WRITING (Part One)

Title : WRITING A College Handbook
Author : James A.W. Heffernan & John E. Lincoln
Publisher : W.W. Norton & Company New York

Contents

Introduction

Part 1
Writing Essays
1. Pre-writing
2. Finding Your Aim
3. Organizing Your Essay
4. Revising your Essay
5. Editing Your Essay
6. Methods of Development
7. Persuasion and Argument
8. Writing Paragraphs
9. Choosing Words
10. Reading in Order to Write

Part 2
Writing Sentences
11. The Simple Sentence – Basic Parts
12. Modifiers
13. Coordination 1 - Compound Sentences
14. Coordination 2 - Parallel Construction
15. Subordination-Complex Sentences
16. Coordination and Subordination
17. Complete Sentences and Sentence Fragments
18. Using Pronouns
19. Subject-Verb Agreement
20. Verb – Tense
21. Verbs – Sequence of Tenses
22. Verbs – Active and Passive Voice
23. Verbs – Mood
24. Direct and Indirect Reporting of Discourse
25. Invigorating Your Style

Part 3
Punctuation and Mechanics
26. The Comma
27. The Semicolon and the Colon
28. End Marks
29. Quotation Marks and Quoting
30. The Dash, Parentheses, the Slash
31. Spelling
32. Mechanics

Part 4
The Research Paper
33. The Research the Research Paper
34. Writing the Research Paper
35. Documenting the Research Paper
36. Preparing the Final Copy of the Research Paper
37. Sample Argumentative Research Paper with MLA Parenthetical
38. Writing and Research across the Curriculum

Glossaries
Glossary of Usage
Glossary of Grammatical Terms

Appendices
Appendix 1 Citing with Notes – MLA Style
Appendix 2 Beyond Freshman English – Writing Examinations, Applications, and Latters

Index