Contents:Pt. I. An Introduction to Writing. Ch. 1. You as a Writer. Ch. 2. Getting Started. Ch. 3. Finding and Narrowing Subjects. Ch. 4. Topic Sentences. Ch. 5. Planning Paragraphs. Ch. 6. Drafting Paragraphs. Ch. 7. Revising and Proofreading. - Pt. II. Kinds of Paragraphs. Ch. 8. Description. - Ch. 9. Narration. Ch. 10. Process. Ch. 11. Classification. Ch. 12. Definition. Ch. 13. Comparison and Contrast. Ch. 14. Cause and Effect. Ch. 15. Persuasion. - Pt. III. Longer Forms of Writing. Ch. 16. Essays. Ch. 17. Essay Tests. - Pt. IV. Sentence Grammar. Ch. 18. Subjects, Verbs, and Completers. Ch. 19. Phrases, Clauses, and Conjunctions. Ch. 20. Fragments and Run-Ons. Ch. 21. Nouns. Ch. 22. Pronouns. Ch. 23. Verbs, Voice, and Tense. Ch. 24. Irregular Verbs. Ch. 25. Agreement. Ch. 26. Modifiers. Ch. 27. Parallelism in Sentence Structure. - Pt. V. Mechanics. Ch. 28. Commas. Ch. 29. Other Punctuation Marks. Ch. 30. Capitalization. - Pt. VI. Words. Ch. 31. Word Choice. - Ch. 32. Spelling. - Pt. VII. Readings and Images. - Index