CONTENTS 1
ChapterOneTheWritingProcess 1
WhatIsWriting 1
WhatIsWritingProcess 2
FiveStepsinWriting 2
ChapterTwoThePlaneofGenerality 6
Clarity 6
GeneralandSpecificTerms 6
GeneralandSpecificStatements 7
PlanesofGenerality 8
CoordinateandSubordinateRelationships 9
CoordinateandSubordinateRelationshipsAmongSentences 11
ChapterThreeTheTopicSentence 20
TheTopicSentence 20
TheControllingIdea 21
PlacementoftheTopicSentence 22
PrinciplesinWritingaTopicSentencewithaControllingIdea 25
ChapterFourParagraphStructure 37
TheIntroduction(TheTopicSentence) 37
TheBodyoftheParagraph 39
TheConclusion 46
ChapterFiveParagraphContinuity 55
TheUseofSynonymsasTransitions 56
CoordinatingConjunctionsasTransitions 57
SubordinatingConjunctionsasTransitions 57
TheUseofTransitionalWordsofConnectors 59
UseOneSentencetoRespondtothePreviousOne 67
ChapterSixTheShortEssay 76
TheTitle 76
TheOrganizationofaShortEssay 77
TheConclusion 85
WhatIsDescription 91
HowtoWriteaDescription 91
ChapterSevenDescription 91
ChapterEightNarration 106
WhatIsNarration 106
HowtoWriteaNarration 107
ChapterNineExposition:Illustration 120
WhatIsIllustration 120
HowtoWriteanIllustrativeEssay 122
ChapterTenExposition:Classification 137
WhatIsClassification 137
HowtoWriteaClassificationEssay 137
ChapterElevenExposition:ComparisonandContrast 149
WhatIsComparisonandContrast 149
HowtoWriteaComparisonandContrastEssay 150
WhatIsCausalAnalysis 165
ChapterTwelveExposition:CausalAnalysis 165
HowtoWriteaCause-EffectEssay 166
ChapterThirteenExposition:Definition 182
WhatIsDefinition 182
HowtoWriteaDefinition 183
ChapterFourteenExposition:ProcessAnalysis 201
WhatIsProcessAnalysis 201
HowtoWriteaProcessAnalysis 201
ChapterFifteenArgumentation 212
WhatIsArgumentation 212
HowtoWriteanArgumentativeEssay 213
Glossary 230
KeytoExercises 245
EditingandProofreadingSymbols 257
Bibliography 259