Successful College Writing: Skills, Strategies, Learning Styles

by McWhorter, Kathleen T.

• ISBN13: 9780312245344
• ISBN10: 0312245343
• Edition: BRIEF
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Bedford/st Martins

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
To the Student	xxxiii
PART ONE ACADEMIC QUICK START	1	(64)
Starting With An Advantage	3	(20)
Chapter Quick Start	3	(1)
Why Strive To Improve Your Writing Skills?	4	(1)
Writing Skills Help You Succeed in College and in Your Career	4	(1)
Writing Facilitates Learning and Recall	5	(1)
Writing Clarifies Thinking	5	(1)
Writing Helps You Solve Problems	6	(1)
Developing Strategies For Writing	6	(1)
Start with a Positive Attitude	6	(1)
Keep a Writing Journal	7	(3)
Get the Most out of Writing Conferences	10	(1)
Assessing Your Learning Style	10	(1)
What Is Assessment?	11	(1)
What Is Your Learning Style?	11	(1)
Learning Style Inventory	12	(4)
Interpreting Your Scores	16	(1)
A Word about Your Findings	17	(1)
How to Use Your Findings	18	(1)
Applying Your Learning Style To Your Writing	18	(2)
Assessing and Correcting Your Writing Problems	20	(3)
Working With Text: Active Reading Strategies	23	(26)
Chapter Quick Start	23	(2)
Changing Some Misconceptions About Reading	25	(1)
A Guide To Active Reading	26	(1)
Preview before Reading	27	(6)
Read with an Intent	33	(1)
Reading: Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?	34	(4)
Matthew Goodman
Review after Reading	38	(2)
Understanding Difficult Text	40	(1)
Draw a Graphic Organizer	40	(5)
Using Your Learning Style To Improve Your Reading	45	(1)
Applying Your Skills: Writing About the Reading	46	(3)
Writing About Readings	49	(16)
Chapter Quick Start	49	(1)
What is a Response Paper?	50	(1)
Discovering Ideas For A Response Paper	51	(1)
The Boor War	52	(1)
John Tierney
Link the Reading to Your Own Experience	53	(1)
Devise Critical Questions	54	(2)
Use Key-Word Response	56	(1)
Use Annotation	57	(1)
Keep a Response Journal	57	(3)
Use Your Learning Style	60	(1)
Students Write	61	(1)
Confronting Boors Can Be Hazardous to Your Health	61	(4)
Sharon McLaughlin
PART TWO STRATEGIES FOR WRITING ESSAYS	65	(140)
Prewriting: How To Find And Focus Ideas	67	(28)
Chapter Quick Start	67	(1)
Choosing And Narrowing A Topic	68	(1)
Choosing a Topic	68	(3)
Narrowing a Topic	71	(2)
Thinking About Your Purpose, Audience, And Point Of View	73	(1)
Determining Your Purpose	73	(1)
Considering Your Audience	74	(3)
Choosing a Point of View	77	(1)
Discovering Ideas To Write About	78	(1)
Freewriting	78	(2)
Mapping	80	(2)
Brainstorming	82	(1)
Group Brainstorming	83	(1)
Questioning	83	(1)
Writing Assertions	84	(1)
Interviewing	85	(1)
Using the Patterns of Development	86	(3)
Visualizing or Sketching	89	(1)
Making a Mental Movie	90	(1)
Researching Your Topic	91	(1)
Students Write	92	(1)
Tina Oyer's Prewriting Strategies	92	(3)
Developing And Supporting A Thesis	95	(22)
Chapter Quick Start	95	(2)
What Is A Thesis Statement?	97	(1)
Developing Your Thesis Statement	97	(1)
Coming Up with a Working Thesis Statement	97	(3)
Writing an Effective Thesis Statement	100	(3)
Placing the Thesis Statement	103	(1)
Using an Implied Thesis	103	(1)
Supporting Your Thesis Statement With Evidence	104	(1)
Choosing Types of Evidence	104	(2)
Choosing Types of Evidence to Support Your Thesis	106	(2)
Choosing the Best Evidence	108	(1)
Using Sources to Support Your Thesis	109	(1)
Students Write	110	(1)
Tina Oyer's Working Thesis	110	(1)
Working with Text	111	(1)
Pet Therapy for the Heart and Soul	111	(6)
Kerry Pechter
Drafting An Essay	117	(40)
Chapter Quick Start	117	(1)
The Structure of An Essay	118	(2)
Organizing Your Supporting Details	120	(1)
Selecting a Method of Organization	120	(4)
Writing or Drawing an Organizational Plan	124	(4)
Writing Effective Paragraphs	128	(1)
Writing Well-Focused Topic Sentences	128	(1)
The Value of Volunteering	129	(5)
Robin Ferguson
Including Unified, Specific Supporting Details	134	(4)
Connecting Your Supporting Details with Transitions and Repetition	138	(2)
Writing Your Introduction, Conclusion, And Title	140	(1)
Writing a Strong Introduction	141	(3)
Writing an Effective Conclusion	144	(2)
Writing a Good Title	146	(1)
Drafting With A Computer	147	(1)
Students Write	147	(1)
Hypocritically Warm	148	(3)
Tina Oyer
Working With Text	151	(1)
Black Men and Public Space	151	(6)
Brent Staples
Revising Content And Organization	157	(24)
Chapter Quick Start	157	(1)
Why Revise?	158	(1)
Useful Techniques for Revision	159	(1)
Using A Graphic Organizer For Revision	160	(2)
Key Questions for Revision	162	(1)
Analyzing Your Purpose and Audience	162	(1)
Analyzing Your Thesis, Topic Sentences, and Evidence	163	(2)
Analyzing Your Organization	165	(1)
Analyzing Your Paragraph Development	166	(1)
Working With Classmates to Revise Your Essay	166	(2)
How to Find a Good Reviewer	168	(1)
Suggestions for the Writer	169	(1)
Suggestions for the Reviewer	170	(1)
Considering Your Learning Style	171	(1)
Students Write	171	(4)
Hypocritically Warm	175	(6)
Tina Oyer
Editing Sentences and Words	181	(24)
Chapter Quick Start	181	(2)
Analyzing Your Sentences	183	(1)
Are Your Sentences Concise?	183	(2)
Are Your Sentences Varied?	185	(6)
Are Your Sentences Parallel in Structure?	191	(1)
Do Your Sentences Have Strong, Active Verbs?	192	(2)
Evaluating Your Sentences	194	(1)
Analyzing Your Word Choice	194	(1)
Are Your Tone and Level of Diction Appropriate?	194	(2)
Do You Use Words with Appropriate Connotations?	196	(1)
Do You Use Concrete Language?	197	(1)
Do You Use Fresh, Appropriate Figures of Speech?	198	(1)
Do You Avoid Weak Verb-Noun Combinations?	199	(1)
Evaluating Your Word Choice	199	(1)
Suggestions For Proofreading	199	(2)
Keeping an Error Log	201	(1)
Students Write	202	(1)
Excerpt from Tina Oyer's Edited Second Draft	202	(3)
PART THREE PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT	205	(342)
Narration: Recounting Events	207	(38)
Chapter Quick Start	207	(1)
Writing A Narrative	208	(1)
What Is Narration?	208	(1)
How Mosquitoes Came to Be	209	(1)
Native American Myth
Characteristics of a Narrative	210	(3)
Visualizing a Narrative: A Graphic Organizer	213	(2)
A Primitive Ritual	215	(2)
David Hicks
Margaret A. Gwynne
Integrating A Narrative Into An Essay	217	(1)
A Guided Writing Assignment	218	(1)
The Assignment	218	(1)
Generating Ideas	218	(4)
Evaluating Your Ideas	222	(1)
Developing Your Thesis	222	(1)
Organizing and Drafting	223	(2)
Analyzing and Revising	225	(1)
Editing and Proofreading	226	(3)
Students Write	229	(1)
You Can Count on Miracles	229	(3)
Aphonetip Vasavong
Reading A Narrative	232	(1)
Working With Text: Reading Narratives	232	(1)
Thinking Critically About Narration	233	(1)
The Village Watchman	234	(6)
Terry Tempest Williams
Another Mother's Child: A Letter to a Murdered Son	240	(2)
Norma Molen
Applying Your Skills: Additional Essay Assignments	242	(3)
Description: Portraying People, Places, And Things	245	(42)
Chapter Quick Start	245	(1)
Writing A Description	246	(1)
What Is Description?	246	(1)
Eating Chilli Peppers	247	(1)
Jeremy MacClancy
Characteristics of Descriptive Writing	248	(6)
Visualizing a Description: A Graphic Organizer	254	(1)
The Discus Thrower	255	(4)
Richard Selzer
Integrating Description Into An Essay	259	(1)
A Guided Writing Assignment	260	(1)
The Assignment	260	(1)
Generating Ideas and Details	260	(4)
Evaluating Your Details	264	(1)
Creating a Dominant Impression	265	(1)
Organizing and Drafting	265	(2)
Analyzing and Revising	267	(4)
Editing and Proofreading	271	(1)
Students Write	271	(1)
Health Clubs---Only for the Beautiful and the Fit	272	(2)
Maria Rodriguez
Reading A Description	274	(1)
Working With Text: Reading Descriptive Essays	274	(1)
Thinking Critically About Description	275	(2)
A Sea Worry	277	(4)
Maxine Hong Kingston
The Lion of Kabul	281	(3)
Christine Aziz
Applying Your Skills: Additional Essay Assignments	284	(3)
Illustration: Explaining With Examples	287	(38)
Chapter Quick Start	287	(1)
Writing An Illustration Essay	288	(1)
What Is Illustration?	288	(1)
Rambos of the Road	289	(2)
Martin Gottfried
Characteristics of Illustration Essays	291	(5)
Visualizing an Illustration Essay: A Graphic Organizer	296	(1)
Be Specific	297	(2)
Natalie Goldberg
Integrating Illustration Into An Essay	299	(1)
A Guided Writing Assignment	300	(1)
The Assignment	300	(1)
Generating Ideas	300	(2)
Developing Your Thesis	302	(1)
Choosing and Evaluating Your Examples	303	(1)
Organizing and Drafting	304	(2)
Analyzing and Revising	306	(3)
Editing and Proofreading	309	(1)
Students Write	310	(1)
The Harmony of Life	310	(2)
Michael Jacobsohn
Reading An Illustration Essay	312	(1)
Working With Text: Reading Illustration Essays	312	(1)
Thinking Critically About Illustration	313	(1)
Goin' Gangsta, Choosin' Cholita: Claiming Identity	314	(5)
Nell Bernstein
The Meanings of a Word	319	(4)
Gloria Naylor
Applying Your Skills: Additional Essay Assignments	323	(2)
Process Analysis: Explaining How Something Works Or Is Done	325	(44)
Chapter Quick Start	325	(1)
Writing A Process Analysis	326	(1)
What Is Process Analysis?	326	(1)
Fender Benders: Legal Do's and Don'ts	327	(3)
Armond D. Budish
Characteristics of Process Analysis Essays	330	(4)
Visualizing a Process Analysis Essay: A Graphic Organizer	334	(1)
Fertile Minds	335	(5)
J. Madeline Nash
Integrating Process Analysis Into An Essay	340	(1)
A Guided Writing Assignment	341	(1)
The Assignment	341	(1)
Selecting a Process	342	(1)
Developing Your Thesis	343	(1)
Listing the Steps and Gathering Details	344	(1)
Evaluating Your Ideas and Thesis	344	(1)
Organizing and Drafting	345	(3)
Analyzing and Revising	348	(3)
Editing and Proofreading	351	(1)
Students Write	352	(1)
How to Make a Dream Catcher	353	(4)
Melinda Hunter
Reading A Process Analysis	357	(1)
Working With Text: Reading Process Analysis Essays	358	(1)
Thinking Critically About Process Analysis	358	(1)
Remote Control: How to Raise a Media Skeptic	359	(4)
Susan Douglas
For Man and Beast, Language of Love Shares Many Traits	363	(4)
Daniel Goleman
Applying Your Skills: Additional Essay Assignments	367	(2)
Comparison And Contrast: Showing Similarities And Differences	369	(44)
Chapter Quick Start	369	(1)
Writing a Comparison or Contrast Essay	370	(1)
What Are Comparison and Contrast?	370	(1)
Lincoln and Roosevelt: Two Master Politicians	371	(2)
Geoffrey Ward
A Taste of Snow	373	(1)
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Characteristics of Comparison or Contrast Essays	374	(3)
Visualizing a Comparison or Contrast Essay: Two Graphic Organizers	377	(3)
Who's Eating What, and Why in the United States and Europe?	380	(3)
Thomas Kinnear
Kenneth Bernhardt
Kathleen Krentler
Integrating Comparison and Contrast Into an Essay	383	(1)
A Guided Writing Assignment	384	(1)
The Assignment	384	(1)
Generating Ideas	384	(3)
Developing Your Thesis	387	(1)
Evaluating Your Ideas and Thesis	388	(1)
Organizing and Drafting	389	(3)
Analyzing and Revising	392	(3)
Editing and Proofreading	395	(1)
Students Write	396	(1)
Border Bites	397	(3)
Heather Gianakos
Reading Comparison and Contrast	400	(1)
Working With Text: Reading Comparison or Contrast Essays	400	(1)
Thinking Critically About Comparison and Contrast	401	(1)
His Marriage and Hers: Childhood Roots	402	(5)
Daniel Goleman
By Being Honest about Violence, Spielberg Wins	407	(4)
Janet Maslin
Applying Your Skills: Additional Essay Assignments	411	(2)
Classification and Division: Explaining Categories and Parts	413	(46)
Chapter Quick Start	413	(1)
Writing A Classification or Division Essay	414	(1)
What Are Classification and Division?	414	(1)
Bringing Out Your Child's Gifts	415	(4)
Paula M. White
Characteristics of Classification or Division Essays	419	(3)
Visualizing a Classification or Division Essay: A Graphic Organizer	422	(1)
A Brush with Reality: Surprises in the Tube	423	(4)
David Bodanis
Integrating Classification or Division Into an Essay	427	(1)
A Guided Writing Assignment	428	(1)
The Assignment	428	(1)
Generating Ideas	429	(5)
Developing Your Thesis	434	(1)
Evaluating Your Ideas and Thesis	435	(1)
Organizing and Drafting	435	(3)
Analyzing and Revising	438	(3)
Editing and Proofreading	441	(1)
Students Write	442	(1)
Motor Heads	442	(3)
Ryan Porter
Reading A Classification or Division Essay	445	(1)
Working with Text: Reading Classification or Division	446	(1)
Thinking Critically About Classification and Division	446	(1)
Territoriality	447	(5)
Joseph A. DeVito
The Men We Carry in Our Minds	452	(4)
Scott Russell Sanders
Applying Your Skills: Additional Essay Assignments	456	(3)
Definition: Explaining What you Mean	459	(44)
Chapter Quick Start	459	(1)
Writing a Definition	460	(1)
What is Definition?	460	(1)
Cracking Cascarones	461	(3)
Yleana Martinez
Characteristics of Extended Definitions	464	(4)
Visualizing an Extended Definition Essay: A Graphic Organizer	468	(1)
The Case for Frivolity	469	(4)
Shannon Brownlee
Integrating Definitions Into an Essay	473	(2)
A Guided Writing Assignment	475	(1)
The Assignment	475	(1)
Generating Ideas	475	(3)
Developing Your Thesis	478	(1)
Evaluating Your Ideas and Thesis	478	(1)
Organizing and Drafting	479	(3)
Analyzing and Revising	482	(3)
Editing and Proofreading	485	(1)
Students Write	486	(1)
Hip Hop Music	486	(3)
Jennifer Tumiel
Reading Definitions	489	(1)
Working With Text: Reading Definitions	489	(1)
Thinking Critically About Definition	490	(1)
Life without Father	491	(5)
David Blankenhorn
High-Tech Piracy	496	(4)
Andrew Kimbrell
Applying Your Skills: Additional Essay Assignments	500	(3)
Cause And Effect: Using Reasons And Results to Explain	503	(44)
Chapter Quick Start	503	(1)
Writing a Cause and Effect Essay	504	(1)
What Are Cause and Effect?	504	(1)
Personality Is What Makes Woods Special	505	(2)
Charles Krauthammer
Characteristics of Cause and Effect Essays	507	(5)
Visualizing Cause and Effect Essays: Three Graphic Organizers	512	(2)
Extinction and Us	514	(4)
Robert Wallace
Integrating Cause and Effect Into an Essay	518	(1)
A Guided Writing Assignment	519	(1)
The Assignment	519	(1)
Generating Ideas	520	(4)
Developing Your Thesis	524	(1)
Evaluating Your Ideas and Thesis	525	(1)
Organizing and Drafting	526	(2)
Analyzing and Revising	528	(3)
Editing and Proofreading	531	(1)
Students Write	532	(1)
An Early Start	532	(3)
Harley Tong
Reading Cause and Effect Essays	535	(1)
Working with Text: Reading Causal Analyses	536	(1)
Thinking Critically About Cause And Effect	537	(1)
Part-Time Employment Undermines Students' Commitment to School	538	(4)
Laurence Steinberg
College President's Plan: Abolish High School	542	(3)
George F. Will
Applying Your Skills: Additional Essay Assignments	545	(2)
PART FOUR READING AND WRITING ARGUMENTS	547	(78)
Reading Arguments	549	(32)
Chapter Quick Start	549	(1)
The Basic Parts Of An Argument	550	(1)
When Volunteerism Isn't Noble	551	(2)
Lynn Steirer
The Issue	553	(1)
The Claim	553	(1)
The Support	554	(2)
The Refutation	556	(1)
General Strategies for Reading Arguments	557	(1)
Before You Read	557	(2)
Economic Affirmative Action	559	(2)
Ted Koerth
While You Read	561	(1)
Strategies for Following The Structure of An Argument	562	(1)
Using a Graphic Organizer	562	(4)
Writing a Summary	566	(2)
Strategies for Analyzing and Evaluating an Argument	568	(1)
Analyzing the Elements of and Reasoning in an Argument	568	(5)
Applying Your Skills: Additional Readings	573	(1)
The Bilingual Ed Trap	573	(3)
Michael Gonzales
Melting Pot or Tossed Salad?	576	(5)
Dudley Barlow
Writing Arguments	581	(44)
Chapter Quick Start	581	(1)
Writing An Argument	582	(1)
What is an Argument?	582	(1)
Human Cloning? Don't Just Say No	583	(1)
Ruth Macklin
Characteristics of Argument Essays	584	(8)
Visualizing an Argument Essay: A Graphic Organizer	592	(1)
Not White, Just Right	592	(6)
Rachel Jones
A Guided Writing Assignment	598	(1)
The Assignment	598	(1)
Generating Ideas and Writing Your Thesis	598	(4)
Developing Your Thesis and Making a Claim	602	(1)
Evaluating Your Ideas, Evidence, and Claim	603	(1)
Considering Opposing Viewpoints	603	(2)
Organizing and Drafting	605	(3)
Analyzing and Revising	608	(4)
Editing and Proofreading	612	(1)
Students Write	613	(1)
Spend a Little, Save a Lot	613	(3)
Sarah McCreight
Reading An Argument	616	(1)
Working With Text: Responding to Arguments	616	(1)
In Defense of Splitting Up: The Growing Antidivorce Movement Is Blind to the Costs of Bad Marriages	617	(3)
Barbara Ehrenreich
Where Marriage Is a Scary Word	620	(4)
John Leo
Applying Your Skills: Additional Essay Assignments	624	(1)
PART FIVE ACADEMIC APPLICATIONS	625	(142)
Planning a Paper with Sources	627	(40)
Chapter Quick Start	627	(1)
When Should you use Sources?	628	(1)
Using Sources to Add Detail to an Essay	629	(1)
Using Sources to Write a Research Paper	629	(2)
Planning Your Paper	631	(1)
Defining the Assignment	631	(1)
Choosing an Interesting and Workable Topic	631	(1)
Narrowing and Discovering Ideas about Your Topic	632	(2)
Writing a Working Thesis and Listing Research Questions	634	(1)
An Overview of Library and Internet Sources	635	(1)
Learning Your Way around the Library	636	(1)
Locating Useful Library and Online Sources	636	(9)
Choosing Relevant And Reliable Sources	645	(1)
Choosing Relevant Sources	645	(1)
Choosing Reliable Sources	645	(2)
Evaluating Internet Sources	647	(1)
Working With Text: Reading Sources	648	(1)
Scanning a Source	648	(1)
Skimming a Source	649	(1)
Reading a Source Closely	650	(1)
Virtual Reality	650	(4)
Jeffrey S. Hormann
Extracting Information from Sources	654	(1)
Systems of Note-Taking	654	(2)
Writing Summary Notes	656	(1)
Writing Paraphrases	656	(2)
Highlighting and Annotating Sources	658	(1)
Recording Quotations	659	(1)
Avoiding Plagiarism	659	(2)
Conducting Field Research	661	(1)
Interviewing	662	(1)
Using a Survey	663	(1)
Conducting Observations	664	(3)
Writing a Research Paper	667	(48)
Chapter Quick Start	667	(1)
Planning And Writing Your First Draft	668	(1)
Evaluating Your Reasearch and Working Thesis	669	(2)
Planning Your Organization	671	(1)
Drafting Your Research Paper	672	(1)
Integrating Information From Sources	673	(1)
Deciding What to Document	674	(1)
Writing In-Text Citations	674	(1)
Integrating Quotations	675	(5)
Revising Your Research Paper	680	(1)
Analyzing and Revising Your Paper as a Whole	680	(1)
Analyzing and Revising Paragraphs and Sentences	681	(1)
Documenting Your Sources: MLA Style	682	(1)
MLA Style for In-Text Citations	682	(4)
MLA Style for the List of Works Cited	686	(7)
Documenting Your Sources: APA Style	693	(1)
APA Style for In-Text Citations	693	(3)
APA Style for the List of References	696	(7)
Preparing Your Final Draft	703	(1)
Formatting Your Paper	703	(1)
Editing and Proofreading Your Paper	704	(1)
Students Write	704	(1)
Do Animals Have Emotions?	705	(10)
Nicholas Destino
Reading And Writing About Literature	715	(38)
Chapter Quick Start	715
The Bean Eaters	714	(3)
Gwendolyn Brooks
A General Approach to Reading Literature	717	(1)
The Language of Literature	718	(1)
Similes, Metaphors, and Personification	718	(1)
Symbols	719	(1)
Irony	719	(1)
Analyzing Short Stories	719	(1)
The Secret Lion	720	(5)
Alberto Rios
Setting	725	(1)
Characters	725	(1)
Point of View	725	(1)
Plot	726	(1)
Theme	726	(3)
The Story of an Hour	729	(2)
Kate Chopin
Analyzing Poetry	731	(2)
Two Look at Two	733	(2)
Robert Frost
Mirror	735	(1)
Sylvia Plath
What Is Literary Analysis?	736	(1)
Characteristics of Literary Analysis	736	(1)
A Guided Writing Assignment	737	(1)
The Assignment	737	(1)
Generating Ideas	737	(4)
Evaluating Your Ideas	741	(1)
Developing Your Thesis	741	(1)
Organizing and Drafting	742	(1)
Analyzing and Revising	743	(3)
Editing and Proofreading	746	(1)
Students Write	747	(1)
The Keeping of ``The Secret Lion''	747	(6)
Andrew Decker
Essay Examinations And Timed Writings	753	(14)
Chapter Quick Start	753	(2)
Preparing For Essay Exams	755	(1)
Write Study Sheets That Synthesize Information	755	(1)
Predict Essay Exam Questions	756	(1)
Draft Answers in Outline Form	757	(1)
Reduce Informal Outlines to Key-Word Outlines	758	(1)
Taking Essay Exams	759	(1)
Some General Guidelines	759	(1)
Analyzing Essay Exam Questions	760	(2)
Writing Essay Answers	762	(1)
Students Write	763	(1)
Essay Exam Response	764	(1)
Thinking Critically About Essay Exams	765	(2)
PART SIX HANDBOOK: Writing Problems and How to Correct Them	767	(2)
Review Of Basic Grammar	769	(28)
1 Parts of Speech	769	(17)
2 Sentence Structure	786	(11)
Writing Correct Sentences	797	(41)
3 Sentence Fragments	797	(5)
4 Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices	802	(6)
5 Subject-Verb Agreement	808	(5)
6 Verb Forms	813	(3)
7 Pronoun Problems	816	(8)
8 Shifts and Mixed Constructions	824	(6)
9 Adjectives and Adverbs	830	(4)
10 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers	834	(4)
Using Punctuation Correctly	838	(22)
11 End Punctuation	838	(1)
12 Commas	839	(6)
13 Semicolons	845	(2)
14 Colons	847	(2)
15 Quotation Marks	849	(3)
16 Ellipsis Marks	852	(2)
17 Apostrophes	854	(2)
18 Parentheses and Brackets	856	(2)
19 Dashes	858	(2)
Managing Mechanics And Spelling	860	(15)
20 Capitalization	860	(2)
21 Abbreviations	862	(1)
22 Numbers	863	(2)
23 Italics and Underlining	865	(1)
24 Hyphens	866	(2)
25 Spelling	868	(7)
ESL Troublespots	875	(1)
26 Nouns and Articles	875	(3)
27 Verbs	878	(8)
28 The Prepositions In, On, and At	886	(1)
29 Adjectives	887	(1)
30 Common Sentence Problems	888
Appendix A Writing Assessment	A-1
Appendix B Five Steps to Academic Success	A-12
Answers to Even-Numbered Exercises	AK-1
Index	I-1