The Standard Deviants: Writing Basics covers: Stating and supporting a position, the general characteristics of college writing, the writing process, clarifying your assignment, looking for key words, freewriting, purpose, audience, format, journals, collecting information, print sources, computer sources, outlining, clustering, rough drafts, getting feedback, organization, the introduction, the thesis statement, revising your thesis, transition sentences, revising your rough draft, paraphrasing, integrating sources, the conclusion.