To the Instructor | |
Basic Principles of Effective Writing Preview | |
An Introduction to Writing Understanding Point and Support An Overview: How the Book is Organized Benefits of Paragraph Writing Writing as a Skill Writing as a Process of Discovery Keeping a Journal Using This Text | |
The Writing Process Prewriting Writing a First Draft Revising Editing Review Activities | |
The First and Second Steps in Writing Step 1: Begin With a Point Step 2: Support the Point with Specific Evidence Reinforcing Point and Support The Importance ofSpecificDetails The Importance ofAdequateDetails Practice in Making and Supporting a Point | |
The Third Step in Writing Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence | |
The Fourth Step in Writing Step 4: Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences Revising Sentences Editing Sentences Practice in Revising Sentences | |
Four Bases for Revising Writing Base 1: Unity Base 2: Support Base 3: Coherence Base 4: Sentence Skills Practice in Using the Four Bases | |
Paragraph Development Preview | |
Introduction to Paragraph Development Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development Important Considerations in Paragraph Development Using a Computer Using Peer Review Doing a Personal Review | |
Providing Examples | |
Explaining a Process | |
Examining Cause and Effect | |
Comparing or Contrasting | |
Defining a Term | |
Dividing and Classifying | |
Describing a Scene or Person | |
Narrating an Event | |
Arguing a Position | |
Essay Development Preview | |
Additional Paragraph Assignments | |
Writing the Essay What Is an Essay? Important Points About the Essay Essays to Consider Planning the Essay Practice in Writing the Essay Essay Writing Assignments | |
Special Skills Preview | |
A Quick Guide to Research | |
Handbook of Sentence Skills Preview Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test Grammar | |
Subjects and Verbs | |
Sentence Sense | |
Fragments | |
Run-Ons | |
Standard English Verbs | |
Irregular Verbs | |
Subject-Verb Agreement | |
Pronoun Agreement and Reference | |
Pronoun Types | |
Adjectives and Adverbs | |
Misplaced Modifiers | |
Dangling Modifiers Mechanics | |
Paper Format | |
Capital Letters | |
Numbers and Abbreviations Punctuation | |
Apostrophe | |
Quotation Marks | |
Comma | |
Other Punctuation Marks Word Use | |
Using the Dictionary | |
Improving Spelling | |
Vocabulary Development | |
Commonly Confused Words | |
Effective Word Choice | |
ESL Pointers Practice | |
Combined Mastery Tests | |
Editing Tests Sentence-Skills Achievement Test | |
Appendix: Answers and Charts Preview | |
Answers to Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Projects Charts | |
Index | |
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