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Odyssey: Paragraph to Essay (with MyWritingLab), 5/E
William J. Kelly, Bristol Community College
Deborah L. Lawton, Bristol Community College

ISBN-10: 0205606725
ISBN-13: 9780205606726

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2008
Format: Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 672 pp
Published: 12/30/2007

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Odyssey focuses on helping students build paragraph and essay writing skills while treating the writing process as a voyage of self-discovery, confidence building, and competence building.

 

As with most traditional paragraph to essay writing books, Odyssey begins with a thorough overview of the writing process, introduces the various patterns of development, then demonstrates each pattern of development with various essay samples. Parts I – VI include a three-prompt portfolio feature while parts IV – VI focus on improving grammar and paragraph development. The book concludes with an anthology of readings that take students on a “reading odyssey,” where selections cross genres and professions.


  • The conversational, not intimidating tone engages students by making them feel relaxed with the instruction.
  • Two exercise levels, "Comprehension and Practice” that focus on fundamental concepts and then move into invention and the writing of short pieces and “Challenge” exercises that call for critical thinking, drafting, and revision, enable students to work at level and advance.
  • “Q & A” sections at the start and end of each chapter provide answers to students’ most frequently asked questions about writing and the writing process and aim to make students more comfortable with each chapter as it emphasizes learning as a process of inquiry.
  • “Recaps” provide graphic summaries of key terms and concepts.
  • “ESL Notes” cross-references to and reinforces concepts covered in Appendix A: Tips for ESL writers.
  • “Discovering Connections” provides thought-provoking four-color photos to offer critical writing prompts focused on travel and culture.
  • Simple diagrams and full color charts cater to visual learning and facilitate comprehension of key concepts such as patterns of development, parts of speech, and sentence elements.
  • “Quick Study” sections provide sample student paragraphs that illustrate correct and effective application of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. These engaging and realistic writing samples offer practical models and also generate class discussion topics.
  • “Fast Facts” inspire student writing with informational bits related to language, literature, or creativity while supplementing chapter content.

  • Exercises and writing prompts have been revised and/or added throughout the new edition.
  • Portfolio Features at the end of each part consist of three separate writing prompts for an existing piece of writing, a timed writing task, and a reading-based reflection piece.
  • “Essays, Timed Writing, and Summaries” places a stronger, more apparent emphasis on the timed writing and summary chapter and is complemented by the new Portfolio Features.
  • “ESL Notes” to instructors in the AIE gives tips and highlights relevant content in the ESL Appendix.
  • MyWritingLab access instructions and cross-references throughout the book enable students to effortlessly combine the wealth of instruction in Odyssey with the wealth of practice in MyWritingLab.

 

 

Preface   

 

About the Authors   

 

 

Part 1

 

Starting Out   

 

 

Chapter 1   Ensuring Success in Writing   

 

Overview: Understanding the Importance of Good Writing Skills   

 

Recognizing the Stages of the Writing Process   

 

Understanding the Dynamics of Writing   

 

Focusing on the Reader   

 

Examining the Purpose behind Your Writing   

 

Understanding the Important Relationship between Writing and Reading   

 

    RECAP Ensuring Success in Writing   

 

 

Chapter 2   Generating Ideas through Prewriting   

 

Overview: Seeing Prewriting as a Way to Explore Ideas   

 

Understanding Prewriting   

 

Freewriting   

 

Brainstorming   

 

Clustering   

 

Branching   

 

Idea Mapping   

 

Maintaining a Journal   

 

    RECAP Generating Ideas through Prewriting   

 

 

Chapter 3   Composing: Creating a Draft   

 

Overview: Understanding Composing   

 

Recognizing the Structure of a Paragraph   

 

Identifying an Effective Topic   

 

Writing a Clear, Specific Topic Sentence   

 

Providing the Best Support for the Topic Sentence   

 

Deciding on the Most Effective Arrangement   

 

Making Your Material Reader Centered   

 

Using a Reader Evaluation Checklist   

 

Developing a Complete Draft   

 

    RECAP Composing: Creating a Draft   

 

 

Chapter 4   Refining and Polishing Your Draft   

 

Overview: Understanding the Revising Stage   

 

Reassessing: Reseeing Your Work   

 

Maintaining Unity  

 

Providing Coherence  

 

Transition   • Organizing Sentences Effectively 

 

Choosing Effective Language  

 

Keeping Your Writing Specific   • Keeping Your Writing Concise 

 

Getting Feedback from an Objective Reader  

 

Redrafting   

 

Acknowledging Your Sources   

 

 MLA Format 

 

 APA Format 

 

Editing   

 

Developing a Personal Proofreading System  

 

Using Computer Tools to Your Advantage  

 

Examining a Revised Draft   

 

RECAP Refining and Polishing Your Draft   

 

portfolio 1 

 

 

Part 2

 

Using the Patterns of Paragraph Development   

 

Chapter 5   Narration   

 

Overview: Understanding the Modes, Purposes, and Importance of Telling Your Story   

 

Writing a Clear Topic Sentence That Establishes a Context   

 

Relying on Chronological Order   

 

Choosing the Most Effective Point of View   

 

 Providing a Thorough Presentation   

 

Providing Transition for Narrative Paragraphs  

 

    RECAP Narration   

 

 

Chapter 6   Description    

 

Overview: Creating a Picture in Words   

 

Previewing the Focus of Description through the Topic Sentence   

 

Using Sensory Details   

 

Relying on Objective and Subjective Description   

 

Using Spatial Order   

 

Providing Transition for Description Paragraphs  

 

    RECAP Description   

 

       

Chapter 7   Example   

 

Overview: Illustrating Your Point   

 

Providing a Topic Sentence That States the Point You Will Illustrate   

 

Providing Specific Examples   

 

Ensuring That Your Examples Are Relevant   

 

Providing an Effective Presentation   

 

Providing Transition for Example Paragraphs  

 

    RECAP Example   

 

 

Chapter 8   Process   

 

Overview: Explaining How It Happens or How to Do It   

 

Including a Topic Sentence That Clearly States the Process   

 

Using the Imperative Mood: You   

 

Dividing the Process into Simple, Logical Steps   

 

Relying on Linear Order   

 

Providing Transition for Process Paragraphs  

 

    RECAP Process   

 

 

Chapter 9   Definition   

 

Overview: Making Meaning Crystal Clear   

 

Providing a Topic Sentence That Highlights the Term to Be Defined   

 

Understanding the Pattern of an Effective Definition   

 

Recognizing the Full Effect of the Term Defined   

 

Enhancing Definition through Synonyms, Negation, and Etymology   

 

Providing Transition for Definition Paragraphs  

 

    RECAP Definition   

 

 

Chapter 10   Comparison and Contrast   

 

Overview: Expressing Similarities and Differences   

 

Providing a Topic Sentence That Specifies Both Subjects and Indicates the Focus   

 

Establishing Your Basis for Comparison   

 

Providing a Thorough and Specific Presentation   

 

Arranging Your Ideas Effectively   

 

Providing Transition for Comparison and Contrast Paragraphs  

 

    RECAP Comparison and Contrast   

 

 

Chapter 11   Cause and Effect   

 

Overview: Explaining Reasons and Consequences   

 

Providing a Topic Sentence That Focuses on Cause and Effect   

 

Distinguishing between Direct and Related Causes and Effects   

 

Avoiding Oversimplification of Causes and Effects   

 

Providing an Effective Arrangement   

 

Providing Transition for Cause and Effect Paragraphs  

 

    RECAP Cause and Effect   

 

 

Chapter 12   Division and Classification   

 

Overview: Analyzing the Whole in Terms of the Parts   

 

Specifying Scope and Emphasis through a Topic Sentence   

 

Establishing a Logical Method of Analysis   

 

Maintaining a Consistent Presentation   

 

Using Distinct and Complete Groupings   

 

Providing Transition for Division and Classification Paragraphs  

 

    RECAP Division and Classification   

 

 

Chapter 13   Argument   

 

Overview: Understanding Persuasion   

 

Providing a Topic Sentence That Expresses a Clear Stance on the Issue   

 

Developing Sufficient Support through Sound Reasons   

 

Using a Reasonable, Convincing Tone   

 

Using Sound Logic   

 

Arranging Your Support in Emphatic Order   

 

Providing Transition for Argument Paragraphs  

 

    RECAP Argument   

 

 

Portfolio 2 

 

Part 3

 

Moving On to the Essay   

 

Chapter 14   Developing an Essay    

 

Overview: Understanding the Essay   

 

Understanding the Structure of an Essay   

 

The Introduction  

 

The Body  

 

The Conclusion  

 

Examining an Effective Essay   

 

Examining the Process of Writing an Essay   

 

Prewriting: Generating Ideas and Identifying a Manageable Focus  

 

Developing an Effective Thesis  

 

Composing  

 

Creating an Effective Introduction and Conclusion  

 

Introduction   • Conclusion   • Understanding the Relationship between Topic Sentences and the Thesis   • Developing a Solid First Draft   

 

Revising  

 

Reassessing   • Revising for Unity   • Revising for Coherence   • Revising for Effective Language   • Seeking Help from an Objective Reader   •  Redrafting   •  Editing: Eliminating Errors 

 

Looking Again at the Final Draft   

 

    RECAP Developing an Essay   

 

 

Chapter 15   Examining Types of Essays   

 

Overview: Understanding How to Use the Modes to Develop Essays   

 

The Relationship between Your Purpose and the Modes   

 

Using Narration to Develop an Essay   

 

Examining a Narrative Essay  

 

Using Description to Develop an Essay   

 

Examining a Descriptive Essay  

 

Using Example to Develop an Essay   

 

Examining an Example Essay  

 

Using Process to Develop an Essay   

 

Examining a Process Essay  

 

Using Definition to Develop an Essay   

 

Examining a Definition Essay  

 

Using Comparison and Contrast to Develop an Essay   

 

Examining a Comparison and Contrast Essay  

 

Using Cause and Effect to Develop an Essay   

 

Examining a Cause and Effect Essay  

 

Using Division and Classification to Develop an Essay   

 

Examining a Division and Classification Essay  

 

Writing an Argument Essay   

 

Examining an Argument Essay  

 

    RECAP Examining Types of Essays   

 

 

Chapter 16   Adjusting Your Process: Timed Writing and Summaries   

 

Overview: Understanding How to Deal with the Pressure of Timed Writing   

 

Answering an Essay Question Effectively   

 

Preparation                                                        

 

Active Reading   •  Effective Note-Taking  

 

Anticipation  

 

Rehearsal  

 

Drawing Up a Practice Question   • Developing a Sample Essay Answer 

 

Completing a Writing Assessment Effectively  

 

Understanding the Five-Paragraph Essay  

 

Examining a Sample Writing Assessment  

 

Writing an Effective Summary  

 

Examining the Summarizing Process of Preparing a Summary  

 

Quick Study: Student Example   

 

    RECAP Adjusting Your Process: Timed Writing and Summaries   

 

 

Portfolio 3 

 

Part 4

 

Developing Sentence Sense   

 

 

Chapter 17   The Sentence   

 

Overview: Understanding Sentence Basics   

 

Understanding Verbs   

 

Recognizing Subjects   

 

Quick Study: Student Example   

 

Chapter Quick Check: Sentence Basics   

 

Summary Exercise: Sentence Basics   

 

    RECAP The Sentence

 

 

Chapter 18   Fragments   

 

Overview: Recognizing and Writing Complete Sentences   

 

Correcting Fragments with Missing Subjects or Verbs   

 

Correcting Phrase Fragments   

 

Correcting Subordinate Clause Fragments   

 

Correcting Appositive Fragments   

 

Quick Study: Student Example   

 

Chapter Quick Check: Fragments   

 

Summary Exercise: Fragments   

 

    RECAP Fragments   

 

 

Chapter 19   Subordination and Coordination   

 

Overview: Combining Clauses for Sentence Diversity   

 

Using Subordination   

 

Using Coordination   

 

Achieving Coordination by Using Coordinating Conjunctions  

 

Achieving Coordination by Using Semicolons  

 

Quick Study: Student Example   

 

Chapter Quick Check: Subordination and Coordination   

 

Summary Exercise: Subordination and Coordination   

 

    RECAP Subordination and Coordination   

 

 

Chapter 20   Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences   

 

Overview: Understanding Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences   

 

Identifying Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences   

 

Correcting Comma Splices and Run-ons by Using Coordinating Conjunctions   

 

Correcting Comma Splices and Run-ons by Using Subordinating Conjunctions   

 

Correcting Comma Splices and Run-ons by Using Semicolons   

 

Correcting Comma Splices and Run-ons by Using Periods   

 

Quick Study: Student Example   

 

Chapter Quick Check: Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences   

 

Summary Exercise: Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences   

 

    RECAP Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences   

 

 

Portfolio 4 

 

Part 5

 

Understanding Subjects and Verbs   

 

Chapter 21   Subject—Verb Agreement    

 

Overview: Understanding Subject—Verb Agreement   

 

Avoiding Agreement Errors When the Subject Follows the Verb   

 

Avoiding Agreement Errors When Words Come between the Subject and Verb   

 

Avoiding Agreement Errors with Indefinite Pronouns   

 

Avoiding Agreement Errors from Other Causes   

 

When the Subject Is Compound  

 

When the Subject Is a Collective Noun or Is Introduced by a Cue Word  

 

When The Subject Is a Singular Word Ending in -s, a Word Referring to an Amount, or a Word That Has the Same Singular and Plural Form  

 

Quick Study: Student Example   

 

Chapter Quick Check: Mastering Subject—Verb Agreement   

 

Summary Exercise: Mastering Subject—Verb Agreement   

 

    RECAP Subject—Verb Agreement   

 

 

Chapter 22   Basic Tenses for Regular Verbs   

 

Overview: Understanding Tense   

 

Using the Simple Present, Simple Future, and Simple Past Tenses   

 

Using the Perfect Tenses   

 

Quick Study: Student Example    353

 

Chapter Quick Check: Working with Basic Verb Tenses   

 

Summary Exercise: Working with Basic Verb Tenses   

 

    RECAP Basic Tenses for Regular Verbs   

 

 

Chapter 23   Irregular Verbs and Frequently Confused Verbs   

 

Overview: Understanding Irregular Verbs and Other Verb Problems   

 

Identifying Irregular Verbs   

 

Working with Forms of To Be   

 

Choosing between Can and Could and between Will and Would   

 

Quick Study: Student Example   

 

Chapter Quick Check: Eliminating Problems with Irregular Verbs and Can and Could and Will and Would   

 

Summary Exercise: Eliminating Problems with Irregular Verbs and Can and Could and Will and Would   

 

    RECAP Irregular Verbs and Frequently Confused Verbs   

 

 

Chapter 24   Passive Voice, Additional Tenses, and Maintaining Consistency in Tense   

 

Overview: Understanding Additional Elements of Verb Use   

 

Forming the Passive and Active Voice   

 

Using the Progressive and Perfect Progressive Tenses   

 

The Progressive Tenses  

 

The Perfect Progressive Tenses  

 

Maintaining Consistency in Tense   

 

Quick Study: Student Example   

 

Chapter Quick Check: Mastering Voice, Progressive and Perfect Progressive Tenses, and Consistency in Verb Tense    

 

Summary Exercise: Mastering Voice, Progressive and Perfect Progressive Tenses, and Consistency in Verb Tense   

 

    RECAP Passive Voice, Additional Tenses, and Maintaining Consistency in Tense   

 

 

Portfolio 5 

 

Part 6

 

Keeping Your Writing Correct   

 

 

Chapter 25   Nouns: Working Effectively with Words That Name   

 

Overview: Understanding Nouns   

 

Reviewing the Function and Form of Nouns   

 

Considering Singular Nouns Ending in -s, Collective Nouns, and Cue Words   

 

Chapter Quick Check: Working with Nouns   

 

Quick Study: Student Example   

 

Summary Exercise: Working with Nouns   

 

    RECAP Nouns: Working Effectively with Words That Name   

 

 

Chapter 26   Pronouns: Understanding Case, Clear Pronoun—Antecedent Agreement, and Nonsexist Pronoun Usage   

 

Overview: Choosing the Correct Pronoun   

 

Examining Pronoun Types   

 

Understanding and Applying Pronoun Case   

 

Maintaining Agreement in Number   

 

Maintaining Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns   

 

Maintaining Agreement with Demonstrative and Reflexive or Intensive Pronouns   

 

Maintaining Agreement with That, Who, and Which Clauses   

 

Keeping the Relationship between Pronoun and Antecedent Clear   

 

Avoiding Problems with Gender in Pronoun—Antecedent Agreement   

 

Quick Study: Student Example   

 

Chapter Quick Check: Working with Pronouns   

 

Summary Exercise: Working with Pronouns   

 

    RECAP Pronouns: Understanding Case, Clear Pronoun—Antecedent

 

               Agreement, and Nonsexist Pronoun Usage   

 

 

Chapter 27   Adjectives, Adverbs, and Other Modifiers: Using Describing and Modifying Words Effectively   

 

Overview: Understanding the Roles of Adjectives and Adverbs   

 

Understanding Adjectives and Adverbs   

 

Creating Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs   

 

Working with Confusing Pairs of Adjectives and Adverbs   

 

Avoiding Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers   

 

Avoiding Double Negatives   

 

Quick Study: Student Example   

 

Chapter Quick Check: Working with Adjectives and Adverbs   

 

Summary Exercise: Working with Adjectives and Adverbs   

 

    RECAP Adjectives, Adverbs, and Other Modifiers: Using Describing and

 

               Modifying Words Effectively   

 

 

Chapter 28   Parallelism: Presenting Related Items in a Similar Form   

 

Overview: Balancing Ideas in Your Writing   

 

Maintaining Parallelism with Words in a Series   

 

Maintaining Parallelism with Phrases   

 

Maintaining Parallelism When Using Correlative Conjunctions   

 

Quick Study: Student Example   

 

Chapter Quick Check: Maintaining Parallelism   

 

Summary Exercise: Maintaining Parallelism   

 

    RECAP Parallelism Presenting Related Items in a Similar Form   

 

 

Chapter 29   Spelling: Focusing on Correctness   

 

Overview: Understanding the Importance of Correct Spelling   

 

Basic Rules for Forming Plurals    

 

Basic Rules for Prefixes and Suffixes   

 

The Basic Rule for ie or ei   

 

Basic Rules for -sede, -ceed, and -cede, and Other Endings That Sound Alike   

 

Dealing with Commonly Confused Words   

 

Learning the Most Commonly Misspelled Words   

 

Quick Study: Student Example   

 

Chapter Quick Check: Spelling Skills   

 

Summary Exercise: Spelling Skills   

 

    RECAP Spelling: Focusing on Correctness   

 

 

Chapter 30  Commas   

 

Overview: Understanding Comma Use   

 

Using a Comma between Clauses Connected by Conjunctions   

 

Using Commas to Separate Items in a Series   

 

Using a Comma to Set Off Introductory Material   

 

Using Commas to Set Off Elements That Interrupt Sentence Flow   

 

Using Commas to Set Off Direct Quotations   

 

Recognizing Other Situations in Which Commas Are Needed   

 

Quick Study: Student Example   

 

Chapter Quick Check: Comma Use   

 

Summary Exercise: Comma Use   

 

    RECAP Commas   

 

 

Chapter 31   Other Punctuation and Capitalization   

 

Overview: Maintaining Correctness and Clarity through Punctuation and Capitalization   

 

Using Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points   

 

Using Quotation Marks   

 

Using Apostrophes   

 

Using Other Marks of Punctuation   

 

Colons  

 

Semicolons  

 

Parentheses and Dashes  

 

Understanding Capitalization   

 

Quick Study: Student Example   

 

Chapter Quick Check: Punctuation and Capitalization   

 

Summary Exercise: Punctuation and Capitalization   

 

    RECAP Other Punctuation and Capitalization   

 

 

Portfolio 6 

 

Part 7

 

Connecting: Responding to Reading   

 

Overview: Responding to Reading 

 

Taking Notes 

 

Active Reading Strategies 

 

Active Reading Illustrated 

 

5: a.m.: Writing as Ritual  Judith Ortiz Cofer 

 

Fish Cheeks   Amy Tan 

 

 Dear Satu: Letters Tell the Story of Our Lives   Rey de la Cruz 

 

Nightwatch  Paul Fletcher 

 

Back, but Not Home  Maria Muniz 

 

Words, Good or Bad, Can Echo through a Lifetime  Bob Greene 

 

Deceit   Gary Soto 

 

Learning English as a Second Language  Kimmom Pech (student) 

 

Pride  Stephanie Jezak (student) 

 

Exposed Toes  Diane Riva (student) 

 

Childhood–Then and Now  Jane Patenaude (student) 

 

Fear Not  Greg Andree (student) 

 

Nontraditional Jobs  Jennifer Mcelroy (student) 

 

R-E-S-P-E-C-T  Josh Trepanier (student) 

 

Home Schooling  Lori Ann Moyer (student) 

 

Appendix  Tips for ESL Writers 

 

Rhetorical Index 

 

Credits 

 

Index 

    Odyssey focuses on helping students build paragraph and essay writing skills while treating the writing process as a voyage of self-discovery, confidence building, and competence building.

     

    As with most traditional paragraph to essay writing books, Odyssey begins with a thorough overview of the writing process, introduces the various patterns of development, then demonstrates each pattern of development with various essay samples. Parts I — VI include a three-prompt portfolio feature while parts IV — VI focus on improving grammar and paragraph development. The book concludes with an anthology of readings that take students on a “reading odyssey,” where selections cross genres and professions.

  • 0205598919Odyssey: Paragraph to Essay (book alone), 5/E
    Kelly & Lawton
    © 2008 | Longman | Paper; 672 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205598919 | ISBN-13: 9780205598915
    Brief Description

    • Odyssey focuses on helping students build paragraph and essay writing skills while treating the writing process as a voyage of self-discovery, confidence building, and competence building. 

    As with most traditional paragraph to essay writing books, Odyssey begins with a thorough overview of the writing process, introduces the various patterns of development, then demonstrates each pattern of development with various essay samples. Parts IV –VI focus on improving grammar and paragraph development. The book concludes with an anthology of readings that take students on a “reading odyssey,” where selections cross genres and professions.

    All exercises have been reorganized and streamlined in the fourth edition. Students will find newly titled “Comprehension and Practice” exercises that begin with a focus on fundamental concepts and then move into invention and the writing of short pieces. Students can then proceed to “Challenge” exercises that call for critical thinking, drafting, and revision. Interspersed throughout these questions sets are “ Collaboration” exercises, which are ideal for pairs and/or groups of students. Grammar, mechanics, and punctuation chapters conclude with “Chapter Quick Check” and “Summary Editing” exercises that test students understanding of all the grammar and sentence skills they have learned.

  • 032129081XOdyssey: From Paragraph to Essay (book alone), 4/E
    Kelly & Lawton
    © 2006 | Longman | Paper; 656 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 032129081X | ISBN-13: 9780321290816
    Brief Description

For Developmental Writing - Paragraph/Essay


  • Eighty Practices
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    © 1991 | Longman | Cloth | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0673534227 | ISBN-13: 9780673534224


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