Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings

Cover
Brief Contents
Contents
Preface
To the Student
Part 1: The Basics of the Short Essay
	Chapter 1: Prewriting
		Getting Started
		Selecting a Subject
		Finding Your Essay’s Purpose and Focus
		Pump-Primer Techniques
		After You’ve Found Your Focus
		Discovering Your Audience
		How to Identify Your Readers
		Keeping a Journal (Talking to Yourself Does Help)
		Chapter 1: Summary
	Chapter 2: The Thesis Statement
		What Is a Thesis? What Does a “Working Thesis” Do?
		Can a “Working Thesis” Change?
		Guidelines for Writing a Good Thesis
		Avoiding Common Errors in Thesis Statements
		Using the Essay Map
		Chapter 2: Summary
	Chapter 3: The Body Paragraphs
		Planning the Body of Your Essay
		Composing the Body Paragraphs
		The Topic Sentence
		Paragraph Development
		Paragraph Length
		Paragraph Unity
		Paragraph Coherence
		Paragraph Sequence
		Chapter 3: Summary
	Chapter 4: Beginnings and Endings
		How to Write a Good Lead-In
		Avoiding Errors in Lead-Ins
		How to Write a Good Concluding Paragraph
		Avoiding Errors in Conclusions
		How to Write a Good Title
		Chapter 4: Summary
	Chapter 5: Drafting and Revising: Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
		What Is Revision?
		When Does Revision Occur?
		Myths about Revision
		Can I Learn to Improve My Revision Skills?
		Preparing to Draft
		Writing Centers, Computer Classrooms, and Electronic Networks
		Procrastination: Enemy of Critical Thinking, Thief of Time
		A Revision Process for Your Drafts
		A Final Checklist for Your Essay
		Sample Student Essay
		Collaborative Activities: Group Work, Peer Revision Workshops, and Team Projects
		Benefiting from Collaborative Activities
		Some Last Advice: How to Play with Your Mental Blocks
		Chapter 5: Summary
	Chapter 6: Effective Sentences
		Developing a Clear Style
		Developing a Concise Style
		Developing an Engaging Style
		Developing an Emphatic Style
		Chapter 6: Summary
	Chapter 7: Word Logic
		Selecting the Correct Words
		Selecting the Best Words
		Chapter 7: Summary
	Chapter 8: The Reading-Writing Connection
		How Can Reading Well Help Me Become a Better Writer?
		How Can I Become an Analytical Reader?
		How Can I Read Multimodal Texts Analytically?
		Writing a Summary
		Benefiting from Class Discussions
		Chapter 8: Summary
Part 2: Purposes, Modes, and Strategies
	Chapter 9: Development by Example
		Why and How to Use Examples in Your Writing
		Developing Your Essay
		Sample Student Essay 1
		Sample Student Essay 2
	Chapter 10: Process Analysis
		Types of Process Analysis Essays
		Developing Your Essay
		Sample Student Essay 1
		Sample Student Essay 2
		Professional Essays
	Chapter 11: Comparison and Contrast
		Developing Your Essay
		Sample Student Essay 1
		Sample Student Essay 2
		Professional Essay
		A Special Kind of Comparison: The Analogy
	Chapter 12: Definition
		Why Do We Define?
		Developing Your Essay
		Sample Student Essay 1
		Sample Student Essay 2
	Chapter 13: Division and Classification
		Division
		Classification
		Developing Your Essay
		Sample Student Essay 1
		Sample Student Essay 2
	Chapter 14: Causal Analysis
		Developing Your Essay
		Sample Student Essay 1
		Sample Student Essay 2
	Chapter 15: Argumentation
		Developing Your Essay
		Sample Student Essay 1
		Sample Student Essay 2
		Analyzing Advertisements
	Chapter 16: Description
		How to Write Effective Description
		Sample Student Essay 1
		Sample Student Essay 2
	Chapter 17: Narration
		Writing the Effective Narrative Essay
		Sample Student Essay 1
		Sample Student Essay 2
	Chapter 18: Writing Essays Using Multiple Strategies
		Sample Student Essay
Part 3: Special Assignments
	Chapter 19: Conducting Research and Using Sources
		Focusing Your Topic
		Beginning Your Library Research
		Beginning Your Online Research
		Conducting Primary Research
		Preparing a Working Bibliography
		Choosing and Evaluating Your Sources
		Preparing an Annotated Bibliography
		Taking Notes
		Incorporating Your Source Material
		Avoiding Plagiarism
	Chapter 20: Documenting Sources
		MLA Style
		APA Style
		Footnote and Bibliography Form
		Using Supplementary Notes
		Sample Student Essay Using MLA Style
		Sample Student Essay Using APA Style
	Chapter 21: Classroom Writing: Exams, Timed Essays, and Presentations
		Steps to Writing Well Under Pressure
		Writing the Summary-and-Response Essay
		Sample Student Essay
		Writing for Classroom Presentations
	Chapter 22: Writing about Literature
		Using Literature in the Composition Classroom
		Suggestions for Close Reading of Literature
		Steps to Reading a Story
		Annotated Story
		Sample Student Essay
		Steps to Reading a Poem
		Annotated Poem
		Sample Student Essay
		General Guidelines for Writing about Literature
		Suggestions for Writing
	Chapter 23: Writing in the World of Work
		Composing Business Letters
		Sample Business Letter
		Creating Memos
		Sending Professional E-Mail
		Writing Cover Letters and Designing Résumés
		Sample Résumés
		Preparing Interview Notes and Post-Interview Letters
Part 4: A Concise Handbook
	Chapter 24: Major Errors in Grammar
		Assessing Your Skills: Grammar
		Errors with Verbs
		Errors with Nouns
		Errors with Pronouns
		Errors with Adverbs and Adjectives
		Errors in Modifying Phrases
		Errors in Sentences
	Chapter 25: A Concise Guide to Punctuation
		Assessing Your Skills: Punctuation
		Punctuation Guidelines
	Chapter 26: A Concise Guide to Mechanics
		Assessing Your Skills: Mechanics
Part 5: Additional Readings
	Chapter 27: Development by Example
		“Black Men and Public Space” by Brent Staples
		“Six Myths about Choosing a College Major” by Jeffrey J. Selingo
		“Take This Fish and Look at It” by Samuel H. Scudder
	Chapter 28: Process Analysis
		“Bite-Sized History” by Carlton Stowers
		“Some Friendly Advice” by Jesse McKinley
	Chapter 29: Comparison and Contrast
		“Us and Them” by David Sedaris
		“The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” by Judith Ortiz Cofer
		“Once More to the Lake” by E. B. White
	Chapter 30: Definition
		“The Exam Dream” by Eric Hoover
		“What Is Poverty?” by Jo Goodwin Parker
		“A VIrtual Wallet” by Audrey Wick
	Chapter 31: Division and Classification
		“Party Manners” by Richard L. Grossman
		“The Colorful Plate” by Dianne Moeller
		“How Facebook Figures Out Everyone You’ve Ever Met” by Kashmir Hill
	Chapter 32: Causal Analysis
		“Some Lessons from the Assembly Line” by Andrew Braaksma
		“Mystery!” by Nicholas Meyer
		“The Mind Game” by Joshua Bell
	Chapter 33: Argumentation
		“Putting Up with Hate” by The Denver Post Editorial Board
		“Judging by the Cover” by Bonny Gainley
	Chapter 34: Description
		“Still Learning from My Mother” by Cliff Schneider
		“A Day at the Theme Park” by W. Bruce Cameron
		“The Battle of the Ants” by Henry David Thoreau
	Chapter 35: Narration
		“37 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police” by Martin Gansberg
		“Salvation” by Langston Hughes
		“Arrival at Manzanar” by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston
	Chapter 36: Essays Using Multiple Strategies and Styles
		“Courage in Greensboro” by Owen Edwards
		“A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift
	Chapter 37: Literature
		“Bilingual/Bilingüe” by Rhina P. Espaillat
		“Poem for an Inked Daughter” by Jane Wheeler
		“A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell
	Credits
	Index
Credits
Index