Preface for Instructors
Readings by Patterns of Development
Introduction for Students
TOUCHSTONE 1: Writing for College: Academic Paragraphs and Essays
Chapter 1: Seeing the Big Picture: Understanding Paragraphs, Essays, Purpose and Audience
What Do You Know?
Understanding Academic Paragraphs and Essays
Understanding Your Purpose
Understanding Your Audience
Bringing it All Together
Journal Prompt
Chapter 2: Getting Your Ideas Down
What Do You Know?
Evaluating Your Learning Style
Recognizing Brainstorming Methods
Bringing it All Together
Journal Prompt
Chapter 3: Developing a Topic
What Do You Know?
Understanding Broad, Limited and Narrow Topics
Narrowing a Topic
Generating Ideas for Your Topic
Bringing it All Together
Journal Prompt
Chapter 4: Organizing Your Idea
What Do You Know?
Organizing Basics
Bringing it All Together
Journal Prompt
Chapter 5: Outlining Your Paragraph
What Do You Know?
Outlining Basics
Solving Problems in Paragraph Outlines
Bringing it All Together
Journal Prompt
Chapter 6: Composing Your Paragraph
What Do You Know?
Moving From Outline to Paragraph: An Opening Example
Writing an Effective Topic Sentence
Avoiding Problems in the Topic Sentence
Grabbing Your Reader’s Attention with the Topic Sentence
Writing the First Support Point
Writing the Related Examples
Completing the Paragraph
Case Study: Writing a Successful Academic Paragraph
Bringing it All Together
Journal Prompt
Chapter 7: Revising
What Do You Know?
Understanding the Revision Process
Revising for Unity
Proofreading for Grammar, Mechanics, and Word Choice
Some Helpful Proofreading Strategies
Using Peer Review as a Revision Strategy
Bringing it All Together
Journal Prompt
Case Study: A Successful Academic Paragraph
Chapter 8: Moving from Paragraphs to Essays
What Do You Know?
Understanding the Difference between Academic Paragraphs and Essays
Moving from Paragraphs to Essays: Two Methods
Outlining Your Essay
Bringing it All Together
Journal Prompt
Chapter 9: Composing and Revising Your Essay
What Do You Know?
Composing an Academic Essay
Completing Your Essay
Revising and Editing Your Essay
Case Study: Writing a Successful Academic Essay
Bringing it All Together
Journal Prompt
Case Study: A Successful Academic Essay
TOUCHSTONE 2: Expanding Your Academic Writing
Chapter 10: Using Language Effectively
What Do You Know?
Recognizing Imprecise and Unclear Language
Eliminating Clichés from Your Writing
Adding Powerful Details
Bringing it All Together
Journal Prompt
Chapter 11: Basic Writing Patterns
What Do You Know?
Introduction to the Patterns of Development
Understanding Description
Understanding Narration
Understanding Exemplification
Understanding Process
Understanding Definition
Bringing it All Together
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Chapter 12: Advanced Writing Patterns
What Do You Know?
Understanding Cause and Effect
Understanding Comparison and Contrast
Understanding Argument
Mixing the Patterns
Bringing it All Together
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Chapter 13: Paraphrase and Summary
What Do You Know?
Writing a Paraphrase
Writing a Summary
Bringing it All Together
Journal Prompt
Chapter 14: Using Research in Your Writing
What Do You Know?
Using Research in Your Writing
Incorporating Sources
Writing the Research Essay
Bringing it All
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TOUCHSTONE 3: Grammar for Academic Writing
Chapter 15: The Building Blocks of Language
What Do You Know?
How we Construct Language
Foundation Words: Nouns
Foundation Words: Verbs
Descriptive Words: Adjectives and Adverbs
Connecting Words: Prepositions and Conjunctions
Bringing it All Together
Chapter 16: The Simple Sentence
What Do You Know?
Build It: The Simple Sentence
Fix It: Missing Subject and Incomplete Verbs Fragments
Bringing it All Together
Chapter 17: The Compound Sentence
BUILD IT: The Compound Sentence
FIX IT: Run-ons and Comma Splices
Bringing it All Together
Chapter 18: The Complex Sentence
What Do You Know?
BUILD IT: The Complex Sentence (with dependent clauses)
FIX IT: Subordinate Clause Fragments
Bringing it All Together
Chapter 19: More Complex Sentences
What Do You Know?
BUILD IT: More Complex Sentences (with relative clauses)
FIX IT: Relative Clause Fragments
Bringing it All Together
Chapter 20: Sentences with Modifiers
What Do You Know?
BUILD IT: Sentences with Modifiers
FIX IT: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Bringing it All Together
Chapter 21: The Complex-Compound Sentence
What Do You Know?
BUILD IT: Complex-Compound Sentences
BUILD IT: Sentence Variety
FIX IT: Punctuation Errors in Complex-Compound Sentences
Bringing it All Together
Chapter 22: Creating Parallel Sentences
What Do You Know?
BUILD IT: Parallel Sentences
FIX IT: Faulty Parallelism
Bringing it All Together
Chapter 23: 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 24: Using Pronouns Correctly
What Do You Know?
BUILD IT: Pronoun Usage
FIX IT: Common Pronoun Problems
Bringing It All Together
TOUCHSTONE 4: Reading for Academic Writing
Chapter 25: Introduction to Critical Reading
What Do You Know?
Developing Readers
Recreational vs. Critical Reading
Bringing it All Together
Chapter 26: On Family Heritage
Sherman Alexie, Blankets
Gary Soto, Like Mexicans
Chapter 27: On Looking Out for One Another
Eve Birch, The Art of Being a Neighbor
Howard White, The Power of Hello
Chapter 28: On Rich and Poor
Michael Lewis, Wading toward Home
George Saunders, The New Mecca
Chapter 29: On Education
Daphne Koller, Death Knell for the Lecture: Technology as a Passport to Personalized Education
Robert Lake, An Indian Father’s Plea
Chapter 30: On Responding to Violence
Michael Hall, Running for His Life
Courtney Moreno, GSW
Chapter 31: On Technology
Mona Eltahawy, Twitterholics Anonymous
Nancy Nevins, The Cell Fish Blues
Chapter 32: On Being from Elsewhere
Edwidge Danticat, Uncle Moïse
Maria Andreu, This (Illegal) American Life
Chapter 33: On Music
Joyce Zonana, Dream Homes
Michaela Angela Davis, Quitting Hip-Hop
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Guidelines for ESL Writers
Count and Noncount Nouns and Articles
Verbs
Prepositions
Order of Adjectives
Other Guidelines
Appendix B: More on Adverbs and Adjectives
Appendix C: Capitalization and Punctuation
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
*new to this edition