Steps to writing well with additional readings - Wyrick, Jean (Boston, Massachusetts Cengage Learning, 2017)
pt. I. The basics of the short essay -- 1. Prewriting -- 2. the thesis statement -- 3. The body paragraphs -- 4. Beginnings and endings -- 5. Drafting and revision : creative thinking, critical thinking -- 6. Effective sentences -- 7. Word logic -- 8. The reading-writing connection -- pt. II. Purposes, modes, and strategies -- 9. Development by example -- 10. Process analysis -- 11. Comparison and contrast -- 12. Definition -- 13. Division and classification -- 14. Causal analysis -- 15. Argumentation -- 16. Description -- 17. Narration -- 18. Writing essays using multiple strategies -- pt. III. Special assignments -- 19. Conducting research and using sources -- 20. Documenting sources -- 21. Classroom writing : exams, times essays, and presentations -- 22. Writing about literature -- 23. Writing in the world of work -- (online : Writing about visual arts -- Writing about film) -- pt. IV. A concise handbook -- 24. Major errors in grammar -- 25. A concise guide to punctuation -- 26. A concise guide to mechanics -- pt. V. Additional readings -- 27. Development by example -- Black men and public space / Brent Staples -- Rhetorical reasons that slogans stick / Mark Forsyth -- A look into the 'double lives' of America's homeless college students / Shadee Ashtari -- 28. Process analysis -- College students : protect yourself from identity theft / Luanne Kadlub -- Bite-sized history / Carlton Stowers -- 29. Comparison and contrast -- Us and them / David Sedaris -- The myth of the Latin woman : I just met a girl named Maria / Judith Ortiz Cofer -- Once more to the lake / E.B. White --30. Definition -- Celebrating nerdiness / Tom Rogers-- The exam dream / Eric Hoover -- What is poverty? / Jo Goodwin Parker -- 31. Division and classification -- Virtual unreality : the online sockpuppets that trick us all / Charles Seife - Party manners ? Richard L. Grossman -- The colorful plate / Dianne Moeller -- 32. Causal analysis -- Some lessons from the assembly line / Andrew Braaksma -- Mystery! / Nicholas Meyer -- The mind game / Joshua Bell -- 33. Argumentation -- The lost language of privacy / David Books -- Putting up with hate / The Denver Post Editorial Board -- Judging by the cover / Bonny Gainley -- 34. Description -- Still learning from my mother / Cliff Schneider -- A day at the theme park / W. Bruce Cameron -- The battle of the arts / Henry David Thoreau -- 35. Narration -- Who saw murder didn't call the police / Martin Kingsbury -- Salvation / Langston Hughes -- Arrival at Manson's / Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston -- 36. Essays using multiple strategies and styles -- Courage in Greensboro / Owen Edwards -- A modest proposal / Jonathan Swift -- 37. Literature -- Bilingual/bilingèèue / Rhina P. Espaillat -- Poem for an inked daughter / Jane Wheeler -- A jury of her peers / Susan Glaspell.
Includes index.
Keywords: English language -- Rhetoric -- Problems, exercises, etc; Report writing -- Problems, exercises, etc; College readers