Essential Writing Skills for College and Beyond (2014)

Introduction

Part I. IDEA-GENERATION STRATEGIES

Chapter 1. Getting Started and Developing Your Ideas

Part II. COMPOSING YOUR ESSAY

Chapter 2. Your Ideas

Chapter 3. Breaking Down the Essay

Chapter 4. Their Ideas

Chapter 5. Pre-Research

Chapter 6. Research

Chapter 7. Post-Research

Part III. POLISHING YOUR ESSAY

Chapter 8. Revising and Editing Your Essay

Chapter 9. Punctuation and Mechanics

Part IV. MAKING THE GRADE

Chapter 10. The Psychology of Grading and Scoring

APPENDIX A. ESSAY-WRITING TIMELINES

APPENDIX B. Sample Student Essay with Instructor Comments

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