/Aunt Lute, p. 53.

E. Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice. New York, Dell, 1968, p 49.

/* */ CONTENTS MAIN PAGE 16.1 Your Writing 16.2 Limiting a Topic 16.3 Writing Topic Sentences for Paragraphs 16.4 Giving Examples and Explanations 16.5 Using Specific Language 16.6 Making Paragraph Breaks 16.7 Using Transitional Expressions 16.8 Writing Thesis Statements for Essays 16.9 Writing Conclusions for Paragraphs and Essays 16.10 Giving and Receiving Peer Responses 16.11 Fun With Grammar: Discovering Standards 16.12 Return to Your Writing