SF compact / Maxine Hairston, John Ruszkiewicz, Christy Friend.

Part I Writing Processes
Chapter 1 What Does Writing Involve?
a Why write?
b Writing well
c How does writing work?
d Defining a writing situation
e Defining your purpose(s) for writing
f Writing for an audience
Chapter 2 How Do You Find and Explore a Topic?
a Finding a topic
b Refining your topic
c Exploring and developing a topic
Chapter 3 How Do You Focus and Organize a Writing Project?
a Crafting a thesis
b Organizing a writing project
c Outlines
d Choosing a title
Chapter 4 How Do You Write a Draft?
a Starting a draft
b Keeping a draft on track
c Knowing when you have a solid draft
Chapter 5 How Do You Revise, Edit, and Proofread?
a Revising
b Editing
c Proofreading
Part II Academic Writing

Chapter 6 How Do You Write in College?
a Writing a successful academic paper
b Writing on essay examinations
Chapter 7 How Do You Read and Think Critically
a Understanding complex material
b Thinking critically about your reading
Chapter 8 How Can You Write Powerful Arguments?
a What does argument involve?
b Constructing a solid written argument
c Writing an argument that appeals to readers
d Recognizing and avoiding fallacies
Chapter 9 How Do You Write About Literature?
a Reading literature
b Writing about literature
c Writing essays about literature
d Developing a literary project
Part III Style
Chapter 10 What Makes Paragraphs Work?
a Constructing unified paragraphs
b Organizing paragraphs
c Creating polished paragraphs
d Improving paragraph appearance
Chapter 11 How Do You Craft Opening and Closing Paragraphs?
a Effective opening paragraphs
b Effective closing paragraphs
Chapter 12 How Do You Manage Transitions?
a Problems with transitions
b Strengthening transitions

Chapter 13 How Do You Construct Effective Sentences?
a Sentence structure
b Modifiers
c Phrases
d Clauses in sentences
e Types of sentences
f Coordination building sentences
g Subordination building sentences
h Parallelism
i Crafting balanced sentences
j Crafting cumulative sentences
Chapter 14 How Do You Write Stylish Sentences?
a Agent/action sentences
b Achieving clarity
c Writing economically
d Achieving sentence variety
Part IV Document Design
Chapter 15 How Do You Design Documents?
a Designing documents with a computer
b Laying out pages
c Choosing type
d Using graphics and images
e Working with color
Chapter 16 Model Documents
a Email
b Business letters
c Letters of application
d Resumes
e Professional memos
f Newsletters
g Brochures
h Web pages
Part V Grammar
Chapter 17 Questions About Subject-Verb Agreement?
a Singular or plural
b Indefinite pronouns
c Collective nouns
d Subject separated from its verb
e Identifying
Chapter 18 Questions About Verb Tense, Voice, and Mood?
a Choosing verb tenses
b Tense in parallel constructions
c Tense consistency in longer passages
d Irregular verbs
e Active and passive voice
f Subjunctive mood
Chapter 19 Questions About Verbals?
a What are verbals
b Verbals causing sentence fragments
c Split infinitives
Chapter 20 Questions About Plurals, Possessives, and Articles?
a Plurals of nouns
b Possessives
c Possessives before gerunds
d Is it a or an?
Chapter 21 Questions About Pronoun Reference?
a Do pronouns lack antecedents?
b Are pronoun references ambiguous?
c This, that, which, and it

Chapter 22 Questions About Pronoun Agreement?
a Are pronoun antecedents lost?
b Agreement with indefinite pronouns
c Agreement with collective nouns
d Agreement with or, nor, either . . . or,
neither . . . nor
Chapter 23 Questions About Pronoun Case?
a Subjective/objective/possessive
b Pronoun case in prepositional phrases
c Pronoun case in comparisons
d Pronoun case after linking verbs
e Who or whom
f Possessive pronouns
g Its/it?s and whose/who?s

Chapter 24 Questions About Pronoun Choices?
a Reflexive and intensive pronouns
b That, which, and who
c I, we, you, or one
d Treating both sexes fairly
Chapter 25 Questions About Modifiers?
a Misplaced or dangling modifiers
b Placing adjectives effectively
c Predicate adjectives
d Absolute adjectives
e Adverb form?
f Placing adverbs
g Double negatives
h Comparatives and superlatives
i Nonessential and essential modifiers
Chapter 26 Are You an ESL Writer?
a Common problems for ESL writers
b Finding ESL resources

Chapter 27 ESL Questions About Verbs?
a Verb tense
b Transitive and intransitive verbs
c Two-word and three-word verbs
d Which modal should you use?
Chapter 28 ESL Questions About Gerunds, Infinitives, Articles, or Number
a Gerunds and infinitives
b Articles and number agreement
Part VI Punctuation and Mechanics
Chapter 29 How Do You Punctuate Sentence Endings?
a Periods
b Question marks
c Exclamation marks
Chapter 30 Questions About Sentence Boundaries: Fragments, Comma
Splices, and Run-ons?
a Sentence fragments
b Intentional fragments
c Avoiding comma splices
d Run-on sentences
Chapter 31 Questions About Commas?
a Commas that separate
b Commas that enclose
c Commas that link
d Do you put commas where they aren?t needed?
e Conventional uses of commas
Chapter 32 Questions About Semicolons and Colons?
a Semicolons
b Colons
Chapter 33 Questions About Quotation Marks and Ellipses?
a Quotation marks
b Ellipses
Chapter 34 Questions About Parentheses and Brackets?
a Parentheses
b Brackets
Chapter 35 Questions About Dashes, Hyphens, and Slashes?
a Dashes?
b Hyphens
c Slashes
Chapter 36 Questions About Italics and Capitalization?
a Italics
b Capitalizing sentences, titles, and poems
c Capitalizing persons, places, and things
Chapter 37 Questions About Abbreviations and Numbers?
a Abbreviations
b Numbers
Part VII Research and Writing
Chapter 38 How Do You Design a Research Project?
a Claim a topic
b Plan a project
Chapter 39 How Do You Find Information?
a Using a library
b Finding research materials
c Choosing electronic resources
d Searching by keywords
e Doing field research
Chapter 40 How Do You Evaluate Sources?
a Positioning research sources
b Evaluating research sources
Chapter 41 How Do You Use Sources Responsibly?
a Annotating research materials
b Summarizing/paraphrasing research materials
c Documenting a research project
d Understanding academic responsibility
Chapter 42 How Do You Handle Quotations?
a Introduce all direct and indirect borrowings
b Modify quotations carefully
c Observe conventions of quotations
Chapter 43 How Do You Complete a Project?
a Solid organization
b Correct format
c Correct details
Part VIII Documentation
Chapter 44 How Do You Use MLA Documentation?
a Step 1
b Step 2
c MLA models
d Footnotes or endnotes
e Sample MLA paper
Chapter 45 How Do You Use APA Documentation?
a Step 1
b Step 2
c APA models
d Sample APA paper
Chapter 46 How Do You Use CMS Documentation?
a CMS notes
b CMS bibliographies
c CMS models
Chapter 47 How Do You Use CSE Documentation?

Includes index.