Contents

Foreword

Introduction

PART I: IDEA-GENERATION STRATEGIES

Chapter 1: Getting Started and Developing Your Ideas

PART II: COMPOSING YOUR ESSAY

Chapter 2: Your Ideas

Chapter 3: Breaking Down the Essay

Chapter 4: Their Ideas

Chapter 5: Pre-Research

Chapter 6: Research

Chapter 7: Post-Research

PART III: POLISHING YOUR ESSAY

Chapter 8: Revising and Editing Your Essay

Chapter 9: Punctuation and Mechanics

PART IV: MAKING THE GRADE

Chapter 10: The Psychology of Grading and Scoring

Suggested Further Reading

Appendix A: Essay-Writing Timelines

Appendix B: Sample Student Essay with Instructor Comments

Works Cited

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