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Table of Contents
Preface vii 1 Introduction 1 Part 1 Writing Activities 2 Remembering Events 25 3 Remembering People 79 4 Writing Profiles 129 5 Explaining a Concept 183 6 Arguing a Position 237 7 Proposing a Solution 293 8 Justifying an Evaluation 351 9 Speculating about Causes 407 10 Interpreting Stories 465 Part 2 Critical Thinking Strategies 11 A Catalog of Invention Strategies 515 12 A Catalog of Reading Strategies 529 Part 3 Writing Strategies 13 Cueing the Reader 557 14 Narrating 573 15 Describing 589 16 Defining 601 17 Classifying 609 18 Comparing and Contrasting 617 19 Arguing 623 Part 4 Research Strategies 20 Field Research 641 21 Library and Internet Research 655 22 Using and Acknowledging Sources 693 Part 5 Writing for Assessment 23 Essay Examinations 739 24 Writing Portfolios 759 Part 6 Writing and Speaking to Wider Audiences 25 Designing Documents 767 26 Oral Presentations 793 27 Working with Others 799 28 Writing in Your Community 805 Handbook Sentence Boundaries 6 Grammatical Sentences 12 Effective Sentences 31 Word Choice 48 Punctuation 58 Mechanics 86 ESL Troublespots 105 Review of Sentence Structure 116 Glossary of Frequently Misused Words 133 Author and Title Index 1 Subject Index 5 Index for ESL Writers
