Includes index.

Contents: Basic principles of effective writting -- Getting started -- Important factors in writing -- The First and second steps in writing -- The Third and fourth steps in writing -- Four bases for evaluating writing -- Paragraph development -- Introduction to paragraph development -- Providing examples -- Explaining a process -- Examining cause and effect -- Comparing or contrasting -- Defining a term -- Dividing and classifying -- Describing a scene or person -- Narrating an event -- Arguing a position -- Essay Development -- Writing the essay -- Sentence skills -- Grammar -- Fifteen reading selections -- Introduction to the readings -- Goals and values -- Education and self-improvement -- Human groups and society.