English Writing,From Paragraph to Essay

Chapter OneThe Writing Process
What Is Writing
What Is the Writing Process
Five Steps in Writing
Chapter TwoThe Plane of Generality
Clarity
General and Specific Terms
General and Specific Statements
Planes of Generalityg
Coordinate and Subordinate Relationships
Coordinate and Subordinate Relationships Among Sentences
Chapter ThreeThe Topic Sentence
The Topic Sentence
The Controlling Idea
Placement of the Topic Sentence
Principles in Writing a Topic Sentence with a Controlling Idea
Chapter Four Paragraph Structure
The Introduction (The Topic Sentence)
The Body of the Paragraph
The Conclusion
Chapter FiveParagraph Continuity
The Use of Synonyms as Transitions
Coordinating Conjunctions as Transitions
Subordinating Conjunctions as Transitions
The Use of Transitional Words of Connectors
Use One Sentence to Respond to the Previous One
Chapter SixThe Short Essay
The Tide
The Organization of a Short Essay
The Conclusion
Chapter SevenDescription
What Is Description
How to Write a Description
Chapter EightNarration
What Is Narration
How to Write a Narration
Chapter Nine Exposition: Illustration
What Is Illustration
How to Write an Illustrative Essay
Chapter TenExposition: Classification
What Is Classification
How to Write a Classification Essay
Chapter Eleven Exposition: Comparison and Contrast
What Is Comparison and Contrast
How to Write a Comparison and Contrast Essay
Chapter Twelve Exposition: Causal Analysis
What Is Causal Analysis
How to Write a Cause-Effect Essay
Chapter ThirteenExposition: Definition
What Is Definition
How to Write a Definition
Chapter FourteenExposition: Process Analysis
What Is Process Analysis
How to Write a Process Analysis
Chapter FifteenArgumentation
What Is Argumentation
How to Write an Argumentative Essay
Glossary
Key to Exercises
Editing and Proofreading Symbols
Bibliography