Difference Between The Norton Field Guide To Reading And Handbook

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The authors of the textbook, The Norton Field Guide to Writing, and Readings and Handbook, address the area of guiding your reader on pages 344-349.The text goes over how to develop a title, thesis statement, topic sentences and transitions. Writing the title consist of hinting about the text and to make it provoking to the reader. The thesis statement is especially important because it summarizes the main point or ideas of the text. The topic sentence is very similar to the thesis statement. The difference is that the topic sentence summarizes the paragraph that it is in. Either the sentence be in the beginning or end. Transitions are words that make the text move smoothly from sentence to sentence. It’s important to choose transition words