about the author

preface

to the srudent

1 writing in the pofessional world

2 nervous grumblings about writing

3 whats an acceptable essay?

4 your thesis sentence

5 finding your writing process

6 building a strong essay

7 writing to discover

8 the parts of an essay

9 introductions are not all the same

10 something of voice

11 speaking of voice

12 organizing your essay

13 the chronological approach

14 comparing and contrasting

15 dealing with the opposition

16 look at your audience

17 writing with others

18 standing above our defenses

19 a healthy body paragraph

20 doctoring a sickly body paragraph

21 good writing is good thinking

22 good writing is good development

23 finding the right word

24 writing concretely

25 mephobia：an eye for a ewe

26 moving out

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