Table Of Contents:
ESL Contents xv
Preface xix
CHAPTER 1 The Process: How Do You Get from a First Draft to a Final Draft? 1(25)

PART 1: WHAT'S THE POINT? 1(18)

The Writing Process 2(1)

Writer's Block 2(1)

Prewriting 3(1)

Researching 4(1)

Drafting 4(3)

Documenting 7(4)

Correct Format for Documenting 11(1)

Revising 11(1)

Proofreading 12(7)

PART 2: APPLICATIONS 19(7)

1-1: Dealing with Writer's Block 1 19(1)

1-2: Dealing with Writer's Block 2 19(1)

1-3: Working with Organization 20(1)

1-4: Working with Content 21(1)

1-5: Working with Sentence-Level Errors 22(1)

1-6: Writing a Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation 23(3)
CHAPTER 2 What Is an Essay? 26(38)

PART 1: WHAT'S THE POINT? 26(19)

Essay Structure 27(11)

How Modes of Discourse Work in Essays 38(7)

PART 2: APPLICATIONS 45(19)

2-1: Creating a Thesis Statement 45(2)

2-2: Revising Thesis Statements 47(2)

2-3: Introductions 49(2)

2-4: The Body 51(7)

2-5: Conclusions 58(1)

2-6: Putting Your Essay Together 59(1)

2-7: Modes of Discourse 1 60(2)

2-8: Modes of Discourse 2 62(2)
CHAPTER 3 Prewriting and Drafting: Getting the Words Out 64(17)

PART 1: WHAT'S THE POINT? 64(8)

Prewriting Strategies 64 Visual Prewriting 65(1)

Kinesthetic (Movement-Based) Prewriting 65(1)

Oral (Spoken) Prewriting 66(1)

Aural (Hearing-Based) Prewriting 66(4)

Writing-Based Prewriting 66 Sample Outline 70(1)

First Drafts 70(2)

PART 2: APPLICATIONS 72(9)

3-1: Freewriting 72(1)

3-2: Focused Freewriting 73(1)

3-3: Using Colors 74(1)

3-4: Speaking Your Ideas 1 75(1)

3-5: Speaking Your Ideas 2 75(1)

3-6: Moving Around 1 76(1)

3-7: Moving Around 2 76(1)

3-8: Listing 77(2)

3-9: Creating a Focused Cluster 79(1)

3-10: Creating an Outline 80(1)
CHAPTER 4 Revision: Moving from a First Draft to a Polished Final Draft 81(27)

PART 1: WHAT'S THE POINT? 81(22)

Revising for Organization 82(3)

Revising for Content Development 85(4)

Essay Drafts During Revision 89(11)

Types of Content 100(1)

Using Other People's Ideas Incorrectly 101(2)

PART 2: APPLICATIONS 103(5)

4-1: Organization 1 103(1)

4-2: Organization 2 103(1)

4-3: Content Development 1 103(1)

4-4: Content Development 2 104(1)

4-5: Choosing Relevant Examples 105(1)

4-6: General vs. Specific Examples 105(3)
CHAPTER 5 Is It Clear to Your Readers? Revising for Style 108(33)

PART 1: WHAT'S THE POINT? 108(10)

Clarity 109(2)

Repetitiveness 111(2)

Wordiness 113(5)

PART 2: APPLICATIONS 118(23)

5-1: Revising for Clarity 118(3)

5-2: Revising Repetitiveness 121(4)

5-3: Revising Wordiness 125(4)

5-4: Revising Miscellaneous Sentences 129(8)

5-5: Revising Your Own Sentences 1 137(3)

5-6: Revising Your Own Sentences 2 140(1)
CHAPTER 6 Analysis: Looking Below the Surface 141(17)

PART 1: WHAT'S THE POINT? 141(13)

Reading and Writing Analytically 142(4)

How Other Modes of Discourse Work with Analysis 146(4)

Types of Analysis 150(1)

How to Analyze a Text 151(3)

PART 2: APPLICATIONS 154(4)

6-1: Defining Analysis 154(1)

6-2: Recognizing Analysis 154(2)

6-3: Analyzing an Image 156(1)

6-4: Writing about What You See 157(1)
CHAPTER 7 Persuasion: Connecting with Your Readers 158(18)

PART 1: WHAT'S THE POINT? 158(12)

What Is Persuasion? 159(2)

Types of Persuasive Documents 161(1)

Strategies Used to Persuade 162(2)

How Other Modes of Discourse Work with Persuasion 164(2)

Errors Made in Persuasion 166(2)

Using Research with Persuasion 168(2)

PART 2: APPLICATIONS 170(6)

7-1: Defining Persuasion 170(1)

7-2: Discussing Persuasive Documents 170(1)

7-3: Persuading Different Audiences 1 171(2)

7-4: Persuading Different Audiences 2 173(1)

7-5: Persuading Different Audiences 3 174(1)

7-6: Documents That Make Logical Errors 174(2)
CHAPTER 8 The Research Process: Answering Your Questions Effectively 176(15)

PART 1: WHAT'S THE POINT? 176(9)

What Is Research? 177(1)

How to Research 177(5)

Evaluating Resources 182(3)

PART 2: APPLICATIONS 185(6)

8-1: Brainstorming General Topics That Interest You 185(1)

8-2: Creating Preliminary Research Questions 185(4)

8-3: Doing Preliminary Research 189(1)

8-4: Creating a Thesis Statement 189(1)

8-5: Evaluating Potential Sources 189(2)
CHAPTER 9 Finding Your Resources 191(13)

PART 1: WHAT'S THE POINT? 191(7)

Library Resources 192(4)

Online Resources 196(1)

Other Resources 197(1)

PART 2: APPLICATIONS 198(6)

9-1: Working with a Librarian 198(1)

9-2: Using Government Documents 198(1)

9-3: Family History 198(1)

9-4: Using Maps 198(1)

9-5: Using Microforms 198(1)

9-6: Conducting Interviews 199(2)

9-7: Finding Potential Resources 201(3)
CHAPTER 10 Documentation Styles: Flow to Set up Your Essays and Use Your Sources 204(33)

PART 1: WHAT'S THE POINT? 204(29)

Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation Style 205(1)

Setting up Your MLA Papers 205(6)

The MLA Works Cited Page 211(2)

Sample MLA Bibliographic Entries 213(5)

American Psychological Association (APA) Documentation Style 218(1)

Setting up Your APA Papers 219(6)

The APA References Page 225(1)

Sample APA Bibliographic Entries 226(5)

Other Documentation Styles 231(2)

PART 2: APPLICATIONS 233(4)

10-1: MLA-Style Works Cited Format 233(1)

10-2: APA-Style References Format 234(1)

10-3: Setting up a Bibliography 235(2)
CHAPTER 11 Sentence Basics 237(36)

PART 1: WHAT'S THE POINT? 237(13)

Nouns 238(1)

Verbs 239(1)

Adjectives 240(1)

Adverbs 241(1)

Pronouns 241(1)

Subjects and Objects 242(1)

Clauses 243(1)

Fragments 244(1)

Comma Splices 244(1)

Run-on Sentences 245(1)

Overuse of "To Be" 245(1)

Subject-Verb Agreement 246(1)

Types of Sentences 247(3)

PART 2: APPLICATIONS 250(23)

11-1: Nouns and Verbs 1 250(1)

11-2: Nouns and Verbs 2 250(1)

11-3: Adjectives and Adverbs 1 251(1)

11-4: Adjectives and Adverbs 2 252(1)

11-5: Working with Pronouns 252(1)

11-6: Recognizing Independent and Dependent Clauses 253(2)

11-7: Sentence Fragments 255(2)

11-8: Comma Splices 257(3)

11-9: Run-on Sentences 260(3)

11-10: Overuse of "To Be" 263(2)

11-11: Using Correct Subject-Verb Agreement l 265(2)

11-12: Using Correct Subject-Verb Agreement 2 267(2)

11-13: Types of Sentences 269(4)
CHAPTER 12 Common Sentence Errors: Don't Let This Happen to You 273(26)

PART 1: WHAT'S THE POINT? 273(9)

Tone (Casual vs. Formal) 274(1)

Parallelism 275(1)

Point of View 276(1)

Too Much Passive Voice 276(1)

Weak Sentence Openers 277(1)

Choppy and Repetitive Sentences 278(1)

Combining Sentences with Commas, Semicolons, and Colons 278(4)

PART 2: APPLICATIONS 282(17)

12-1: Jargon 282(2)

12-2: Slang and Other Overly Casual Phrases 284(2)

12-3: Using Parallelism 286(2)

12-4: Understanding Point of View 288(4)

12-5: Passive Voice 292(2)

12-6: Editing for Clear Expression 294(1)

12-7: Creating Sentence Variety 295(4)
Appendix 1: Glossary 299(7)
Appendix 2: Critical/Active Reading 306(4)
Appendix 3: Timed Writing 310(5)
Appendix 4: More Resources about Writing 315(2)
Index 317