TY - BOOK AU - Kanar, Carlo TI - The confident writer. SN - 0618131132 AV - PE 1408.K13 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Hougton Mifflin Company N1 - Includes index; Contents: The Writting process: Understanding the essay: An overview -- Using prewriting strategies -- Improving your paragraph skills -- Stating your thesis -- Revising your essays -- Editing your essays -- Using the library, doing research -- Patterns as options: Using narration -- Using description -- Explaining a process -- Choosing classification or division -- Comparing and contrasting -- Explaining causes and effects -- Using definition -- Arguing persuasively -- More choices: a collection of readings -- The selective writer: Appendix A: Basic choices: The parts of speech -- Appendix B: Sentence effectiveness choices -- Punctuation choices for special problems -- Word choice. ER -