Preface | |
About the Authors | |
Starting Out | |
Ensuring Success in Writing | |
Overview: Understanding the Importance of Good Writing Skills | |
Recognizing the Stages of the Writing Process | |
Understanding the Dynamics of Writing | |
Focusing on the Reader | |
Examining the Purpose behind Your Writing | |
Understanding the Important Relationship between Writing and Reading | |
RECAPEnsuring Success in Writing | |
Generating Ideas through Prewriting | |
Overview: Seeing Prewriting as a Way to Explore Ideas | |
Understanding Prewriting | |
Freewriting | |
Brainstorming | |
Clustering | |
Branching | |
Idea Mapping | |
Maintaining a Journal | |
RECAPGenerating Ideas through Prewriting | |
Composing: Creating a Draft | |
Overview: Understanding Composing | |
Recognizing the Structure of a Paragraph | |
Identifying an Effective Topic | |
Writing a Clear, Specific Topic Sentence | |
Providing the Best Support for the Topic Sentence | |
Deciding on the Most Effective Arrangement | |
Making Your Material Reader Centered | |
Using a Reader Evaluation Checklist | |
Developing a Complete Draft | |
RECAPComposing: Creating a Draft | |
Refining and Polishing Your Draft&nbs | |
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