Composing With Confidence, a paragraph-to-essay work text, features high-interest exercises that tell a story
while providing numerous writing assignments designed to engage students. The process of writing is clearly explained,
with greater attention to outlining and more choices for methods of writing. The rhetorical modes are fully explained
and illustrated. Ten additional high-interest readings and writing assignments are provided at the end of the book.
The text serves as a sequel to Writing with Confidence.
Table of Contents
I. THE WRITING�AND COMPOSING�PROCESS.
1. The Reasons for Writing.
2. The Composing Process.
3. Composing a Powerful Paragraph.
4. Composing an Effective Essay.
9. Composing a Description.
10. Composing Narratives.
11. Explaining a Process.
12. Drawing Comparisons and Contrasts.
13. Making Classifications.
14. Composing Definitions.
15. Examining Causes and Effect
16. Persuading an Audience.
17. Writing Essay Exams.
IV. TROUBLESHOOTING.
18. Writing Complete Sentences.
19. Joining Sentences through Coordination and Subordination.
20. Checking Subject-Verb Agreement and Noun Plurals.
21. Checking Past-Tense and Past-Participle Forms.
22. Achieving Consistency.
23. Using Pronouns.
24. Strengthening Modifiers.
25. Using Apostrophes, Hyphens, and Capital Letters.
26. Checking Punctuation.
27. Checking Sound-Alike and Look-Alike Words.
Reading Selections.
Buzzard, Bailey White.
from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou.
Baby Birds, Gale Lawrence.
Whose Eyes Are These, Whose Nose?, Margaret Brown.
What Is Poverty?, Jo Goodwin Parker.
The Real War on Drugs, Victoria McKernan.
Why I Want a Wife, Judy Brady.
The Deer at Providencia, Annie Dillard.
The Myth of the Latin Woman, Judith Ortiz Cofer.
The Way to Rainy Mountain, N. Scott Momaday.
Friends, Good Friends�and Such Good Friends, Judith Viorst.
A Tale of Two Gravies, Karen P. Bellitto.
Mother Tongue, Amy Tan.