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| Preface | |
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| Updates to the Fifth Edition | |
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| Composition | |
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| The Writing Process | |
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| The Writing Process | |
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| Review of the Paragraph | |
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| Writing Assignment 1: Writing and You | |
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| Writing Assignment 2: Reasons for Attending College | |
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| Preparing to Write | |
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| Prewriting | |
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| Why Prewrite? | |
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| Prewriting Methods | |
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| Progressive Writing Assignment | |
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| Building a Framework: Thesis and Organization | |
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| The Structure of an Essay | |
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| Constructing the Thesis Statement | |
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| Evaluating Your Thesis Points | |
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| Organizing Your Essay | |
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| Progressive Writing Assignment | |
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| Introducing the Essay | |
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| Purposes of an Introduction | |
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| Types of Introduction | |
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| Progressive Writing Assignment | |
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| Developing Body Paragraphs | |
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| Characteristics of an Effective Body Paragraph | |
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| Progressive Writing Assignment | |
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| Concluding the Essay | |
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| Methods of Conclusion | |
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| Traps to Avoid | |
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| Progressive Writing Assignment | |
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| Revising, Proofreading, and Formatting | |
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| Revising | |
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| Proofreading | |
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| Formatting | |
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| Progressive Writing Assignment | |
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| Showing and Telling: Description, Narration, and Example | |
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| Description, Narration, and Example in Action | |
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| Description | |
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| Elements of Descriptive Writing | |
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| Narration | |
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| Example | |
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| Topics for Combining Methods of Development | |
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| Limiting and Ordering: Definition, Classification, and Process | |
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| Definition, Classification, and Process in Action | |
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| Definition | |
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| Classification | |
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| Process | |
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| Topics for Combining Methods of Development | |
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| Examining Logical Connections: Comparison-Contrast, Cause-Effect, and Argument | |
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| Comparison-Contrast, Cause-Effect, and Argument in Action | |
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| Comparison-Contrast | |
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| Cause-Effect | |
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| Argument and Persuasion | |
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| Topics For Combining Methods of Development | |
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| Writing a Summary | |
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| Writing a Summary | |
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| Five Steps in Writing a Summary | |
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| Paraphrasing: An Essential Skill | |
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| Summary Report Assignments | |
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| Writing a Research Paper | |
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| Five Steps in Writing a Research Paper | |
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| Paraphrasing and Summarizing: Essential Research Skills | |
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| Using Documentation Styles | |
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| Using Online Sources | |
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| Guide to APA (American Psychological Association) Style | |
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| Guide to MLA (Modem Language Association) Style | |
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| Assignments for Writing a Research Paper | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Verbs and Subjects | |
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| Action and Linking Verbs | |
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| Recognizing Verbs and Subjects | |
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| Regular and Irregular Verbs | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Subject-Verb Agreement | |
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| The Basic Pattern | |
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| Problems in Subject-Verb Agreement | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Coordination and Subordination | |
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| Writing Effective Sentences | |
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| Connecting Ideas through Coordination | |
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| Connecting Ideas through Subordination | |
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| Creating Emphasis through Subordination | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Run-on Sentences | |
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| What Is a Run-on Sentence? | |
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| Correcting Run-ons | |
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| A Special Case: The Word That | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Sentence Fragments | |
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| What Is a Sentence Fragment? | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Pronoun Case | |
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| Subject and Object Pronouns | |
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| Using Who and Whom | |
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| Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Pronoun Agreement, Reference, and Point of View | |
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| Pronoun Agreement | |
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| Pronoun Reference | |
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| Pronoun Point of View | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Editing Exercises: Basic Grammar | |
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| Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers | |
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| Misplaced Modifiers | |
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| Dangling Modifiers | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Parallel Structure | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Verb Shifts | |
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| Shifts in Tense | |
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| Active Voice and Passive Voice | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Editing Exercises: Advanced Grammar | |
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| Sentences with Style | |
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| Style Tip 1: Limit Your Use of the Verb "To Be" | |
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| Style Tip 2: Replace Ordinary Verbs with Vivid, Descriptive Verbs | |
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| Style Tip 3: Revise Sentences That Begin with There is or It is | |
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| Style Tip 4: Vary Sentence Openings | |
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| Style Tip 5: Vary Sentence Structure and Length | |
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| Commas | |
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| Commas to Set Off Introductory Words, Phrases, and Clauses | |
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| Commas to Join Items in a Series | |
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| Commas to Join Independent Clauses | |
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| Commas around Interrupters | |
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| Commas with Direct Quotations | |
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| Commas in Names and Dates | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Other Punctuation | |
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| End Punctuation: Period, Question Mark, and Exclamation Point | |
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| The Semicolon | |
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| Colons and Dashes: Formal and Informal Punctuation | |
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| Parentheses: Tools of Understatement | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Word Choice | |
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| Slang and Textspeak | |
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| Clich�s | |
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| Wordiness | |
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| Conversational Constructions | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Words Commonly Confused | |
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| Words Commonly Confused | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Capitalization | |
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| Capitalization of Words That Begin Sentences | |
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| Capitalization of Words Referring to Individuals | |
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| Capitalization of Words Referring to Groups | |
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| Capitalization of Words Referring to Time and Place | |
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| Capitalization of Words Referring to Things and Activities | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Apostrophes | |
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| Apostrophes in Contractions | |
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| Apostrophes to Show Possession | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Quotation Marks, Italics, and Underlining | |
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| Quotation Marks to Signal Quotations | |
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| Quotation Marks, Italics, or Underlining to Set Off Titles | |
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| Review Exercises | |
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| Editing Exercises: Punctuation, Word Choice, and Mechanics | |
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| Readings | |
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| Has the Internet Killed Privacy? Richard Woods | |
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| Growing Up Bilingual, Sara Gonzalez | |
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| The Game of My Life, Jeff Obafemi Carr | |
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| When Words Get in the Way, Athlone G. Clarke | |
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| Letting in Light, Patricia Raybon | |
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| Coping with Procrastination, Roberta Moore, Barbara Baker, and Arnold H. Packer | |
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| After 20 Years, I Want to See My Abusive Dad for His Money, Tony Kelso | |
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| Why Chinese Parents Are Different, Amy Chua | |
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| Date Rape: Exposing Dangerous Myths, John J. Macionis | |
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| Is National Service a Cure for America's Woes? Larry Fennelly | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |