The Least You Should Know About English Writing Skills, Form C

by Wilson, Paige; Glazier, Teresa Ferster

• ISBN13: 9781413029352
• ISBN10: 1413029353
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-16
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

With Wilson and Glazier's THE LEAST YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ENGLISH: WRITING SKILLS, you'll improve your word choice, punctuation, and sentence structure as you develop as a writer. Extensive sets of exercises complement the textbook's brief, clear explanations. These timely, often humorous exercises will engage you in the mechanics of writing by allowing you to practice what you've learned and receive immediate feedback from answers provided at the back of the book.

Table of Contents

Word Choice and Spelling

Your Own List of Misspelled Words

Words Often Confused (Set 1)

Words Often Confused (Set 2)

The Eight Parts of Speech

Adjectives and Adverbs

Contractions

Possessives

Words That Can Be Broken into Parts

Rules for Doubling a Final Letters

Using a Dictionary

Sentence Structure

Finding Subjects and Verbs

Locating Prepositional Phrases

Understanding Dependent Clauses

Correcting Fragments

Correcting Run-On Sentences

Identifying Verb Phrases

Using Standard English Verbs

Using Regular and Irregular Verbs

Maintaining Subject-Verb Agreement

Avoiding Shifts in Time

Recognizing Verbal Phrases

Correcting Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers

Following Sentence Patterns

Avoiding ClichTs, Awkward Phrases, and Wordiness

Correcting for Parallel Structure

Using Pronouns

Avoiding Shifts in Person

Punctuation and Capital Letters

Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Point, Semicolon, Colon, Dash

Comma Rules 1, 2, and 3 Comma Rules 4, 5, and 6

Quotation Marks and Underling/Italics

Capital Letters

Writing

What Is the Least You Should Know about Writing? Basic Structures

The Paragraph: Defining a Paragraph, Types of Paragraphs, Sample Paragraphs in an Essay

The Essay: The Five-Paragraph Essay and Beyond, Defining an Essay, A Sample Essay. Writing Skills

Writing in Your Own Voice: Narration, Sample Student Essay, Description

Finding a Topic: Look to Your Interests, Focused Free Writing, Clustering, Talking with Other Students

Organizing Ideas: Thesis Statements, Organizing an Essay, Topic Sentences, Organizing Body Paragraphs, Transitional Expressions

Supporting with Details: Types of Support, Sample Student Essay

Revising Your Papers: Sample Student Rough Draft, Revision Checklist, Exchanging Papers, Proofreading Aloud

Presenting Your Work: Paper Formats, Titles

Writing about What You Read: Writing a Reaction, Coming to Your Own Conclusions, Writing 100-Word Summaries

Answers

Index

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