Instructor's Manual for Wordsmith

Preface

Updates to the Seventh Edition

 

PART 1: COMPOSITION

1. The Writing Process

2. Preparing to Write

3. Building a Framework: Thesis and Organization

4. Introducing the Essay

5. Developing Body Paragraphs

6. Concluding the Essay

7. Revising, Proofreading, and Formatting

8. Showing and Telling: Description, Narration, and Example

9. Limiting and Ordering: Definition, Classification, and Process

10. Examining Logical Connections: Comparison-Contrast, Cause-Effect, and Argument    

11. Writing a Research Paper

 

PART 2: GRAMMAR  

12. Verbs and Subjects

13. Subject-Verb Agreement

14. Coordination and Subordination

15. Run-on Sentences

16. Sentence Fragments

17. Pronoun Case

18. Pronoun Agreement, Reference, and Point of View

19. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

20. Parallel Structure

21. Verb Shifts

22. Sentences with Style

23. Commas

24. Other Punctuation

25. Word Choice

26. Words Commonly Confused

27. Capitalization

28. 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