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Table of Contents:
Brief Contents Preface    About the Authors    PART I             Starting Out    Chapter 1   Ensuring Success in Writing    Chapter 2   Generating Ideas through Prewriting    Chapter 3   Composing: Creating a Draft    Chapter 4   Refining and Polishing Your Draft    PART 2             Using the Patterns of Paragraph Development    Chapter 5   Narration    Chapter 6   Description     Chapter 7   Example    Chapter 8   Process    Chapter 9   Definition    Chapter 10   Comparison and Contrast    Chapter 11   Cause and Effect    Chapter 12   Division and Classification    Chapter 13   Argument    PART 3 Moving On to the Essay    Chapter 14   Developing an Essay     Chapter 15   Examining Types of Essays    Chapter 16   Adjusting Your Process: Timed Writing and Summaries    PART 4 Developing Sentence Sense    Chapter 17   The Sentence    Chapter 18   Fragments    Chapter 19   Subordination and Coordination    Chapter 20   Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences    PART 5 Understanding Subjects and Verbs    Chapter 21   Subject—Verb Agreement     Chapter 22   Basic Tenses for Regular Verbs    Chapter 23   Irregular Verbs and Frequently Confused Verbs    Chapter 24   Passive Voice, Additional Tenses, and Maintaining Consistency in Tense    PART 6             Keeping Your Writing Correct    Chapter 25   Nouns: Working Effectively with Words That Name    Chapter 26   Pronouns: Understanding Case, Clear Pronoun—Antecedent Agreement, and Nonsexist Pronoun Usage    Chapter 27   Adjectives, Adverbs, and Other Modifiers: Using Describing and Modifying Words Effectively    Chapter 28   Parallelism: Presenting Related Items in a Similar Form    Chapter 29   Spelling: Focusing on Correctness    Chapter 30  Commas Chapter 31   Other Punctuation and Capitalization    PART 7 Connecting: Responding to Reading      Appendix  Tips for ESL Writers  Rhetorical Index  Credits  Index    Detailed Contents   Preface    About the Authors    PART I             Starting Out    Chapter 1   Ensuring Success in Writing    Overview: Understanding the Importance of Good Writing Skills    Recognizing the Stages of the Writing Process    Understanding the Dynamics of Writing    Focusing on the Reader    Examining the Purpose behind Your Writing    Understanding the Important Relationship between Writing and Reading    Recap Ensuring Success in Writing    Chapter 2   Generating Ideas through Prewriting    Overview: Seeing Prewriting as a Way to Explore Ideas    Understanding Prewriting    Freewriting    Brainstorming    Clustering    Branching    Idea Mapping    Maintaining a Journal    Recap Generating Ideas through Prewriting    Chapter 3   Composing: Creating a Draft    Overview: Understanding Composing    Recognizing the Structure of a Paragraph    Identifying an Effective Topic    Writing a Clear, Specific Topic Sentence    Providing the Best Support for the Topic Sentence    Deciding on the Most Effective Arrangement    Making Your Material Reader Centered    Using a Reader Evaluation Checklist    Developing a Complete Draft    Recap Composing: Creating a Draft    Chapter 4   Refining and Polishing Your Draft    Overview: Understanding the Revising Stage    Reassessing: Re-seeing Your Work    Maintaining Unity   Providing Coherence   Transition  Organizing Sentences Effectively  Choosing Effective Language   Keeping Your Writing Specific Keeping Your Writing Concise  Getting Feedback from an Objective Reader   Redrafting    Acknowledging Your Sources    MLA Format  APA Format  Editing    Developing a Personal Proofreading System   Using Computer Tools to Your Advantage   Examining a Revised Draft    Recap Refining and Polishing Your Draft    Portfolio 1  PART 2             Using the Patterns of Paragraph Development    Chapter 5   Narration    Overview: Understanding the Modes, Purposes, and Importance of Telling Your Story    Writing a Clear Topic Sentence That Establishes a Context    Relying on Chronological Order    Choosing the Most Effective Point of View    Providing a Thorough Presentation    Providing Transition for Narrative Paragraphs   Recap Narration    Chapter 6   Description     Overview: Creating a Picture in Words    Previewing the Focus of Description through the Topic Sentence    Using Sensory Details    Relying on Objective and Subjective Description    Using Spatial Order    Providing Transition for Description Paragraphs   Recap Description    Chapter 7   Example    Overview: Illustrating Your Point    Providing a Topic Sentence That States the Point You Will Illustrate    Providing Specific Examples    Ensuring That Your Examples Are Relevant    Providing an Effective Presentation    Providing Transition for Example Paragraphs   Recap Example    Chapter 8   Process    Overview: Explaining How It Happens or How to Do It    Including a Topic Sentence That Clearly States the Process    Using the Imperative Mood: You    Dividing the Process into Simple, Logical Steps    Relying on Linear Order    Providing Transition for Process Paragraphs   Recap Process    Chapter 9   Definition    Overview: Making Meaning Crystal Clear    Providing a Topic Sentence That Highlights the Term to Be Defined    Understanding the Pattern of an Effective Definition    Recognizing the Full Effect of the Term Defined    Enhancing Definition through Synonyms, Negation, and Etymology    Providing Transition for Definition Paragraphs   Recap Definition    Chapter 10   Comparison and Contrast    Overview: Expressing Similarities and Differences    Providing a Topic Sentence That Specifies Both Subjects and Indicates the Focus    Establishing Your Basis for Comparison    Providing a Thorough and Specific Presentation    Arranging Your Ideas Effectively    Providing Transition for Comparison and Contrast Paragraphs   Recap Comparison and Contrast    Chapter 11   Cause and Effect    Overview: Explaining Reasons and Consequences    Providing a Topic Sentence That Focuses on Cause and Effect    Distinguishing between Direct and Related Causes and Effects    Avoiding Oversimplification of Causes and Effects    Providing an Effective Arrangement    Providing Transition for Cause and Effect Paragraphs   Recap Cause and Effect    Chapter 12   Division and Classification    Overview: Analyzing the Whole in Terms of the Parts    Specifying Scope and Emphasis through a Topic Sentence    Establishing a Logical Method of Analysis    Maintaining a Consistent Presentation    Using Distinct and Complete Groupings    Providing Transition for Division and Classification Paragraphs   Recap Division and Classification    Chapter 13   Argument    Overview: Understanding Persuasion    Providing a Topic Sentence That Expresses a Clear Stance on the Issue    Developing Sufficient Support through Sound Reasons    Using a Reasonable, Convincing Tone    Using Sound Logic    Arranging Your Support in Emphatic Order    Providing Transition for Argument Paragraphs   Recap Argument    Portfolio 2  PART 3             Moving On to the Essay    Chapter 14   Developing an Essay     Overview: Understanding the Essay    Understanding the Structure of an Essay    The Introduction   The Body   The Conclusion   Examining an Effective Essay    Examining the Process of Writing an Essay    Prewriting: Generating Ideas and Identifying a Manageable Focus   Developing an Effective Thesis   Composing   Creating an Effective Introduction and Conclusion   Introduction, Conclusion, Understanding the Relationship between Topic Sentences and the Thesis, Developing a Solid First Draft    Revising   Re-assessing, Revising for Unity, Revising for Coherence, Revising for Effective Language, Seeking Help from an Objective Reader, Redrafting, Editing: Eliminating Errors  Looking Again at the Final Draft    Recap Developing an Essay    Chapter 15   Examining Types of Essays    Overview: Understanding How to Use the Modes to Develop Essays    The Relationship between Your Purpose and the Modes    Using Narration to Develop an Essay    Examining a Narrative Essay   Using Description to Develop an Essay    Examining a Descriptive Essay   Using Example to Develop an Essay    Examining an Example Essay   Using Process to Develop an Essay    Examining a Process Essay   Using Definition to Develop an Essay    Examining a Definition Essay   Using Comparison and Contrast to Develop an Essay    Examining a Comparison and Contrast Essay   Using Cause and Effect to Develop an Essay    Examining a Cause and Effect Essay   Using Division and Classification to Develop an Essay    Examining a Division and Classification Essay   Writing an Argument Essay    Examining an Argument Essay   Recap Examining Types of Essays    Chapter 16   Adjusting Your Process: Timed Writing and Summaries    Overview: Understanding How to Deal with the Pressure of Timed Writing    Answering an Essay Question Effectively    Preparation                                                         Active Reading   •  Effective Note-Taking   Anticipation   Rehearsal   Drawing Up a Practice Question   • Developing a Sample Essay Answer  Completing a Writing Assessment Effectively   Understanding the Five-Paragraph Essay   Examining a Sample Writing Assessment   Writing an Effective Summary   Examining the Summarizing Process of Preparing a Summary   Quick Study: Student Example    Recap Adjusting Your Process: Timed Writing and Summaries    Portfolio 3  PART 4 Developing Sentence Sense    Chapter 17   The Sentence    Overview: Understanding Sentence Basics    Understanding Verbs    Recognizing Subjects    Quick Study: Student Example    Chapter Quick Check: Sentence Basics    Summary Exercise: Sentence Basics    Recap The Sentence Chapter 18   Fragments    Overview: Recognizing and Writing Complete Sentences    Correcting Fragments with Missing Subjects or Verbs    Correcting Phrase Fragments    Correcting Subordinate Clause Fragments    Correcting Appositive Fragments    Quick Study: Student Example    Chapter Quick Check: Fragments    Summary Exercise: Fragments    Recap Fragments    Chapter 19   Subordination and Coordination    Overview: Combining Clauses for Sentence Diversity    Using Subordination    Using Coordination    Achieving Coordination by Using Coordinating Conjunctions   Achieving Coordination by Using Semicolons   Quick Study: Student Example    Chapter Quick Check: Subordination and Coordination    Summary Exercise: Subordination and Coordination    Recap Subordination and Coordination    Chapter 20   Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences    Overview: Understanding Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences    Identifying Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences    Correcting Comma Splices and Run-ons by Using Coordinating Conjunctions    Correcting Comma Splices and Run-ons by Using Subordinating Conjunctions    Correcting Comma Splices and Run-ons by Using Semicolons    Correcting Comma Splices and Run-ons by Using Periods    Quick Study: Student Example    Chapter Quick Check: Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences    Summary Exercise: Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences    Recap Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences    Portfolio 4  PART 5 Understanding Subjects and Verbs    Chapter 21   Subject—Verb Agreement     Overview: Understanding Subject—Verb Agreement    Avoiding Agreement Errors When the Subject Follows the Verb    Avoiding Agreement Errors When Words Come between the Subject and Verb    Avoiding Agreement Errors with Indefinite Pronouns    Avoiding Agreement Errors from Other Causes    When the Subject Is Compound   When the Subject Is a Collective Noun or Is Introduced by a Cue Word   When The Subject Is a Singular Word Ending in -s, a Word Referring to an Amount, or a Word That Has the Same Singular and Plural Form   Quick Study: Student Example    Chapter Quick Check: Mastering Subject—Verb Agreement    Summary Exercise: Mastering Subject—Verb Agreement    Recap Subject—Verb Agreement    Chapter 22   Basic Tenses for Regular Verbs    Overview: Understanding Tense    Using the Simple Present, Simple Future, and Simple Past Tenses    Using the Perfect Tenses    Quick Study: Student Example    353 Chapter Quick Check: Working with Basic Verb Tenses    Summary Exercise: Working with Basic Verb Tenses    Recap Basic Tenses for Regular Verbs    Chapter 23   Irregular Verbs and Frequently Confused Verbs    Overview: Understanding Irregular Verbs and Other Verb Problems    Identifying Irregular Verbs    Working with Forms of To Be    Choosing between Can and Could and between Will and Would    Quick Study: Student Example    Chapter Quick Check: Eliminating Problems with Irregular Verbs and Can and Could and Will and Would    Summary Exercise: Eliminating Problems with Irregular Verbs and Can and Could and Will and Would    Recap Irregular Verbs and Frequently Confused Verbs    Chapter 24   Passive Voice, Additional Tenses, and Maintaining Consistency in Tense    Overview: Understanding Additional Elements of Verb Use    Forming the Passive and Active Voice    Using the Progressive and Perfect Progressive Tenses    The Progressive Tenses   The Perfect Progressive Tenses   Maintaining Consistency in Tense    Quick Study: Student Example    Chapter Quick Check: Mastering Voice, Progressive and Perfect Progressive Tenses, and Consistency in Verb Tense     Summary Exercise: Mastering Voice, Progressive and Perfect Progressive Tenses, and Consistency in Verb Tense    Recap Passive Voice, Additional Tenses, and Maintaining Consistency in Tense    Portfolio 5  PART 6             Keeping Your Writing Correct    Chapter 25   Nouns: Working Effectively with Words That Name    Overview: Understanding Nouns    Reviewing the Function and Form of Nouns    Considering Singular Nouns Ending in -s, Collective Nouns, and Cue Words    Chapter Quick Check: Working with Nouns    Quick Study: Student Example    Summary Exercise: Working with Nouns    Recap Nouns: Working Effectively with Words That Name    Chapter 26   Pronouns: Understanding Case, Clear Pronoun—Antecedent Agreement, and Nonsexist Pronoun Usage    Overview: Choosing the Correct Pronoun    Examining Pronoun Types    Understanding and Applying Pronoun Case    Maintaining Agreement in Number    Maintaining Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns    Maintaining Agreement with Demonstrative and Reflexive or Intensive Pronouns    Maintaining Agreement with That, Who, and Which Clauses    Keeping the Relationship between Pronoun and Antecedent Clear    Avoiding Problems with Gender in Pronoun—Antecedent Agreement    Quick Study: Student Example    Chapter Quick Check: Working with Pronouns    Summary Exercise: Working with Pronouns    Recap Pronouns: Understanding Case, Clear Pronoun—Antecedent Agreement, and Nonsexist Pronoun Usage    Chapter 27   Adjectives, Adverbs, and Other Modifiers: Using Describing and Modifying Words Effectively    Overview: Understanding the Roles of Adjectives and Adverbs    Understanding Adjectives and Adverbs    Creating Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs    Working with Confusing Pairs of Adjectives and Adverbs    Avoiding Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers    Avoiding Double Negatives    Quick Study: Student Example    Chapter Quick Check: Working with Adjectives and Adverbs    Summary Exercise: Working with Adjectives and Adverbs    Recap Adjectives, Adverbs, and Other Modifiers: Using Describing and Modifying Words Effectively    Chapter 28   Parallelism: Presenting Related Items in a Similar Form    Overview: Balancing Ideas in Your Writing    Maintaining Parallelism with Words in a Series    Maintaining Parallelism with Phrases    Maintaining Parallelism When Using Correlative Conjunctions    Quick Study: Student Example    Chapter Quick Check: Maintaining Parallelism    Summary Exercise: Maintaining Parallelism    Recap Parallelism Presenting Related Items in a Similar Form    Chapter 29   Spelling: Focusing on Correctness    Overview: Understanding the Importance of Correct Spelling    Basic Rules for Forming Plurals     Basic Rules for Prefixes and Suffixes    The Basic Rule for ie or ei    Basic Rules for -sede, -ceed, and -cede, and Other Endings That Sound Alike    Dealing with Commonly Confused Words    Learning the Most Commonly Misspelled Words    Quick Study: Student Example    Chapter Quick Check: Spelling Skills    Summary Exercise: Spelling Skills    Recap Spelling: Focusing on Correctness    Chapter 30  Commas    Overview: Understanding Comma Use    Using a Comma between Clauses Connected by Conjunctions    Using Commas to Separate Items in a Series    Using a Comma to Set Off Introductory Material    Using Commas to Set Off Elements That Interrupt Sentence Flow    Using Commas to Set Off Direct Quotations    Recognizing Other Situations in Which Commas Are Needed    Quick Study: Student Example    Chapter Quick Check: Comma Use    Summary Exercise: Comma Use    Recap Commas    Chapter 31   Other Punctuation and Capitalization    Overview: Maintaining Correctness and Clarity through Punctuation and Capitalization    Using Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points    Using Quotation Marks    Using Apostrophes    Using Other Marks of Punctuation    Colons   Semicolons   Parentheses and Dashes   Understanding Capitalization    Quick Study: Student Example    Chapter Quick Check: Punctuation and Capitalization    Summary Exercise: Punctuation and Capitalization    Recap Other Punctuation and Capitalization    Portfolio 6  PART 7 Connecting: Responding to Reading      Overview: Responding to Reading  Taking Notes  Active Reading Strategies  Active Reading Illustrated  5: a.m.: Writing as Ritual  Judith Ortiz Cofer  Fish Cheeks   Amy Tan  Dear Satu: Letters Tell the Story of Our Lives   Rey de la Cruz  Nightwatch  Paul Fletcher  Back, but Not Home  Maria Muniz  Words, Good or Bad, Can Echo through a Lifetime  Bob Greene  Deceit   Gary Soto  Learning English as a Second Language  Kimmom Pech (student)  Pride  Stephanie Jezak (student)  Exposed Toes  Diane Riva (student)  Childhood–Then and Now  Jane Patenaude (student)  Fear Not  Greg Andree (student)  Nontraditional Jobs  Jennifer Mcelroy (student)  R-E-S-P-E-C-T  Josh Trepanier (student)  Home Schooling  Lori Ann Moyer (student)  Appendix  Tips for ESL Writers  Rhetorical Index  Credits  Index