The St. Martin's Workbook

by Lex Runciman

• ISBN13: 9780312398347
• ISBN10: 0312398344
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-08-14
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

The St. Martin's Workbook is a rich resource, with instruction and exercises designed to help students become skilled and successful writers. With more than 200 exercise sets, it offers ample opportunity to practice grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and composition. Like its companion, The St. Martin's Handbook, the Workbook offers special coverage of the twenty most common surface errors found in student writing. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

The Art and Craft of Writing	p. 1
Reading, Writing, and Research	p. 3
Considering Rhetorical Situations	p. 9
Exploring, Planning, and Drafting	p. 23
Reviewing, Revising, and Editing	p. 41
Developing Paragraphs	p. 57
Critical Thinking and Argument	p. 77
Analyzing Arguments	p. 79
Considering Visual Arguments	p. 91
Constructing Arguments	p. 97
Using Language Effectively	p. 113
Writing to the World	p. 115
Considering Others: Building Common Ground	p. 121
Considering Varieties of Language	p. 129
Considering Diction	p. 137
Using Dictionaries	p. 157
Enriching Vocabulary	p. 167
Attending to Spelling	p. 177
Sentences: Making Grammatical Choices	p. 193
Constructing Grammatical Sentences	p. 195
Understanding Pronoun Case	p. 237
Using Verbs	p. 253
Maintaining Subject-Verb Agreement	p. 291
Maintaining Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement	p. 309
Using Adjectives and Adverbs	p. 317
Sentences: Making Conventional Choices	p. 331
Maintaining Clear Pronoun Reference	p. 333
Recognizing Shifts	p. 347
Identifying Comma Splices and Fused Sentences	p. 361
Recognizing Sentence Fragments	p. 381
Placing Modifiers Appropriately	p. 391
Maintaining Consistent and Complete Grammatical Structures	p. 000
Sentences: Making Stylistic Choices	p. 415
Constructing Effective Sentences	p. 417
Creating Coordinate and Subordinate Structures	p. 427
Creating and Maintaining Parallel Structures	p. 437
Varying Sentence Structures	p. 447
Creating Memorable Prose	p. 459
Punctuation Conventions	p. 473
Using Commas	p. 473
Using Semicolons	p. 501
Using End Punctuation	p. 511
Using Apostrophes	p. 521
Using Quotation Marks	p. 529
Using Other Punctuation Marks	p. 543
Mechanical Conventions	p. 559
Using Capitals	p. 561
Using Abbreviations and Numbers	p. 573
Using Italics	p. 587
Using Hyphens	p. 595
For Multilingual Writers	p. 611
Learning U.S. Academic Conventions	p. 613
Understanding Nouns and Noun Phrases	p. 619
Understanding Verbs and Verb Phrases	p. 633
Understanding Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases	p. 649
Forming Clauses and Sentences	p. 655
Answers to Preview Questions	p. 671
Index	p. 673
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