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| The Importance of Writing | |
| Avoiding the Two Major Problems of Poor Writing | |
| Writing as a Life Skill | |
| Elements of Good Writing | |
| Good Writing: Four Misconceptions | |
| Good Writing Doesn't Have to Be Complicated | |
| Good Writing Doesn't Have to Be Long | |
| Good Writing Is More Formal Than Talking | |
| Good Writing Needs Proper Punctuation | |
| The Computer, Writing, and You | |
| Writing Effective Sentences | |
| The Simple Sentence and the Independent Clause | |
| The Subject | |
| Subjects and Prepositional Phrases | |
| The Verb | |
| Verb Tense (Time) | |
| Compound Subjects | |
| Compound Verbs | |
| Correcting Sentence | |
| Fragments | |
| Linking Independent Clauses Using the Comma and Coordinators | |
| Coordinating Conjunctions | |
| Correcting Run-on and Comma | |
| Splice Sentences | |
| Combining Independent Clauses Using the Semicolon | |
| Combining Independent Clauses Using the Adverbial Conjunction | |
| Adding a List | |
| Punctuating and Placing the List | |
| Parallelism in a Series | |
| Adding a Colon for Variety | |
| The Dependent Clause | |
| Independent versus Dependent Clauses | |
| Punctuating Dependent Clauses | |
| The Introductory Phrase | |
| Introductory Phrase Variety | |
| Starting a Sentence with an Introductory Word | |
| Punctuating the Introductory Word | |
| When to Use Introductory Words | |
| Adding Interrupters to the Sentence | |
| Writing Effective Paragraphs Prewriting Activities | |
| The Paragraph | |
| The Topic Sentence | |
| Support Sentences | |
| Creating the Working Outline of a Paragraph | |
| Writing the First Draft | |
| Revising the First Draft | |
| Proofreading: The Final Step | |
| Description | |
| Types of Description | |
| Dominant Impressions | |
| Sensory Images | |
| Comparisons | |
| A Ten-Step Process for Writing the Descriptive Paragraph | |
| Narration | |
| The Point of the Story | |
| Developing the Narrative | |
| Paragraph Model | |
| Narrative Paragraphs | |
| Transitional Expressions: Showing Time Sequence | |
| Using Examples | |
| The Topic Sentence | |
| Transitional Expressions: Introducing Examples Using One Extended Example | |
| Classification | |
| Breaking Down a Topic | |
| The Topic Sentence | |
| Transitional Expressions: Linking Your Classifications | |
| Process | |
| Types of Process | |
| Organizing the Process | |
| Paragraph | |
| Transitional Expressions: Connecting the Steps The Topic Sentence | |
| Comparison and Contrast | |
| Deciding to Compare or Contrast | |
| The Topic Sentence | |
| Organizing Comparisons and Contrasts | |
| Transitional Expressions: Connecting Your Comparisons and Contrasts | |
| Definition | |
| Simple Definitions | |
| Extended Definition | |
| The Topic Sentence of an Extended Definition | |
| Persuasion (Including Cause and Effect) | |
| Building the Persuasive Paragraph | |
| The Pro/Con | |
| List Support in Persuasion Paragraphs | |
| Organization Patterns | |
| Transitional Expressions for Persuasion | |
| Persuasive Logic: Cause and Effect | |
| Reasoning Transitional Expressions for Cause/Effect Writing | |
| The Topic Sentence in a Cause/Effect Paragraph | |
| Writing Effective Essays | |
| The Essay | |
| The Five-Paragraph Essay | |
| The Introductory Paragraph | |
| The Thesis Sentence | |
| Putting It All Together | |
| Introductory Sentences | |
| The Body Paragraphs | |
| The Concluding Paragraph | |
| Sample Student Essay | |
| The Writer's Resources | |
| Grammar | |
| Nouns | |
| Pronouns | |
| Verbs | |
| Adjectives | |
| Adverbs | |
| Conjunctions | |
| Interjetions | |
| Clauses and Phrases | |
| Types of Sentences | |
| Additional Practice with Sentences | |
| Preposition Combinations | |
| Articles Capitalization and Numbers Capitalization | |
| Numbers Additional | |
| Punctuation Rules | |
| The Apostroph | |
| Quotation Marks | |
| Parentheses | |
| Brackets | |
| The Dash | |
| The Hyphen | |
| Underlining or Italics | |
| Interrupters: Restricive and Nonrestrictive | |
| Clauses and Phrases (Modifiers) | |
| Words and Meanings | |
| Commonly Misspelled Words | |
| Words That Sound Alike | |
| Contractions That Sound Like Other Words | |
| Words That Sound or Look Almost Alike | |
| Confusing Verbs That Sound Alike: Lie/Lay; Rise/Raise; Sit/Set | |
| tTwo- and Three-Word Verb Phrases | |
| Readings Description | |
| The Mute Sense | |
| The Ice Cream Truck | |
| Rodriguez Halloween Havoc | |
| Narration The Roommate's Death | |
| The Eye of the Beholder, Grace Suh Shattered Sanctuary | |
| Example Extremely Cool | |
| The Culture of Violence, Myriam Miedzian Virtual Violence | |
| Classification Why We Carp and Harp | |
| The Plot Against People, Russell Baker Michelangelo Madness | |
| Process Conversational Ballgames | |
| Strive to Be Fit, Not Fanatical | |
| How to Become a Successful Student | |
| Comparison and Contrast Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts, Bruce Catton Hasta la Vista, Arnold | |
| The Family Sedan Versus Dad's Sports Car | |
| Definition Discrimination Is a Virtue | |
| The Handicap of Definition | |
| What Is Success? | |
| Persuasion The Recoloring of Campus Life | |
| Indistinguishable from Magic | |
| Unconditional Support | |
| The Family Collective | |
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