Crafting Essays (Paperback)

Preface xix

Part1. Writing, Reading, And Thinking
Chapter1. Improving Writing and Thinking
Chapter2. More on the Reading/Writing Connection

Part2. The Writing Process
Chapter3. Prewriting
Chapter4. Organizing and Outlining
Chapter5. Writing the Essay
Chapter6. Revising
Chapter7. Proofreading, Editing, and Preparing a Final Draft

Part3. Developing Essays With The Rhetorical Modes
Chapter8. Narration
Chapter9. Description
Chapter10. Process
Chapter11. Illustration
Chapter12. Classification
Chapter13. Definition
Chapter14. Comparison/Contrast
Chapter15. Cause/Effect
Chapter16. Definition
Chapter17. Argument
Chapter18. Combining Modes of Development
Chapter19. Using Source Material to Improve Essays

Part4. Reading Selections
Each reading is followed by Mode and Skill Check questions and
Questions for Writing and Discussion

Part5. Handbook With Exercises
Parts of Speech
The Basic Sentence
Coordination
Subordination
Parallelism
Combining Sentences
Mechanics
Spelling

Additional Practice for Multilingual Writers
Index
Rhetorical Index