Part 1 Writing the College Paragraph and Essay 1
CHAPTER 1 Writing in College 2
Language Choices for College Writing 2
College Writing Assignments 4
The Writing Process 5
Writing Assignments 6
English Success Tip: You Are What You Email: Guidelines for Emailing Your Instructor 8
CHAPTER 2 Prewriting the Paragraph 9
What Is an Academic Paragraph? 9
Prewriting 11
Narrow Your Topic 17
Write the Topic Sentence 18
Writing Assignments 21
English Success Tip: First Impressions: Appearance Does Count 22
CHAPTER 3 Organizing and Drafting the
Paragraph 23
Developing and Organizing Supporting Details 23
Drafting 36
* Paragraph Graphic Organizer 37
Writing Assignments 40
English Success Tip: Paragraph Length 41
CHAPTER 4 Revising, Editing, and
Proofreading the Paragraph 42
Revising 42
Editing and Proofreading 56
Writing Assignments 59
English Success Tip: Ewe Can Knot Rely on You're Spell-Checker 60
CHAPTER 5 Writing the College-Level Essay 61
What Is the College-Level Essay? 61
* Parts of the Essay 62
Writing the College-Level Essay 65
* Parts of the Body
Paragraphs 71
Writing Assignments 75
* Essay Graphic Organizer 76
English Success Tip: The Perils of Padding 78
Part 2 Learning Paragraph and Essay Organization Plans 79
CHAPTER 6 Illustration 80
What Is Illustration? 80
The Illustration Paragraph 83
* Jason's Illustration Paragraph Graphic Organizer 89
* Illustration Graphic Organizer for Multiple Examples 90
* llustration Graphic Organizer
for an Extended Example 91
* Illustration Graphic Organizer 94
Paragraph Writing Assignments 95
The Illustration Essay 97
* Illustration Essay Graphic Organizer 98
Essay Writing Assignments 101
* Illustration Essay Graphic Organizer 102
English Success Tip: Getting Help with Writing 103
CHAPTER 7 Narration 104
What Is Narration? 104
The Narrative Paragraph 106
* Jetty's Narrative Graphic Organizer 110
* Narrative Paragraph Graphic Organizer 112
Paragraph Writing Assignments 117
The Narrative Essay 119
* Myriam's Narrative Essay Graphic Organizer 122
* Narrative Essay Graphic Organizer 124
Essay Writing Assignments 125
English Success Tip: Learn from Your Mistakes with a Writing Improvement Log 126
CHAPTER 8 Description 127
What Is Description? 127
The Descriptive Paragraph 130
* Description Prewriting Chart 133
* Daniel's Description Prewriting Chart 134
* Daniel's Descriptive Paragraph Graphic Organizer 138
* Descriptive Paragraph Graphic Organizer 139
Write a Technical Descriptive Paragraph 144
Paragraph Writing
Assignments 144
The Descriptive Essay 147
* Amy's Descriptive Essay Graphic Organizer 148
* Descriptive Essay Graphic
Organizer 152
Essay Writing Assignments 152
English Success Tip: Using a Thesaurus 153
CHAPTER 9 Process 154
What Is Process? 154
The Process Paragraph 157
* Kyra's How-to Process Graphic Organizer 162
* How-to Process Graphic
Organizer 163
Paragraph Writing Assignments 168
The Process Essay 170
* Allycin's Process Essay Graphic Organizer 172
* Process Essay Graphic Organizer 175
Essay Writing Assignments 176
English Success Tip: Keep a Learning Journal 177
CHAPTER 10 Comparison and Contrast 178
What Is Comparison and Contrast? 178
The Comparison and Contrast Paragraph 181
* Natasha's Contrast Graphic Organizer 185
* Comparison and Contrast Graphic Organizer 186
Paragraph Writing
Assignments 192
The Comparison and Contrast Essay 195
* Kathryn's Point-by-Point
Comparison and Contrast
Essay Graphic Organizer 196
* Point-by-Point Compare/
Contrast Essay Organizer 200
* Subject-by-Subject Compare/Contrast Essay Graphic Organizer 201
Essay Writing Assignments 202
English Success Tip: Keeping a Portfolio of Your Writing 203
CHAPTER 11 Classification 204
What Is Classification? 204
The Classification Paragraph 206
* Sue's Classification Paragraph Graphic Organizer 212
* Classification Paragraph Graphic Organizer 213
Paragraph Writing Assignments 217
The Classification Essay 220
* Nadine's Classification Essay Graphic Organizer 221
* Classification Essay Graphic Organizer 225
Essay Writing Assignments 226
English Success Tip: Strategies to Reduce Writing Anxiety 227
CHAPTER 12 Cause and Effect 228
What Is Cause and Effect? 228
The Cause and Effect Paragraph 231
* Royce's Cause and Effect Prewriting Chart 233
* Cause and Effect Prewriting Chart 233
* Cause and Effect Paragraph Graphic Organizer 239
Paragraph Writing Assignments 243
The Cause and Effect Essay 245
* Royce's Cause and Effect Essay
Graphic Organizer 247
Cause and Effect Essay Example 248
Essay Writing Assignments 251
English Success Tip: Avoiding Common Cause and Effect Errors 252
CHAPTER 13 Definition 253
What Is Definition? 253
The Definition Paragraph 256
* Definition Prewriting Chart 258
* Josh's Extended Definition Paragraph Graphic Organizer 260
Paragraph Writing Assignments 265
The Definition Essay 268
* Jones' Extended Definition Essay Graphic Organizer 270
* Extended Definition Essay
Graphic Organizer 272
Essay Writing Assignments 275
English Success Tip: A New Word Every Day 276
CHAPTER 14 Argument 277
What Is Argument? 277
The Argument Paragraph 279
* Roxanne's For/Against Argument Prewriting Chart 281
* For/Against Argument Prewriting Chart 282
* Roxanne's Argument Paragraph Graphic Organizer 285
* Argument Paragraph Graphic Organizer 287
Paragraph Writing Assignments 290
The Argument Essay 292
* Roxanne's Argument Essay Graphic Organizer 295
* Argument Essay Graphic Organizer 299
Writing Assignments 300
English Success Tip: Improve Your Writing by Reading 301
Part 3 Learning Other College Writing Assignments 303
CHAPTER 15 Writing under Pressure 304
What Is Timed Writing? 304
How to Approach Timed Writing:
The 5 Ps 305
How to Manage Your Time 308
Timed Writing Examples 309
Writing Assignments 311
English Success Tip: Build Timed Writing Confidence with Practice 312
CHAPTER 16 Writing a Summary and
Summary-Response Essay 313
What Is a Summary Essay? 313
Preparing to Write a Summary Essay 313
* Summary Notes Organizerr 315
Writing an Objective Summary Essay 316
Writing a Summary-Response Essay 318
* Reader Response Notes Organizer 319
Avoiding Plagiarism 320
Writing Assignments 323
English Success Tip: Summarize to Learn 324
CHAPTER 17 Using Research in College Writing 325
What Is Research? 325
Finding Sources 327
Evaluating Sources 329
Taking Notes from Sources 332
Adding Source Information and Giving Credit 335
Listing Sources: MLA Works Cited 337
Writing Assignments 347
English Success Tip: Signaling the Author 348
Part 4 Building Powerful Sentences 349
CHAPTER 18 Simple Sentences 350
Theme: Business 350
What Is a Simple Sentence? 350
Finding the Subject 351
Identifying Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases 353
Finding the Verb 354
Simple Sentences with Harder-to-Find Subjects and Verbs 358
Writing Assignment 361
CHAPTER 19 Joining Ideas Using Compound Sentences 362
Theme: Communication 362
What Is a Compound Sentence? 362
Building Compound Sentences 363
Writing Assignments 371
CHAPTER 20 Joining Ideas Using Complex Sentences 372
Theme: Health and Wellness 372
What Is a Complex Sentence? 372
Building Complex Sentences with Subordinating Conjunctions 373
Building Complex Sentences with Relative Pronouns 377
Writing Assignment 383
CHAPTER 21 Correcting Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-ons 384
Theme: Astronomy 384
What Are Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-ons? 384
Correcting Fragments 386
Correcting Comma Splices and
Run-ons 390
Writing Assignment 394
Part 5 Building Grammar Skills 395
CHAPTER 22 Subject-Verb Agreement 396
Theme: Sociology 396
What is Subject-Verb Agreement? 396
Present Tense Verbs 397
Subject-Verb Agreement with Singular Subjects 398
Subject-Verb Agreement with Plural Subjects 400
Subject-Verb Agreement with Other Subjects 402
Subject-Verb Agreement with Helping Verbs 405
Writing Assignments 407
CHAPTER 23 Past Tense 408
Theme: Humanities 408
What Is the Past Tense? 408
Past Tense Forms 409
Questions and Negative Sentences 413
Writing Assignment 415
CHAPTER 24 Past Participles 416
Theme: Criminal Justice 416
What Is a Past Participle? 416
Regular and Irregular Past Participles 417
The Present Perfect Tense 421
The Past Perfect Tense 422
Passive Voice 424
Past Participles as Adjectives 426
Writing Assignments 428
CHAPTER 25 Pronouns 429
Theme: Music 429
What Is a Pronoun? 429
Pronoun Case 430
Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement 436
Pronoun Reference 441
Writing Assignment 443
CHAPTER 26 Nouns and Noun Markers 444
Theme: Travel and Tourism 444
What Is a Noun? 444
Types of Nouns 445
Singular and Plural Nouns 446
Noun Markers 451
Writing Assignment 455
CHAPTER 27 Adjectives and Adverbs 456
Theme: Culinary Arts 456
What Are Adjectives and
Adverbs? 456
Adjectives 457
Adverbs 460
Using Adjectives and Adverbs Correctly 462
Comparatives and
Superlatives 463
Writing Assignment 467
Part 6 Using Correct Punctuation, Mechanics, and Spelling 469
CHAPTER 28 Commas, Semicolons, and Colons 470
Theme: Business and Marketing 470
What Are Commas, Semicolons, and Colons? 470
Commas 471
Semicolons 477
Colons 478
Writing Assignment 480
CHAPTER 29 Other Marks of Punctuation 481
Theme: Fashion 481
What Are Other Marks of Punctuation? 481
Apostrophes 482
Quotation Marks 486
Hyphens, Dashes, and Parentheses 490
Writing Assignment 492
CHAPTER 30 Spelling and Capitalization 493
Theme: World Geography 493
What Are Spelling and Capitalization? 493
Spelling 494
Capitalization 500
Writing Assignment 504
Part 7 Improving Your Writing 507
CHAPTER 31 Concise and Appropriate Words 508
Theme: Business
Communications 508
What Are Concise and Appropriate Words? 508
Choose Concise Words 509
Choose Appropriate Words 512
Commonly Confused Words 514
Writing Assignment 522
CHAPTER 32 Parallelism 523
Theme: Nursing 523
What Is Parallelism? 523
Words, Phrases, or Clauses in Pairs 524
Words or Phrases in a Series, List, or Outline 525
Writing Assignments 528
Part 8 Reading 529
CHAPTER 33 Active Reading 530
What Is Active Reading? 531
Stage 1. Get Ready to Read 531
* Prereading Graphic Organizer 532
* Tori's Prereading Graphic Organizer 533
Stage 2. Understand the Reading 534
Stage 3. Remember and React to the Reading 537
* Reading Map 538
* Tori's Reading Map 539
Readings 537
Family Studies
Theme: Singlehood 541
Kelly J. Welch, excerpt from Family Life Now 541
Eleanore Wells, excerpt from The Spinsterlicious Life: 20 Life Lessons for Living Happily Single and Child-free 543
Sociology
Theme: Peer Pressure 549
James M. Henslin, excerpt from Essentials of Sociology, The Power of Peer Pressure: The Asch Experiment 549
Julia Alvarez, Names/Nombres 552
History
Theme: The Holocaust 557
Robert A. Devine et al., excerpt from America Past and Present, The Face of the Holocaust 557
Elie Wiesel, excerpt from Night 561
Hospitality
Theme: Guest Service 564
John R. Walker, Excerpt from Introduction to Hospitality Management, The Disney Approach to Guest Services 564
Jane Engle, Server Tips: How to Get More Out of Customers 567
Biology
Theme: The Science of Attraction 572
Teresa Audesirk, Gerald Audesirk, and Bruce E. Byers, Excerpt from Biology, Sex and Symmetry 572
David Perrett, Why Women Fall for Men Who Look like Their Father . . . and Other Astonishing
Secrets of the Science of Attraction 575
Health and Wellness
Theme: Mind-Body Connection 581
B. E. Pruitt, John P. Allegrante, and Deborah Prothrow-Stith, excerpt from Health, Stages of Stress 581
Daniel G. Amen, M.D., Kill the Ants That Invade Your Brain 584
Anthropology
Theme: Race 587
Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember, and Peter N. Peregrine, Excerpt from Anthropology Race: A Meaningless Idea 587
Charisse Jones, Light Skin Versus Dark 590
Education
Theme: Classroom
Management 594
Don Kauchak and Paul Eggen, Excerpt from Introduction to Teaching, What Role Should Punishment Play in Classroom Management? 594
Alan Bloom, Making Cell Phones in the Class a Community Builder 597
Credits
Index