Most chapters begin with "A Sample Paragraph," "The Topic Sentence," and "Supporting Details," and conclude with "Writing Assignment." Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College. Checklists and Tips. Preface. I. THE WRITING PROCESS. 1. The Writing Process: Planning-Writing-Rewriting. Planning Your Writing: Generating Ideas. Planning Your Writing: Establishing Audience and Purpose. Planning Your Writing: Ordering Ideas. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Writing in Other Classes. Writing Your First Draft. Rewriting: Revising Your First Draft. Rewriting: Editing Your Draft. Rewriting: Proofreading Your Final Draft. Writing with a Computer. Troubeshooting Your Writing Process. Observing a Student Writer at Work. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Your Writing Process. II. THE PARAGRAPH. 2. Paragraph Basics. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Highlighting Topic Sentences. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Identifying General and Specific Points. Transitions and Repetition for Coherence. The Closing. 3. Narration. Supporting Details Transitions That Signal Chronological Order Writing Conversation. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Using Narration. 4. Description. Transitions That Signal Spatial Order. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Using Description. 5. Illustration. Transitions That Signal Illustration, Addition, and Emphatic Order. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College Writing: Using Illustration. 6. Process Analysis. Transitions That Signal Chronological Order Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Using Process Analysis. 7. Definition. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Using Definition. 8. Comparison and Contrast. Transitions That Signal Comparison and Contrast. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Using Comparison and Contrast. 9. Cause-and-Effect Analysis. Transitions That Signal Effect and Addiction. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Using Cause-and-Effect Analysis. 10. Classification. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Using Classification. 11. Argument. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Using Argument. III. THE ESSAY. 12. Writing an Essay. The Parts of an Essay. Planning the Essay with an Outline Map. Student Essays to Study. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Notetaking. IV. EFFECTIVE SENTENCES. Diagnostic Self-Assessment for Part Four. 13. Identifying Subjects and Verbs. Subjects and Verbs. Identifying Verbs. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Understanding Texts and Exam Questions. Identifying Subjects. 14. Writing Effective Sentences. Identifying Clauses. Coordination: Method I. Coordination: Method II. Subordination: Method I. Subordination: Method II. Sentence Variety. Parallelism: Words in Series and Pairs. Parallelism: Pairs of Conjunctions. Using Transitions. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Improving Reading Comprehension. 15. Avoiding Sentence Fragments. Fragments That Result from Missing Subjects. Fragments That Result from Incomplete Verbs. Fragments That Result from Missing Subjects and Verbs. Fragments That Result from Lack of Completeness. Thinking, Learning, and Writing in College: Notetaking. 16. Avoiding Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices. Correcting Run-Ons and Comma Splices with a Period and a Capital Letter. Correcting Run-Ons and Comma Splices with a Semicolon. Correcting Run-Ons and Comma Splices with a Comma and Coordinating Conjunction. Warning Words and Phrases. Thinking, Learning, and Writing In College: Seeing Relationships between Ideas. 17. Choosing Words Carefully. Specific,Simple Word Choice.
