The 500 Word Theme
Discovery, Organization, Expression

For one-semester, freshman-level courses in Composition and Rhetoric. This step-by-step presentation of the thinking/writing process -- from discovering and developing ideas to expression -- features an abundance of visual aids, examples, writing and thinking exercises, an in-text handbook, and illustrative readings.

For one-semester, freshman-level courses in Composition and Rhetoric. This step-by-step presentation of the thinking/writing process - from discovering and developing ideas to expression - features an abundance of visual aids, examples, writing and thinking exercises, an in-text handbook, and illustrative readings.

I. FOCUS, DISCOVERY, ORGANIZATION.
1. Writing to Improve Communication.
2. Seeing the Whole Paper.
3. Getting Started: Discovery, Specific Focus, Thesis.
4. Maintaining Unity and Coherence.
5. Understanding the Paragraph.
6. Developing Paragraphs: How to Stay Focused.
7. Putting the Parts Together: The Whole Paper.
8. Researched Writing and the Long Paper.
II. REVISION: MECHANICS AND STYLE.
9. Mechanics: Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling.
10. Revising Your Paper: Diction.
11. Revising Your Paper: Sentences.
12. The Essay at Work.
Index.