目錄:Chapter One The Writing Process
What Is Writing
Wtat Is Writing Process
Five Steps in Writing
Chapert The Plane of Generality
Clarity
General and Specific Terms
General and Specific Statements
Planes of Generality
Coordinate and Subordinate Relationships
Coordinate and Subordinate Relationships Among Sentences
Chapter Three Topic Sentence
The Topic Sentence
The Controlling Idea
Placement of the Topic Sentence
Principles in Writing a Topic Sentence wihth a Controlling Idea
Chapter Four Paragraph Structure
The Introduction(The Topic Sentence)
The Body of the Paragraph
The Conclusion
Chapter Five Paragraph Continuity
The Use of Synonyms as Transitions
Coordinating Conjunctions as Transitions
Subordinating Conjunctions as Transitions
The Use of Transitional Words of Connectors
Use One Sentence to Respond to the Previous One
Chapter Six The Short Essay
The Title
The Organization of a Short Essay
The Conclusion
Chapter Seven Description
What Is Description
How to Write a Description
Chapter Eight Narration
What Is Narration
How to Write a Narration
Chapter Nine Exposition: Illustration -
What Is Illustration
How to Write an Illustrative Essay
Chapter Ten Exposition: Classification
What Is Classification
How to Write a Classification Essay
Chapter Eleven Exposition: Comparison and Contrast
What Is Comparison and Contrast
How to Write a Comparison anc~ Contrast Essay
Chapter Twelve Exposition: Causal Analysis
What Is Causal Analysis
How to Write a Cause-Effect Essay
Chapter Thirteen Exposition: Definition
What Is Definition
How to Write a Definition
Chapter Fourteen Exposition: Process Analysis
What Is Process Analysis
How to Write a Process Analysis
Chapter Fifteen Argumentation
What Is Argumentation
How to Write an Argumentative Essay
Glossary
Key to Exercises
Editing and Proofreading Symbols
Bibliography