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| Getting Started | |
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| Why Write? | |
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| “Put It in Writing.“ | |
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| Using Get Writing | |
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| Working Together | |
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| What Is Good Writing? | |
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| The Writing Context | |
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| What Is Your Goal? | |
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| Who Are the Readers? | |
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| What Is the Discipline or Situation? | |
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| What Is Expected in the Document? | |
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| The College Writing Context | |
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| Avoid Plagiarism | |
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| Strategies for Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| The Writing Process | |
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| Step 1 | |
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| Prewriting Techniques | |
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| Step 2 | |
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| Moving from Topic to Thesis | |
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| Elements of a Thesis Statement | |
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| Organizing Support | |
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| Developing an Outline | |
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| Step 3 | |
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| Step 4 | |
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| Step 5 | |
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| Using Peer Review | |
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| Step 6 | |
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| Writing Under Pressure: The Essay Exam | |
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| Developing Paragraphs | |
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| Developing Topic Sentences and Controlling Ideas | |
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| What Is a Paragraph? | |
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| Topic Sentences and Controlling Ideas | |
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| Writing Topic Sentences | |
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| Paragraphs Without Topic Sentences | |
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| Revising Paragraphs | |
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| Using Paragraph Breaks in Dialogue | |
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| Supporting Topic Sentences with Details | |
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| What Are Supporting Details? | |
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| Steps to Building Effective Paragraphs | |
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| Start with a Clear Topic Sentence and Focused Controlling Idea | |
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| Distinguish Between Supporting Detail and Restating Topic Sentences | |
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| Support Topic Sentences with Adequate and Relevant Details | |
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| Types of Support | |
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| Personal Observations and Experiences | |
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| Examples | |
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| Facts and Opinions | |
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| Statistics | |
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| Testimony (Quotations) | |
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| Blending Support | |
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| Developing Paragraphs Using Description | |
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| What Is Description? | |
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| Creating Dominant Impressions | |
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| Improving Dominant Impressions and Supporting Details | |
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| Writing at Work: Description | |
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| Student Paragraphs | |
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| Description of a Person | |
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| Description of a Place | |
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| Description of a Concept | |
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| Putting Paragraphs Together | |
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| Selecting Topics | |
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| Developing Paragraphs Using Narration | |
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| What Is Narration? | |
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| Writing Narration: Making a Point | |
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| Writing Narration: Using Transitions | |
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| Writing Narration: Using Dialogue | |
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| Writing at Work: Narration | |
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| Student Paragraphs | |
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| Subjective Narrative | |
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| Personal Narrative | |
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| Objective Narrative in a History Paper | |
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| Objective Narrative in an Earth Science Research Paper | |
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| Putting Paragraphs Together | |
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| Selecting Topics | |
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| Developing Paragraphs Using Example | |
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| What Is an Example? | |
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| Writing Example Paragraphs | |
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| Types of Examples | |
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| Using Hypothetical Examples | |
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| Writing Example: Using Transitions | |
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| Writing at Work: Example | |
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| Student Paragraphs | |
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| Single, Extended Example | |
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| Multiple Examples | |
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| Hypothetical Examples | |
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| Putting Paragraphs Together | |
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| Selecting Topics | |
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| Developing Paragraphs Using Definition | |
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| What is Definition? | |
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| Writing Definition: Establishing Meaning | |
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| Methods of Definition | |
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| The Purpose of Definition | |
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| Writing at Work: Definition | |
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| Student Paragraphs | |
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| Standard Definition | |
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| Qualifying Definition | |
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| Invented Definition | |
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| Putting Paragraphs Together | |
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| Selecting Topics | |
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| Developing Paragraphs Using Comparison and Contrast | |
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| What Are Comparison and Contrast? | |
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| The Purposes of Comparison and Contrast | |
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| Organizing Comparison Paragraphs | |
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| Subject by Subject | |
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| Point by Point | |
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| Writing at Work: Comparison | |
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| Student Paragraphs | |
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| Subject by Subject | |
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| Point by Point | |
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| Point by Point | |
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| Putting Paragraphs Together | |
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| Selecting Topics | |
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| Planning and Writing Comparison and Contrast Paragraphs | |
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| Developing Paragraphs Using Division and Classification | |
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| What Are Division and Classification? | |
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| Writing Division Paragraphs | |
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| Official and Personal Divisions | |
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| Writing Classification Paragraphs | |
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| Official and Personal Classifications | |
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| Writing at Work: Division and Classification | |
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| Student Paragraphs | |
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| Division | |
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| Classification | |
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| Division and Classification | |
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| Putting Paragraphs Together | |
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| Selecting Topics | |
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| Developing Paragraphs Using Process | |
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| What Is Process? Explaining How Things Work | |
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| Giving Directions | |
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| Writing Paragraphs That Explain | |
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| Writing Paragraphs That Give Directions | |
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| Writing at Work: Process | |
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| Student Paragraphs | |
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| Explaining How Something Works | |
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| Givi | |