Contents: The writing process: Exploring -- developing the main ideas -- Developing the essay plan -- Developing the first draft - Revising and editing -- Essay patterns: Illustration -- Narration -- Description -- Process -- Definition -- Classification -- Comparison and contrast -- Argument -- More college and workplace writing:The essay exam -- summarizing -- Te research essay -- The response essay -- The resume and letter of application -- Editing handbook: Identifying subjects and verbs -- Sentence combining -- Sentence variety -- Fragments -- Run -ons -- Faulty parallel structure -- Mistakes with modifiers -- Subject-verb agreement -- Verb tenses -- Problems with verbs -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Exact language -- Spelling and commonly confused words -- Commas --Apostrophes -- Quotation marks, capitalization, and titles -- From reading to writing -- Writing today -- Writing and designing papers -- Common assignments across the curriculum -- Writing beyond college -- Researching -- MLA documentation style -- APA documentation style -- Chicago and CSE -- Editing for clarity -- Editing for grammar conventions -- Editing for correctness: punctuation, mechanics, and spelling -- Basic grammar review with tips for multilingual writers -- Further resources for learning/Indexes --