To the Instructor
Part 1 Basic Principles of Effective Writing Preview
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Writing Understanding Point and Support An Overview: How the Book is Organized Benefits of Paragraph Writing Writing as a Skill Writing as a Process of Discovery Keeping a Journal Using This Text
Chapter 2 The Writing Process Prewriting Writing a First Draft Revising Editing Review Activities
Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Writing
Step 1 Begin With a Point
Step 2 Support the Point with Specific Evidence Reinforcing Point and Support
The Importance of Specific Details
The Importance of Adequate Details Practice in Making and Supporting a Point
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Writing Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Writing Step 4: Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences Revising Sentences Editing Sentences Practice in Revising Sentences
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Writing
Base 1 Unity
Base 2 Support
Base 3 Coherence
Base 4 Sentence Skills Practice in Using the Four Bases
Part 2 Paragraph Development Preview
Chapter 7 Introduction to Paragraph Development Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development Important Considerations in Paragraph Development Using a Computer Using Peer Review Doing a Personal Review
Chapter 8 Providing Examples
Chapter 9 Explaining a Process
Chapter 10 Examining Cause and Effect
Chapter 11 Comparing or Contrasting
Chapter 12 Defining a Term
Chapter 13 Dividing and Classifying
Chapter 14 Describing a Scene or Person
Chapter 15 Narrating an Event
Chapter 16 Arguing a Position
Part 3 Essay Development Preview
Chapter 17 Additional Paragraph Assignments
Chapter 18 Writing the Essay What Is an Essay?
Important Points About the Essay
Essays to Consider
Planning the Essay
Practice in Writing the Essay
Essay Assignments
Part 4 A Quick Guide to Research Preview
Chapter 19 A Quick Guide to Research
Part 5 Handbook of Sentence Skills Preview Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test Grammar
Chapter 20 Subjects and Verbs
Chapter 21 Sentence Sense
Chapter 22 Fragments
Chapter 23 Run-Ons
Chapter 24 Standard English Verbs
Chapter 25 Irregular Verbs
Chapter 26 Subject-Verb Agreement
Chapter 27 Pronoun Agreement and Reference
Chapter 28 Pronoun Types
Chapter 29 Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 30 Misplaced Modifiers
Chapter 31 Dangling Modifiers Mechanics
Chapter 32 Paper Format
Chapter 33 Capital Letters
Chapter 34 Numbers and Abbreviations Punctuation
Chapter 35 Apostrophe
Chapter 36 Quotation Marks
Chapter 37 Comma
Chapter 38 Other Punctuation Marks Word Use
Chapter 39 Using the Dictionary
Chapter 40 Improving Spelling
Chapter 41 Vocabulary Development
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice
Chapter 44 ESL Pointers Practice
Chapter 45 Combined Mastery Tests
Chapter 46 Editing Tests Sentence-Skills Achievement Test
Appendix: Answers and Charts Preview A