Chapter One The Writing Process 1
Chapter Two The Plane of Generality 8
Chapter Three The Topic Sentence 25
Chapter Four Paragraph Structure 46
Chapter Five Paragraph Continuity 69
Chapter Six The Short Essay 97
Chapter Seven Description 119
Chapter Eight Narration 135
Chapter Nine ExPosition：Illustration 153
Chapter Ten Exposition：Classification 171
Chapter Eleven Exposition：Comparison and Contrast 185
Chapter Twelve Exposition：Causal Analysis 199
Chapter Thirteen Exposition：Definition 220
Chapter Fourteen Exposition：Process Analysis 244
Chapter Fifteen Argumentation 256
List of Correction Symbols 276
Bibliography 278