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This work serves as a guidebook for every step of the writing process. Emphasizing both process and practice, with a focus on revision, the second edition helps to apply and advance writing skills using John Langan's proven techniques.

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• Preface
• Part 1 Writing: Skills and Process
• 1 An Introduction to Writing
• Understanding Point and Support
• An Important Difference Between Writing and Talking
• Point and Support in Two Cartoons
• Point and Support in a Paragraph
• Writing as a Skill
• Why Does Your Attitude toward Writing Matter?
• Writing as a Process of Discovery
• Keeping a Journal
• 2 The Writing Process
• How Do You Reach the Goals of Effective Writing?
• Prewriting
• Technique 1: Freewriting
• Technique 2: Questioning
• Technique 3: Making a List
• Technique 4: Clustering
• Technique 5: Preparing a Scratch Outline
• Writing a First Draft
• Writing a First Draft: A Student Model
• Revising
• Revising: A Student Model
• Editing and Proofreading
• Editing Tips
• Proofreading Tips
• Editing and Proofreading: A Student Model
• Tips on Using a Computer
• Using a Computer at Each Stage of the Writing Process
• Using Peer Review
• 1 Identification
• 2 Scratch Outline
• 3 Comments
• Review Activities
• Prewriting
• Outlining, Drafting, and Revising
• Taking a Writing Inventory
• Chapter Review
• Part 2 Writing Effective Paragraphs
• 3 Four Steps for Writing, Four Bases for Revising
• What Are The Steps to Writing Effective Paragraphs?
• Step 1: Make a Point
• Step 2: Support Your Point
• Step 3: Organize the Support
• Step 4: Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences
• Four Bases for Revising Writing
• Base 1: Unity
• Base 2: Support
• Base 3: Coherence
• Base 4: Sentence Skills
• 4 Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development
• Important Considerations in Paragraph Development
• Knowing Your Subject
• Knowing Your Purpose and Audience
• Patterns of Development
• 1 Exemplification
• A Paragraph to Consider
• Writing an Exemplification Paragraph
• 2 Narration
• A Paragraph to Consider
• Writing a Narrative Paragraph
• 3 Description
• A Paragraph to Consider
• Writing a Description Paragraph
• 4 Process
• A Paragraph to Consider
• Writing a Process Paragraph
• 5 Cause and Effect
• A Paragraph to Consider
• Writing a Cause-and-Effect Paragraph
• 6 Comparison or Contrast
• A Paragraph to Consider
• Writing a Comparison or Contrast Paragraph
• 7 Definition
• A Paragraph to Consider
• Writing a Definition Paragraph
• 8 Division-Classification
• A Paragraph to Consider
• Writing a Division-Classification Paragraph
• 9 Argument
• A Paragraph to Consider
• Writing an Argument Paragraph
• 5 Moving From Paragraph to Essay
• What Is an Essay?
• Differences between an Essay and a Paragraph
• The Form of an Essay
• A Model Essay
• Important Points about the Essay
• Introductory Paragraph
• Common Methods of Introduction
• Supporting Paragraphs
• Transitional Sentences
• Concluding Paragraph
• Essays to Consider
• Planning the Essay
• Outlining the Essay
• Form for Planning the Essay
• Practice in Writing the Essay
• Understanding the Two Parts of a Thesis Statement
• Supporting the Thesis with Specific Evidence
• Identifying Introductions
• Revising an Essay for All Four Bases: Unity, Support, Coherence, and Sentence Skills
• Essay Assignments
• Additional Writing Assignments
• Part 3 Sentence Skills
• Section 1 Sentences
• 1 Subjects and Verbs
• 2 Fragments
• 3 Run-Ons
• 4 Sentence Variety I
• Section 2 Verbs, Pronouns, and Agreement
• 5 Standard English Verbs
• 6 Irregular Verbs
• 7 Subject-Verb Agreement
• 8 Consistent Verb Tense
• 9 Additional Information about Verbs
• 10 Pronoun Reference, Agreement, and Point of View
• 11 Pronoun Types
• Section 3 Modifiers and Parallelism
• 12 Adjectives and Adverbs
• 13 Misplaced Modifiers
• 14 Dangling Modifiers
• 15 Faulty Parallelism
• 16 Sentence Variety II
• Section 4 Punctuation and Mechanics
• 17 Paper Format
• 18 Capital Letters
• 19 Numbers and Abbreviations
• 20 End Marks
• 21 Apostrophes
• 22 Quotation Marks
• 23 Commas
• 24 Other Punctuation Marks
• Section 5 WORD USE
• 25 Dictionary Use
• 26 Spelling Improvement
• 27 Omitted Words and Letters
• 28 Commonly Confused Words
• 29 Effective Word Choice
• Part 4 Readings for Writers
• Goals and Values
• Sister Helen Mrosla, "All the Good Things"
• All She Has, $150,000, Is Going to a University, Rick Bragg (newspaper article) *NEW*
• Bowling to Find a Lost Father, Mee Her (personal essay) *NEW*
• The Conveyor Belt Ladies, Rose Del Castillo Guilbault (personal essay) *NEW*
• The F Word, Firoozah Dumas (personal essay) *NEW*
• Education and Self-Improvement
• Ben Carson, "Do It Better!"
• Janny Scott, "How They Get You to Do That"
• Grant Berry, "A Change of Attitude"
• Beth Johnson, "Let's Get Specific!"
• Stance, B.J. Penn (book excerpt) *NEW*
• Baking a Cake, Natalie Goldberg (practical advice for students) *NEW*
• How to Start: Yearning to Learn, Tiger Woods (book excerpt) *NEW*
• Why Go to College, Robert Feldman (practical advice for students) *NEW*
• Human Groups and Society
• Katherine Barrett, "Old Before Her Time"
• Amy Tan, "The Most Hateful Words"
• Bill Wine, "Rudeness at the Movies"
• Turning Youth Gangs Around, Luis J. Rodriguez (magazine article) *NEW*
• Reclaiming Our Home Place, Maya Angelou (personal essay) *NEW*
• So Here's What You Personally Can Do to Help Solve the Climate Crisis, Al Gore (book excerpt) *NEW*
• A Grand Unified Theory of YouTube and MySpace, Paul Botin (Web article) *NEW*
• Appendix A Parts of Speech
• Appendix B ESL Pointers
• Appendix C Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test
• Appendix D Sentence Skills Achievement Test
• Appendix E Answers to Exercises in Part III