This book combines creative, up-to-date writing instruction using short, high-interest readings that provide ideas for writing, suggest ways to approach a topic, and show how to organize and present information. Topics include: active reading, the reading-writing connection, narration and description, example and illustration, definition and explanation, classification and division, comparison and contrast, process and direction, cause and effect, and argument and persuasion. For anyone interested in improving their writing skills.

Thematic Contents
Editing Skills Contents
Preface
Active Reading
Learning to Be an Active Reader
Keeping a Journal
Previewing the Reading
A First Reading
Staying Aware of Conventions
A Sample Essay: Bob Greene, Handled with Care
Marking the Text
Clarifying Meaning
Making Inferences and Associations
Writing to Understand and Respond
The Reading-Writing Connection
Writing in Response to Reading
Building an Essay
Sample Student Essay: Tara Coburn, Someone to Help
Resources for Writers on the Internet
Responding to a Reading: Russell Baker, Learning to Write
Suggestions for Writing
Strategies for Conveying Ideas: Narration and Description
The Point of Narration and Description
The Principles of Narration and Description
The Pitfalls of Narration and Description
What to Look For in Narration and Description
Rain of Fire
Jackie's Debut: A Unique Day
A Guard's First Night on the Job
More Room
Domestic Abuse
Strategies for Making a Point: Example and Illustration
The Point of Example and Illustration
The Principles of Example and Illustration
The Pitfalls of Example and Illustration
What to Look For in Example and Illustration
My Heroes
'Just Walk on By:' A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space
One Man's Kids
The Working Poor
My Key Chain
Strategies for Clarifying Meaning: Definition and Explanation
The Point of Definition and Explanation
The Principles of Definition and Explanation
The Pitfalls of Definition and Explanation
What to Look For in Definition and Explanation
Mommy, What Does 'Nigger' Mean?
What Is Intelligence, Anyway?
I'm a Banana and Proud of It
Silent Responsibility
Nothing to Be Scared Of Kerri Mauger student
Strategies for Sorting Ideas: Classification and Division
The Point of Classification and Division
The Principles of Classification and Division
The Pitfalls of Classification and Division
What to Look For in a Classification
Friends, Good Friends And Such Good Friends
I'm OK; You're a Bit Odd
Types of Stress for Young People
The Latino Show
Contemplating Homicide at the Mall
Strategies for Examining Two Subjects: Comparison and Contrast
The Point of Comparison and Contrast
The Principles of Comparison and Contrast
The Pitfalls of Comparison and Contrast
What to Look For in Comparison and Contrast
Two Views of the Mississippi
Neat People vs. Sloppy People
A Whole New Ballgame
The Trouble with Talent: Are We Born Smart or Do We Get Smart?
Shopping Online
Strategies for Explaining How Things Work: Process and Directions
The Point of Writing about Process and Directions
The Principles of Process and Directions
The Pitfalls of Process and Directions
What to Look For in Process and Directions
Shopping Can Be A Challenge
How to Write a Personal Letter
Making Fake Flakes
There Are Rules, You Know
A Graceful Stride
Strategies for Analyzi
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