Loose Leaf for Exploring Writing: Paragraphs and Essays

EXPLORING WRITING: PARAGRAPHS AND ESSAYSTABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1 Writing: Skills and Process 21. An Introduction to Writing 42. The Writing Process 25
PART 2 Basic Principles of Effective Writing 583. The First and Second Steps in Writing 604. The Third and Fourth Steps in Writing 905. Four Bases for Revising Writing 126
PART 3 Paragraph Development 1626. Exemplification 1647. Narration 1758. Description 1849. Process 19510. Cause and/or Effect 20611. Comparison and/or Contrast 21612. Definition 23013. Division-Classification 24014. Argument 251
PART 4 Essay Development 27015. Introduction to Essay Development 27216. Writing the Essay 28517. Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 31518. Patterns of Essay Development 329
PART 5 Research-Based Writing 36819. Information Literacy 37020. Working with Sources 38521. Writing a Research Paper 417
PART 6 Handbook of Sentence Skills 434     SECTION I Grammar 43622. Subjects and Verbs 43723. Sentence Sense 44224. Fragments 44525. Run-Ons 45726. Regular and Irregular Verbs 46827. Subject–Verb Agreement 47628. More about Verbs 48129. Pronoun Agreement and Reference 48530. Pronoun Types 49031. Adjectives and Adverbs 49632. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers 501
     SECTION II Mechanics 51133. Capital Letters 51234. Numbers and Abbreviations 519
     SECTION III Punctuation 52435. Apostrophe 52536. Quotation Marks 53137. Comma 53838. Other Punctuation Marks 546
     SECTION IV Word Use 55239. Commonly Confused Words 55340. Effective Word Choice 563
     SECTION V Tests 57041. Editing Tests 571
PART 7 Readings for Writers 588INTRODUCTION TO THEREADINGS 590GOALS AND VALUES 594EDUCATION AND LEARNING 646CHALLENGING SOCIETY 679
Index 717