The Open Mind: Deconstructing
And Building Dialogues
by Carol Friend, Laura Knight and
Beatrice Machunze
A textbook designed for basic college reading and
writing courses consisting of short pieces from different parts
of the world and written over many centuries.
This text focuses on cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary readings
for community college freshman reading and writing courses, emphasizing
critical thinking and analysis.
The curriculum of most academic institutions is broken down into
three areas: the natural sciences (the world of nature that human do
not control); the social sciences (how groups of people interact);
and the humanities (works that are created by humans, such as art,
music, dance and literature). This text will help students, as “citizens
of the world,” to read and write in all three areas.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
PART ONE: Reading and Writing
|
i |
Introduction to Reading and Writing |
1 |
Interactive Reading |
5 |
Focused Writing |
15 |
The Essay |
15 |
Parts of the Essay |
16 |
The Writing Process |
20 |
Uses of Language
|
27 |
|
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PART TWO: Readings
|
|
Beginning Thoughts by Michael T. Shea
|
37 |
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PART THREE: Grammar, Punctuation and Other Conventions of Writing
|
|
Parts of Speech |
213 |
Nouns |
213 |
Pronouns |
214 |
Pronoun Agreement, Reference, and Point of View |
216 |
Verbs |
219 |
Regular |
220 |
Irregular Verbs |
222 |
Consistent Verb Tense |
224 |
Adjectives |
225 |
Adverbs |
225 |
Prepositions |
227 |
Articles |
227 |
Conjunctions |
228 |
Coordinating |
228 |
Subordinating |
229 |
Correlatives |
230 |
Interjections |
230 |
Subjects |
231 |
Subject-Verb Agreement |
231 |
Active and Passive Voice |
234 |
Phrases and Clauses |
235 |
Phrases |
235 |
Clauses |
236 |
Independent |
236 |
Dependent |
236 |
Noun |
236 |
Adjective |
237 |
Adverb |
237 |
Four Sentence Types |
238 |
Simple |
238 |
Compound |
238 |
Complex |
242 |
Compound-Complex |
242 |
Fragments, Run-ons and Comma Splices |
245 |
Fragments |
245 |
Run-ons |
246 |
Comma Splices |
248 |
How to Punctuate by Russell Baker |
250 |
Punctuation |
252 |
End |
252 |
Internal |
252 |
Comma |
252 |
Semi-colon |
254 |
Apostrophe |
255 |
Quotation Mark |
256 |
Italics |
257 |
Hyphen |
258 |
Dash |
258 |
Parentheses |
258 |
Colon |
259 |
Capitalization |
260 |
Sentence Variety/Unnecessary Repetition |
261 |
Sentence Beginnings |
261 |
Sentence Combining |
264 |
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers |
272 |
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