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| Preface | |
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| Thinking Through the Thesis Statement | |
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| Defining the Thesis Statement and the Academic Essay | |
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| Origins of the Academic Essay | |
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| Overview of the Academic Essay | |
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| The Importance of the Thesis Statement | |
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| The Academic Essay Format | |
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| Student Essay: "Homing Device for Humans" | |
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| Organization and the Essay's Format | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "Blazed and Confused," | |
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| The Audience and Effective Persuasion | |
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| An Overview of the Writing Process | |
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| Applications and Writing Exercises | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "Plagiarism: A Crime to be Prevented," | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "Mirror for Man," | |
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| Understanding the Thesis Statement Through its Three Parts (C-S-C) | |
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| Identifying the Three Parts of a Thesis Statement | |
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| Three Ways to Visualize Your Thesis Statement | |
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| The Context | |
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| The Subject. 3 Potential Problems and How to Fix Them | |
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| Image: Frieda Kahlo, Self Portrait With Thorn And Hummingbird | |
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| The Claim | |
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| 3 Essentials for Effective Claims | |
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| 4 Potential Problems and How to Fix Them | |
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| Applications and Writing Exercises | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "The Beatles--Rubber Soul: The Fab Four's Transitional Near-Masterpiece," | |
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| Using Critical Thinking to Develop a Thesis Statement | |
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| A Closer Look at Observation | |
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| Poem: "Daffodils" (1804) | |
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| A Closer Look at Abstraction | |
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| Thinking Critically to Develop a Thesis Statement | |
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| Considering All the Evidence | |
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| Putting it all Together: Using Observation and Abstraction to Draft a Thesis Statement | |
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| Image: Kim Cattrall "Got Milk?" Ad | |
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| Applications and Writing Exercises | |
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| Image: Pablo Picasso, Guernica | |
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| Image: Flower Power Ad | |
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| Poem: "Black Rook in Rainy Weather," | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "A Cautious Approach to Spirituality" | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "Good Books Help Make a Civil Society," | |
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| Supporting the Thesis Statement: The Burdens of Proof | |
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| The Burdens of Proof: What to Write About. 4 Tasks to Manage Your Burdens of Proof | |
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| The Burden of Background Information | |
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| Burdens of Proof and Logical Fallacies | |
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| Burdens of Proof and the Scope of Your Thesis Statement | |
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| Using the Burdens of Proof to Create an Outline | |
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| Applications and Writing Exercises | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "Human Cloning | |
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| Don't Just Say No," | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "Stem Cell Research Without Limits Is a Bad Idea," | |
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| Drafting and Revising the Essay: Supporting the Thesis Statement | |
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| Revisiting the Academic Essay Format | |
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| Using an Outline to Draft an Essay | |
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| A Closer Look at Paragraphs: Introductions, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusions | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "Life in the Lap of Luxury as Ecosystems Collapse," | |
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| Revising an Essay: The Basics | |
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| Applications and Writing Exercises | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "Good Books Help Make a Civil Society," | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "Explaining Christian Persecution during the Roman Empire," | |
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| Part I Writing Assignments | |
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| Image: Calvin Klein Ad | |
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| Part I Revision Tools | |
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| The Burdens of Proof Revision Worksheet | |
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| The Post-Draft Outline | |
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| Peer Review Workshop Worksheet | |
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| Thinking Through Your Writing Assignment | |
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| Developing a Thesis Statement from a Writing Assignment by Using 7 Steps | |
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| Types of Writing Assignments | |
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| 7 Steps to Develop a Thesis Statement from a Writing Assignment | |
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| The Assignment that Asks You to Respond to Another Writer's Ideas | |
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| The Assignment that Includes a Quotation | |
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| The Assignment that Includes an Essay | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "A World Not Neatly Divided," | |
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| The Assignment that Includes an Ongoing Debate | |
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| Applications and Writing Exercises | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "Privacy | |
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| What Privacy?" Tina Lennox | |
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| Developing a Thesis Statement From an Advanced Writing Assignment by Using 7 Steps | |
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| The Comparison and Contrast Writing Assignment | |
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| The Open-Ended Writing Assignment | |
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| The Writing Assignment With Multiple Questions or Multiple Parts | |
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| The Timed Essay | |
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| Applications and Writing Exercises | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "2 Live Crew, Decoded," | |
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| Poem: "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers," | |
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| Student Essay: "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers," | |
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| Image: La Molendera (1924) | |
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| Image: Five O'Clock Tea (1880) | |
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| Part II Writing Assignments | |
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| Part II Revision Tools | |
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| Peer Review Workshop Worksheet II | |
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| Writing Beyond the Composition Classroom | |
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| Writing Across the Disciplines: Beyond Your Composition Class | |
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| Thesis Statement Counterparts | |
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| The Informative Essay | |
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| Using the Controlling Idea Statement in Place of the Thesis Statement | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "The American Star System," | |
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| Distinguishing Between Writing Assignments that Require an Informative Essay and those that Require an Academic Essay | |
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| The Scientific Essay | |
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| Using the Hypothesis | |
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| IHMRAD: The Scientific Essay Format | |
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| The Scientific Essay and Writing Assignments Across the Curriculum | |
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| Writing Formats for Building the Scientific Essay | |
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| The Laboratory Report | |
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| The Field Notebook | |
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| Applications and Writing Exercises | |
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| Writing About Literature | |
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| Thesis Statements about Literature | |
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| Developing a Thesis Statement about Plot | |
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| Developing a Thesis Statement about a Character | |
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| Developing a Thesis Statement about a Theme | |
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| Developing a Thesis Statement Using a Personal Opinion | |
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| Developing a Thesis Statement Using Personal Opinion and the 7 Steps | |
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| Applications and Writing Exercises | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "A Rose for Emily (1931)," | |
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| Thinking Through the Reading: "The Open Boat (1897)," | |
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| Student Essay: "Naturalism and 'The Open Boat'," | |
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| Writing a Research Paper | |
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| Including Research in the Three Essay Formats | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "Alleviating Traffic Congestion," | |
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| The Informative Essay that Includes Research | |
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| The Scientific Essay that Includes Research | |
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| Methods for Doing and Using Research | |
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| Developing an Overarching Idea Using Research | |
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| Evaluating Sources | |
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| How to Include Research in Your Paper: Quoting | |
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| Using a Style Manual to Appropriately Document Research | |
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| Applications and Writing Exercises | |
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| Thinking Through a Reading: "A Dedicated System for Processing Faces," | |
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| Part III Writing Assignments | |
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| Part III Revision Tools | |
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| Research Paper Checklist | |
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| Peer Review Worksheet for the Research Paper | |
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| Troubleshooting the Thesis Statement: Common Pitfalls | |
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| The Problem of "These Three Things" | |
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| The Problem of "Because" | |
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| The Problem of Stating Something in the Negative | |
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| The Problem of "I Will?" (Analyze, Discuss, Explain, Examine?) | |
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| The Problem of Relative or Abstract Terms | |
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| The Problem of Passive Voice | |
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| The Problem of "To Be" Verbs | |
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| The Problem of "Did you Know?" | |
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| The Problem of the Soft Thesis | |
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| Patterns of Argument in Your Thesis Statement: More on Burdens of Proof | |
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| Establishing a Cause and Effect Relationship | |
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| Taking a Position or Proposing a Solution | |
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| Giving an Interpretation | |
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| Qualifying a Commonly-Held Belief (The Contrarian's Argument) | |
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| Proposing A Definition | |
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| Grammar, Style, and Rules for Citation | |
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| Editing your Paper | |
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| Ten Grammar Points | |
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| Eight Style Points | |
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| Using a Style Manual | |
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| Basic Guidelines for Formatting a Paper | |
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| Formatting the First Page of Your Paper in MLA Style | |
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| Formatting the First Pages of Your Paper in APA Style | |
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| Acknowledging Sources | |
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| Plagiarism and How to Avoid It | |
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| How to Include Others' Ideas in Your Paper | |
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| Formatting the Last Page of Your Paper Using MLA | |
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| Formatting the Last Page of Your Paper Using APA | |