Bridges to Academic Writing

SECTION ONE: COMPOSING: THE BASICS; Chapter 1: Writing about a Person; Chapter 2: Narrating a Personal Experience; Chapter 3: Providing Examples; Chapter 4: Supplying Reasons; Chapter 5: Explaining with Parallel Points; SECTION TWO: COMPOSING: RESPONDING TO OUTSIDE SOURCES; Chapter 6: Proverbs and Quotations; Chapter 7: Writing a Summary; Chapter 8: Articles from Magazines and Newspapers; Chapter 9: Selections from Literature; SECTION THREE: SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL FOR REFINING SKILLS; Part 1: Distinguishing General and Specific Ideas; Part 2: Narrowing a Topic; Part 3: Writing Titles; Part 4: Focusing on Main Ideas; Part 5: Practicing Support; Part 6: Practicing Conclusions; Part 7: Deciding on Paragraph Size; Appendix 1: The Product: Three Essentials; Appendix 2: Process Writing; Appendix 3: Your Personal Spelling List; Appendix 4: Grammar Highlights