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Tables of Contents for Windows on Writing
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
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Preface
xiii
WRITING PARAGRAPHS AND ESSAYS
1
1
Unit 1 The Writing Process
1
18
Planning, Drafting, and Revising
1
18
Getting Your Bearings
1
2
Using Invention Strategies
3
7
Selecting and Arranging Ideas
10
3
Drafting
13
1
Revising
14
5
Unit 2 Focus on Paragraphs
19
67
Writing Effective Paragraphs
19
19
Unity: Using Topic Sentences
19
6
Development: Supporting the Topic Sentence
25
3
Coherence: Connecting Ideas
28
10
Patterns of Paragraph Development
38
48
Exemplification
38
4
Narration
42
3
Description
45
4
Process
49
4
Cause and Effect
53
4
Comparison and Contrast
57
6
Classification and Division
63
4
Definition
67
4
Argument
71
15
Unit 2 Review
81
5
Unit 3 Paragraphs into Essays
86
35
Thesis and Support
86
20
Building Paragraphs and Essays
86
5
Understanding Thesis and Support
91
6
Moving from Topic to Thesis
97
3
Stating the Thesis
100
6
Introductions and Conclusions
106
15
Introductions
106
5
Conclusions
111
10
Unit 3 Review
118
3
REVISING AND EDITING YOUR WRITING
121
1
Unit 4 Writing Simple Sentences
121
48
The Basic Sentence Pattern: Subjects and Verbs
121
13
Identifying Subjects
122
3
Identifying Prepositional Phrases
125
2
Identifying Verbs
127
7
Avoiding Sentence Fragments
134
13
Including Subjects and Verbs
135
2
Including Complete Verbs
137
2
Expressing Complete Thoughts
139
8
Subject-Verb Agreement
147
22
Understanding Subject-Verb Agreement
148
4
Avoiding Problems with Be, Have, and Do
152
3
Avoiding Problems When Words Come between the Subject and the Verb
155
2
Avoiding Problems with Indefinite Pronouns As Subjects
157
1
Avoiding Problems When the Verb Comes before the Subject
158
2
Avoiding Problems with the Relative Pronouns Who, Which, and That
160
9
Unit 4 Review
166
3
Unit 5 Understanding Verbs
169
53
The Past Tense
169
17
Understanding Regular Verbs in the Past Tense
170
3
Understanding Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense
173
4
Using Be in the Past Tense
177
3
Using Can/Could and Will/Would
180
6
Past Participles and the Perfect Tenses
186
22
Recognizing Regular Past Participles
187
2
Recognizing Irregular Past Participles
189
6
Using the Present Perfect Tense
195
4
Using the Past Perfect Tense
199
3
Using Past Participles As Adjectives
202
6
Present Participles and the Progressive Tenses
208
14
Recognizing Present Participles and Using the Present Progressive Tense
209
4
Using the Past Progressive Tense
213
9
Unit 5 Review
219
3
Unit 6 Building Sentences
222
50
Combining Sentences with Coordination
222
17
Using Coordinating Conjunctions to Form Compound Sentences
223
5
Using Semicolons to Form Compound Sentences
228
2
Using Semicolons and Conjunctive Adverbs to Form Compound Sentences
230
9
Combining Sentences with Subordination
239
18
Using Subordinating Conjunctions to Form Complex Sentences
240
5
Using Relative Pronouns to Combine Sentences
245
5
Using Relative Pronouns to Introduce Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Ideas
250
7
Avoding Run-Ons and Comma Splices
257
15
Identifying Run-Ons and Comma Splices
258
1
Correcting Run-Ons and Comma Splices
259
13
Unit 6 Review
269
3
Unit 7 Revising for Clarity and Effectiveness
272
81
Avoiding Illogical Shifts
272
19
Avoiding Illogical Shifts in Tense
273
3
Avoiding Illogical Shifts in Person
276
2
Avoiding Illogical Shifts in Number
278
3
Avoiding Illogical Shifts in Discourse
281
2
Avoiding Illogical Shifts in Voice
283
8
Using Parallelism
291
12
Recognizing Parallel Structure
292
2
Using Parallel Structure
294
9
Revising for Sentence Variety
303
25
Varying Sentence Types
304
3
Varying Sentence Openings
307
3
Combining Sentences
310
8
Varying Sentence Length
318
10
Revising Words
328
25
Choosing Exact Words
329
4
Using Concise Language
333
4
Avoiding Trite Expressions
337
3
Using Similes and Metaphors
340
3
Avoiding Sexist Language
343
10
Unit 7 Review
349
4
Unit 8 Understanding Nouns, Pronouns, and Other Parts of the Sentence
353
58
Using Nouns and Pronouns
353
29
Recognizing Nouns and Forming Plural Nouns
354
3
Recognizing Personal Pronouns
357
2
Understanding Pronoun Case
359
6
Understanding Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
365
2
Solving Special Problems with Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
367
9
Understanding Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
376
6
Using Adjectives and Adverbs
382
16
Understanding Adjectives and Adverbs
383
4
Understanding Comparatives and Superlatives
387
5
Using Demonstrative Adjectives
392
6
Using Prepositions
398
13
Understanding Prepositions
399
2
Using Prepositions in Familiar Expressions
401
10
Unit 8 Review
408
3
Unit 9 Special Problems with Punctuation, Mechanics, and Spelling
411
70
Using Commas
411
12
Using Commas in a Series
412
2
Using Commas to Set Off Introductory Phrases and Transitional Words and Expressions
414
2
Using Commas with Appositives
416
2
Using Commas in Dates and Addresses
418
5
Using Apostrophes
423
11
Using Apostrophes to Form Contractions
424
2
Using Apostrophes to Form Possessives
426
3
Revising Incorrect Use of Apostrophes
429
5
Setting Off Proper Nouns, Direct Quotations, and Titles
434
15
Capitalizing Proper Nouns
435
3
Punctuating Direct Quotations
438
4
Setting Off Titles of Books, Stories, and Other Works
442
7
Understanding Spelling
449
32
Understanding Spelling and Pronunciation
450
3
Deciding between ie and ei
453
2
Understanding Prefixes
455
1
Understanding Suffixes
455
4
Learning Commonly Confused Words
459
11
Becoming a Better Speller
470
11
Unit 9 Review
476
5
APPENDIXES
481
121
Appendix A: Writing Paragraphs and Essays in an Exam Setting
481
7
A. Before the Exam
481
1
B. At the Exam
482
2
C. Writing a Paragraph
484
1
D. Writing an Essay
485
3
Appendix B: Tips for ESL Writers
488
10
A. Including Subjects in Sentences
488
1
B. Avoiding Special Problems with Subjects
488
1
C. Indicating Whether Nouns Are Singular or Plural
489
1
D. Understanding Count and Noncount Nouns
489
2
E. Using Determiners with Count and Noncount Nouns
491
1
F. Understanding Articles
492
2
G. Forming Negatives and Questions
494
1
H. Indicating Verb Tense
495
1
I. Recognizing Verbs That Do Not Form the Progressive Tenses
495
1
J. Placing Adjectives in Order
495
1
K. Learning Prepositions
496
1
L. Understanding Prepositions in Two-Word Verbs
497
1
Appendix C: The Reading Process
498
10
A. Approaching a Reading Assignment
498
3
B. Highlighting a Reading Assignment
501
2
C. Annotating a Reading Assignment
503
2
D. Outlining a Reading Assignment
505
1
E. Writing a Response Paragraph
506
2
Appendix D: Patterns of Essay Development: Readings for Writers
508
94
A. Exemplification
509
2
Fighting Fire with Fire Safety Education (student essay)
511
2
Timothy E. Miles
English Is a Crazy Language
513
3
Richard Lederer
The Suspected Shopper
516
3
Ellen Goodman
B. Narration
519
2
Swing Shift (student essay)
521
2
Mark Cotharn
Falling into Place
523
3
Jaime O'Neill
38 Who saw Murder Didn't Call the Police
526
4
Martin Gansberg
C. Description
530
2
African Violet (student essay)
532
2
Alisha Woolery
Graduation
534
3
Maya Angelou
The Grandfather
537
3
Gary Soto
D. Process
540
2
Under Water (student essay)
542
2
Mai Yoshikawa
Showering with Your Dog
544
3
Merrill Markoe
Indelible Marks
547
2
Joyce Howe
E. Cause and Effect
549
2
How My Parents' Separation Changed My Life (student essay)
551
2
Andrea DiMarco
The Old Block
553
3
Anna Quindlen
Just Say ``No,'' Just Hear ``No''
556
3
Carol Sanger
F. Comparison and Contrast
559
2
Jason Voorhees, Meet Count Dracula (student essay)
561
3
Cheri Rodriguez
That Lean and Hungry Look
564
3
Suzanne Britt Jordan
Role Models, Bogus and Real
567
2
Brent Staples
G. Classification and Division
569
2
Sports Fans Are in a Class by Themselves (student essay)
571
2
Deborah Ulrich
How Your Body Works
573
5
Dave Barry
Shades of Black
578
5
Mary Mebane
H. Definition
583
2
Street Smart (student essay)
585
2
Kristin Whitehead
Tortillas
587
2
Jose Antonio Burciaga
History on the Head
589
4
Leora Frankel
I. Argument
593
2
Why Isn't Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame? (student essay)
595
3
John Fleeger
I Have a Dream
598
4
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Animal Tests Saved My Life
602
1
Richard Pothier
Index