Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Arriving at a topic -- Developing a thesis -- Organizing -- Drafting -- Collaborating and revising -- Observing the writing process -- Paragraph unity and continuity -- Paragraph development -- Paragraph functions -- Opening and closing paragraphs -- Sentence clarity -- Subordination -- Sentence emphasis and variety -- Appropriate language -- Efficient language -- Figurative language -- Complete sentences -- Joining independent clauses -- Joining subjects and verbs -- Modifiers -- Noun and pronoun case -- Pronoun agreement and reference -- Parallelism -- Relations between tenses -- Periods, question marks, exclamation points -- Commas -- Semicolons and colons -- Dashes and parentheses -- Quoting -- Forming and spacing puntuation marks -- Verb forms -- Plurals and possesives -- Spelling -- Hyphenation -- Capitals -- Italics, abbreviations, numbers -- Conducting research -- Writing from sources -- Using MLA documentation -- Using APA documentation.