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Tables of Contents for The Bedford Guide for College Writers
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface: To the Instructor
iii
A Writer's Guide
1
10
Introduction: A Writing Process
3
8
Part One A Writer's Resources
11
96
Writing from Recall
15
17
Writing from Observation
32
16
Writing from Reading
48
22
Writing from Conversation
70
20
Writing from Imagination
90
17
Part Two Thinking Critically
107
138
Introduction: Critical Thinking Strategies for Writing
109
18
Analyzing
127
16
Comparing and Contrasting
143
22
Explaining Causes and Effects
165
17
Taking a Stand
182
21
Proposing a Solution
203
20
Evaluating
223
22
Part Three Special Writing Situations
245
84
Writing about Literature
249
45
Writing in Class
294
17
Writing for Business
311
18
Part Four A Writer's Strategies
329
128
Strategies for Generating Ideas
333
16
Strategies for Planning
349
18
Strategies for Drafting
367
19
Strategies for Developing
386
18
Strategies for Revising and Editing
404
19
Strategies for Working with Other Writers
423
13
Strategies for Working with a Computer
436
21
A Writer's Reader
457
186
Introduction: Reading to Write
459
2
Families
461
28
Men and Women
489
24
American Diversity
513
28
The World of Work
541
35
Popular Culture
576
27
Nature and Technology
603
40
A Writer's Research Manual
643
2
Introduction: The Nature of Research
645
4
Conducting Library Research
649
42
Conducting Field Research
691
16
Writing from Sources
707
66
Documenting Sources
773
A Writer's Handbook
H-1
1
Introduction: Grammar, or The Way Words Work
H-3
1
Basic Grammar
H-7
1
Grammatical Sentences
H-39
1
Effective Sentences
H-99
1
Word Choice
H-124
1
Punctuation
H-141
1
Mechanics
H-178
1
Glossary of Troublemakers
H-206
1
Answers for Lettered Exercises
H-216
1
Index
I-1