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| Readings Listed by Rhetorical Mode | |
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| To the Instructor | |
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| Essay Writing | |
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| An Introduction to Writing | |
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| Point and Support | |
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| Structure of the Traditional Essay | |
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| Benefits of Writing the Traditional Essay | |
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| Writing as a Skill | |
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| Writing as a Process of Discovery | |
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| Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others | |
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| Keeping a Journal | |
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| Tips on Using a Computer | |
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| Review Activities | |
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| Using This Text | |
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| The Writing Process | |
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| Prewriting | |
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| Writing a First Draft | |
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| Revising | |
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| Editing | |
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| Review Activities | |
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| The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing | |
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| Begin with a Point, or Thesis | |
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| Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence | |
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| Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis | |
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| The Third Step in Essay Writing | |
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| Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence | |
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| Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles | |
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| Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specifi c Evidence | |
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| The Fourth Step in Essay Writing | |
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| Revising Sentences | |
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| Editing Sentences | |
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| Practice in Revising Sentences | |
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| Four Bases for Revising Essays | |
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| Base 1: Unity | |
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| Base 2: Support | |
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| Base 3: Coherence | |
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| Base 4: Sentence Skills | |
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| Practice in Using the Four Bases | |
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| Patterns of Essay Development | |
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| Introduction to Essay Development | |
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| Important Considerations in Essay Development | |
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| Patterns of Essay Development | |
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| Description | |
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| READING: Lou's Place Beth Johnson | |
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| Narration | |
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| READING: The Yellow Ribbon Pete Hamill | |
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| Exemplifi cation | |
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| READING: Dad Andrew H. Malcolm | |
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| Process | |
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| READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview | |
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| Glenda Davis | |
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| Cause and Effect | |
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| READING: Taming the Anger Monster | |
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| Anne Davidson | |
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| Comparison or Contrast | |
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| READING: Born to Be Different? Camille Lewis | |
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| Definition | |
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| READING: Television Addiction Marie Winn | |
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| Division-Classifi cation | |
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| READING: Wait Divisions Tom Bodett | |
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| Argument | |
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| READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. Molly Ivins | |
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| Special Skills | |
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| Taking Essay Exams | |
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| Writing a Summary | |
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| Writing a Report | |
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| Writing a Rsum and Cover Letter | |
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| Using the Library and the Internet | |
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| Writing a Research Paper | |
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| Handbook of Sentence Skills | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Subjects and Verbs | |
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| Fragments | |
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| Run-Ons | |
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| Regular and Irregular Verbs | |
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| Subject-Verb Agreement | |
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| Additional Information about Verbs | |
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| Pronoun Agreement and Reference | |
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| Pronoun Types | |
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| Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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| Misplaced Modifi ers | |
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| Dangling Modifi ers | |
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| Mechanics | |
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| Manuscript Form | |
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| Capital Letters | |
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| Numbers and Abbreviations | |
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| Punctuation | |
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| Apostrophe | |
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| Quotation Marks | |
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| Comma | |
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| Other Punctuation Marks | |
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| Word Use | |
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| Spelling Improvement | |
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| Commonly Confused Words | |
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| Effective Word Choice | |
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| Editing Tests | |
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| ESL Pointers | |
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| Correction Symbols | |