College Writing Skills with Readings MLA 2016 Update
, by Langan, John
- ISBN: 9781259988547 | 1259988546
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/11/2017
Preface xxii
Part 1: Essay Writing 1
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Writing 2
Point and Support 3
Structure of the Traditional Essay 6
Benefits of Writing the Traditional Essay 11
Writing as a Skill 11
Writing as a Process of Discovery 12
Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others 13
Keeping a Journal 14
Tips on Using a Computer 15
Review Activities 17
Using This Text 20
Chapter 2 The Writing Process 22
Prewriting 23
Writing a First Draft 31
Revising 33
Editing 35
Review Activities 38
Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing 50
Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis 51
Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence 60
Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 67
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing 83
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 84
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 94
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 102
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110 Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Writing 2
Point and Support 3
Structure of the Traditional Essay 6
Benefits of Writing the Traditional Essay 11
Writing as a Skill 11
Writing as a Process of Discovery 12
Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others 13
Keeping a Journal 14
Tips on Using a Computer 15
Review Activities 17
Using This Text 20
Chapter 2 The Writing Process 22
Prewriting 23
Writing a First Draft 31
Revising 33
Editing 35
Review Activities 38
Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing 50
Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis 51
Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence 60
Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 67
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing 83
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 84
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 94
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 102
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110 Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Structure of the Traditional Essay 6
Benefits of Writing the Traditional Essay 11
Writing as a Skill 11
Writing as a Process of Discovery 12
Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others 13
Keeping a Journal 14
Tips on Using a Computer 15
Review Activities 17
Using This Text 20
Chapter 2 The Writing Process 22
Prewriting 23
Writing a First Draft 31
Revising 33
Editing 35
Review Activities 38
Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing 50
Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis 51
Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence 60
Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 67
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing 83
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 84
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 94
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 102
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110 Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Writing as a Skill 11
Writing as a Process of Discovery 12
Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others 13
Keeping a Journal 14
Tips on Using a Computer 15
Review Activities 17
Using This Text 20
Chapter 2 The Writing Process 22
Prewriting 23
Writing a First Draft 31
Revising 33
Editing 35
Review Activities 38
Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing 50
Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis 51
Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence 60
Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 67
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing 83
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 84
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 94
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 102
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110 Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others 13
Keeping a Journal 14
Tips on Using a Computer 15
Review Activities 17
Using This Text 20
Chapter 2 The Writing Process 22
Prewriting 23
Writing a First Draft 31
Revising 33
Editing 35
Review Activities 38
Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing 50
Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis 51
Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence 60
Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 67
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing 83
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 84
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 94
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 102
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110 Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Tips on Using a Computer 15
Review Activities 17
Using This Text 20
Chapter 2 The Writing Process 22
Prewriting 23
Writing a First Draft 31
Revising 33
Editing 35
Review Activities 38
Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing 50
Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis 51
Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence 60
Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 67
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing 83
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 84
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 94
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 102
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110 Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Using This Text 20
Chapter 2 The Writing Process 22
Prewriting 23
Writing a First Draft 31
Revising 33
Editing 35
Review Activities 38
Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing 50
Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis 51
Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence 60
Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 67
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing 83
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 84
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 94
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 102
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110 Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Prewriting 23
Writing a First Draft 31
Revising 33
Editing 35
Review Activities 38
Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing 50
Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis 51
Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence 60
Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 67
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing 83
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 84
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 94
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 102
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110 Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Revising 33
Editing 35
Review Activities 38
Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing 50
Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis 51
Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence 60
Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 67
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing 83
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 84
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 94
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 102
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110 Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Review Activities 38
Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing 50
Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis 51
Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence 60
Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 67
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing 83
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 84
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 94
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 102
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110 Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis 51
Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence 60
Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 67
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing 83
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 84
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 94
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 102
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110 Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 67
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing 83
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 84
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 94
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 102
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110 Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 84
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 94
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 102
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110 Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 102
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110 Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Patterns of Essay Development 180
Chapter 8 Description 182
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
READING: Lou's Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
Chapter 11 Process 242
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
Chapter 16 Argument 343
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
Chapter 24 Fragments 447
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 39 Comma 554
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,
Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,
Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,
Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,
Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
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