PART ONE GETTING STARTED

1. An Overview of the Reading Process (with Writing)


2. An Overview of the Writing Process (with Reading)


3. Vocabulary: Working with Words

PART TWO READING AND WRITING PARAGRAPHS

1. Main Ideas and Topic Sentences


2. Details, Transitions, and Implied Main Ideas


3. Patterns of Organization: Chronological Order, Process, Narration, and Description


4. Patterns of Organization: Example, Cause and Effect, and Comparison and Contrast


5. Revision and Proofreading

PART THREE READING, WRITING, AND REVISING ESSAYS

1. Reading and Thinking Critically About Text


2. Reading and Writing Essays

PART FOUR SENTENCE BASICS AND GRAMMAR ESSENTIALS

1. Complete Sentences Versus Sentence Fragments


2. Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices


3. Using Verbs Correctly


4. Combining and Expanding Your Ideas


5. 
   Revising Confusing and Inconsistent Sentences
   
   
   
   • 
     A Brief Grammar Handbook
     
   
   
   
   

PART FIVE THEMATIC READER: WRITING IN RESPONSE TO READINGCreditsIndex