*indicates new to this edition
Visual Preface for Instructors
Visual Preface for Students
PART ONE The Academic Paragraph
Chapter 1: Seeing the Big Picture: Paragraph, Purpose, and Audience
What Do You Know?
Understanding Paragraphs
Understanding Your Purpose
Understanding Your Audience
Bringing It All Together
Chapter 2: Developing a Topic
What Do You Know?
Understanding Broad, Limited, and Narrow Topics
Narrowing a Topic
Selecting a Topic That Works for You
Gathering Ideas for Your Narrowed Topic
Bringing It All Together
Chapter 3: Organizing Basics
What Do You Know?
Organizing Basics
Bringing It All Together
*Chapter 4: Outlining Your Paragraph
What Do You Know?
Outlining Basics
Bringing It All Together
Chapter 5: Composing Your Paragraph
What Do You Know?
Moving From Outline to Paragraph: An Opening Example
Writing an Effective Topic Sentence
Avoiding Common Problems in Topic Sentences
Writing the First Support Point
Writing the Specific Examples
Completing the Paragraph
Bringing It All Together
Chapter 6: Revising
What Do You Know?
Understanding the Revision Process: An Overview
Revising for Unity
Proofreading for Grammar, Mechanics, and Word Choice
Bringing It All Together
PART TWO Expanding Your Writing
Chapter 7: Developing Details
What Do You Know?
Recognizing Imprecise and Unclear Language
Adding Precise Details to Your Paragraph
Developing Colorful and Creative Details
Bringing It All Together
*Chapter 8: Patterns of Development
What Do You Know?
Basic Writing Patterns (Description, Exemplification, Narration, Process, Definition)
Advanced Writing Patterns (Cause and Effect, Comparison and Contrast, Argument)
Bringing It All Together
Chapter 9: Moving from Paragraphs to Essays
What Do You Know?
Understanding the Difference between Paragraphs and Essays
Adding an Introduction and Thesis
Adding a Conclusion
Revising and Proofreading
Bringing It All Together
PART THREE Grammar for Academic Writing
Chapter 10: The Simple Sentence
What Do You Know?
The Building Blocks of Language
BUILD IT: Short Simple Sentences
BUILD IT: Longer Simple Sentences
BUILD IT: Even Longer Simple Sentences
FIX IT: Solving Problems in Simple Sentences
Bringing It All Together
Chapter 11: The Compound Sentence
What Do You Know?
BUILD IT: Short Compound Sentences
BUILD IT: Longer Compound Sentences
FIX IT: Solving Problems in Compound Sentences
Bringing It All Together
Chapter 12: The Complex Sentence
What Do You Know?
BUILD IT: The Complex Sentence
FIX IT: Solving Problems in Complex Sentences
Bringing It All Together
Chapter 13: More Complex Sentences
What Do You Know?
BUILD IT: Complex Sentences with Clauses
BUILD IT: Longer Sentences with Clauses
FIX IT: Solving Problems in Complex Sentences with Clauses
Bringing It All Together
Chapter 14: Sentences with Modifiers
What Do You Know?
BUILD IT: Sentences with Modifiers
FIX IT: Solving Problems in Sentences with Modifiers
Bringing It All Together
Chapter 15: Using Verbs Correctly
What Do You Know?
BUILD IT: Sentences with Correct Verbs
BUILD IT: Basic Verb Usage: Present and Past Tense
FIX IT: Common Verb Problems
Bringing It All Together
Chapter 16: Using Pronouns Correctly
What Do You Know?
BUILD IT: Pronoun Usage
FIX IT: Common Pronoun Problems
Bringing It All Together
PART FOUR A Writer’s Reader
Chapter 17: School and Learning
Sherman Alexie, “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me”
Lynda Barry, “The Sanctuary of School”
Chapter 18: Prejudice and Forgiveness
Pius Kamu, “A Duty to Heal”
*Sarah J. Lin, “Devotion”
Chapter 19: Parents and Parenting
Enrique Hank Lopez, “Why Couldn’t My Father Read?”
*Amy Tan, “Four Directions”
Chapter 20: Work and Career
*Yolanda O’Bannon, “Living What You Do Every Day”
*Daniel Meier, “One Man’s Kids”
Chapter 21: People and Pets
*Troy Chapman, “Caring Makes Us Human”
*Abigail Thomas, “Comfort”
Chapter 22: Deprivation and Privilege
*Gary Soto, “The Jacket”
*Yiyun Li, “Passing Through”
Chapter 23: Addiction and Risks
Laura Rowley, “As They Say, Drugs Kill”
Scott Russell Sanders, “Under the Influence”
Appendices
Appendix A: Punctuation and Capitalization
Appendix B: ESL Guidelines
Acknowledgements
Index
*Reference Material
Quick Guide: Run Ons
Quick Guide: Fragments
Quick Guide: Sentence Types
Quick Guide: Noun-Verb Agreement
Correction Symbols
Helpful Lists, Charts, and Visuals
Sentence Parts and Patters (inside back cover)