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 ARGUMENTATIVE 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

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