Includes index.

Contents: Essay writing: An Introduction to writing -- The Writing process -- The First and second steps in essay writing -- The Thrid step in essay writing -- The Fourth step in essay writing -- Four bases for revising essays -- Patterns of essay development: Introduction to essay development -- Description -- Narration -- Examples -- Process -- Cause and effect -- Comparison and contrast -- Definition -- Division and classification -- Argumentation -- Special skills: Taking essay exams -- Writing a summary -- Writing a report -- Writing a resume and job application letter -- Using the library and the internet -- Writing a research paper -- Handbook of sentence skills: Subjects and verbs -- Fragments -- Run-ons -- Regular and irregular verbs -- Subject-verb agreement -- Additional information about verbs -- Pronoun agreement and reference -- Pronoun types -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Misplaced modifiers -- Dangling modifiers -- Mechanics -- Punctuation -- Word use -- Readings for writing: Introduction to the readings -- Looking inward -- Observing others -- Confronting problems.