1GettingtoKnowEssays
1.1SomeBasicsofEssays
1.1.1Whatisanessay?
1.1.2Whydopeoplewriteessays?
1.1.3Whatarethecriteriaofagoodessay?
1.2StructureofaTraditionalEssay
1.2.1Understandingthecomponentsofatraditionalessay
1.2.2Identifyingthestructuralcharacteristicsofothertexts
1.3EssayWriting
1.3.1Prewritingactivities
1.3.2Majorstepstofollowduringthewritingprocess
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2GettingStarted
2.1DevelopingIdeas
Technique1.Asking&answeringquestions
Technique2:Makingalist
Technique3:Clusteringideas
Technique4:Freewriting
2.2ChoosingaTopic
2.3ExpandingaTopicintoaThesisStatement
2.4Outlining
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3DraftingandRevising
3.1Drafting
3.1.1Takingyourideasdown
3.1.2Pacingyourself
3.1.3Furthersuggestionsfordrafting
3.2SupportingtheThesis
3.2.1AddingsPecificinformation
3.2.2Exploringonanewdimension
3.3Revising
3.3.1Revisingforunity
3.3.2Revisingforcoherence
3.3.3Revisingforconciseness
3.4Peer-editing
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4Editing
4.1BasicManuscriptForm
4.2Punctuation
4.2.1Comma
4.2.2Period
4.2.3Semicolon
4.2.4Colon
4.2.5Quotationmarks
4.2.6Dash
4.3Capitalization
4.3.1Propernouns
4.3.2Personaltitles
4.3.3Titlesofbooks,records,stories,essays,plays,andpoems
4.3.4Beginningofasentence,quotation,orlineofpoetry
4.3.5Otheruses
4.4TheFinalCopy
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5WordUse
5.1LevelsofLanguage
5.2DenotationandConnotation
5.3ChoiceofRightWords
5.3.1Tobespecificandconcrete
5.3.2Toavoidweakverbs
5.4TriteExpressions
5.5TipsonEnlargingVocabulary
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6BuildingSentences
6.1CompleteSentences
6.2TypesofSentences
6.2.1Simplesentences
6.2.2Compoundsentences
6.2.3Complexsentences
6.2.4Compound-complexsentences
6.3ImprovingSentences
6.3.1Varyingsentencelength
6.3.2Varyingsentenceconstructions
6.4CommonProblemsinSentenceBuilding
6.4.1Typicalproblemswithverbuses
6.4.2Typicalproblemswithcompletesentences
6.4.3Misplacedanddanglingmodifiers
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7ShapingParagraphs
7.1ParagraphStructure
7.1.1Topicsentences
7.1.2Supportingsentences
7.1.3Concludingsentences
7.2PatternsofDevelopingParagraphs
7.2.1Illustration
7.2.2Causeandeffect
7.2.3Comparisonandcontrast
7.2.4Classification
7.2.5Definition
7.2.6Description
7.2.7Process
7.3WritingtheIntroductoryParagraph
7.3.1Hook
7.3.2Connectinginformation
7.4WritingtheConcludingParagraph
7.4.1Summarizingthemainpointspreviouslymentioned
7.4.2Givingasuggestion,apersonalopinionoraprediction
7.4.3Pointingoutquestionsordirectionsforfutureresearch
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8WritingtheWholeEssay
8.1RelationshipBetweenParagraphsandEssays
8.2FourMainKindsofEssays
8.2.1Narration
8.2.2Description
8.2.3Argumentation
8.2.4Exposition
Illustration
Process
Comparisonandcontrast
Causeandeffect
Classification
Definition
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9CollegeWritingProjects
9.1EssayExam
9.2Summary
9.3Bookreport
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10PracticalWritings
10.1Notices
10.2FormalandInformalInvitations
10.3BusinessLetters
10.4JobApplicationLettersandResumes
10.4.1Jobapplicationletters
10.4.2Resumes
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Bibliography