Wordsmith

<div class="c-section-headers-number-list_container"> <ul> <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>Building a Framework: Thesis and Organization</li> <li>Introducing the Essay</li> <li>Developing Body Paragraphs</li> <li>Concluding the Essay</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 a Research Paper </li> </ol> <h3>PART 2: GRAMMAR</h3> <ol start="12"> <li>Verbs and Subjects</li> <li>Subject-Verb Agreement </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>Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers</li> <li>Parallel Structure</li> <li>Verb Shifts</li> <li>Sentences with Style</li> <li>Commas</li> <li>Other Punctuation</li> <li>Word Choice</li> <li>Words Commonly Confused</li> <li>Capitalization</li> <li>Apostrophes</li> </ol> <h3>PART 3: READINGS</h3> <ul> <li>Reading at the College Level</li> <li>Reading Essays and Literature</li> <li><cite>The Road Not Taken,</cite> Robert Frost </li> <li><cite>A Narrow Fellow in the Grass,</cite> Emily Dickinson</li> <li><cite>The Story of an Hour,</cite> Kate Chopin </li> <li><cite>Our Vanishing Night,</cite> Verlyn Klinkenborg</li> <li><cite>The “Black Table” Is Still There,</cite> Lawrence Otis Graham</li> <li><cite>Letting in Light,</cite> Patricia Raybon</li> <li><cite>Curing the Social Media Blues,</cite> Chris Guessman </li> <li><cite>Date Rape: Exposing Dangerous Myths,</cite> John J. Macionis</li> <li><cite>Is National Service a Cure for America’s Woes?</cite> Larry Fennelly </li> <li><cite>I Wonder: Was It Me or Was It My Sari?</cite> Shoba Narayan</li> </ul> </div>