PART 1: THE BASICS OF PROCESS AND STRUCTURE

Intro: An Overview of the Writing Process

Chapter 1: Shaping Topics, Discovering Ideas, and Developing a Thesis

Chapter 2: Ordering Ideas and Writing the First Draft

Chapter 3: Revising and Editing the Draft

PART 2: PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 4: Description

Chapter 5: Narration

Chapter 6: Illustration

Chapter 7: Process Analysis

Chapter 8: Comparison-Contrast

Chapter 9. Cause-and-Effect Analysis

Chapter 10: Definition

Chapter 11: Classification

Chapter 12: Argumentation-Persuasion

Chapter 13: Writing in Response to Reading

Chapter 14: Writing the Research Paper

PART 3: AN EDITING GUIDE TO FREQUENTLY OCCURRING ERRORS

Chapter 15: Editing for Word Choice

Chapter 16: Editing for Sentence Fragments

Chapter 17: Editing for Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices

Chapter 18: Editing for Subject-Verb Agreement and Tense Shifts

Chapter 19: Editing for Problems with Pronouns

Chapter 20: Editing for Problems with Modifiers

Chapter 21: Editing for Punctuation

Chapter 22: Editing for Mechanics

Student and Professional Essays