Includes index.

Contents: The Writing process: Toward purposeful writing -- Planning -- Drafting -- Revising -- Designing -- Writing structures: Common methods of development -- Argument -- Paragraphs: units of development -- Sentences: patterns of expression -- Diction: the choice of words -- Tone and style -- Writing research: Planning the research paper -- Writing the research paper -- Readings with a purpose: writing strategies -- Handbook of grammar and usage: The Evolution of English -- Understanding sentence elements -- Writing logical and effective sentences -- Writing grammatical sentences -- Choosing effective diction -- Observing the rules of punctuation -- Observing the rules of mechanics -- A Glossary of contemporary usage.