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Introduction
Publisher Information
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Dedications
Preface
1. Chapter 1
2. 1.1 Reading and Writing in College
3. 1.2 Developing Study Skills
4. 1.3 Becoming a Successful College Writer
5. 1.4 Introduction to Writing: End-of-Chapter Exercises
6. 2.8 Writing Basics: End-of-Chapter Exercises
7. 2.7 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
8. 2.6 Adjectives and Adverbs
9. 2.5 Pronouns
10. 2.4 Capitalization
11. 2.3 Verb Tense
12. 2.2 Subject-Verb Agreement
13. 2.1 Sentence Writing
14. 3.9 Punctuation: End-of-Chapter Exercises
15. 3.5 Apostrophes
16. 3.8 Hyphens
17. 3.7 Dashes
18. 3.6 Parentheses
19. 3.4 Quotes
20. 3.3 Colons
21. 3.2 Semicolons
22. 3.1 Commas
23. 4.7 Working with Words: End-of-Chapter Exercises
24. 4.5 Synonyms and Antonyms
25. 4.4 Prefixes and Suffixes
26. 4.3 Word Choice
27. 4.2 Spelling
28. 4.1 Commonly Confused Words
29. 4.6 Using Context Clues
30. 5.2 Negative Statements
31. 5.1 Word Order
32. 5.3 Count and Noncount Nouns and Articles
33. 5.4 Pronouns
34. 5.9 Help for English Language Learners: End-of-Chapter Exercises
35. 5.6 Modal Auxiliaries
36. 5.7 Prepositions
37. 5.8 Slang and Idioms
38. 5.5 Verb Tenses
39. 6.1 Purpose, Audience, Tone, and Content
40. 6.2 Effective Means for Writing a Paragraph
41. 6.3 Writing Paragraphs: End-of-Chapter Exercises
42. 7.4 Refining Your Writing: End-of-Chapter Exercises
43. 7.3 Parallelism
44. 7.1 Sentence Variety
45. 7.2 Coordination and Subordination
46. 8.1 Apply Prewriting Models
47. 8.4 Revising and Editing
48. 8.3 Drafting
49. 8.2 Outlining
50. 8.5 The Writing Process: End-of-Chapter Exercises
51. 9.5 Writing Essays: End-of-Chapter Exercises
52. 9.4 Writing Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs
53. 9.3 Organizing Your Writing
54. 9.2 Writing Body Paragraphs
55. 9.1 Developing a Strong, Clear Thesis Statement
56. 10.8 Cause and Effect
57. 10.7 Comparison and Contrast
58. 10.9 Persuasion
59. 10.10 Rhetorical Modes: End-of-Chapter Exercises
60. 10.5 Process Analysis
61. 10.6 Definition
62. 10.4 Classification
63. 10.3 Description
64. 10.2 Illustration
65. 10.1 Narration
66. 11.4 Strategies for Gathering Reliable Information
67. 11.5 Critical Thinking and Research Applications
68. 11.1 The Purpose of Research Writing
69. 11.2 Steps in Developing a Research Proposal
70. 11.3 Managing Your Research Project
71. 11.6 Writing from Research: End-of-Chapter Exercises
72. 12.3 Writing a Research Paper: End-of-Chapter Exercises
73. 12.2 Developing a Final Draft of a Research Paper
74. 12.1 Creating a Rough Draft for a Research Paper
75. 13.2 Citing and Referencing Techniques
76. 13.1 Formatting a Research Paper
77. 13.4 Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Style
78. 13.3 Creating a References Section
79. 13.5 APA and MLA Documentation and Formatting: End-of-Chapter Exercises
80. 14.1 Organizing a Visual Presentation
81. 14.4 Creating Presentations: End-of-Chapter Exercises
82. 14.3 Giving a Presentation
83. 14.2 Incorporating Effective Visuals into a Presentation
84. 15.1 Introduction to Sample Essays
85. 15.4 Descriptive Essay
86. 15.10 Persuasive Essay
87. 15.9 Cause-and-Effect Essay
88. 15.8 Compare-and-Contrast Essay
89. 15.7 Definition Essay
90. 15.6 Process Analysis Essay
91. 15.5 Classification Essay
92. 15.3 Illustration Essay
93. 15.2 Narrative Essay
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