The Student Writer Editor and Critic 7th Edition by Barbara Fine Clouse ISBN 0073124818 9780073124810

Part 1: Strategies for Reading and Writing

1. The Connection between Reading and Writing

   • Reading Analytically

   • Writing in Response to Reading

   • Essays for Reading and Response

   • Analyzing Visual Content

2. Getting Started

   • The Writing Process

   • Choosing a Writing Topic

   • Narrowing a Broad Topic

   • Establishing Your Purpose

   • Identifying and Assessing Your Audience

   • Discovering Ideas to Develop Your Topic

   • Developing a Preliminary Thesis

3. Organizing and Drafting

   • Organizing Your Ideas

   • Drafting Your Essay

4. Revising for Content and Organization

   • Revising Your Draft

   • Improving Content and Organization

5. Revising for Effective Expression

   • Revising for Clarity and Style

   • Editing for Grammar and Mechanics

Part 2: Patterns of Development

6. Description

   • Why Is Description Important?

   • Occasions for Writing: Description across the Disciplines and Beyond

   • Combining Description with Other Patterns

   • Selecting Detail

   • Organizing Description

   • Learning from Other Writers: Student Essays

   • Learning from Other Writers: Professional Essays

   • Description in an Image

   • Suggestions for Writing

   • Process Guidelines: Writing Description

7. Narration

   • Why Is Narration Important?

   • Occasions for Writing: Narration across the Disciplines and Beyond

   • Combining Narration with Other Patterns

   • Selecting Detail

   • Organizing Narration

   • Learning from Other Writers: Student Essays

   • Learning from Other Writers: Professional Essays

   • Narration in an Image

   • Suggestions for Writing

   • Process Guidelines: Writing Narration

8. Illustration

   • Why Is Illustration Important?

   • Occasions for Writing: Illustration across the Disciplines and Beyond

   • Combining Illustration with Other Patterns

   • Selecting Detail

   • Organizing Illustration

   • Learning from Other Writers: Student Essays

   • Learning from Other Writers: Professional Essays

   • Illustration in an Image

   • Suggestions for Writing

   • Process Guidelines: Writing Illustration

9. Process Analysis

   • Why Is Process Analysis Important?

   • Occasions for Writing: Process Analysis across the Disciplines and Beyond

   • Combining Process Analysis with Other Patterns

   • Selecting Detail

   • Organizing Process Analysis

   • Learning from Other Writers: Student Essays

   • Learning from Other Writers: Professional Essays

   • Process Analysis in an Image

   • Suggestions for Writing

   • Process Guidelines: Writing Process Analysis

10. Comparison-Contrast

    • Why Is Comparison-Contrast Important?

    • Occasions for Writing: Comparison-Contrast across the Disciplines and Beyond

    • Combining Comparison-Contrast with Other Patterns

    • Selecting Detail

    • Organizing Comparison-Contrast

    • Learning from Other Writers: Student Essays

    • Learning from Other Writers: Professional Essays

    • Comparison-Contrast in an Image

    • Suggestions for Writing

    • Process Guidelines: Writing Comparison-Contrast

11. Cause-and-Effect Analysis

    • Why Is Cause-and-Effect Analysis Important?

    • Occasions for Writing: Cause-and-Effect Analysis across the Disciplines and Beyond

    • Combining Cause-and-Effect Analysis with Other Patterns

    • Selecting Detail

    • Organizing Cause-and-Effect Analysis

    • Learning from Other Writers: Student Essays

    • Learning from Other Writers: Professional Essays

    • Cause-and-Effect Analysis in an Image

    • Suggestions for Writing

    • Process Guidelines: Writing Cause-and-Effect Analysis

12. Definition

    • Why Is Definition Important?

    • Occasions for Writing: Definition across the Disciplines and Beyond

    • Combining Definition with Other Patterns

    • Selecting Detail

    • Organizing Definition

    • Learning from Other Writers: Student Essays

    • Learning from Other Writers: Professional Essays

    • Definition in an Image

    • Suggestions for Writing

    • Process Guidelines: Writing Definition

13. Classification

    • Why Is Classification Important?

    • Occasions for Writing: Classification across the Disciplines and Beyond

    • Combining Classification with Other Patterns

    • Selecting Detail

    • Organizing Classification

    • Learning from Other Writers: Student Essays

    • Learning from Other Writers: Professional Essays

    • Classification in an Image

    • Suggestions for Writing

    • Process Guidelines: Writing Classification

14. Combining Patterns of Development

    • Why Combine Patterns?

    • Selecting and Organizing Detail

    • Learning from Other Writers: Student Essays

    • Learning from Other Writers: Professional Essays

    • Combining Patterns in an Image

    • Suggestions for Writing

    • Process Guidelines: Combining Patterns

Part 3: Using the Patterns of Development

15. Argumentation

    • Why Is Argumentation Important?

    • Occasions for Writing: Argumentation across the Disciplines and Beyond

    • Finding an Issue and Establishing Your Claim

    • Kinds of Support

    • Organizing an Argument Essay

    • Learning from Other Writers: Student Essays

    • Learning from Other Writers: Professional Essays

    • Argumentation in an Image

    • Suggestions for Writing

    • Process Guidelines: Writing Argumentation

16. Conducting Research

    • When to Research

    • The Research Process

    • Evaluating Your Sources

    • Reconsidering Your Preliminary Thesis

    • Outlining

    • Writing Your First Draft

    • Plagiarism

    • Documenting Source Material

    • Revising and Editing Your Research Paper

17. Writing with Sources and Using Proper Documentation

    • Integrating Sources into Your Writing

    • Citing Sources Properly

    • Avoiding Plagiarism

18. Assessment: Assembling a Writing Portfolio and Writing Essay Exam Answers

    • Assembling a Writing Portfolio

    • Writing Essay Exam Answers

19. Writing about Literature

    • How to Read Literature

    • How to Write about Literature

Part 4: A Brief Guide to Sentence Errors

20. Word Choice

    • Common Problems with Word Choice

    • Improving Word Choice

21. Sentence Fragments

    • Identifying Sentence Fragments

    • Correcting Sentence Fragments

22. Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices

    • Identifying Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices

    • Correcting Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices

23. Verbs

    • Common Problems with Verbs

    • Improving Verb Usage

24. Pronouns

    • Common Problems with Pronouns

    • Improving Pronoun Usage

25. Modifiers

    • Common Problems with Modifiers

    • Improving Modifier Usage

26. Punctuation

    • Common Punctuation Errors

    • Correcting Punctuation Errors

27. Capitalization, Spelling, Abbreviations, and Numbers

    • Capitalization