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Become a stronger reader, writer, and thinker as Real Essays Essentials gives you confidence in your academic writing skills through added support developing stronger paragraphs and essays.
A Note for StudentsPreface
PART ONE: College Thinking, Reading, and Writing 1. Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing: Making Connections 2. Getting Ready to Write: Audience, Purpose, Form, and Process 3. Organizing Your Main Point and Support: Giving Ideas Structure 4. Drafting and Revising: Putting Your Ideas Together
PART TWO: Writing Different Kinds of Essays 5. Narration: Writing That tells Stories 6. Illustration: Writing That Shows Examples7. Description: Writing That Creates Pictures with Words 8. Process Analysis: Writing That Explains How Things Happen 9. Classification: Writing That Sorts Things into Groups 10. Definition: Writing That Tells What Something Means 11. Comparison and Contrast: Writing That Shows Similarities and Differences12. Cause and Effect: Writing That Explains Reasons or Results 13. Argument: Writing That Persuades
PART THREE: Doing Research 14. Research Essays: Using Outside Sources
PART FOUR: Grammar, Punctuation, and Mechanics 15. Basic Grammar: An Overview 16. The Four Most Serious Errors 17. Other Grammar and Style Concerns 18. Punctuation and Capitalization
Index Useful Editing and Proofreading Marks
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