Wordsmith

<div class="c-section-headers-number-list_container"> <ul> <li>Readings by Rhetorical Mode</li> <li>Readings by Subject</li> <li>Preface</li> <li>Updates to the Seventh Edition</li> </ul> <h3>PART 1: COMPOSITION</h3> <ol> <li>The Writing Process</li> <li>Preparing to Write</li> <li>Writing Paragraphs: Direction</li> <li>Writing Paragraphs: Support</li> <li>Writing Paragraphs: Unity and Coherence</li> <li>Revising, Proofreading, and Formatting</li> <li>Showing and Telling: Description, Narration, and Example</li> <li>Limiting and Ordering: Definition, Classification, and Process</li> <li>Examining Logical Connections: Comparison-Contrast, Cause-Effect, and Argument</li> <li>Writing an Essay</li> <li>Writing Summary Reports</li> </ol> <h3>PART 2: GRAMMAR</h3> <ol start="12"> <li>Verbs and Subjects</li> <li>Subject-Verb Agreement</li> <li>Verb Shifts</li> <li>Coordination and Subordination</li> <li>Run-on Sentences</li> <li>Sentence Fragments</li> <li>Pronoun Case</li> <li>Pronoun Agreement, Reference, and Point of View</li> <li>Adjectives, Adverbs, and Articles</li> <li>Parallel Structure</li> <li>Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers</li> <li>Capital Letters</li> <li>Words Commonly Confused</li> <li>Word Choice</li> <li>Commas</li> <li>Other Punctuation</li> <li>Apostrophes</li> </ol> <h3>PART 3: READINGS</h3> <ul> <li>Reading at the College Level</li> <li><cite>Action Hero</cite>, Rulon Openshaw</li> <li><cite>Simplicity</cite>, William Zinsser</li> <li><cite>Running Through the Dark</cite>, Jennifer Sinor</li> <li><cite>Setting Boundaries</cite>, Cara DiMarco</li> <li><cite>Crossing Invisible Lines</cite>, Eugenia Vela</li> <li><cite>Don’t Blame Me! The New “Culture of Victimization”,</cite> John J. Macionis</li> <li><cite>White Lies</cite>, Erin Murphy</li> <li><cite>Warning: This Is a Rights-Free Workplace</cite>, Barbara Ehrenreich</li> <li><cite>Civil Rights</cite>, Caroline Miller</li> <li><cite>Conversational Ballgames</cite>, Nancy Masterton Sakamoto</li> <li><cite>Two Ways of Seeing a River</cite>, Mark Twain</li> </ul> <h4 class="h5">Credits</h4> <h4 class="h5">Index</h4> </div>