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| Preface for Students: Using This Book | |
| Preface for Instructors | |
| The Writing Process | |
| Assessing the Writing Situation | |
| Understanding how writing happens | |
| Analyzing the writing situation | |
| Discovering and limiting a subject | |
| Considering the audience | |
| Defining a purpose | |
| Developing and Shaping Ideas | ... MORE |
| Discovering ideas | |
| Developing a thesis | |
| Organizing ideas Sample essay | |
| Drafting and Revising | |
| Writing the first draft | |
| Revising the first draft | |
| Examining a sample revision | |
| Editing the revised draft | |
| Preparing and proofreading the final draft | |
| Examining a final draft Sample essay | |
| Giving and receiving comments | |
| Preparing a writing portfolio | |
| Writing and Revising Paragraphs | |
| Maintaining paragraph unity | |
| Achieving paragraph coherence | |
| Developing the paragraph | |
| Writing special kinds of paragraphs | |
| Linking paragraphs in the essay | |
| Designing Documents | |
| Designing academic papers and other documents | |
| Considering principles of design | |
| Using the elements of design | |
| Using illustrations | |
| Considering readers with disabilities | |
| Reading and Writing in College | |
| Writing in Academic Situations | |
| Becoming an academic writer | |
| Analyzing audience | |
| Determining purpose | |
| Choosing structure and content | |
| Using academic language | |
| Studying Effectively and Taking Exams | |
| Managing your time | |
| Listening and taking notes in class | |
| Reading for comprehension | |
| Preparing for and taking exams Sample essay exams | |
| Forming a Critical Perspective | |
| Thinking and reading critically | |
| Viewing images critically | |
| Writing critically Sample critique of a text Sample critique of an image | |
| Reading Arguments Critically | |
| Recognizing the elements of argument | |
| Testing claims | |
| Weighing evidence | |
| Discovering assumptions | |
| Watching language, hearing tone | |
| Judging reasonableness | |
| Recognizing fallacies | |
| Writing an Argument | |
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