CHAPTER ONE PRACTICAL WRITING Ⅰ Keeping Journals Ⅱ Writing Summaries Ⅲ Writing Responses Ⅳ Writing a Book Report Ⅴ Cover Letters and Resumes Ⅵ Recommendation Letters Ⅶ Writing News Stories CHAPTER TWO WRITING PERSONAL ESSAYS Ⅰ Narrative Essays Ⅱ Descriptive Essays CHAPTER THREE WRITING EXPOSITORY ESSAYS Ⅰ Organizing Expository Essays Ⅱ Writing the Introduction Ⅲ Writing Body Paragraphs Ⅳ Writing the Concluding Paragraph Ⅴ The Development Pattern of Essays CHAPTER FOUR WRITING ARGUMENTTIE ESSAYS Ⅰ Three Important Tools Ⅱ Writing the Introduction Ⅲ Writing the Body Ⅳ The Length of the Essay: Approximate Paragraph Count Ⅴ Selecting the Points for the Thesis Ⅵ Rethinking the Focus and Thesis Ⅶ Developing an Outline: Topic Sentences Ⅷ Anticipating Opposition Ⅸ Writing the Conclusion Ⅹ Organizing Argumentative Essays CHAPTER FIVE WRITING CRITICAL ESSAYS Ⅰ Process of Criticism Ⅱ Interpretation Ⅲ Technical Analysis Ⅳ Evaluation CHAPTER SIX WRITING LITERARY RESEARCH PAPERS Ⅰ Research Procedure Ⅱ Deciding on a Topic Ⅲ Gathering References Ⅳ Formulating Thesis Ⅴ Creating Bibliography Cards Ⅵ Creating Note Cards Ⅶ Outlining the Thesis or Statement of Purpose Ⅷ Writing the Introduction Ⅸ Documenting Sources BIBLIOGRAPHY