In Harmony: Reading and Writing, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2021) © 2022

  • Kathleen T. McWhorter Niagara County Community College

In Harmony: Reading and Writing

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In Harmony offers you integrated thematic instruction at the sentence and paragraph level. Each chapter is presented in the context of a resonant theme, designed to engage you with topics such as interpersonal relationships, living between 2 worlds, and digital communication. Student and professional essays start each chapter and serve as the basis for instruction, illustration and practice. Author Kathleen McWhorter emphasizes critical thinking throughout, which will prepare you for your college courses and beyond.

The 3rd Edition is the first text in a 2-part series that illustrates reading and writing as a single process of understanding and expressing ideas, which really do work together in harmony. This volume concentrates on sentences and paragraphs; In Concert explores paragraphs and essays.

Table of contents

PART ONE – GETTING STARTED

  1. An Overview of the Reading Process (with Writing)
  2. An Overview of the Writing Process (with Reading)
  3. Vocabulary: Working with Words

PART TWO – READING AND WRITING PARAGRAPHS

  1. Main Ideas and Topic Sentences
  2. Details, Transitions, and Implied Main Ideas
  3. Patterns of Organization: Chronological Order, Process, Narration, and Description
  4. Patterns of Organization: Example, Cause and Effect, and Comparison and Contrast
  5. Revision and Proofreading

PART THREE – READING, WRITING, AND REVISING ESSAYS

  1. Reading and Thinking Critically About Text
  2. Reading and Writing Essays

PART FOUR – SENTENCE BASICS AND GRAMMAR ESSENTIALS

  1. Complete Sentences Versus Sentence Fragments
  2. Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices
  3. Using Verbs Correctly
  4. Combining and Expanding Your Ideas
  5. Revising Confusing and Inconsistent Sentences
    • A Brief Grammar Handbook

PART FIVE – THEMATIC READER: WRITING IN RESPONSE TO READING

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Index

Author bios

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