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| 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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