PART ONE — Process in Short Essays
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| __ | Popular Misconceptions About Writing |
| __ | What Is an Essay? |
| __ | Starting Out: What Is My Subject? |
| __ | Priming the Pump: Freewriting |
| __ | Priming the Pump: Brainstorming |
| __ | Priming the Pump: Cluster Outline |
| __ | Priming the Pump: Fighting Writer's Block with Imagination |
| __ | The Thesis Statement |
| __ | __ | Limiting the Scope — "Less Is More" |
| __ | Worksheet: Using a Little Craziness to Overcome Writer's Block |
| __ | __ | Focussing the Purpose |
| __ | __ | Thesis Statement: Where Does It Appear? |
| __ | Worksheet: Limiting the Scope |
| __ | Worksheet: Making Thesis Statements |
| __ | Audience: Who Is My Reader? |
| __ | Worksheet: Relating to Your Audience: In-Class Role Playing |
| __ | Worksheet: Relating to Your Audience: In-Class Group Exploration |
| __ | The Discovery Draft |
| __ | __ | Discovery Draft: "My First Canoe Trip" |
| __ | Revising the Discovery Draft |
| __ | __ | Second Draft: "My First Canoe Trip" |
| __ | Revisions: How and Why |
| __ | Further Drafts? |
| __ | Assignments: Process in Short Essays |
| __ | Three More Short Essays: |
| __ | __ | "The Internet: Productivity or Peril?" |
| __ | __ | "Dogs: Are They Worth It?" |
| __ | __ | "School and Cars: Do They Mix?" |
PART TWO — Paragraphs
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| __ | Kinds of Paragraphs |
| __ | __ | The Introductory Paragraph |
| __ | __ | The "Main" Paragraph |
| __ | __ | __ | The Topic Sentence |
| __ | __ | __ | Unity in "Main" Paragraphs |
| __ | __ | __ | Coherence in "Main" Paragraphs |
| __ | Worksheet: The "Main" Paragraph |
| __ | Worksheet: Topic Sentences |
| __ | Worksheet: Unity in "Main" Paragraphs |
| __ | Worksheet: Coherence in "Main" Paragraphs |
| __ | __ | The Paragraph of Narration |
| __ | __ | The "Bridge" Paragraph |
| __ | __ | The Closing Paragraph |
| __ | Length of Paragraphs |
| __ | Worksheet: Improving "Thin" Paragraphs |
PART THREE — Editing: The Rest of the Process
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| __ | Editing for Economy |
| __ | __ | Wordiness |
| __ | __ | Repetition |
| __ | Diagnostic and Worksheets: Economy |
| __ | Editing out Language Abuse |
| __ | __ | Clichés |
| __ | Worksheet: Clichés |
| __ | __ | Euphemisms |
| __ | Worksheet: Euphemisms |
| __ | Worksheet: Euphemisms and Their Opposite: Words Biased Pro or Con |
| __ | __ | Jargon |
| __ | Worksheet: Jargon |
| __ | Editing for Appropriate language |
| __ | __ | Standard and Nonstandard English |
| __ | __ | Slang and Colloquialisms |
| __ | Worksheet: Slang and Colloquialisms |
| __ | Editing for Complete Sentences |
| __ | __ | The Subject |
| __ | __ | The Verb |
| __ | Worksheet: Completing Sentences |
| __ | __ | Variations on the Sentence |
| __ | __ | __ | Reverse Sentence Order |
| __ | __ | __ | Compound Subjects and Verbs |
| __ | __ | __ | Longer Sentences |
| __ | __ | Causes of Sentence Fragments |
| __ | __ | Fragments: More Causes and Solutions |
| __ | Diagnostic and Worksheets: Complete Sentences |
| __ | Editing Out the Comma Splice and Fused Sentence |
| __ | Diagnostic and Worksheets: Comma Splice and Fused Sentence |
| __ | Editing for Punctuation |
| __ | __ | Period (.) |
| __ | __ | Apostrophe (') |
| __ | __ | Comma (,) |
| __ | Worksheets:Commas |
| __ | __ | Semicolon (;) |
| __ | __ | Colon (:) |
| __ | __ | Question Mark (?) |
| __ | __ | Exclamation Point (!) |
| __ | Worksheets: Semicolon, Colon, Question Mark and Exclamation Point |
| __ | __ | Dash (—) |
| __ | __ | Parentheses and Square Brackets (), [] |
| __ | Editing to Avoid the Run-on Sentence |
| __ | Diagnostic and Worksheets: Run-on Sentence |
| __ | Editing for Pronoun Reference |
| __ | Diagnostic and Worksheets: Pronoun Reference |
| __ | Editing for Agreement |
| __ | Diagnostic and Worksheets: Agreement |
| __ | Editing for Equality of the Sexes in Language |
| __ | Worksheets: Editing for Equality of the Sexes in Language |
| __ | Editing to Avoid Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Modifiers |
| __ | Diagnostic and Worksheets: Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Modifiers |
| __ | Editing for Parallel Form |
| __ | Worksheets: Parallel Form |
| __ | Editing for Spelling and Related Matters |
| __ | __ | Commonly Confused Words |
| __ | Worksheets: Commonly Confused Words |
| __ | __ | Your Own Spelling List |
| __ | __ | A Hundred Words Often Misspelled |
| __ | __ | Canadian Spelling |
| __ | __ | Five Spelling Rules |
| __ | __ | Apostrophes |
| __ | Worksheets: Apostrophes |
| __ | __ | Capitals |
| __ | Worksheets: Capitals |
| __ | __ | Abbreviations |
| __ | __ | Symbols and Numbers in the Metric System |
| __ | __ | Reading: The Key to Spelling |
| __ | __ | Some Good Canadian Books |
PART FOUR — The Research Essay
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| __ | Selecting and Focussing the Topic |
| __ | Gathering and Ordering Information |
| __ | Step One: Read Just Enough to Focus the Subject |
| __ | Step Two: Try a Tentative Thesis Statement |
| __ | Step Three: Do the Main Research, Taking Notes |
| __ | __ | Reference Sources (both print and electronic) |
| __ | __ | __ | General Sources |
| __ | __ | __ | Science and Technology |
| __ | __ | __ | Social Sciences and Psychology |
| __ | __ | __ | Business and Economics |
| __ | __ | __ | The Humanities (Excluding Literature) |
| __ | __ | __ | Literature |
| __ | __ | Researching with Internet Sources |
| __ | __ | __ | Web Portals |
| __ | __ | __ | Conducting a Simple Search |
| __ | __ | __ | Boolean Search |
| __ | Step Four: Try a Short Outline |
| __ | Sample Research Essay: "Students and the New Workplace" |
| __ | Step Five: Write the Essay |
| __ | Final Form of the Research Essay |
| __ | __ | Title page? |
| __ | __ | Page Format |
| __ | __ | Quotations |
| __ | __ | Name-Page References |
| __ | __ | When Do We Reference? |
| __ | __ | Kinds of Name-Page References |
| __ | __ | List of Works Cited |
| __ | __ | Electronic Sources |
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Answer Key |
| __ | Index |
| __ | Editing Guide Inside Back Cover |
