Part1 The Writing Process Chapter 1 Becoming a Confident Writer Chapter 2 Using Prewriting Strategies Chapter 3 Improving Your ParagraphSkills Chapter 4 Stating Your Thesis Chapter 5 Supporting Your Thesis Chapter 6 Revising and Editing Your Essays Chapter 7 Researching for WritingPart2 Patterns as Options Chapter 8 Narrating and Describing Chapter 9 Explaining a Process Chapter 10 Choosing Classification or Division Chapter 11 Comparing and Contrasting Chapter 12 Explaining Causes and Effects Chapter 13 Using Definition Chapter 14 Arguing PersuasivelyPart3 More Choices:A Collection of Readngs 1. My Name is Margaret, MAYA ANGELOU 2. Open the Door Wide for Leaders of Tomorrow, DAVIDPORTER 3. The PerpetualAdolescent, JOSEPH EPSTEIN 4. Leave Your Name at the Border, MANUEL MUNOZ 5. Yes, I Follow Islam, But l'm Not a Terrorist, NADA ELSAWY 6. The Real Media Divide, MARKUS PRIOR 7. Where to Now? WILLIAM RASPBERRY 8. Uncle Sam and Aunt Samantha, ANNA QUINDLEN 9. A Present for Popo, ELIZABETH WONG 10. The Ways of Meeting Oppression, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CREDITS