How to Use This Book. Part I: APPROACHING TEXTS. 1. Reading to Write. 2. Understanding the Rhetorical Situation. 3. Planning.

4. Shaping. 5. Drafting and Revising. 6. Thinking Critically. 7. Composing an Argumentative Essay.

8. Composing a Literary Analysis. Part II: COMPOSING IN VARIOUS GENRES. 9. Writing Essay Exams. 10. Writing in the Workplace. 11.

Designing Effective Documents. 12. Composing in Digital Environments. Part III: DEVELOPING PARAGRAPH AND SENTENCE STYLE. 13. Writing Effective Paragraphs. 14. Building Sentences.

15. Writing Varied Sentences. 16. Writing Emphatic Sentences. 17. Writing Concise Sentences. 18. Using Parallelism.

19. Choosing Words. Part IV: UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR. 20. Using the Parts of Speech. 21. Using Pronouns. 22.

Using Verbs. 23. Using Adjectives and Adverbs. 24. Revising Fragments. 25. Revising Run-Ons. 26.

Revising Agreement Errors. 27. Revising Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers. 28. Revising Awkward or Confusing Sentences. Part V: UNDERSTANDING PUNCTUATION. 29. Using End Punctuation.

30. Using Commas. 31. Using Semicolons. 32. Using Apostrophes. 33. Using Quotation Marks.

34. Using Other Punctuation Marks. Part VI: UNDERSTANDING SPELLING AND MECHANICS. 35. Improving Spelling. 36. Knowing When to Capitalize. 37.

Using Italics. 38. Using Hyphens. 39. Using Abbreviations. 40. Using Numbers. Part VII: CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTING SOURCES.

41. Developing a Research Project. 42. Finding Information. 43. Evaluating Sources. 44. Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Sources.

45. Synthesizing Sources. 46. Using Sources Ethically. 47. MLA Documentation Style. 48. APA Documentation Style.

Part VIII: COMPOSING FOR MULTILINGUAL WRITERS. 49. Grammar and Style for Multilingual Writers. Glossary of Usage. Answers to Selected Exercises. Credits. Index. Correction Symbols.