Primary Navigation
Want to create or adapt books like this? Learn more about how Pressbooks supports open publishing practices.
Book Contents Navigation
Writing for Success
Copyright
Publisher Information
Chapter 1: Introduction to Writing
1.1 Reading and Writing in College
1.2 Developing Study Skills
1.3 Becoming a Successful College Writer
1.4 Introduction to Writing: End-of-Chapter Exercises
Chapter 2: Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence?
2.1 Sentence Writing -- Writing for Success
2.2 Subject-Verb Agreement -- Writing for Success
2.3 Verb Tense -- Writing for Success
2.4 Capitalization -- Writing for Success
2.5 Pronouns -- Writing for Success
2.6 Adjectives and Adverbs -- Writing for Success
2.7 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers -- Writing for Success
2.8 Writing Basics: End-of-Chapter Exercises -- Writing for Success
Chapter 3: Punctuation -- Writing for Success
3.1 Commas -- Writing for Success
3.2 Semicolons -- Writing for Success
3.3 Colons -- Writing for Success
3.4 Quotes -- Writing for Success
3.5 Apostrophes -- Writing for Success
3.6 Parentheses -- Writing for Success
3.7 Dashes -- Writing for Success
3.8 Hyphens -- Writing for Success
3.9 Punctuation: End-of-Chapter Exercises -- Writing for Success
Chapter 4: Working with Words: Which Word Is Right? -- Writing for Success
4.1 Commonly Confused Words -- Writing for Success
4.2 Spelling -- Writing for Success
4.3 Word Choice -- Writing for Success
4.4 Prefixes and Suffixes -- Writing for Success
4.5 Synonyms and Antonyms -- Writing for Success
4.6 Using Context Clues -- Writing for Success
4.7 Working with Words: End-of-Chapter Exercises -- Writing for Success
Chapter 6: Writing Paragraphs: Separating Ideas and Shaping Content -- Writing for Success
6.1 Purpose, Audience, Tone, and Content -- Writing for Success
6.2 Effective Means for Writing a Paragraph -- Writing for Success
6.3 Writing Paragraphs: End-of-Chapter Exercises -- Writing for Success
Chapter 7: Refining Your Writing: How Do I Improve My Writing Technique? -- Writing for Success
7.1 Sentence Variety -- Writing for Success
7.2 Coordination and Subordination -- Writing for Success
7.3 Parallelism -- Writing for Success
7.4 Refining Your Writing: End-of-Chapter Exercises -- Writing for Success
Chapter 8: The Writing Process: How Do I Begin? -- Writing for Success
8.1 Apply Prewriting Models -- Writing for Success
8.2 Outlining -- Writing for Success
8.3 Drafting -- Writing for Success
8.4 Revising and Editing -- Writing for Success
8.5 The Writing Process: End-of-Chapter Exercises -- Writing for Success
Chapter 9: Writing Essays: From Start to Finish -- Writing for Success
9.1 Developing a Strong, Clear Thesis Statement -- Writing for Success
9.2 Writing Body Paragraphs -- Writing for Success
9.3 Organizing Your Writing -- Writing for Success
9.4 Writing Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs -- Writing for Success
9.5 Writing Essays: End-of-Chapter Exercises -- Writing for Success
Chapter 10: Rhetorical Modes -- Writing for Success
10.1 Narration -- Writing for Success
10.2 Illustration -- Writing for Success
10.3 Description -- Writing for Success
10.4 Classification -- Writing for Success
10.5 Process Analysis -- Writing for Success
10.6 Definition -- Writing for Success
10.7 Comparison and Contrast -- Writing for Success
10.8 Cause and Effect -- Writing for Success
10.9 Persuasion -- Writing for Success
10.10 Rhetorical Modes: End-of-Chapter Exercises -- Writing for Success
Previous/next navigation
Writing For Success Copyright © by Delta College is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.