Includes index.

"Applying critical thinking to every step of the writing process! The Write Stuff: Thinking Through Paragraphs is an all-in-one writing text that provides all of the basic information students need to develop their paragraph and short essay skills. Coverage of paragraph writing is complemented by sections devoted to writing from sources, referencing and documentation, and sentence construction as well as a grammar, style, and mechanics handbook.

One of the key features of The Write Stuff is its emphasis on building the critical thinking skills students need to analyze information and express their ideas clearly and logically in writing. Chapter One introduces seven critical thinking tools which are then applied to each stage of the writing process as both marginal icons and boxed pedagogical features. Further critical thinking practice is provided for every topic in the form of chapter opening photos and questions, reading reflection and analysis questions, and critical thinking journal prompts." (Publisher's Website)

BRIEF CONTENTS

To the Instructor

Preface to the Student

Part I CRITICAL THINKING
1. Critical Thinking in Reading and Writing
Reading: Gender Gap in Cyber Space / Deborah Tannen
Reading: Guns, Sex, and Education / Jamie O'Meara
2. Critical Thinking and Reading Techniques
Reading: As Icecaps Melt, Russia Races for Arctic's Resources / Fred Weir

Part II WRITING EXPOSITORY PARAGRAPHS AND ESSAYS
3. Writing Expository Paragraphs
4. Essays: Building Blocks
5. Essays: Process
6. Essays: Order, Unity, and Coherence

Part III WRITING AND CRITICAL THINKING IN THE MODES
7. Narration
Reading: Only Daughter / Sandra Cisneros
8. Description
Reading: Where Nothing Says Everything / Suzanne Berne
9. Process
Reading: Decomposting Bodies / James Glave
10. Classification
Reading: Friends, Good Friends - and Such Good Friends / Judith Viorst
11. Definition
Reading: Discrimination Is a Virtue / Robert Keith Miller
12. Example and Illustration
Reading: Hooked on Plastic / Anish Majumdar
13. Cause and Effect
Reading: Bad Girls / Shari Graydon
14. Comparison and Contrast
Reading: American Space, Chinese Place / Yi-Fu Tuan
15. Argument and Persuasion
Reading: Developing a National Voice / Janice Gross Stein
16. Time In-Class Essays and Essay Exams

Part IV USING SOURCES WITH INTEGRITY
17. Paraphrase, Summary, and Analysis
18. Finding, Evaluating, and Using Sources
19. Documentation: Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Style
20. Documentation: Using American Psychological Association (APA) Style

Part V READINGS FOR THINKING AND WRITING
21. Reading Selections and Critical Thinking Tasks
Literacy Is Not Enough If Content Is Mental Junk Food / Patsy Aldana and Rick Wilks
Depression Can Strike Anyone / Diane Francis
Making Cell Phones in the Class a Community Builder / Alan Bloom
"Just Walk On By': A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space / Brent Staples
Prison Studies / Malcolm X
Should We Need a Licence to Be a Parent? / Janice Turner
Supersize Me / Greg Critser
Eating Alone in Restaurants / Bruce Jay Friedman
Why Make Patients Go Curbside for a Smoke? / Rosie DiManno
The Lottery / Shirley Jackson
A Hanging / George Orwell
I Wonder: Was It Me or Was It My Sari? / Shoba Narayan
The Blue Boy / Gary Stephen Ross
I Think Therefore IM / Jennifer Lee
CSI: The Snow and Ice Version / Andrew Chung
Shared Experiences Make a Country / Daphne Bramham

Part VI SENTENCE CONSTRUCTIONS AND COMMON SENTENCE ERRORS
22. Sentence Parts
23. Sentence Variety
24. Correcting Major Sentence Errors

Part VIII HANDBOOK OF GRAMMAR, MECHANICS, AND STYLE
25. Commas, Semicolons, and Colons
26. Other Punctuation
27. Common Shift and Construction Errors
28. Spelling and Mechanics
29. Tone, Style, Word Choice, and Usage
30. Vocabulary in Context
31. Typing and Word Processing Tips

Appendix: Grammar Practice for Non-native Speakers

Credits

Index