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| Detailed Contents | |
| Thematic Contents | |
| Review Checklists | |
| Preface to the Instructor | |
| Preface to the Student | |
| About the Authors | |
| The Principles of Good Reading and Writing | |
| Getting Started | |
| Active Reading | |
| Reading for Best Results | |
| Review Checklist: Tips for Active Reading | ... MORE |
| George Orwell, "A Hanging." | |
| Collaborative Learning | |
| Reading Visual Images | |
| Active Writing | |
| Limiting Your Subject | |
| Examining an Advertisement | |
| "Want a Lite Baby Ruth?" [Advertisement] | |
| Determining Your Purpose and Audience | |
| Collaborative Learning | |
| Writing a Thesis | |
| Prewriting | |
| Writing Drafts | |
| One Student Writing | |
| "My Roomate." | |
| Prewriting | |
| Writing Drafts | |
| First Draft | |
| Review Checklist: Tips for Getting Started | |
| Collaborative Learning | |
| Writing with a Computer | |
| Student Writing | |
| "The Computer and I." | |
| Collaborative Learning | |
| Finding and Supporting a Thesis | |
| The Thesis | |
| Stating Your Thesis | |
| Supporting Your Thesis: Details | |
| Collaborative Learning | |
| Student Writing: Thesis and Details | |
| "You Must Be Crazy." [Student essay] | |
| Having Your Say | |
| Models of Writing | |
| "Crying in the Classroom." | |
| "Women Are Just Better." | |
| Having Your Say | |
| "Complexion." | |
| Review Checklist: Stating a Thesis | |
| Planning a Paper: Outlining | |
| The Importance of Planning | |
| The Formal Outline | |
| The Formal Outline Format | |
| Topic and Sentence Outlines | |
| From Outline to Essay: One Student Writing | |
| "Ozymandias." | |
| "Enough Despair to go Around." [Student essay] | |
| Having Your Say | |
| Preparing Your Outline | |
| Review Checklist: Preparing an Outline | |
| Collaborative Learning | |
| Writing a Paper: An Overview of Parts | |
| The Introduction | |
| The Body | |
| Topic Sentences | |
| Student Writing: Topic Sentences | |
| "The Mechanics of Backyard Mechanics." [Student essay] | |
| Collaborative Learning | |
| Transitions | |
| Paragraph Development | |
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