Acknowledgments --с. 7
Introduction --с. 13
In Brief --с. 13
How to Use This Book --с. 14
PARTI I WRITING FOR THINKING --с.17
Chapter 1. Writing Is Thinking --с.19
Writer’s Angst --с.19
Thinking in Writing: Three Propositions --с. 20 The Communication Fetish --с.24 Don’t Wait for the Muse --с.25
Chapter 2. From First to Last Draft: Generating, Composing, and Expressing Ideas --с.28
Generating Ideas --с. 29 Composing Ideas --с. 32 Expressing Ideas --с. 38
Chapter 3. The Essay: A Framework for Thinking in Writing --с. 42
The Function of Formats --с. 42 The Basic Structure of the Essay --с. 46 Formulating the Thesis --с. 48 Writing the Introduction --с. 51 Writing the Body --с.54 Making Connections 59 Writing the Conclusion --с. 60
PART II I THINKING FOR WRITING --с. 63
Chapter 4.
Making Sense: Reasoning for Discovery --с.65
Introduction --с.65
How Do We Make Sense? --с. 66
Reasoning as Probing --с.68
Plausibility --с. 71
Reasoning by Questioning --с.72
Induction and Deduction --с.80
Chapter 5.
Writing Sense: Reasoning for Presentation --с. 85
Analyzing, Reasoning’s Raw Materials --с. 85 Reasoning and Persuading --с. 91 Three Sorts of Questions --с. 92 Conclusion: The Range of Reasoning --с. 95
Chapter 6.
A User’s Guide to Grammar and Punctuation --с. 97
Trim or Technique? --с. 97
Punctuation --с. 99
The Period --с. 100
The Comma --с. 101
The Semicolon --с.105
The Colon --с. 106
The Dash --с.107
The Question Mark --с. 108
The Exclamation Mark --с. 109
Brackets, Parentheses, and Slashes 109 Quotation Marks --с.111
The Apostrophe --с.112
Grammar --с. 112
From Words to Sentences --с. 113
The Sentence Fragment --с. 117
The Comma Splice --с. 118
Active Versus Passive Sentences --с.120 Agreement of Subjects and Verbs --с. 122 Pronominal Reference --с.123
Common Errors of Word Usage --с. 127 Doing the Chores on the Word Farm --с.135
Appendix A. Deductive and Inductive Reasoning --с.137
The Nature of Deduction and Induction --с.137
The Bases of Deduction and Induction --с.141
Appendix B.
Annotated Suggestions for Further Reading on Punctuation and Grammar --с. 145
last of References --с. 147
Index --с. 151
About the Authors --с. 157