| Preliminary Contents | |
| Note: Each chapter in the Student' Guide to Writing section begins with Guidelines and concludes with Assignments/Application | |
| Each chapter in the Strategies and Models section begins with an Overview and concludes with Guidelines and Activities Student'S Guide To Writing | |
| Reading, Thinking, and Writing | |
| Critical Reading | |
| Critical Thinking | |
| The Writing Process | |
| Getting Started Understand the Writing Assignment Explore Possible Topics Collect Information | |
| Planning Find a Focus Develop a Plan or an Outline Choose a Method of Development | |
| Drafting Generate an Opening Develop the Middle Shape a Closing Choose a Title | |
| Revising Whole-Paper Issues | |
| Paragraph Issues | |
| Revise Collaboratively | |
| Checklist: Revising | |
| Editing and Proofreading | |
| Edit for Style | |
| Edit for Sentence | |
| Effectiveness Edit for Word Choice | |
| Proofread for Correctness | |
| Checklist: Editing and Proofreading | |
| Designing and Submitting Format Your Paper | |
| Prepare a Final Copy | |
| The College Essay | |
| One Writer's Process | |
| Getting Started | |
| Planning | |
| Drafting | |
| Revising | |
| Editing and Proofreading | |
| Designing and Submitting Strategies And Models | |
| Narrative and Descriptive Writing | |
| Personal Narrative Student Models | |
| "Dad," | |
| "Mzee Owitti," | |
| Professional Model | |
| "One Remembers What One Loves," | |
| Personal Essay Student Models | |
| "Let's Kill Cute," | |
| "Like a Girl," | |
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| "None of This Is Fair," | |
| Description of a Person, a Place, or an Event Student Models | |
| "He Knew," | |
| "The Stream in the Ravine," | |
| "Beyond the End of the Road," | |
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| "That Morning on the Prairie," | |
| "Who Shot Johnny?" | |
| Analytical Writing | |
| Cause and Effect Student Models | |
| "Life-Threatening Stress," | |
| "Adrenaline Junkies," | |
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| "A New Vision for America," | |
| Comparison and Contrast Student Models | |
| "Seeing the Light," | |
| "Beyond Control," | |
| "A Fear Born of Sorrow" | |
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| "Like Mexicans," | |
| Classification and Division Student Models | |
| "Weight Lifting 101," | |
| "Three Family Cancers," | |
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| "Four Ways to Talk About Literature," | |
| Process Student Model | |
| "Wayward Cells," | |
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| "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow," | |
| "Code Blue--The Process," | |
| Problem and Solution Student Models | |
| "Responding to Dementia," | |
| "Preparing for Agroterror," | |
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| "Ring Leader," | |
| Definition Student Models | |
| "The Gullible Family," | |
| "A Few of My Favorite Things," | |
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| "Code Blue: The Story," | |
| Persuasive Writing | |
| Essay of Persuasion Student Models | |
| "Second Language Education Must Start Early," | |
| "If We Are What We Wear, What Are We?" | |
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| "Demystifying Multiculturalism," | |
| "I Have a Dream," | |
| Position Paper Student Models | |
| "Evening the Odds," | |
| "To Drill or Not to Drill," | |
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| "Tattling Stinks?" | |
| "In Defense of Animals," | |
| Essay of Argumentation Student Models | |
| "Too Much of a Good Thing," | |
| "An Apology for Ms. Barbie D. Doll," | |
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| "Soul of a Citizen," | |
| Report Writing | |
| Observation Report Student Models | |
| "The Beach," | |
| "Revelation in Santo Domingo," | |
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| "Scab," | |
| Interview Report Student Models | |
| "Lambie's Limousines," | |
| "The Dead Business," | |
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| "Undercoating Safety Incident," | |
| Experiment or Lab Report Student Models | |
| "Analysis of Large and Medium Tree Populations," | |
| "Biosynthesis of Ethanol," | |
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| "Investigation of Cockroach Infestation," | |
| Special Forms of Writing | |
| Writing About Literature and the Arts Student Models | |
| "The Truth in Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried,' (novel) | |
| "Looking at The Darking Thrush," (poem) | |
| "Sigur Ros, Agaetis Byrjun," (album) | |
| "Wonder of Wonders: The Lord of Rings," | |
| "Tragic Lessons," (novel) | |
| Writing Across the Curriculum | |
| Taking Essay Tests | |
| Writing for the Workplace | |
| Writing for the Web | |
| Preparing Oral Presentations Research | |
| Research and Writing | |
| Writing the Research Paper Student Models | |
| "UN Sanctions and the Suffering of Iraq's People," (MLA), Troy Schemper | |
| Running on Empty," (APA), Thomas Delany | |
| Managing a Research Project | |
| Conducting Library and Internet Research | |
| Documentation and Format Style | |
| MLA Documentation Form | |
| APA Documentation Form Handbook | |
| Understanding Grammar | |
| Marking Punctuation | |
| Checking Mechanics | |
| Using the Right Word | |
| Constructing Sentences | |
| Avoiding Sentence Errors | |
| Subject-Verb Agreement | |
| Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement | |
| Shifts in Sentence Structure | |
| Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-Ons | |
| Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers | |
| Ambiguous Wording Nonstandard Language | |
| Special ESL Issues | |
| Count and Noncount Nouns | |
| Definite and Indefinite Articles | |
| Omitted Subjects, Verbs, and Expletives | |
| Repeated Subjects, Objects, and Adverbs | |
| Subject-Verb Agreement | |
| Placement of Adjectives and Adverbs | |
| Present and Past Participles | |
| Conditional Sentences Usage and Mixed Pairs | |
| Idiomatic Expressions | |
| Nonstandard Language Credits | |
| Index | |
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