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Primary Navigation Want to create or adapt books like this? Learn more about how Pressbooks supports open publishing practices. Book Contents Navigation Request Access 1. Reading Strategies 2. How to Write an Annotation 3. "The Relationship Between Cell Phone Use and Academic Performance in a Sample of U.S. College Students" by Andrew Lepp, Jacob E. Barkley, and Aryn C. Karpinski 4. Introduction to Writing Process 5. Selecting a Topic 6. Prewriting 7. Finding Evidence 8. Drafting 9. Revising 10. Proofreading 11. Organizing 12. Organizing an Essay 13. Classical Essay Structure 14. Formulating a Thesis 15. 5 Ways of Looking at a Thesis 16. Thesis 21 Activity 17. Writing Ninjas: How to Write a Strong Thesis Statement 18. Process: Writing a Thesis Statement 19. Creating Paragraphs 20. Paragraphs 21. How to Write Introductory Paragraphs 22. Conclusions 23. Introduction to Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts 24. How to Analyze a Short Story 25. Literary Criticism 26. "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin 27. Discussion Questions for "Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin 28. "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain 29. Discussion Questions for “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain 30. "Moriah's Mourning" by Ruth McEnery Stuart 31. "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" Chapter 1 32. Discussion Questions for Chapter 1 of Frederick Douglass’s Slave Narrative 33. "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs, Chapter 1 34. General Revision Points to Consider 35. Specific Revision Points to Consider 36. Revising and Editing 37. "Multiple Intelligences" by Fred Mednick 38. "Piracy Gave Me A Future" by Daniel Starkey 39. Introduction to Research Process 40. MLA Documentation 41. Finding Sources 42. Source Analysis 43. Writing Ethically 44. MLA Activity 45. Introduction to Illustration/Example Essay 46. "She's Your Basic L.O.L. in N.A.D" by Perri Klass 47. "April & Paris" by David Sedaris 48. Writing for Success: Illustration/Example Anonymous 49. Introduction to Narrative Essay 50. Student Sample: Narrative Essay 51. "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell 52. "Sixty-nine Cents" by Gary Shteyngart 53. Writing for Success: Narration 54. Student Sample: Narrative Essay 55. 5 Senses Activity 56. Sensory Details Examples 57. Show Don't Tell 58. Reflection Previous/next navigation Accelerated English Copyright © 2017 by Lumen Learning is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.