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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Writing a Paragraph | |
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| Paragraph Structure | |
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| The Three Parts of a Paragraph | |
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| The Topic Sentence | |
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| Position of Topic Sentences | |
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| The Two Parts of a Topic Sentence | |
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| Supporting Sentences | |
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| The Concluding Sentence | |
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| Review | |
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| Writing Practice | |
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| Unity and Coherence | |
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| Unity | |
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| Coherence | |
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| Repetition of Key Nouns | |
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| Key Noun Substitutes | |
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| Consistent Pronouns | |
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| Transition Signals | |
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| Logical Order | |
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| Review | |
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| Writing Practice | |
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| Supporting Details: Facts, Quotations, and Statistics | |
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| Facts versus Opinions | |
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| Using Outside Sources | |
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| Plagiarism | |
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| Citing Sources | |
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| Quotations | |
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| Direct Quotations | |
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| Reporting Verbs and Phrases | |
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| Punctuating Direct Quotations | |
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| Indirect Quotations | |
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| Writing Practice | |
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| Statistics | |
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| Writing Practice | |
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| Review | |
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| Writing an Essay | |
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| From Paragraph to Essay | |
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| The Three Parts of an Essay | |
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| The Introductory Paragraph | |
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| Funnel Introduction | |
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| Attention-Getting Introduction | |
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| Thesis Statement | |
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| Body Paragraphs | |
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| Logical Division of Ideas | |
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| Thesis Statements for Logical Division of Ideas | |
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| Thesis Statement Pitfalls | |
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| Transition Signals between Paragraphs | |
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| The Concluding Paragraph | |
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| Essay Outlining | |
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| Review | |
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| Writing Practice | |
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| Applying What You Have Learned | |
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| Reading | |
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| Questions | |
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| Suggestions for Discussion or Writing | |
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| Chronological Order: Process Essays | |
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| Thesis Statements for a Process Essay | |
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| Transition Signals for Chronological Order | |
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| Review | |
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| Writing Practice | |
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| Applying What You Have Learned | |
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| Questions | |
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| Suggestions for Discussion or Writing | |
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| Questions | |
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| Suggestions for Discussion or Writing | |
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| Cause/Effect Essays | |
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| Organization for Cause/Effect Order | |
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| Block Organization | |
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| Chain Organization | |
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| Cause/Effect Signal Words and Phrases | |
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| Cause Signal Words | |
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| Effect Signal Words | |
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| Review | |
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| Writing Practice | |
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| Applying What You Have Learned | |
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| Reading | |
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| Questions | |
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| Suggestions for Discussion or Writing | |
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| Comparison/Contrast Essays | |
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| Organization of Comparison/Contrast Essays | |
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| Point-by-Point Organization | |
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| Block Organization | |
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| Comparison and Contrast Signal Words | |
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| Comparison Signal Words | |
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| Contrast Signal Words | |
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| Review | |
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| Writing Practice | |
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| Applying What You Have Learned | |
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| Reading | |
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| Questions | |
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| Suggestions for Discussion or Writing | |
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| Paraphrase and Summary | |
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| Paraphrasing | |
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| Plagiarism | |
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| Using Paraphrases as Support | |
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| Summarizing | |
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| Review | |
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| Argumentative Essays | |
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| Organization of Argumentative Essays | |
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| The Introductory Paragraph | |
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| Thesis Statement | |
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| Review | |
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| Writing Practice | |
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| Applying What You Have Learned | |
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| Topic 1, Reading 1 | |
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| Questions | |
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| Topic 1, Reading 2 | |
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| Questions | |
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| Topic 2, Reading 1 | |
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| Questions | |
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| Topic 2, Reading 2 | |
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| Questions | |
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| Sentence Structure | |
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| Types of Sentences | |
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| Clauses | |
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| Independent Clauses | |
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| Dependent Clauses | |
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| Kinds of Sentences | |
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| Simple Sentences | |
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| Compound Sentences | |
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| Complex Sentences | |
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| Compound-Complex Sentences | |
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| Sentence Types and Writing Style | |
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| Review | |
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| Using Parallel Structures and Fixing Sentence Problems | |
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| Parallelism | |
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| Parallelism with Coordinators: And, Or, But | |
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| Parallelism with Correlative (Paired) Conjunctions | |
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| Sentence Problems | |
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| Sentence Fragments | |
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| Choppy Sentences | |
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| Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices | |
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| Stringy Sentences | |
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| Review | |
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| Editing Practice | |
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| Noun Clauses | |
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| That Clauses | |
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| Sentences Beginning with It | |
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| Special Verb Tenses in That Clauses | |
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| If/Whether Clauses | |
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| Question Clauses | |
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| Review | |
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| Editing Practice | |
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| Writing Practice | |
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| Adverb Clauses | |
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| Kinds of Adverb Clauses | |
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| Punctuation of Adverb Clauses | |
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| Time Clauses | |
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| Place Clauses | |
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| Distance, Frequency, and Manner Clauses | |
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| Reason Clauses | |
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| Result Clauses | |
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| Purpose Clauses | |
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| Contrast Clauses | |
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| Direct Opposition Clauses | |
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| Concession (Unexpected Result) Clauses | |
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| Conditional Clauses | |
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| Review | |
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| Editing Practice | |
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| Writing Practice | |
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| Adjective Clauses | |
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| Relative Pronouns and Adverbs | |
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| Position of Adjective Clauses | |
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| Verb Agreement in Adjective Clauses | |
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| Kinds of Adjective Clauses | |
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| Relative Pronouns as Subjects | |
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| Relative Pronouns as Objects | |
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| Possessive Adjective Clauses | |
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| Relative Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions | |
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| Relative Pronouns in Phrases of Quantity and Quality | |
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| Adjective Clauses of Time and Place | |
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| Review | |
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| Editing Practice | |
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| Writing Practice | |
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| Participial Phrases | |
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| Participles | |
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| Participial Phrases | |
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| Reduced Adjective Clauses | |
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| Position and Punctuation of Participial Phrases | |
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| General Form -ing Participial Phrases | |
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| General Form -ed Participial Phrases | |
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| Perfect Form Participial Phrases | |
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| Participial Phrases and Writing Style | |
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| Reduced Adverb Clauses | |
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| Review | |
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| Editing Practice | |
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| Writing Practice | |
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| The Process of Academic Writing | |
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| Creating (Prewriting) | |
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| Planning (Outlining) | |
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| Writing | |
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| Polishing | |
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| Editing Practice | |
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| Punctuation Rules | |
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| Commas | |
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| Semicolons | |
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| Colons | |
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| Quotation Marks | |
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| Editing Practice | |
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| Charts of Connecting Words and Transition Signals | |
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| Coordinating Words | |
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| Subordinating Words | |
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| Conjunctive Adverbs | |
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| Transition Signals | |
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| Editing Symbols | |
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| Research and Documentation of Sources | |
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| Types of Sources | |
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| Evaluating Sources | |
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| Documentation of Sources | |
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| In-Text Citations | |
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| Works-Cited Lists | |
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| Self-Editing and Peer-Editing Worksheets | |
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| Scoring Rubrics | |
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| Index | |
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| Credits | |