Includes index.

1. Writing and college success -- Writing paragraphs and essays -- unit 1. Focus on paragraphs -- 2. Writing a paragraphs -- 3. Testing your paragraph -- unit 2. Patterns of paragraph development -- 4. Exemplification -- 5. Narration -- 6. Description -- 7. Process -- 8. Cause and effect -- 9. Comparison and contrast -- 10. Classification -- 11. Definition -- 12. Argument -- unit 3. Writing essays -- 13. Writing an essay -- 14. Testing your essays -- 15. Introductions and conclusions -- 16. Patterns for essay development -- unit 4. Research -- 17. Writing a research paper -- Revising and editing your writing -- unit 5. Writing effective sentences -- 18. Writing simple sentences -- 19. Writing compound sentences -- 20. Writing complex sentences -- 21. Writing varied sentences -- 22. Using parallelism -- 23. Using words effectively -- unit 6. Solving common sentence problems -- 24. Run-ons -- 25. Fragments -- 26. Subject-verb agreement -- 27. Illogical shifts -- 28. Misplaced and dangling modifiers -- unit 7. Understanding basic grammar -- 29. Verbs : past tense -- 30. Verbs : past participles -- 31. Nouns and pronouns -- 32. Adjectives and adverbs -- 33. Grammar and usage for ESL writers -- unit 8. Understanding punctuation, mechanics, and spelling -- 34. Using commas -- 35. Using apostrophes -- 36. Understanding mechanics -- 37. Understanding spelling -- Becoming a critical reader -- unit 9. Reading essays -- 38. Reading critically -- 39. Readings for writers -- Exemplification -- Narration -- Description -- Process -- Cause and effect -- Comparison and contrast -- Classification -- Definition -- Argument.