Part 1 - Essay Writing 1.An Introduction to Writing 2.The Writing Process 3.The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing 4.The Third Step in Essay Writing 5.The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 6.Four Bases for Revising Essays 7.Developing an Essay Part 2 - Patterns of Essay Development 8.

Description 9.Narration 10.Exemplification 11.Process 12.Cause and/or Effect 13.Comparison and/or Contrast 14.Definition 15.Division-Classification 16.

Argument Part 3 - Researching, Writing and Documenting 17.Information Literacy 18.Summarizing and Paraphrasing 19.Writing a Source-Based Essay 20.Writing a Research Essay Part 4 - Handbook of Sentence Skills Section I - Grammar 21.Subject and Verbs 22.Fragments 23.Run-Ons 24.

Regular and Irregular Verbs 25.Subject-Verb Agreement 26.More about Verbs 27.Pronoun Agreement and Reference 28.Pronoun Types 29.Adjectives and Adverbs 30.Misplaced Modifiers 31.Dangling Modifiers Section II - Mechanics and Punctuation 32.

Capital Letters 33.Numbers and Abbreviations 34.Apostrophe 35.Quotation Marks 36.Comma Section III - Word Use 37.Commonly Confused Words 38.Effective Word Choice Section IV - Tests 39.Editing Tests Part 5 - Readings for Writers Introduction to the Readings Building Self-Awareness Education and Learning Challenging Societal Values Index Instructor's Guide.