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The document "Composition Practice" is a Grade 9 grammar and composition workbook published by McGraw-Hill. It provides structured exercises to improve writing skills, covering: Personal Writing: Journaling, personal essays, poetry, and autobiography. The Writing Process: Prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Descriptive Writing: Using imagery, describing people and places. Narrative Writing: Writing stories, developing characters, and crafting dialogue. Expository Writing: Explaining, comparing, and analyzing information. Persuasive Writing: Crafting arguments, using evidence, and writing reviews

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Grammar and Composition




Composition
Practice
Grade 9

,Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission is
granted to reproduce material contained herein on the condition that such material be
reproduced only for classroom use; and be provided to students, teachers, and families
without charge; and be used solely in conjunction with Writer’s Choice. Any other
reproduction, for use or sale,is prohibited without written permission of the publisher.

Printed in the United States of America.

Send all inquiries to:
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
8787 Orion Place
Columbus, Ohio 43240

ISBN 0-07-823289-9

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, Contents

Unit 1 Personal Writing
1.1 Writing to Discover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Keeping a Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3 Writing a Personal Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.4 Writing Autobiography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.5 Writing a Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.6 Keeping a Reader-Response Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.7 Writing About Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1 Writing Process in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8


Unit 2 The Writing Process
2.1 Overview of the Writing Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2 Prewriting: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.3 Prewriting: Identifying Purpose and Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.4 Prewriting: Gathering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.5 Drafting: Turning Notes into Paragraphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.6 Drafting: Writing Unified Paragraphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.7 Drafting: Ordering the Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.8 Drafting: Writing Coherent Paragraphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.9 Revising: Improving Paragraphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.10 Editing/Proofreading: Final Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.11 Publishing/Presenting: Sharing Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.12 Explaining Theme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20


Unit 3 Descriptive Writing
3.1 Writing a Descriptive Paragraph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.2 Using Descriptive Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.3 Describing an Imaginary Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.4 Describing an Imaginary Person. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.5 Analyzing Character Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3 Writing Process in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26




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Unit 4 Narrative Writing
4.1 Writing Simple Narratives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.2 Developing Conflict in Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.3 Writing Dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.4 Using Anecdotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.5 Writing a Sports Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.6 Writing About Suspense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.7 Analyzing Point of View in a Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4 Writing Process in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Unit 5 Expository Writing
5.1 Explaining and Informing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5.2 Going into Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5.3 Explaining How To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.4 Explaining Cause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.5 Classifying a Subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.6 Comparing and Contrasting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.7 Writing with Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5.8 Writing a Feature Article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5.9 Answering an Essay Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.10 Comparing and Contrasting Two Myths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5 Writing Process in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Unit 6 Persuasive Writing
6.1 Writing Persuasively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
6.2 Using Evidence Effectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
6.3 Checking Reasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6.4 Using Language to Advantage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.5 Writing an Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
6.6 Writing a Movie Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6 Writing Process in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52


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