MyLab Writing with Pearson eText Access Code for Wordsmith

Preface
Updates to the Seventh Edition

PART 1: COMPOSITION

The Writing Process
Preparing to Write
Building a Framework: Thesis and Organization
Introducing the Essay
Developing Body Paragraphs
Concluding the Essay
Revising, Proofreading, and Formatting
Showing and Telling: Description, Narration, and Example
Limiting and Ordering: Definition, Classification, and Process
Examining Logical Connections: Comparison-Contrast, Cause-Effect, and Argument
Writing a Research Paper

PART 2: GRAMMAR

Verbs and Subjects
Subject-Verb Agreement
Coordination and Subordination
Run-on Sentences
Sentence Fragments
Pronoun Case
Pronoun Agreement, Reference, and Point of View
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Parallel Structure
Verb Shifts
Sentences with Style
Commas
Other Punctuation
Word Choice
Words Commonly Confused
Capitalization
Apostrophes

PART 3: READINGS

Reading at the College Level
Reading Essays and Literature
The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost
A Narrow Fellow in the Grass, Emily Dickinson
The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin
Our Vanishing Night, Verlyn Klinkenborg
The “Black Table” Is Still There, Lawrence Otis Graham
Letting in Light, Patricia Raybon
Curing the Social Media Blues, Chris Guessman
Date Rape: Exposing Dangerous Myths, John J. Macionis
Is National Service a Cure for America’s Woes? Larry Fennelly
I Wonder: Was It Me or Was It My Sari? Shoba Narayan