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i s e nteractive tudent dition GLENCOE Grammar and Composition Grade 11 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Grateful acknowledgment is given authors,publishers,photographers,museums,and agents for permission to reprint the following copyrighted material.Every effort has been made to determine copyright owners.In case ofany omissions,the Publisher will be pleased to make suitable acknowledgments in future editions. Acknowledgments continued on page 929. The Standardized Test Practice pages in this book were written by The Princeton Review,the nation’s leader in test preparation. Through its association with McGraw-Hill,The Princeton Review offers the best way to help students excel on standardized assessments. The Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton University or Educational Testing Service. The Facing the Blank Pagefeature in this book was prepared in collaboration with the writers and editors ofTIMEmagazine. Glencoe/McGraw-Hill A Division of the McGraw-Hill Companies Copyright © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.All rights reserved.Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976,no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or means,or stored in a database or retrieval system,without the prior written permission of the publisher. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Send all inquiries to: GLENCOE/MCGRAW-HILL 8787 Orion Place Columbus,OH 43240-4027 ISBN 0-07-822660-0 (Student Edition) ISBN 0-07-822661-9 (Teacher’s Wraparound Edition) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 043/027 05 04 03 02 01 ii PROGRAM CONSULTANTS Mark Lester is Professor ofEnglish at Eastern Washington University.He formerly served as Chair ofthe Department ofEnglish as a Second Language,University ofHawaii.He is the author ofGrammar in the Classroom (Macmillan,1990) and ofnumerous other professional books and articles. Sharon O’Nealis Assistant Professor at the College ofEducation,Southwest Texas State University,where she teaches courses in reading instruction.She formerly served as Director ofReading and Language Arts ofthe Texas Education Agency and has authored,and contributed to,numerous articles and books on reading instruction and teacher education. Jacqueline Jones Roysteris Associate Professor ofEnglish at The Ohio State University. She is also on the faculty at the Bread LoafSchool ofEnglish at Middlebury College in Middlebury,Vermont.In addition to the teaching ofwriting,Dr.Royster’s professional interests include the rhetorical history ofAfrican American women and the social and cultural implications ofliterate practices. William Strongis Professor ofSecondary Education at Utah State University,Director of the Utah Writing Project,and a member ofthe National Writing Project Advisory Board. A nationally known authority on the teaching ofcomposition,he is the author ofmany volumes,including Writing Incisively:Do-It-YourselfProse Surgery(McGraw-Hill,1991). Jeffrey Wilhelm,a former English and reading teacher,is currently an assistant professor at the University ofMaine,where he teaches courses in middle and secondary level literacy. Author ofseveral books and articles on the teaching ofreading and the use oftechnology, he also works with local schools as part ofthe Adolescent Literacy Project. Denny Wolfe,a former high school English teacher and department chair,is Professor of English Education,Director ofthe Tidewater Virginia Writing Project,and Director ofthe Center for Urban Education at Old Dominion University in Norfolk,Virginia.Author ofmore than seventy-five articles and books on teaching English,Dr.Wolfe is a frequent consultant to schools and colleges on the teaching ofEnglish language arts. iii Advisors Michael Angelotti Charles Duke Willis L.Pitkin Bonnie S.Sunstein Head ofDivision ofTeacher Dean ofthe College Professor ofEnglish Associate Professor of Education ofEducation and Utah State University English and Director, College ofEducation Human Services Master ofArts in Judith Summerfield University ofOklahoma Clarion University Teaching Program Associate Professor Rivier College Larry Beason Carol Booth Olson ofEnglish Assistant Professor Director Queens College, ofEnglish University ofCalifornia, City University ofNew York Eastern Washington Irvine, Writing Project University Educational Reviewers Lenore Croudy Sterling C.Jones Jr. Anita Moss Marie Rogers Flint Community School Detroit Public Schools University ofNorth Carolina Independence High School Flint,Michigan Detroit,Michigan Charlotte,North Carolina Charlotte,North Carolina John A.Grant Barry Kincaid Ann S.O’Toole Barbara Schubert St.Louis Public Schools Raytown School District Chesterfield County Schools Santa Clara County Office St.Louis,Missouri Kansas City,Missouri Richmond,Virginia ofEducation San Jose,California Vicki Haker Evelyn G.Lewis Suzanne Owens Mead Junior High School Newark Public Schools Glendale High School Ronnie Spilton Mead,Washington Newark,New Jersey Glendale,California Chattahoochee High School Alpharetta,Georgia Frederick G.Johnson M.DeAnn Morris Sally P.Pfeifer Georgia Department of Crescenta Valley High School Lewis and Clark High School Robert Stolte Education La Crescenta,California Spokane,Washington Huntington Beach High Atlanta,Georgia School Huntington Beach,California Student Advisory Board The Student Advisory Board was formed in an effort to ensure student involvement in the development of Writer’s Choice.The editors wish to thank members ofthe board for their enthusiasm and dedication to the project.The editors also wish to thank the many student writers whose models appear in this book. iv B O O K O V E R V I E W Part 1 Composition Unit 1 Personal Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Unit 6 Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . 264 Unit 2 The Writing Process . . . . . . . . 46 Unit 7 Research Paper Writing. . . . . . . 322 Facing the Blank Page. . . . . . . . 111 Unit 8 Sentence Combining. . . . . . . . . 358 Unit 3 Descriptive Writing . . . . . . . . . 122 Unit 9 Troubleshooter . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 Unit 4 Narrative Writing. . . . . . . . . . . 166 Business and Technical Writing. . . . . . . . . 408 Unit 5 Expository Writing. . . . . . . . . . 208 Part 2 Grammar,Usage,and Mechanics Unit 10 Parts ofSpeech . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 Unit 17 Using Pronouns Correctly. . . . . 622 Unit 11 Parts ofthe Sentence . . . . . . . . 488 Unit 18 Using Modifiers Correctly. . . . . 648 Unit 12 Phrases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 Unit 19 Usage Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . 672 Unit 13 Clauses and Sentence Structure 534 Unit 20 Capitalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 Unit 14 Diagraming Sentences . . . . . . . 564 Unit 21 Punctuation,Abbreviations, and Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712 Unit 15 Verb Tenses,Voice,and Mood . . 574 Unit 16 Subject-Verb Agreement . . . . . . 600 Part 3 Resources and Skills Unit 22 History and Development Unit 27 Study Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 ofEnglish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758 Unit 28 Taking Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 Unit 23 Library Resources . . . . . . . . . . 774 Unit 29 Listening and Speaking. . . . . . . 848 Unit 24 Using Dictionaries . . . . . . . . . . 783 Unit 30 Viewing and Representing. . . . . 858 Unit 25 Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788 Unit 31 Electronic Resources . . . . . . . . 869 Unit 26 Spelling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797 Writing and Language Glossary . . . . . . . 890 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914 Spanish Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929 v CC OO NN TT EE NN TT SS Part 1 Composition UUNNIITT 11 Personal Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Writing in the Real World . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Culebra Island,July,1997 Web site by Cléo Boudreau Instruction and Practice 1.1 Writing to Discover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Write About a Personal Episode;Listening and Speaking; Cross-Curricular Activity;Grammar Link 1.2 Writing in a Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Write a Journal Entry;Cross-Curricular Activity;Listening and Speaking;Grammar Link 1.3 Writing to Learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Write an Entry in Your Learning Log;Using Computers; Listening and Speaking;Grammar Link 1.4 Writing a Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Write a Letter;Cross-Curricular Activity;Listening and Speaking;Grammar Link 1.5 Writing a College Application Essay. . . . . . . . . . 24 Write a Short Essay;Using Computers;Viewing and Representing;Grammar Link Writing About Literature 1.6 Writing About Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Make a Dialogue;Using Computers;Listening and Speaking; Grammar Link Writing About Literature 1.7 Writing About Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Write a Response to a Poem;Cross-Curricular Activity; Viewing and Representing;Grammar Link vi Writing Process in Action Personal Writing Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Write a personal narrative. • • • Prewriting Drafting Revising • • Editing/Proofreading Publishing/Presenting LLiitteerraattuurree MMooddeell fromBlack Iceby Lorene Cary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Linking Writing and Literature Analyzing Cary’s autobiographical writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 UUNNIITT 11RReevviieeww Reflecting on the Unit Adding to Your Portfolio Writing Across the Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 UUNNIITT 22 The Writing Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Writing in the Real World . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Brandon’s Comic Strips Cartoonsby Barbara Brandon Instruction and Practice 2.1 Writing:A Five-Stage Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Write About Yourselfas a Writer;Cross-Curricular Activity;Listening and Speaking;Grammar Link 2.2 Prewriting:Finding Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Determine a Topic;Using Computers;Listening and Speaking;Grammar Link 2.3 Prewriting:Questioning to Explore a Topic. . . . . 60 Explore Your Topic;Viewing and Representing; Cross-Curricular Activity;Grammar Link 2.4 Prewriting:Audience and Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . 64 Identify Audience and Purpose;Cross-Curricular Activity;Listening and Speaking;Grammar Link 2.5 Prewriting:Observing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Select Appropriate Details;Listening and Speaking; Using Computers;Grammar Link 2.6 Drafting:Achieving Unity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Begin Your Draft;Listening and Speaking;Using Computers;Grammar Link vii 2.7 Drafting:Organizing an Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Pro Write Your First Draft;Listening and Speaking; Using Computers;Grammar Link 2.8 Drafting:Writing with Coherence. . . . . . . . . . . 82 Check Your Draft for Coherence;Viewing and Representing;Using Computers;Grammar Link 2.9 Revising:Using Peer Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Revise with a Peer;Using Computers;Listening and Speaking;Grammar Link 1 ➡ 2 2.10 Editing and Presenting:Completing ➡ 3 ➡ 4 Your Essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Edit and Present Your Essay;Using Computers; Listening and Speaking;Grammar Link Writing About Literature 2.11 Analyzing a Character in a Play . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Write a Character Analysis;Using Computers; Viewing and Representing;Grammar Link Writing Process in Action Writing Process Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Write an essay about your childhood. • • • Prewriting Drafting Revising • • Editing/Proofreading Publishing/Presenting LLiitteerraattuurree MMooddeell fromAn American Childhoodby Annie Dillard. . . . . . . . 104 Linking Writing and Literature Discovering what makes Dillard’s anecdotes effective . . . . . . . . 109 UUNNIITT 22RReevviieeww Reflecting on the Unit Adding to Your Portfolio Writing Across the Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Facing the Blank Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 • • • Writing forTIME Prewriting Drafting Revising • • Editing/Proofreading Publishing/Presenting viii UUNNIITT 33 Descriptive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Writing in the Real World . . . . . . . . . . . 124 The Excavation Scientific Journal Articleby Donald Chrisman, Richard S.MacNeish,Jamshed Mavalwala,and Howard Savage Instruction and Practice 3.1 Creating Vivid Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Write a Description;Using Computers;Viewing and Representing;Grammar Link 3.2 Using Sensory Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Write a Description;Listening and Speaking; Cross-Curricular Activity;Grammar Link 3.3 Creating a Mood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Write Scene Descriptions;Cross-Curricular Activity; Viewing and Representing;Grammar Link 3.4 Writing a Character Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Write a Character Sketch;Viewing and Representing; Using Computers;Grammar Link 3.5 Describing an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Write a News Story;Viewing and Representing; Listening and Speaking;Grammar Link Writing About Literature 3.6 Writing About Mood in a Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Write a Review;Using Computers;Listening and Speaking;Grammar Link Writing Process in Action Descriptive Writing Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Describe an idea for a TV screenplay. • • • Prewriting Drafting Revising • • Editing/Proofreading Publishing/Presenting LLiitteerraattuurree MMooddeell “The Signature”by Elizabeth Enright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Linking Writing and Literature Exploring Enright’s descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 UUNNIITT 33RReevviieeww Reflecting on the Unit Adding to Your Portfolio Writing Across the Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 ix UUNNIITT 44 Narrative Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Writing in the Real World . . . . . . . . . . . 168 fromViva Baseball! Latin Major Leaguers and Their Special Hunger Sports writing by Samuel Regalado Instruction and Practice 4.1 Characters in Biographical Narratives . . . . . . . 172 Write a Narrative that Reveals Character;Cross-Curricular Activity;Listening and Speaking;Grammar Link 4.2 Writing a Biographical Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Write a Biographical Sketch;Viewing and Representing; Cross-Curricular Activity;Grammar Link 4.3 Structuring the Long Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Write a Biographical Narrative;Listening and Speaking; Cross-Curricular Activity;Grammar Link Writing About Literature 4.4 Identifying Theme in a Narrative. . . . . . . . . . . 186 Write a Paragraph Explaining a Theme;Cross-Curricular Activity;Viewing and Representing;Grammar Link Writing About Literature 4.5 Responding to Narrative Poetry. . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Write a Response;Cross-Curricular Activity;Listening and Speaking;Grammar Link Writing Process in Action Narrative Writing Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Write a narrative about a person who inspires you. • • • Prewriting Drafting Revising • • Editing /Proofreading Publishing/Presenting LLiitteerraattuurree MMooddeell fromThe Case of Harry Houdiniby Daniel Mark Epstein. . 198 Linking Writing and Literature Examining how Epstein captures a character’s personality . . . . . 206 UUNNIITT 44RReevviieeww Reflecting on the Unit Adding to Your Portfolio Writing Across the Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 x

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