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Introduction
About the Author
Acknowledgements
1.1 Reading and Writing in College
1.2 Developing Study Skills
1.3 Becoming a Successful College Writer
1.4 Introduction to Writing: End-of-Chapter Exercises
2.1 Sentence Writing
2.2 Subject-Verb Agreement
2.3 Verb Tense
2.8 Writing Basics: End-of-Chapter Exercises
2.7 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
2.6 Adjectives and Adverbs
2.5 Pronouns
2.4 Capitalization
3.9 Punctuation: End-of-Chapter Exercises
3.5 Apostrophes
3.8 Hyphens
3.7 Dashes
3.6 Parentheses
3.4 Quotes
3.3 Colons
3.2 Semicolons
3.1 Commas
4.7 Working with Words: End-of-Chapter Exercises
4.5 Synonyms and Antonyms
4.4 Prefixes and Suffixes
4.3 Word Choice
4.2 Spelling
4.1 Commonly Confused Words
4.6 Using Context Clues
5.2 Negative Statements
5.1 Word Order
5.3 Count and Noncount Nouns and Articles
5.4 Pronouns
5.9 Help for English Language Learners: End-of-Chapter Exercises
5.6 Modal Auxiliaries
5.7 Prepositions
5.8 Slang and Idioms
5.5 Verb Tenses
6.1 Purpose, Audience, Tone, and Content
6.2 Effective Means for Writing a Paragraph
6.3 Writing Paragraphs: End-of-Chapter Exercises
7.4 Refining Your Writing: End-of-Chapter Exercises
7.3 Parallelism
7.1 Sentence Variety
7.2 Coordination and Subordination
8.1 Apply Prewriting Models
8.4 Revising and Editing
8.3 Drafting
8.2 Outlining
8.5 The Writing Process: End-of-Chapter Exercises
9.5 Writing Essays: End-of-Chapter Exercises
9.4 Writing Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs
9.3 Organizing Your Writing
9.2 Writing Body Paragraphs
9.1 Developing a Strong, Clear Thesis Statement
10.8 Cause and Effect
10.7 Comparison and Contrast
10.9 Persuasion
10.10 Rhetorical Modes: End-of-Chapter Exercises
10.5 Process Analysis
10.6 Definition
10.4 Classification
10.3 Description
10.2 Illustration
10.1 Narration
11.4 Strategies for Gathering Reliable Information
11.5 Critical Thinking and Research Applications
11.1 The Purpose of Research Writing
11.2 Steps in Developing a Research Proposal
11.3 Managing Your Research Project
11.6 Writing from Research: End-of-Chapter Exercises
12.3 Writing a Research Paper: End-of-Chapter Exercises
12.2 Developing a Final Draft of a Research Paper
12.1 Creating a Rough Draft for a Research Paper
13.2 Citing and Referencing Techniques
13.1 Formatting a Research Paper
13.4 Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Style
13.3 Creating a References Section
13.5 APA and MLA Documentation and Formatting: End-of-Chapter Exercises
14.1 Organizing a Visual Presentation
14.4 Creating Presentations: End-of-Chapter Exercises
14.3 Giving a Presentation
14.2 Incorporating Effective Visuals into a Presentation
15.1 Introduction to Sample Essays
15.4 Descriptive Essay
15.10 Persuasive Essay
15.9 Cause-and-Effect Essay
15.8 Compare-and-Contrast Essay
15.7 Definition Essay
15.6 Process Analysis Essay
15.5 Classification Essay
15.3 Illustration Essay
15.2 Narrative Essay
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